Equilibrium??
minus the action... this sounds like the pseudo-love story in Equilibrium, only fleshed out. Guy Pearce is in this too huh? interesting... idk
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"the whole world's on fire, isn't it?"
I've never seen Equilibrium, was it a good movie?
shareEquilibrium is a very good movie,very underrated. It reminded me of the Matrix a little. Everyone should check it out. No you don't have to be a Matrix fan to like the movie.It stands on it's own.
shareEquilibrium was a fantastic film but this is, unfortunately and most sadly, is an adaptation of George Orwell's 1984. (May he not roll too much in his grave for this)
sharethis is not Orwell adaptation...
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Agree, Equilibrium (Cubic in Denmark for some reason) was great. I always thought that Equilibrium was mostly inspired by Brabury's Fahrenheit 451.
But the premise of a society without emotions wasn't taken from 1984 or Fahrenheit. I think, that is was first used in "THX 1138". Latest in "The Giver".
This film is not original in any way and looks rather bad judging from the trailer.
Before THX 1138 or 1984, it was used in the 1921 Soviet Novel "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin.
"No man is just a number"
Not an adaptation, but it certainly borrows far too much from it and similar dystopian stories, that it suffers by comparison. If you read 1984 and then immediately watch Equilibrium, you will be stunned by the relative lack of intelligence to the story. The best dystopian stories are smart. They lose all of their visceral impact of the ideas in them, by turning them into mindless action movies. Action simply is too distracting from ideas, and dystopian stories are all about ideas.
I don't think that it is possible to have a great dystopian action film. Maybe someone someday will prove me wrong, and I look forward to that happening. But I cannot help but be disappointed by Equilibrium for its lost opportunities to do something good with its stars. Christian Bale was wasted in it.
ummm...Blade runner.
shareOk, I'll grant you that one... sort of.
On the other hand, there is a lot more story there, so it's not exactly what I consider action-adventure. But ok, if you do, I won't argue. Yes, there's action, and yes, it's set in a dystopian universe. But neither the action, nor the dystopia is the purpose or major focus of the film, but rather is there to serve the story. When I think of action adventure, what I usually think of are films where the action scenes are front and center, like Die Hard, and most of the later James Bond films. When I think of Blade Runner, though, I think of that 'tears in rain' speech on the rooftop. That's the film right there. Equilibrium was all about that gun-fu crap. Ask anyone who likes it, and that's all they will talk about. Ask anyone who loves Blade Runner, and what they will talk about is that final speech,and whether or not Deckard is a Replicant or human. And occasionally they'll talk about those freaky soldier creations. That shows that Blade Runner has a completely different focus.
true dat.
shareNot an adaption at all, the only think they share as that they're both set in dystopian worlds.
shareEquilibrium was conceptually interesting but terrible in execution. What it does have in common with Equals is that both take place in a very pretty dystopia where human emotions are suppressed, but one is about a man who joins the resistance to fight the power while the other is a story of first love.
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