The word "believe" is also used over and over again in "The Matrix." To believe is "to have confidence [or to trust] in the truth, existence, reliability, or value of something"--even "something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof."
In simplest terms, to believe is "to hold an opinion or conviction."
The word "believe" can also refer to a religious faith or creed.
Throughout "The Matrix," the characters in it are forced to reexamine their deeply rooted beliefs (opinions) and they are tested many times. In many cases, they change or are redefined.
Furthermore, we are able to see just how much a character's beliefs (as well as our own) are based on one's version of reality.
Trinity: "It doesn't matter what I believe."
Morpheus [to Neo]: "You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe."
Mr. Rhineheart: "You believe that you are special, that somehow the rules do not apply to you."
Agent Smith: "My colleagues believe I am wasting my time with you but I believe that you wish to do the right thing."
Morpheus: "You believe it's the year 1999 when in fact it's closer to 2199."
Morpheus: "Is it really so hard to believe [that you are in a computer program]?"
Morpheus: "For the longest time I wouldn't believe it and then I saw the fields with my own eyes."
Neo: "Don't touch me. Stay way from me. I don't believe it. I don't believe it. I don't belive it."
Morpheus: "Do you believe that my being stronger or faster has anything to do with my muscles in this place?"
Mouse [seeing Neo nearly punching Morpheus in the sparring program]: I don't believe it."
Trinity: "Don't tell me you're a believer now."
Morpheus: "Do you believe in fate, Neo?"
The Oracle: "As soon as you step outside that door, you'll start feeling better. You'll remember you don't believe in any of this fate crap."
Morpheus: "I did what I did because I believe that search is over."
The Oracle: "Morpheus believes in you, Neo....He believes it so blindly that he is he's going to sacrifice his life to save yours."
Cypher [after seeing that Tank is still alive and holding the gun]: "I don't believe it."
Tank: "Believe it or not, you piece of shit. You're still gonna burn."
Trinity: "Morpheus believes he is the One."
Neo: "Stop! I don't believe this is happening."
Neo: "Morpheus did what he did because he believed I am something I'm not.....Morpheus believed something and he was ready to give his life for what he believed."
Neo [why he wants to go back into matrix]: "Because I believe in something. I belive I can bring him back."
Trinity: "Let me tell I believe. I belive that Morpheus means more to me that he does to you. I believe if you're really serious about saving him you are going to need my help. And since I am the ranking officer on this ship if you don't like it, I believe you can go to hell."
Morpheus: "Do you believe it now, Trinity?"
Morpheus: "He's begining to believe."
Agent Smith: "Some believed that we lacked the programming language to describe your perfect world. But I believe that as a species, human beings define their reality through misery and suffering."
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Believing/Beliefs
믿음
by Dew
영화 내내 '믿음'이란 단어를 수 없이 듣게 된다. 믿는다는 것은 진실에, 어떤 존재에, 신뢰성에, 가치나 어떤 것에 확신이나 신뢰를 가진다는 뜻이다. 당장 확증할 만한 것이 있고 없고는 상관없다.
'믿음'이란 자연히 종교적인 신앙에 대하여 자주 쓰이는 말이다.
영화 내내 등장인물은 모두 그들의 신념에 대하여 계속하여 시험받게 된다. 결국 일부는 부정하게 되고 일부는 긍정하게 된다.
(Dew는 많은 대사를 열거하고 있으나 굳이 모두 번역할 필요는 없다고 판단하여 생략한다. 역자)