My cousin posted about this movie on her page so I had to here. I loved this movie.
Move: Equilibrium
Year: 12/6/2002
Box Office: $1,203,794 domestically
Theatres: 301 widest (I wish this movie had been a wide release)
Director: Kurt Wimmer (also wrote it)
Plot: The furture is made of a fascist society where all feeling and any object that can create feelings in people are outlawed. At the same time everyday, the population is required to take dosages of emotion hindering drugs. Christian Bale plays John Preston a high ranking Cleric of the Tetragrammaton. He is a master of the gunkata which is the signature move of the Cleric. The Clerics' single purpose is to prevent the spread of human emotions and any cost. After Preston misses one of his regular dosages, the society will never be the same when he finds himself walking the line of cleric and revolutionary.
I need to come up with a clever rating system.
5 Popcorns out of 5
Impressions: I've always enjoyed a movie that makes you think of the what if. Movies that give us glimpses of what our society would be like when someone in power has decided certain aspects of being human are against the law. The freedom of free thinking, feeling, or just surviving. Similar stories would be The Handsmaid Tale, V for Vendetta, Brave New World, 1984, and even the Matrix. Most of them time, these stories provide hope in the main character and how they refuse to follow the establishment. In Equilibrium, we follow a character who has exceeded the expectations of the establishment but when the controlling device is limited, he awakens to new possiblities. If you have not given this movie a chance, and you enjoy great action, with a good story, give this one a try.
Move: Equilibrium
Year: 12/6/2002
Box Office: $1,203,794 domestically
Theatres: 301 widest (I wish this movie had been a wide release)
Director: Kurt Wimmer (also wrote it)
Plot: The furture is made of a fascist society where all feeling and any object that can create feelings in people are outlawed. At the same time everyday, the population is required to take dosages of emotion hindering drugs. Christian Bale plays John Preston a high ranking Cleric of the Tetragrammaton. He is a master of the gunkata which is the signature move of the Cleric. The Clerics' single purpose is to prevent the spread of human emotions and any cost. After Preston misses one of his regular dosages, the society will never be the same when he finds himself walking the line of cleric and revolutionary.
I need to come up with a clever rating system.
5 Popcorns out of 5
Impressions: I've always enjoyed a movie that makes you think of the what if. Movies that give us glimpses of what our society would be like when someone in power has decided certain aspects of being human are against the law. The freedom of free thinking, feeling, or just surviving. Similar stories would be The Handsmaid Tale, V for Vendetta, Brave New World, 1984, and even the Matrix. Most of them time, these stories provide hope in the main character and how they refuse to follow the establishment. In Equilibrium, we follow a character who has exceeded the expectations of the establishment but when the controlling device is limited, he awakens to new possiblities. If you have not given this movie a chance, and you enjoy great action, with a good story, give this one a try.
1 comment:
i liked this movie too.
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