Jin
Wanted the controller SO BAD
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Even though this is a really crap thread I'm going to throw out a few points because this is one of my favourite movies.
I think you should stop trying to read into it, like everything is symbolic or meaningful. This is a science fiction movie about a world gone to ****. That's all there is to it, really.
I don't know what you're going on about with the animals. They're no more signifigant than just going outside in real life.
There's no correlation between characters and religious people. Neo isn't Jesus. When will people stop doing this ****?
The thing about Theo is that he doesn't care about his life. It's made clear at the beginning of the film that he realises his life is pointless and he's just going day to day waiting for it to end. This is why he's selfless. He knows that a baby in a world without babies is far beyond the capacity of political extremists to handle, and doesn't care about helping Kee until he realises their plot involves using the baby to their own ends, and killing him. The only reason he got involved in the first place was to get paid.
He never picks up a gun because he wouldn't know how to use it. He's not "the hero." This is why he gets put in thongs/flip-flops/whatever for half the movie. He's a regular guy pulled into a situation that is far more impressive than anyone really seems to understand. He's not exactly going to be prepared for it.
