
#28 - The Matrix (1999)
Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast
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The Power of Goals
A hacker learns his reality is a virtual construct controlled by intelligent machines to enslave mankind, he must gain control of the program. That's how he wins. And lead humanities fight for freedom in the real world because that's what's at stake. So you did the thing that I tried instruct students to do, which is let's say you have a goal like the one I said, like discover if you're the one or get more confident in your abilities. You took that and said, well, what's a tangible goal that you'd have to do the internal goal to get to. The internal goal becomes the journey to get the tangible goal.
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