rec.arts.movies.past-films

Miki Kocic wrote in
news:13ia3kqrf82b3de@ :

> Agent Smith wrote:
>> I finally figured out that I didn;t like Edmund because it was
>> nihilistic. It was just the story of that guy's meaningless
>> collapse, and it had no rhyme or reason. He just said I'm bored, so
>> he went out and got into trouble and killed a nice. And it had a
>> numerological symbol that kept popping up as if to tell us that we
>> don't control our own lives, but we're controlled by bizarre forces
>> beyond our understanding.
>>
>> I hate nihilism, and that's why I hated this film.
>
> I hate nihilism too, but it seems to correspond to my reality. The
> newsgroups I'm on definitely seem to be controlled by bizarre forces
> beyond my understanding.

Forces can be bizarre and beyond our understanding without being
nihilistic. Nihilism is just wanton destruction for no reason at all.
Not all bizarre frces beyond our understanding are pointlessly
destructive.