Do The Right Thing In The Rain Analysis

The Matrix was really enjoyable to watch, this being the first time that I actually payed attention to the film. I found that during the course of the film, the color scheme, the way in which the shots were composed (both the camera angles and how they framed the subjects), as well as the mise en scène of the shots all worked to give this film a very animated/comic book-esque feeling. What was interesting to me about this was, although it felt animated in a similar way as Do the Right Thing or Singin’ in the Rain felt, the way in which the animation forms in both movies is very different. While watching The Matrix, I didn’t find the characters being overly animated themselves, but rather it was more the entire composition of the film. I’m not sure if this was the result of the special effects or that fact that this is a Science Fiction movie, but I thought it was interesting when compared to other movies that give the same feeling this one goes about it in a completely unique way. Something else that intrigued about this film was the scene with the Oracle (1:13:07). The Oracle tells Neo not to worry about the vase and then after he breaks it and asks her how she knew, The Oracle says “Oh, what's really going to bake your noodle later on is, would you still have broken it if I hadn't said anything?” I found this …show more content…
I remember reading in the article about German Expressionism that “shapes are distorted and exaggerated to reflect emotional states”, also that often times characters “move in jerky or slow sinuous patterns” (471). I saw this happening in the scene right after Neo takes the red pill and he stares into the mirror (31:10). The mirror distorted to reflect Neo’s world and viewpoint being changed, and when he sticks his finger into it and pulls it out even though he starts making well defined slow movements as the parts of the mirror cover him, the movements he does make look very