Equilibrium (2002 Christian Bale Movie)

[splendica]

I'm shocked how well this movie holds up. I watched it on night-shift a few days ago with a coworker who'd never seen it before. He absolutely loved it, as I did after not seeing it for many years. Great film with lots of applicability in regards to ideologies at work in the world today. It's on Netflix.

 

[P0NYBOY]

It was actually too far ahead of it's time when it came out.

They recently released a movie likely inspired by the same story/book called "equal" that has some parallels.

 

[Sir Galahad]

I'm shocked how well this movie holds up. I watched it on night-shift a few days ago with a coworker who'd never seen it before. He absolutely loved it, as I did after not seeing it for many years. Great film with lots of applicability in regards to ideologies at work in the world today. It's on Netflix.

 

[splendica]

 

[splendica]

Also, a dog helped Christian see the light in the film. Though I don't own a dog and probably never will,

I'm not shocked.

 

[76Knockout]

Truly excellent film. I always say Bale is my favorite actor and one of the more diverse of his generation
(American Pyscho, Equilibrium, Resuce Dawn, The Machinist, Dark Knight Trilogy, The Fighter, 3:10 to Yuma, The Prestige etc.

 

[splendica]

Truly excellent film. I always say Bale is my favorite actor and one of the more diverse of his generation
(American Pyscho, Equilibrium, Resuce Dawn, The Machinist, Dark Knight Trilogy, The Fighter, 3:10 to Yuma, The Prestige etc.

He just embodies so much alpha in most of his films. Screw people who don't get it.

 

[KingOfTheMods]

Great film. Gun kata was amazing.

 

[Guestx]

It's a great film.

It's part 1984, part Fahrenheit 451. Frankly, they took so much from those two books that I'm almost surprised the copyright holders didn't at least threaten a lawsuit. But it's done well, especially for a film with a mere $20 million budget.

The whole concept of the Gun-Kata is pretty rad. I think it's a shame that Kurt Wimmer's directorial career basically got sunk by Ultraviolet, a film that I thought was deeply flawed but that had some good things going for it. Apparently the studio chopped that movie up big time and that's why it's as incoherent as it is, at least that's the word on the street.

I'd like to see him make another movie.

 

[EmpireShallFall]

Never heard of it

 

[splendica]

It's a great film.

It's part 1984, part Fahrenheit 451. Frankly, they took so much from those two books that I'm almost surprised the copyright holders didn't at least threaten a lawsuit. But it's done well, especially for a film with a mere $20 million budget.

The whole concept of the Gun-Kata is pretty rad. I think it's a shame that Kurt Wimmer's directorial career basically got sunk by Ultraviolet, a film that I thought was deeply flawed but that had some good things going for it. Apparently the studio chopped that movie up big time and that's why it's as incoherent as it is, at least that's the word on the street.

I'd like to see him make another movie.

I didn't realize the part about Ulltraviolet sinking Kurt Wimmer. I also didn't realize the film borrowed from those books. I'm kind of of the philosophy that everything's borrowed, so, if not explicitly (which I would be against), I'm glad no one sued. Because it's a great film.

 

[splendica]

Never heard of it

It's like if The Matrix and John Wick had a baby and Christian Bale was the main actor.

Tons of crazy action. Tis excellent.

 

[splendica]

Great film. Gun kata was amazing.

I didn't know that was the name of the particular MA. But it's awesome!

 

[Sir Galahad]

*no homo*

 

[76Knockout]

*no homo*

Holy shit

3 of my favorite actors

Bale, Hardy, Gosling.

The trifecta

 

[Guestx]

I didn't realize the part about Ulltraviolet sinking Kurt Wimmer.

He made Equlibrium in 2002 and it was a surprise hit. So then the studios let him direct Ultraviolet, but it got terrible reviews (it has a 9% on RT), performed poorly at the box office, and just kind of was generally thought of as a joke of a film. He has not directed another movie since.

But he does still have a career as a writer. He wrote Law Abiding Citizen, Salt, the Total Recall remake, and the Point Break remake.

I also didn't realize the film borrowed from those books. I'm kind of of the philosophy that everything's borrowed, so, if not explicitly (which I would be against), I'm glad no one sued. Because it's a great film.

The influences are very obvious.

The Father in Equilibrium is analogous to Big Brother in 1984. The Clerics are the equivalent of the Thought Police. And the Resistance is the Brotherhood.

And the whole element of the Clerics going around burning works of art and literature is taken straight from Fahrenheit 451's Firemen, who do the same thing.

 

[splendica]

*no homo*

No homo taken brother

 

[splendica]

Great gun scene from Equilibrium gif

 

[BEER]

Law Abiding Citizen

Law Abiding Citizen was an incredible movie, right up until the shitty ending.

 

[76Knockout]

Law Abiding Citizen was an incredible movie, right up until the shitty ending.

That ending ruined the movie for me. Great until that point like you stated though,.