Equilibrium

[Vodstok]

Not horror, so sue me.

I just saw it for the first time last night, and i cant help but feel like i was left out of some wonderful loop back in 2002.

It looked very much in some parts that the writer/director said "I want to make this better than the Matrix", and completely pulled it off.

Christian Bale is certainly a better actor that Keanu (dont get me wrong, i Like Keanu)

I absolutely loved the explanation for how he was able to shoot and dodge the way he did. very original. I also like that all it took was a dog to flip his "switch"

And the "Lobby" scene at the end was leaps and bounds above the lobby scene in the matrix. i never thought that one could be topped, but holy shit did it ever.

[newb]

I've been talking about this one for months. I even turned Austin on to it.Great movie with some great action and acting.BTW....how the hell you been?



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[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by newb
I've been talking about this one for months. I even turned Austin on to it.Great movie with some great action and acting.BTW....how the hell you been?



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Glad you did, amazing film, remember that pm I sent you after I got a little obsessed..lol. I agree that it kills the Matrix.

Now that I've seen that clip again I have to watch it again.

[newb]

If i remember correctly you wanted that clip for an avatar.....it would be sweet.

I still can't believe this movie just slipped on by without any notice.

[AUSTIN316426808]

I don't know why a studio wouldn't push the hell out of it after the success of the Matrix.

[jenna26]

I love this movie; someone from another board recommended it to me. I had never heard of it. I wasn't expecting to be impressed, but I certainly was.:D I like it better than The Matrix as well; both are smart films but Equilibrium had more heart I think. And Bale is a much better actor then Reeves, he carries the movie.

[The_Return]

I almost rented this today...guess Ill have to go back and get it soon.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by The_Return
I almost rented this today...guess Ill have to go back and get it soon.


If you're disappointed I'll give you your money back for it, great movie, trust me.

[The_Return]

I loved The Matrix...Christian Bale is awesome...I cant see how I wouldnt like this, looking forward to it.

[newb]

For the record, the storyline is nothing like The Matrix. The comparison's are more on "style".

[Vodstok]

I have been great, how about you newb?


Equilibrium is very Orwellian in the story, as opposed to the Matrix which is kind of "Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk Messiah"

[Kemal]

It was okay, surprisingly good for a film few people have heard of. I loved the "gunkata."

There were a few plot holes though. I mean - outlawing emotion? That's a little in-your-face. Fahrenheit 451 was better - they ban books, so people can have emotions but they're shallow and superficial.

What always go to me was the fact that the Grammaton Clerics all had distinct personalities. The soldiers, the ones in all the riot gear, were the real mindless servants of the state.

[Vodstok]

I watched the little featurette on the DVD, and the clerics havinf personality was a concious decision. Kurt Wimmer thought it would be too stale if they had 0 indiviuality. I did think that was cool though, the regular poice really were faceless minions.

I took the "outlawing emotion" as a fantasy element. I immediately thought of Farenheit 451 when they torched the mona lisa at the beginning. I thought it was a great modern dystopia, and they really dont seem to tmake those any more.

[bwind22]

I saw Equilibrium off of someone's recommendation on this site. I thought it was okay, but not great and certainly not better than The Matrix. (Due largely in part to the fact thatit came out after the Matrix and totally jocked their style.) I could never shake the feeling that I was watching a wannabe Matrix and that really made me not like this as much as I probably would have had it come out before Matrix or "borrowed" from it a little less.

[DarkwingMantis]

I saw this movie a few years ago... I think It was what it was.... a Matrix style (has this become part of our basic teminology yet?) actioner with just as good, and more understandable, moral tale as the matrix. It wasnt self convoluted and you didnthave to watch an Anime and pay a game to get the whole story. It surpassed the Matrix in every conceivable way IMHO

[HappyCamper]

Originally posted by DarkwingMantis
I saw this movie a few years ago... I think It was what it was.... a Matrix style (has this become part of our basic teminology yet?) actioner with just as good, and more understandable, moral tale as the matrix. It wasnt self convoluted and you didnthave to watch an Anime and pay a game to get the whole story. It surpassed the Matrix in every conceivable way IMHO

I'd have to agree with you DM. Equilibrium is much better than the Matrix, sure E borrowed the action style from the Matrix, but the acting, and even the story I thought are much better. I for one never thought that the Matrix was as great as everone made it out to be. just my 2 pennies

[DarkwingMantis]

most actioners nowadyas borrow from Matrix nowadays

[bwind22]

Yeah, but they don't all borrow the general storyline, costumes, camera shots, and action sequences.

Equilibrium is a better than average Matrix knock-off and nothing more...