Equilibrium - has anyone seen it?

POSTED BY: Esther
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BABYWITHTHEPOWER

Sunday, July 30, 2006 8:23 AM

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Originally posted by j6ngo1977:
No I have never seen it. I Have heard it is influenced by Matrix. Is it worth a watch?

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Originally posted by RiveR6213:
Is it really that good? I might have to look at it. I heard somewhere that its sort of like The Matrix.

It was supposed to be released around the same time as the Matrix, so I'm not sure how much influencing there was. But the studio decided that with the Matrix out, they released the movie with little, or, in the case of most cities, no add campeign because they knew it wouldn't compete box office wise. I'm going to go ahead and say, without a shadow of a doubt, that Equilibrium is better then the Matrix. I'd have been hard pressed to say that before the Matrix sequels came out, but they tainted everything that made the first one great.

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I'll be in my bunk.

"Live with a man forty years. Share his house, his meals, speak on every subject. Then, tie him up and hold him over the volcano's edge--and on that day, you will finally meet the man." ~ Shan Yu

CHEWIE

Sunday, July 30, 2006 9:50 AM

I completely agree with you! Equilibrium is better then Matrix. I bought Equilibrium at random, mostly cause I think Christian Bale is hot! Boy was I pleasantly surprised! The story line had me thinking, and the action had me on the edge of my seat! The funny thing is, I don't remember it ever coming to theaters. Anyhow it ranks #2 on my list of movies to recommend, just behind Serenity of course!

ESTHER

Monday, July 31, 2006 4:33 PM

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Originally posted by FollowMal:

It's one of my favorite movies. Christian Bale is phenomenal in it and everyone here is right.. the fight scenes are amazing.

Can't remember the music Esther... wish I could.

Will have to go hunt for it.

Well, the music (by Klaus Baldelt)is between religious (almost chanting) and some hard percussion and e-guitars in the action scenes. There is no official CD, but there is a "bootleg" around (whatever that is ...), even discussed on the website of Hans Zimmer. I tried to write to Klaus Baldelt, but never got an answer back.

Just so you know: the movie took me so hard, I actually sat down and wrote the whole thing as a novel. It was great, putting Prestons face in a still frame, trying to figure out what was going on behind these "unemotional" eyes and then putting it down in words ... and move on to the next scene. Got a whole new understanding of the movie this way ... (can you tell I'm a bit crazy?)

Esther

My lessons learned from Firefly (no. 1):
Offering to kill somebody might not work as well as an incentive, as one might think. (point of interest).

KANEMAN

Monday, July 31, 2006 10:09 PM

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Originally posted by RiveR6213:
Someone gave me Equilibrium a while back. I never watched it and it's still sitting on a shelf along with a bunch of other movies I have but never watched. Is it really that good? I might have to look at it. I heard somewhere that its sort of like The Matrix.

River

Hey RiveR, Ya it's that good I watched it about three weeks ago. I don't see any Matrix parallels maybe black jackets?, but it is entertaining and very "smart". Makes you think a little bit. So take it off of your shelf and give it a try.

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Monday, July 31, 2006 10:15 PM

It is an updated version of Farenheit 451 and was quite good.

Plus it has yummy Christian Bale!

one of the Forsaken TM

TOMONKELCANNABIA

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 12:36 PM

I definetely liked the movie, but I wasn't necessarily stoked about it. The action scenes were really cool, but a bit too unrealistic. I'm not too much a fan of dystopian movies (in case that is an actual english word *g*), but it's pretty well done. Kinda like 1984 with a happy ending

btw: Did any bod watch Ultraviolet
It's the newest movie from the director of Equilibrium. It's pretty much the most unrealistic movie I've ever seen. The action scenes are just completely exaggerated, you've just got to laugh and every conflict is justt solved by the heroine kicking everybodys ass, even if she surrounded by 300 armed soldiers

It's kinda good if you take it as an overlong CGI demonstration clip

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Originally posted by Esther:
Just so you know: the movie took me so hard, I actually sat down and wrote the whole thing as a novel. It was great, putting Prestons face in a still frame, trying to figure out what was going on behind these "unemotional" eyes and then putting it down in words ... and move on to the next scene. Got a whole new understanding of the movie this way ... (can you tell I'm a bit crazy?)

Esther

Do you actually write novels in your free time or are you an author? Cuz if you don't then, well ... I don't know, it might really seem a bit crazy :)

Did you write a full scale novel or just a few pages?

ESTHER

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 1:14 PM

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Originally posted by TomOnkelCannabia:
Do you actually write novels in your free time or are you an author? Cuz if you don't then, well ... I don't know, it might really seem a bit crazy :)

Did you write a full scale novel or just a few pages?

Well, I do write stories (since age of 6 :o) ) but have not (yet) had a novel published (just 2 short stories in a magazine so far). It's just, that I love writing, and putting down a movie in words can be a good training (like a painter would re-paint a picture from an old Master for training).

But yes, I wrote the whole damn thing. Round about 200 Pages ... (well, depends on the print-format). Took me about 2 Weeks (i was REALLY into it, you can tell). It's a bit of a getaway for me - in "real" live I'm a tax consultant

. The worst part about being a tax consultant is - all your colleagues are tax consultats too! (that really sucks. No-one watches Firefly or Buffy or Angel. They rather watch TV shows with lawyers and accountants in them - no kidding!)

Esther

My lessons learned from Firefly (no. 6):
Everyone has the right to live and try to kill people (… I mean… you know… dumb planet!)

KANEMAN

Wednesday, August 2, 2006 1:39 AM

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Originally posted by TomOnkelCannabia:
I definetely liked the movie, but I wasn't necessarily stoked about it. The action scenes were really cool, but a bit too unrealistic. I'm not too much a fan of dystopian movies (in case that is an actual english word *g*), but it's pretty well done. Kinda like 1984 with a happy ending

btw: Did any bod watch Ultraviolet
It's the newest movie from the director of Equilibrium. It's pretty much the most unrealistic movie I've ever seen. The action scenes are just completely exaggerated, you've just got to laugh and every conflict is justt solved by the heroine kicking everybodys ass, even if she surrounded by 300 armed soldiers

It's kinda good if you take it as an overlong CGI demonstration clip

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Originally posted by Esther:
Just so you know: the movie took me so hard, I actually sat down and wrote the whole thing as a novel. It was great, putting Prestons face in a still frame, trying to figure out what was going on behind these "unemotional" eyes and then putting it down in words ... and move on to the next scene. Got a whole new understanding of the movie this way ... (can you tell I'm a bit crazy?)

Esther

Do you actually write novels in your free time or are you an author? Cuz if you don't then, well ... I don't know, it might really seem a bit crazy :)

Did you write a full scale novel or just a few pages?

Yep...Ultraviolet was a joke! Swords vs. guns? I can't believe I sat through the whole movie. Felt like an as*hole when it was over. Felt like someone took my lunch money and I did nothing....Kinda Ultraviolated.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Wednesday, August 2, 2006 4:54 AM

This is my all time favorite movie.

I read 1984 and I thought it was the best book that I've ever read in my life, although I was maddeningly depressed for weeks afterwards when I realized that when a government gets as powerful as ours has become then there really can be no meaningful dissention against it, no matter how tyrannical it becomes. Shortly therafter I read Brave New World and that cheered me up a bit, even though the end was almost as shocking as 1984 for some reason I was smiling at the end. Personally, I believe that one of these two prophecies will come true and although it would be sad to live in a world devoid of religion or art or love or anything that we may find meaningful today, I find that I would much rather live in a world of drug abuse without repercussions, meaningless sex and the triviality of existance like in Brave New World rather than in a totalitarian hell where you're terrified of your own children that was depicted in 1984.

Equilibrium was basically 1984, except for the fact that the totalitarian form of government was effective only because the citizens were required by law to administer a shot to themselves at specified periods thruought the day, making them uncaring and cold and basically making them machines, similar to the Soma that was voluntarily taken by the civilians in Brave New World. Having read both of these books and being so effected by them and realizing that they are much closer to reality than many would notice, or even care to admit if they did, I considered this movie a pure work of art. This is one of the most meaningful movies of our time (hence the reason most people have never even heard of it) and I think that everyone should see it and take something from it. I would hope that watching this movie might move thousands, or even hundereds of thousands of prescription drug users to throw them in the trash and say " you!" to the major pharmacutical companies and the medical profession in general. People need to realize that the medical profession's love affair with mood/mind altering drugs is no different than the dealer on the corner selling crack rocks, other than the fact that it is subsidized by the government and protected by law from prosecution for making tens of thousands of kids addicted every year. Recent legislation has even allowed them to poison our minds with their sales pitches and we get to watch the dealers try to sell their products during commercials of Firefly and It's Always Sunny in Philedelphia, and now we're going to our doctors and telling them which drugs we want to be on.

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IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN EQUILIBRIUM, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.

The end of that movie was so good I have to admit that I got a little misty eyed. I haven't teared up like that since I was a kid. After Bale's character got caught at the end I really thought that I was going to watch the end of 1984 acted out on my TV and I got a little sick to my stomach. I nearly got up and turned off the TV, but my morbid fascination with this subject would not allow me to move. I was frozen there on my couch, staring at Big Brother winning the battle to enslave humanity all over again. I was just waiting for those four dreaded words "I LOVE BIG BROTHER" to seep out of a beaten and broken Christian Bale's mouth.....

But that wasn't going to happen.

Bale whips out a whole can of whoop ass straight up to Big Brother himself and then he puts a bullet in his skull. Chaos ensues.... people put the drugs in the trash where they belong and emotions are once again felt without anyone there to stop it from happening, explosions can be seen in the distance and Christian Bale looks down from atop Big Brothers shattered cathedral and he does something that you rarely see in the movie.

He smiles.

WHIMSICALNBRAINPAN

Wednesday, August 2, 2006 5:16 AM

I've seen it and I loved it. My boyfriend owns the movie so if you can't find the soundtrack on Amazon maybe he'll know where you can get it.

"Well, here I am."

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