tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073025888325415158.post6856563499873613263..comments2024-01-22T08:17:14.358-05:00Comments on Defiant Success: EquilibriumMovieNut14http://www.blogger.com/profile/17250239873504510289noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073025888325415158.post-79089821269157093222012-11-12T23:38:42.403-05:002012-11-12T23:38:42.403-05:00I've watched Equilibrium many times. One of my...I've watched Equilibrium many times. One of my favorite films. The purpose of the drug Prozium was simply to keep the citizens emotions in check. The thinking by the government was that if everyone is kept from feeling emotions there will be no more wars and violence. That's also the reason books art and music were removed and destroyed. To remove all feeling.<br /><br />The clerics job was to use violence to eradicate those who refused to use the drugs. Those "rebels" used violence to defend themselves.<br /><br />The film has some moments of pure beauty. The scene were Cleric Preston (Bale) finds the room filled with objects of art and hears the opening notes of Beethoven on the antique phonograph is incredible. His emotional response after being off the Prozium. <br /><br />The violence was highly stylized and in reality the Gun Kata was over the top but I believe it was simply a device by Kurt Wimmer to simply make it look "cool". For me it works.Film Samuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12756329740631158482noreply@blogger.com