And if you want to stick to film for you distopic storytelling, then you
can't even put a movie like Equilibrium next to Brazil and call it good.
Heck, go out and rent yourself a copy of THX1138.
I don't even mind that it's derivative, but it's flawed in both premise and
execution. Heck, who the hell invents a state mandated drug without making
it addictive?
-Kevin (just having fun ranting on a Monday)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Angel Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 9:00 AM
Subject: RE: Just saw Donnie Darko...
> I loved equilibrium.
>
> I thought the story was quite thought provoking and well represented by
> the screenplay.
>
> To me it was irrelevant where the script writers sought their
> inspiration for the tale, anymore than I fault the Wachowski brothers
> for splicing together a hodge podge of readily available philosophy to
> form the basis for their story.
>
> The actor's transition through unemotional slave of the order to finally
> recognising and embracing his emotions was beautiful to watch.
> Christian Bale gives one of the best performances of his career.
>
> The gun katas were unique to Equilibrium, thus giving the action
> sequences that touch of originality which I hadn't seen since Matrix.
>
> All in all I found Equilibrium to be a wonderful story, with a lot of
> action, but with a mind as well. I highly recommend it to any
> sci-fi/action movie aficionado, and especially to those that want to see
> a strong 'moral'/message woven into an entertaining storyline.
>
> It was good filmmaking.
>
> -Gel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 10:48 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Just saw Donnie Darko...
> Equilibrium was horrible. It was just a cliffs notes scraping of a dozen
> literary sources to come up with something that was extremely thin and
> superficial. The only moderately original thing that was interesting was
> the
> gun-kata, but while I like Christian Bale, there were times when I
> cringed
> at the poseur direction he suffered.
>
> -Kevin
>
>
>
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