I found this movie absolutely awful
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TwoMushrooms — 14 years ago(February 16, 2012 01:08 AM)
"That was SUCH a cheap way of illegitimately inducing emotional reactions out of brainless viewers. It didn't work on me, obviously, but I can see why they would include it."
- Oh wow, it didn't work on you! Thanks for tellung us, you're my new hero. I wish I could give you a medal, but I don't have one unfortunately. I do have a sister though, and because you're so awesome I'll gladly let you have relations with her. In fact, you can go at it with my mother if you want to. Heck, I'd even bend over for you, because you're so fantastic and strong willed that a puppy scene has no effect on you. You, my friend, are the ultimate human being.
"I want a frisbee made of Mexico."
- Oh wow, it didn't work on you! Thanks for tellung us, you're my new hero. I wish I could give you a medal, but I don't have one unfortunately. I do have a sister though, and because you're so awesome I'll gladly let you have relations with her. In fact, you can go at it with my mother if you want to. Heck, I'd even bend over for you, because you're so fantastic and strong willed that a puppy scene has no effect on you. You, my friend, are the ultimate human being.
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mastholte — 14 years ago(March 04, 2012 08:51 PM)
"- Oh wow, it didn't work on you! Thanks for tellung us, you're my new hero. I wish I could give you a medal, but I don't have one unfortunately. I do have a sister though, and because you're so awesome I'll gladly let you have relations with her. In fact, you can go at it with my mother if you want to. Heck, I'd even bend over for you, because you're so fantastic and strong willed that a puppy scene has no effect on you. You, my friend, are the ultimate human being".
))) oh, god the imdb rocks! as does Equilibrium. -
anna_velasquez — 14 years ago(February 16, 2012 04:12 AM)
1948? Sorry, don't know that movie. Or could it be that you're referring to - 1984?
As far as rip-offs go - every movie is more or less another "rip-off" of some basical storyline (some say there's 20 master plots, some say there's more, some there's less) that's been done before. It isn't about coming up with an entirely new and original storyline. It's about taking an established storyline and doing it in a new and original way. Would you claim "West Side Story" is a blatant rip-off of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"? Well, it is, if you put aside all the singing and dancing and look at the story.
Personally, I liked Equilibrium more than e.g. the three Star Wars prequels put together. Why? Well, simple: it didn't annoy me while the Star Wars movies annoyed the heck out of me. To each their own.
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ldh-959-686554 — 14 years ago(February 27, 2012 02:10 PM)
I loved it ten years ago when I was 16 and I loved it even more when I watched it today (I'm now married and a dad of a son and daughter), the thought of feeling indifferent to them terrifies me.
The puppy scenes were not for me but then im not an animal person. otherwise great perception of a possible tyrannical future. -
tnkd2 — 14 years ago(February 27, 2012 08:35 PM)
I agree 100%. The score, characters, plot, and themes were all shallow and obvious. The boundaries of the premise were not established and therefore left me asking way too many questions about the world in which they existed (and thus left gaping plot holes) . . . I didn't turn it off in hopes it'd get better, but it got worse. I also love sci-fi, but this one offers nothing new the the genre.
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Kard_Shooter — 14 years ago(March 13, 2012 01:51 PM)
It was a good film, i liked the story and i can't fault the performances. But the look of the film was quite cheap, it certainly wasn't very inspired.
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jayjani — 13 years ago(April 12, 2012 12:46 AM)
Absolutely agree ! The plot is so illogical. The superficial acting and all the characters wearing those black suits makes it immensely pathetic to watch. Action sequences are even more horrible.one of the worst scifi movie. I will rate it 3/10 as well.
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amifilmsthings — 13 years ago(April 18, 2012 05:17 AM)
I agree, saw this last night and the opening grabbed me and set-up what could be a very dystopian setting but then the main character was not even that oppressed and even though his wife was killed, he turned to emotion over a puppy? It seems highly unmotivated and badly written.
The father wants the clerics to 'have faith' but their society runs on logic so surely that is counterproductive.
Their major concern is war yet they are the only society
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honyltd — 13 years ago(May 07, 2012 01:12 AM)
It is interesting that my signature line is used in the movie, the Yeats quote. That is no coincidence in having seen this movie several years ago, and having adopted the Yeats poem, "Clothes of Heaven". A beautiful movie being dissected by some of the most cerebrally challenged members on this site. Lets just say negatives share one thought: "DIDN'T GET IT". I suggest it really isn't that difficult, nor to understand the TIMELINE, and the changes in Preston's character. Nor is it odd that feelings would overwhelm a person who had never experienced it before.
Frankly, to the person who commented on production values, it was made cheaply, purposefully because there was little money to spend and did a great job with a miniscule amount of money. I guess a movie's worth or value isn't what it cost to make, but how it makes you think.if you're capable of it.
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scribe_ninja — 11 years ago(July 25, 2014 05:53 AM)
I agree, saw this last night and the opening grabbed me and set-up what could be a very dystopian setting but then the main character was not even that oppressed and even though his wife was killed, he turned to emotion over a puppy? It seems highly unmotivated and badly written.
This proves to me that you didn't get anything at all.
When his wife was killed, he was on Prozium which suppresses human emotion. When he felt emotions about the puppy being killed, he was OFF HIS DOSE of Prozium.
Maybe you would have enjoyed the movie more if you paid attention to what was going on.
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YesthatChristine — 13 years ago(April 25, 2012 06:43 PM)
I sat down to watch this with my husband fully prepared to enjoy myself. I, too, found the musical score to be childishly manipulative, the costuming and cinematography boring and uninspired (a virtual copycat of the Matrix with a healthy dose of early Michael Bay-like production values) There were plot holes you could drive a tank through and its characters are not only unlikable, but illogical (Which is a bit ironic, considering their supposed vulcan-like society)
The video store I worked at in high school back in the 90s had a large amount of direct-to-video knock-offs made by companies like The Asylum. That is precisely what this film feels like, only with quality actors to masquerade this knock-off as a legitimate project.
If you liked this movie, well, more power to you. I'm sure I've liked movies you haven't. Still, I feel that the imdb rating is far too high considering the overall quality of this picture. Surely not that many people liked it? -
amifilmsthings — 13 years ago(May 01, 2012 09:44 AM)
Yes! Everything you said explained perfectly what I felt. Also 7.9 is higher than what Nineteen Eighty Four has and that film has a far more oppressive antagonist and basically is what Equilibrium ripped off.
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Jakealope — 13 years ago(July 10, 2012 10:44 PM)
It was one of those movies that had a good concept and look to it yet ruined it all with endless mindless action sequences like some Hong Kong Kung Fu meets Rambo flick. Then that scene with the dogs, I swear I was going to laugh at all that Hallmark stuff.
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mastholte — 13 years ago(July 11, 2012 02:02 AM)
Dunno it would've been an entirely different movie) I can't agree with the stereotypical "endless mindless action sequences". Gun-kata is one of the concepts at the heart of it.
And there's always a bunch of other movies with the concepts you like and without actions scenes, aren't there
Oh, and the puppy scene But Equilibrium is not Matrix, Hong Kong, Rambo, Hallmark added together. I understand that it didn't click with you. -
Jakealope — 13 years ago(July 11, 2012 07:31 AM)
How about a Remake of 1984 except with Neo as Winston Smith & Alice from Resident Evil as Julia and O'Brien was really the head of the Umbrella Corporation. Endless fight scenes in the Ministry of Love until our heroic resistance face the final battle scene between O'Brien & his elite guard, where Winston & Julia dispatch them all with nanchuks and katanas.
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stardama69 — 13 years ago(July 17, 2012 08:40 AM)
"It was one of those movies that had a good concept and look to it yet ruined it all with endless mindless action sequences like some Hong Kong Kung Fu meets Rambo flick." Yeah, just like Inception.
(Actually I disagree on Equilibrium)