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Did the Matrix make people kill? In my opinion, I don't think it is possible for a film to make people murder other innocent people. I think the people who have
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In my opinion, I don't think it is possible for a film to make people murder other innocent people. I think the people who have blamed the Matrix have just used the film as an excuse to get away with what they have done. When the Matrix was released in April 1999, over 100 million people went to the cinema to watch it and so making it one of the biggest film franchises ever. If it was the reason for making people kill, I think every person who had seen it after its release would have had murderous thoughts but this wasn't the case. However more than 6 people, out of over 100 million, found this to be true and found it to have a darker, more sinister effect on them than anybody else.
For example, Joshua Cooke from Fairfax in Washington DC was arrested for the killings of his adoptive mother and father. It was known to family friends and neighbours that Joshua's parents were high-achieving people (one of the only black families in the neighbourhood) and Joshua failed to meet their standards after being refused to join the Marines and also dropping out of university. Many claimed the parents put too much pressure on Joshua and his sister to do well in all that they did. However, in court, Joshua's lawyer claimed he was influenced by the film, The Matrix, and that he thought everyone was living in a virtual world (the Matrix'.) His lawyer told the courts he truly believed in the Matrix and that she had unmistakable evidence' to prove how influential the film was to him. This evidence included; posters, a trench coat similar to that of Neo' in the film, movies and also a 12-gage shotgun, which he used to shoot his mother twice and his father seven times. This shotgun was, apparently, an exact replica of that used in the film. Those close to Joshua were sceptical to his lawyer's claim, they didn't realise or else didn't know how obsessed he had become with the film and therefore didn't believe the film was to blame. After these claims were made, Joshua's...
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