This video is a classic from the early years of internet reviews shows The format is an accepted norm now, and there's a review channel for just about everything, but series' like BMB, Nostalgia Critic, AVGN etc. really made it happen Glad to see this on UA-cam dude
It is pretty hilarious that the enemies have very emotional responses to the threat of getting injured/killed when they literally would've had nearly no responses at all.
aquoslover200 Maybe consider that they really AREN'T as emotionless as they appear to be, the drugs only do so much, and the rest is just suppression due to the threat of death.
Actually they kind of try to hint that the State Police and Father are all sense offenders. Edit: I'm not saying this movie is by any stretch of the word, perfect. However, there are several subtle hints at the bigger pictures.
There're just so many faults with this film... I thought the premise was that they felt no emotion, but clearly they do, all the time. Why would the police follow orders if they weren't afraid of repercussions? Why would the society care about sense offenders, as they don't feel upset about them? What motivates the clerics or whomever to do anything, since the can feel no sense of reward for their efforts? And obviously the black colleague is motivated to catch Preston, and is clearly upset when he is framed by the fingerprints. This movie is ridiculous. You can't separate the brain from, well the brain, like this.
Yeah this movie is really nonsensical. I can only assume it has a following with the type of people with no critical eye. There's saying 'everyone is a critic' but a lot of people are really shitty ones who are wholly unaware of their own limitations.
1) Police. Because it’s logical. Their whole existence is about leaving aside emotions and living to prosper the society. By killing those who they think are dangerous to society, they erase the threat of being eliminated as species. Logic, no emotions needed to follow such orders. 2) They care about sense offenders since they think they are a threat to the society. Literally everything they see on the streets all the time is the information of how the emotions lead to death and world war 3. It’s logical to eliminate the treat. Same reason. 3) Clerics don’t need to fill any gratitude for their work. They are the machines to eliminate the threat to society. By killing emotional guys they (by their logic and facts that are known to them) ensure the prosperity of their lives and human civilization. Did you watch the film while you were drunk or something? 4) Ok, now I know that you actually WERE drunk while watching the film. His black colleague WAS sense offender, same as his boss. YES - he actually WAS motivated to catch Preston. He and the boss-guy both did not take Prosium, it becomes obvious in the final dialogue of the movie. Rewatch the film. The only illogical thing was that black guy kept smiling too much during the film - which would make him easy (even for Preston) to figure out.
Shouldn't he be less effective at gun kata since he's feeling emotions now and would fell an overwelming sense of fear, nervousness, anxiety, as well as guilt with all the people he killed? Oh right he collected a mario star and is super awesome invincible.
They kind of attempt to explain this in the conversation with the resistance. They try to explain that after years of training he is able to suppress his emotions without the drug. It isn't perfect but they try.
Flawed as it is, I like "Equilibrium". It has a good premise and some very good ideas in it. However it does only the bare minimum with those ideas and leaves you wanting. It's a bit too cheesy and has that "90's action movie" stink to it as well. I think this movie deserves a remake.
There`s a scene early in The Film that gives away the fact that Preston`s children are sense offenders.While they`re eating,Preston`s daughter Lisa smiles at him and Preston`s son Robbie glares and signals with the fork to not do that and she on cue resumes the stoic expression they`ve practiced since stopping their doses.How could you have missed that,Film Brain?
I’m wondering how no one in the film is reacting to the intonations and smile-faces the black guy constantly makes. It was so obvious he was sense offender that Preston should have realized that instantly. Other than that - yes, a lot of hidden ideas most of people overlook and some good acting
@@MysterioPerrito No, it is the perfect kind of bad, over the top, dystopian movie from the 00s. It might just be the best “bad” movie I have ever watched, I just love it.
This is one of my favourite movies but I thouroughly enjoyed this scathing review. Just a few things I want to address: The emotion thing is an obvious lie by the facist government. He doesn't love Mary, he feels guilty. You don't need to love to fuck and have kids. Everything else was spot on and hilarious!
I know this is over 8 years old, but I thought he did love her and that's why the guilt hit him so hard? I can't really see the creators going for the "you can have kids without emotions/love angle" though that'd be interesting
This isn't a perfect film (there are big plot holes) and it did rip-off other movies....still, I do really enjoy the film unironically. Still like the review though. :D
Admittedly, i loved this movie as a teenager (so angsty! So emotional!), but on subsequent viewings as an adult it's just not that good. I still find things to enjoy about it, but it's ham-fisted, over-stylized, and no where as deep as it wants to be. The actors really sell it though, which is what I think made me buy into it for so long.
Sophia Aldous AGREED! I still like this movie but every criticism made in this review is accurate. It's a guilty pleasure plus Christian Bale is hot and I hate Taye Diggs so his face slicing is orgasmic: -)
After reading these comments, I'm going to watch the movie at some point to see if the movie really is that good, or if it's another Jeff the Killer or Twilight/Fifty Shades of Grey situation where it's crap despite its popularity.
+TheMad Mexican Equilibrium sucked! It is just another post nuke 1984 with moronic actions scenes that make a cheap Steven Seagal film look realistic..... THE FUTURE IS ALWAYS HELL these days
Yeah, probably stupid and full of plot holes. And how this emotionless society functions is a mystery to me. But i still liked this movie. Its not the best but i can't help it. The action is not bad and the gore is not yet as over the top as Ultra Violet would be. The close quater gun battle was fun too. Guilty pleasure?
I thought this movie was truly better than The Matrix, back when I confused being an insufferable contrarian with having a personality or being a critical thinker. Also asked Christian Bale about it at a comic convention when we didn't know Batman Begins was about to become the 'next big thing,' and he seemed delighted anyone had seen it!
I Agree I like Equilibrium more than the Matrix it’s better than the Sequels I Enjoyed the first Matrix and Matrix Reloaded And Thought Matrix Revolutions was Shit
You kinda make me want to watch this movie. Honestly, I'd probably like it better than The Matrix. (I mean, bringing someone back to life with the power of love is just as stupid as anything going on here.)
It is a mystery to me why in these films, that resistance fighters who would know full well that prisoners get executed by the evil state, allow themselves to be captured and once captured, why they don't attempt to fight back or escape Its an all or nothing scenario, fighting and dying with a slither of a chance is surely better than lining up to be executed?
I never got why this movie has such a cult following. Apart from the fact that this movie just seems really cheap and B grade, it literally does not use a single an original idea. Its like an amalgamation of Brave New World, The Matrix, Fahrenheit 451, 1984 and Dark City
+Uncle Fester You're leaving out Lucas' THX 1138. But as to the reason why this movie has a big following, Gun Kata/unstoppable nature of Christian Bale's character, the costume design, a sprinkle of philosophical nonsense to make it seem smart, when it really is not (The Island is example of another film that does this), and of course the hyperstylization.
***** But the Costume design isn't even that good. I've always thought that the Motobike helmeted guards look fucking stupid. And the Clerics look like Matrix rejects
Uncle Fester imo it is because of the Clerics and the Gun Kata, the cool outfits, etc... basically I think the people who really like it like the style over any substance, or lack thereof.
A kids pop up book based on 1984 would be hilarious. They should start making kid versions of crazy film flops, but as a pop up book :) 2012 Time Machine (remake) Total Recall (remake) Ghost Rider Any movie you review on this channel ;) Etc etc etc... I would buy those just to get some good laughs.
@@devinharbert6071 lol, yeah my wording might not have been the best. How about instead of flops, just movies considered so bad they’re good or something. But yeah I’m no good with stats and numbers 🤣
The ending really pissed me off. Like come on there is no fucking way all those guys were in on the conspiracy and were just as much victims as the resistance were.
I was born in 83 are you still alive would you ever come across my comment I will come back if I'm alive in four years and check if you ever leave a comment
For me the biggest issue with the movie is how insanely overpowered our hero is. Ok I get it action movie the hero has to win. But his fights are so easy for him they eliminate any possible tension. Even the final boss battle has an anticlimactic ending. Its not exactly a scary totalitarian regime when one guy takes it down with a few guns. Its also incredibly simplistic reducing complex sociopololitical issues to simple find and shoot the bad guy missions. In fairness this is a common problem in such stories which are based on the assumption that the good guys only have to win and its over.
Oh dear Film Brain - another brilliant review and so much more entertaining than the movie itself. You absolutely put your indomitable and hyperactive analytic mind to good use in unmasking the shallowness and idiocrasy of overpaid jackasses in the movie industry.
6:45 The director of this movie maybe a Scientologist. The drug that is used to control the masses is called: Prozium - - is that not an obvious reference to Prozac?
+Film Brain it has flaws, major flaws (even the director says so in his commentary), but its a good movie imho. Guilty pleasure or not. If I had to give it a number from 0 to 10, I'd say roughy a 6 though.
Walking through a crowded entryway and I step on crunchy glass... Um... It's not an "emotion" to think "What was that? It sounded like glass! What if it gets through the sole of my shoe? That'd hurt. What if someone slips on it? That'd impact productivity and cause problems... I'd better look down."
2:39 - actually, Neo DID NOT wear this cloak in "The Matrix". In reality, he started wearing it in "The Matrix Reloaded". Which was released AFTER the "Equilbrium"! F*cking "ooops"? 9:42 - at this point, I said to myself that if he screams "symbolism" for no reason again, I quit watching this. 10:18 - well, it didn't take long, did it? Goodbye. I like "Equilibrium", but on the other hand, I do understand people who do not like it. However, in this video, Film Brain just fails miserably at attempting to be funny. And spends most of the time just bitching & moaning at every single thing he sees, rather than focusing on things that really matter. And screams about "symbolism" in completely random situations. And repeats this "Matrix-ripoff" bullshit that had already made me sick years ago - just because Grammaton Clerics wear something very similar to a cloak that was worn by Neo in a movie that wasn't even released at the time. Talking about plagiarism in advance.
Well, it was the third review I ever did, eight years ago, and this review isn't one of my finest hours (although it's one of my most controversial at the time). I wasn't saying "symbolism" at random images, but what I felt were heavy-handed metaphors for Preston's awakening throughout the work. As for The Matrix comparisons, you can still feel the influence of it on the costume design and the gun kata, even if the exact style of dress wasn't until the follow ups. My opinion of this wasn't helped by the UK distributors releasing it to cash in on the run up to those being released that summer. In my later review of Ultraviolet (which is a far worse movie than this, I'll give you), I note that Wimmer actually lifts a gag from The Matrix straight up.
Film Brain Dude, neither "symbolism" nor "metaphor" are cool names for any form of artistic expression that there is - just like "action movie" is not a cool name for any movie that features any form of action (in "Blade Runner", we have scenes with Deckard shooting the androids, so... hey, there's some action, so why don't we call it "action movie"?). They both have their meaning. And scenes that you're complaining about contain none of the above.
I'm not surprised it has a high IMDB score as it's got lotsa calculating cold killing and cool moves a la "John Wick" and the plot-canyons and shallow lack of a plot aren't noticed by the same fans who loved "Event Horizon" for much the same reasons.
Preston switched the first gun when he was with Brandt, at the end of the first raid in the Nether against the sense-offenders. Though you're right about using 2 guns in the Nether. But you should imagine that Preston might have had a stash of illegal (unregistered) guns and ammo of his own. At the end of the movie, when he takes on the snipers, he pulls out again two pistols out of his ass. So, he isn't relying on the weapons that were legally given to him.
so do you have your reviews backed up, I woukd help, but Im backing up so many other reviewers, do yo7 need some help, I could maybe download some of your Sandler reviews and other BMB reviews
27:02 "poorly CGI'd face on the floor", that's not bad CGI, it just looks out of place and is in any way too small to be able to tell whether it is or not.
In my opinion, the gun switch works because the clerics always use leather gloves, thus their fingerprints wouldnt be on the weapons and they'd be tracing the killings to the guns of the clerics and not the serial numbers.
I still down get how looking at classical art and owning a puppy would lead to World War 4. Why wouldn't they simply focus on suppressing anger, jealousy and aggression instead of the entire emotional spectrum?
Why? Why does he want to be just like Bale? That's emotional. I'm assuming they have jobs and families for practical reasons and are given logical reasons..? But maintaining a dictatorship would be pretty tough without conditioning and fear.
Actually it is possible to have your arms moving so fast it makes a "swoosh" noise. I do wing chun and I am able to move my right arm so fast when doing a sideways sweeping attack it actually makes a sound even when not wearing a shirt ( a test I did to confirm it was not the sound of fabric moving). But that is a combination of structure and technique - you move the arm in combination with pivoting your feet in a new direction. Just waving your arms gunkata-style is probably not going to do much good lol
its interesting in this re edit your bum summation of the film is still a little cut off, is that because the master tape of that segment is gone now? love the review and your show, cheers
Checked the date it was published. Not April 1st :| Just...no. Not going to say this film was perfect but it was still damn good. A bad film? Not even close.
I never understood why people hated this review. Equilibrium really does seem like a bad, drawn out, boring movie. The ever obvious SYMBOLISM as well as the overly drawn-out implausible fight scenes. In the Matrix the fight scenes make sense because they're in a computer and can do whatever they want, here it makes no sense.
Gillian Quigley Still though, I have watched reviews over films I have liked and not thought they sucked because they held an opinion that differs from mine.
The Shady Reviewer I never got it. At first I didn't watch it, but after watching the movie itself, I do think it's dumb. So watching FB's review was dumb.
one other thing that for some reason that society is pretty much unable to do is forensics...NOBODY noticed that this is a very specific way for all those people to die thus all these law enforcement dying had been done by a cleric...nobody pretty much alerted anyone about this...
they chose the term "sense offender" to sound similar to "sex offender" on purpose. Again, it's symbolism. It's supposed to show the audience that people who feel emotions in the world of the movie are as despised as in our world people who violate other people's sexual autonomy are.
It might have been intentional. The other term was already established circa 2000. But if it was intentional I have no clue as to what if any point the director was making. I hope he just chose the term because he found it funny.'Hah it sounds like a you know what.' And not the alternative ie to imply some moral equivalence between the two.
Many of those who love this cult classic are fans of The Matrix. Isn't it bloody obvious why this movie has such a high rating? The style, music, cinematography and action scenes are top-notch. Bale did a great job too. 10/10 one of my favourites.
To be honest, as much of a trainwreck plotwise this movie is, the shootout with the motorcycle goons seems to hint at an energy and sense of bonkers fun that a lot of the movie lacks to be "serious" and "badass." I think a movie with that has a combo of Gun Kata and Shoot 'Em Up's tone would at least be far more watchable
OH MY (FILL IN A DEITY HERE). I've waiting for video likes this! I saw this movie and couldn't believe so many people were talking about it as if it was good. Thank you for this review. That movie was absolute garbage.
I gave up on this review after he says sean bean tries to shoot Preston. He clearly knows preston is gonna shoot him and expects to die in that scene. FB completely changes the scene is his review. The Cinema Snob brought me to his reviews but he has nothing on the Snob.
You are aware this is a very, very old review? This is literally my third. I wasn't maliciously trying to change the context of the scene, that was legitimately how I read it at the time. I don't think I've seen this movie since this review, which I'm not a huge fan of.
Speaking of old reviews... I noticed, that you did commit, though unintentionally, a typical Western mistake for Beverly Hills Cop III. I'm not arguing your critique per se, but the fact of the time frame. Yes, for most it really was 7 years between '87 and '94, but for a bunch of people during the Cold War, like me, it only made it 5, given that many movies were blocked or came years later. As for Preston's son in Equilibrium, I'm aware you do this for fun, so you might have your own divergences, like Doug does with Nostalgia and real reviews. Yet, his children hiding their true nature makes very much sense, especially if the father is a huge cog in the machine. This dictatorship, and I wish, all were fictional, was very similar to the society I grew up in, where the regime doesn't exclusively rely on military, and police, but also on opportunistic volunteers who snitch on others, regardless of committing a crime or not. It's okay that you didn't like it, at least it did not feature a scene between Mary and Preston in bed, with John eating a donut.
If everyone has to take a drug to prevent them from feeling emotions, why do the police have to kill the sense offenders? Why can't they just force them to take the drug?
This video is a classic from the early years of internet reviews shows
The format is an accepted norm now, and there's a review channel for just about everything, but series' like BMB, Nostalgia Critic, AVGN etc. really made it happen
Glad to see this on UA-cam dude
Well stated.
Please don't place BMB with thise pioneering characters.
Fuck Walker. Rolfe did it all.
Walker was also instrumental in making it popular, don't dismiss him out of hand.
Aaronage Also Dashie,Smosh,ERB,Nigahiga,& Tre Melvin
It is pretty hilarious that the enemies have very emotional responses to the threat of getting injured/killed when they literally would've had nearly no responses at all.
aquoslover200 Maybe consider that they really AREN'T as emotionless as they appear to be, the drugs only do so much, and the rest is just suppression due to the threat of death.
Having no emotions wouldn't suppress your instinct for self preservation nor would it suppress your fight or flight response.
Actually they kind of try to hint that the State Police and Father are all sense offenders.
Edit: I'm not saying this movie is by any stretch of the word, perfect. However, there are several subtle hints at the bigger pictures.
@Iafiv Iv I fully agree woth this. Like I said, this movie is by no means perfect. Many ideas felt like they were half way there.
ARE YOU PLAYING WITH ME aquoslover!?
There're just so many faults with this film... I thought the premise was that they felt no emotion, but clearly they do, all the time.
Why would the police follow orders if they weren't afraid of repercussions?
Why would the society care about sense offenders, as they don't feel upset about them?
What motivates the clerics or whomever to do anything, since the can feel no sense of reward for their efforts?
And obviously the black colleague is motivated to catch Preston, and is clearly upset when he is framed by the fingerprints. This movie is ridiculous.
You can't separate the brain from, well the brain, like this.
F3udF1st,
how about you stop hating this movie you hater.
Yeah this movie is really nonsensical.
I can only assume it has a following with the type of people with no critical eye. There's saying 'everyone is a critic' but a lot of people are really shitty ones who are wholly unaware of their own limitations.
The guy who got framed was pretending to be upset. That whole thing was a set up so that he would lead them to the resistance.
Well, I mean, you can, kind of, with anti-depressants
But they typically end up committing suicide as a result
1) Police. Because it’s logical. Their whole existence is about leaving aside emotions and living to prosper the society. By killing those who they think are dangerous to society, they erase the threat of being eliminated as species. Logic, no emotions needed to follow such orders.
2) They care about sense offenders since they think they are a threat to the society. Literally everything they see on the streets all the time is the information of how the emotions lead to death and world war 3. It’s logical to eliminate the treat. Same reason.
3) Clerics don’t need to fill any gratitude for their work. They are the machines to eliminate the threat to society. By killing emotional guys they (by their logic and facts that are known to them) ensure the prosperity of their lives and human civilization. Did you watch the film while you were drunk or something?
4) Ok, now I know that you actually WERE drunk while watching the film. His black colleague WAS sense offender, same as his boss. YES - he actually WAS motivated to catch Preston. He and the boss-guy both did not take Prosium, it becomes obvious in the final dialogue of the movie. Rewatch the film. The only illogical thing was that black guy kept smiling too much during the film - which would make him easy (even for Preston) to figure out.
Shouldn't he be less effective at gun kata since he's feeling emotions now and would fell an overwelming sense of fear, nervousness, anxiety, as well as guilt with all the people he killed?
Oh right he collected a mario star and is super awesome invincible.
Those are some very good points actually I never thought of that
At one point in the movie, he goes and gets his pills he stashed, so he can go on his mission against father without fear.
Eh... he was pissed and going trough an adrenaline rush.
They kind of attempt to explain this in the conversation with the resistance. They try to explain that after years of training he is able to suppress his emotions without the drug. It isn't perfect but they try.
Flawed as it is, I like "Equilibrium". It has a good premise and some very good ideas in it. However it does only the bare minimum with those ideas and leaves you wanting. It's a bit too cheesy and has that "90's action movie" stink to it as well.
I think this movie deserves a remake.
Plus its core also has a bit too much in common with the Ray Bradbury book Fahrenheit 451.
Man I kinda miss the days when Film Brain had more silliness in Bad Movie Beatdown.
There`s a scene early in The Film that gives away the fact that Preston`s children are sense offenders.While they`re eating,Preston`s daughter Lisa smiles at him and Preston`s son Robbie glares and signals with the fork to not do that and she on cue resumes the stoic expression they`ve practiced since stopping their doses.How could you have missed that,Film Brain?
I’m wondering how no one in the film is reacting to the intonations and smile-faces the black guy constantly makes. It was so obvious he was sense offender that Preston should have realized that instantly. Other than that - yes, a lot of hidden ideas most of people overlook and some good acting
So this is the controversial video, huh? I actually liked Equilibrium, but I still see your point of view. Loved your Bum Review parody at the end!
samusfan117 Equilibrium Sucks
@@MysterioPerrito No, it is the perfect kind of bad, over the top, dystopian movie from the 00s. It might just be the best “bad” movie I have ever watched, I just love it.
@@otnoirhc no it just sucks genrally. they have a somewhat interesting concept and they ruin it with dull acting and a boring story
@@MysterioPerrito both the acting and effects are good, especially given the low budget.
@@otnoirhc I never said the effects were bad. I though the effects were good.
This is one of my favourite movies but I thouroughly enjoyed this scathing review. Just a few things I want to address:
The emotion thing is an obvious lie by the facist government. He doesn't love Mary, he feels guilty. You don't need to love to fuck and have kids.
Everything else was spot on and hilarious!
I know this is over 8 years old, but I thought he did love her and that's why the guilt hit him so hard? I can't really see the creators going for the "you can have kids without emotions/love angle" though that'd be interesting
This isn't a perfect film (there are big plot holes) and it did rip-off other movies....still, I do really enjoy the film unironically.
Still like the review though. :D
I keep hearing "Sex Offenders"
10:58 This is how PETA imagines Animal Protection. Prosecute the owners and prosecute the pets!
Admittedly, i loved this movie as a teenager (so angsty! So emotional!), but on subsequent viewings as an adult it's just not that good. I still find things to enjoy about it, but it's ham-fisted, over-stylized, and no where as deep as it wants to be. The actors really sell it though, which is what I think made me buy into it for so long.
Sophia Aldous AGREED! I still like this movie but every criticism made in this review is accurate. It's a guilty pleasure plus Christian Bale is hot and I hate Taye Diggs so his face slicing is orgasmic: -)
Sometime “style over substance” works.....
After reading these comments, I'm going to watch the movie at some point to see if the movie really is that good, or if it's another Jeff the Killer or Twilight/Fifty Shades of Grey situation where it's crap despite its popularity.
If a cleric busted into that room that YOU'RE in Brian flym the only emotion they would be in danger of feeling is sadness and disappointment.👻
Equilibrium was not bad at all dude.....try Jupiter Ascending (a.k.a. Uranus exploding)
+TheMad Mexican Equilibrium sucked! It is just another post nuke 1984 with moronic actions scenes that make a cheap Steven Seagal film look realistic..... THE FUTURE IS ALWAYS HELL these days
'Gun Fu' sounds AND looks friggin wicked (O_O)
I actually kinda liked this movie, but I respect your opinion.
Yeah, probably stupid and full of plot holes. And how this emotionless society functions is a mystery to me.
But i still liked this movie. Its not the best but i can't help it. The action is not bad and the gore is not yet as over the top as Ultra Violet would be. The close quater gun battle was fun too.
Guilty pleasure?
30:24 Mathew looks like Macaulay Culkin on the poster for _The_ _Good_ _Son_. lol
I thought this movie was truly better than The Matrix, back when I confused being an insufferable contrarian with having a personality or being a critical thinker.
Also asked Christian Bale about it at a comic convention when we didn't know Batman Begins was about to become the 'next big thing,' and he seemed delighted anyone had seen it!
I Agree I like Equilibrium more than the Matrix it’s better than the Sequels I Enjoyed the first Matrix and Matrix Reloaded And Thought Matrix Revolutions was Shit
Anyone else realized that this review turned ten years old yesterday?
That's a terrifying thought!
@@FilmBrain indeed, you have any "plans", given that 2019 as a whole marks the anniversary of Bad Movie Beatdown?
You kinda make me want to watch this movie. Honestly, I'd probably like it better than The Matrix. (I mean, bringing someone back to life with the power of love is just as stupid as anything going on here.)
It is a mystery to me why in these films, that resistance fighters who would know full well that prisoners get executed by the evil state, allow themselves to be captured and once captured, why they don't attempt to fight back or escape
Its an all or nothing scenario, fighting and dying with a slither of a chance is surely better than lining up to be executed?
I never got why this movie has such a cult following. Apart from the fact that this movie just seems really cheap and B grade, it literally does not use a single an original idea. Its like an amalgamation of Brave New World, The Matrix, Fahrenheit 451, 1984 and Dark City
+Uncle Fester You're leaving out Lucas' THX 1138. But as to the reason why this movie has a big following, Gun Kata/unstoppable nature of Christian Bale's character, the costume design, a sprinkle of philosophical nonsense to make it seem smart, when it really is not (The Island is example of another film that does this), and of course the hyperstylization.
***** But the Costume design isn't even that good. I've always thought that the Motobike helmeted guards look fucking stupid. And the Clerics look like Matrix rejects
Uncle Fester I don't either, but is the kind of shit Reddit just eats up.
Because is 1984 with a happy ending...and kinda cleaner.
Uncle Fester imo it is because of the Clerics and the Gun Kata, the cool outfits, etc... basically I think the people who really like it like the style over any substance, or lack thereof.
13:43 that statement also applies to John wick
I just realized!!!! Isn’t this movie basically Fahrenheit 451?
Mixed in with THX 1138
This was kinda heavily inspired from matrix. But this was an amazing movie.
the subtitles cant understand your accent lol they keep calling Preston Pressure
A kids pop up book based on 1984 would be hilarious. They should start making kid versions of crazy film flops, but as a pop up book :)
2012
Time Machine (remake)
Total Recall (remake)
Ghost Rider
Any movie you review on this channel ;)
Etc etc etc... I would buy those just to get some good laughs.
Ghost Rider And And Roland Emmerichs 2012 were Successful at the Box office
@@devinharbert6071 lol, yeah my wording might not have been the best. How about instead of flops, just movies considered so bad they’re good or something. But yeah I’m no good with stats and numbers 🤣
The ending really pissed me off. Like come on there is no fucking way all those guys were in on the conspiracy and were just as much victims as the resistance were.
I really liked both the book AND the movie “1984”. I was born in ‘83 so always considered it an alternative time line ;)
I was born in 83 are you still alive would you ever come across my comment I will come back if I'm alive in four years and check if you ever leave a comment
@@waleslandofdragons8842 well hey, just know I have so much free time I’ll reply in moments 🤣🤪
I think this is a whole lot better than that stupid ultraviolet.
8:59 Filmbrain's first SYMBOLISM!
For me the biggest issue with the movie is how insanely overpowered our hero is. Ok I get it action movie the hero has to win. But his fights are so easy for him they eliminate any possible tension. Even the final boss battle has an anticlimactic ending. Its not exactly a scary totalitarian regime when one guy takes it down with a few guns. Its also incredibly simplistic reducing complex sociopololitical issues to simple find and shoot the bad guy missions. In fairness this is a common problem in such stories which are based on the assumption that the good guys only have to win and its over.
The over-cooked dialogue of this Film foreshadowed the over-cooked dialogue of The Matrix Sequels.
Oh dear Film Brain - another brilliant review and so much more entertaining than the movie itself. You absolutely put your indomitable and hyperactive analytic mind to good use in unmasking the shallowness and idiocrasy of overpaid jackasses in the movie industry.
6:45 The director of this movie maybe a Scientologist. The drug that is used to control the masses is called: Prozium - - is that not an obvious reference to Prozac?
+Jeffrey314159 combination of Prozac and Valium, don't remember the source.
Technically that one dude's OH FUCK reaction isn't emotion so much as reflex. A galvanic response.
Equilibrium now has a 7.5 rating on IMDB
7.9
I enjoyed the review for many reasons but I realized the best part of it: now I know where Nostalgia Critic's Chester Bum comes from. Epic :)
Alas it was not where it comes from: Chester A. Bum pre-dates this review, I was merely doing a spoof.
+Film Brain it has flaws, major flaws (even the director says so in his commentary), but its a good movie imho. Guilty pleasure or not. If I had to give it a number from 0 to 10, I'd say roughy a 6 though.
26:40 Why is there a painting in the bad guy's room when that's supposedly not allowed?
because unlike everyone else the council does feel.
that's done on purpose. corruption. the leaders not following their own rules.
Man this movie is so pretensious
I kinda like this review, but I love this movie
Walking through a crowded entryway and I step on crunchy glass... Um... It's not an "emotion" to think "What was that? It sounded like glass! What if it gets through the sole of my shoe? That'd hurt. What if someone slips on it? That'd impact productivity and cause problems... I'd better look down."
2:39 - actually, Neo DID NOT wear this cloak in "The Matrix". In reality, he started wearing it in "The Matrix Reloaded". Which was released AFTER the "Equilbrium"! F*cking "ooops"?
9:42 - at this point, I said to myself that if he screams "symbolism" for no reason again, I quit watching this.
10:18 - well, it didn't take long, did it? Goodbye.
I like "Equilibrium", but on the other hand, I do understand people who do not like it. However, in this video, Film Brain just fails miserably at attempting to be funny. And spends most of the time just bitching & moaning at every single thing he sees, rather than focusing on things that really matter. And screams about "symbolism" in completely random situations. And repeats this "Matrix-ripoff" bullshit that had already made me sick years ago - just because Grammaton Clerics wear something very similar to a cloak that was worn by Neo in a movie that wasn't even released at the time. Talking about plagiarism in advance.
Well, it was the third review I ever did, eight years ago, and this review isn't one of my finest hours (although it's one of my most controversial at the time). I wasn't saying "symbolism" at random images, but what I felt were heavy-handed metaphors for Preston's awakening throughout the work.
As for The Matrix comparisons, you can still feel the influence of it on the costume design and the gun kata, even if the exact style of dress wasn't until the follow ups. My opinion of this wasn't helped by the UK distributors releasing it to cash in on the run up to those being released that summer. In my later review of Ultraviolet (which is a far worse movie than this, I'll give you), I note that Wimmer actually lifts a gag from The Matrix straight up.
Film Brain
Dude, neither "symbolism" nor "metaphor" are cool names for any form of artistic expression that there is - just like "action movie" is not a cool name for any movie that features any form of action (in "Blade Runner", we have scenes with Deckard shooting the androids, so... hey, there's some action, so why don't we call it "action movie"?). They both have their meaning. And scenes that you're complaining about contain none of the above.
To Be Honest Ultraviolet is Wimmer’s only Bad Film Oof
"Ham alert" lol
WHAT!? Better than Mask of the Phantasm!!??
I guess people really fell for this ridiculous attempt at badassery in the aughts.
"Grammaton Cleric" sounds like Brennan Braga Technobabble.
I'm not surprised it has a high IMDB score as it's got lotsa calculating cold killing and cool moves a la "John Wick" and the plot-canyons and shallow lack of a plot aren't noticed by the same fans who loved "Event Horizon" for much the same reasons.
Preston switched the first gun when he was with Brandt, at the end of the first raid in the Nether against the sense-offenders. Though you're right about using 2 guns in the Nether. But you should imagine that Preston might have had a stash of illegal (unregistered) guns and ammo of his own. At the end of the movie, when he takes on the snipers, he pulls out again two pistols out of his ass. So, he isn't relying on the weapons that were legally given to him.
Where's the bullet hole on Sean Bean's head?
Cleric Preston shot him in the base of throat not the head.
so do you have your reviews backed up, I woukd help, but Im backing up so many other reviewers, do yo7 need some help, I could maybe download some of your Sandler reviews and other BMB reviews
rip martin septim
SYMBOLISM!!!11!!OMFGWTFGENIUS!!
27:02 "poorly CGI'd face on the floor", that's not bad CGI, it just looks out of place and is in any way too small to be able to tell whether it is or not.
7.8/10: Too much SYMBOLISM!11!!
In my opinion, the gun switch works because the clerics always use leather gloves, thus their fingerprints wouldnt be on the weapons and they'd be tracing the killings to the guns of the clerics and not the serial numbers.
The Matrix meets Brave new Farenheit 1984
I still down get how looking at classical art and owning a puppy would lead to World War 4. Why wouldn't they simply focus on suppressing anger, jealousy and aggression instead of the entire emotional spectrum?
25:58 It's not "mono e mono" but "mano a mano" for "man-on-man , although the former could be translated as "one on one."
actually, mano a mano means hand on hand, not man on man. it is usually used to mean: if you help me, I'll help you.
The PG-13-ness of the movie is...pretty sadly blatant. No blood squibs? Quentin Tarrantino would DISAPPROVE.
Which is funny, because it's rated R.
Why? Why does he want to be just like Bale? That's emotional. I'm assuming they have jobs and families for practical reasons and are given logical reasons..? But maintaining a dictatorship would be pretty tough without conditioning and fear.
Ok Ik this is an old review but I got to ask why is the camera moving so much? Is someone standing there holding it?
Short answer: yes. I didn't get a tripod until a few episodes in, and I think this was the second filmed.
The choreography is so silly, and although the message is both clear AND relevant, it's executed REALLY badly.
more hand swooshes than a power rangers episode.
It's like if Drake of the 99 Dragons was a movie
Actually it is possible to have your arms moving so fast it makes a "swoosh" noise. I do wing chun and I am able to move my right arm so fast when doing a sideways sweeping attack it actually makes a sound even when not wearing a shirt ( a test I did to confirm it was not the sound of fabric moving). But that is a combination of structure and technique - you move the arm in combination with pivoting your feet in a new direction. Just waving your arms gunkata-style is probably not going to do much good lol
That is just the sound of air moving and no one else can hear it. You hear it because you are moving your arms very close to your ears.
its interesting in this re edit your bum summation of the film is still a little cut off, is that because the master tape of that segment is gone now?
love the review and your show, cheers
Yeah, most of the re-cut episodes are drawn from the previously edited versions, so if it was cut off originally it still will be.
symbolism!
I can make a swish Noise by moving MY arm, guess you're just too slow Brian flym!
No you can't.
yes I can
I'm sure you think you can, but you can't. I'm not calling you a liar, only delusional.
:)
That final fight scene looks ridiculous. It's just Preston trying to shoot him and the other guy swatting his hands away.
With her hot temper she should've walked out of that furness like a boss
9:50 Is that the same piece of classical music that was playing in Mercenary for Justice?
It's Beethoven's 9th Symphony, in case you wanted to listen to it, you can access it on spotify and/or youtube.
Is this Film Brain's channel or just someone re-uploading his videos?
+lasoogneypubes nope, definitely the real Film Brain.
DarksideEXE Sarcasm.. How would I know if it's really him or not? Channel Awesome contributors do have youtube channels.
ok then, wait for him to post a new projector video, or watch a new vid on channel awesome (from youtube) then check your history.
DarksideEXE So were you being sarcastic about it being his channel or not?
no, pretty sure it was Film Brain's official channel.
Checked the date it was published. Not April 1st :| Just...no. Not going to say this film was perfect but it was still damn good. A bad film? Not even close.
I loved this film.
Why do they have paintings in Dupont's room?
The most popular tag for this movie is 'thought-provoking'. I suppose they didn't say what kind of thought is provoked.
I never understood why people hated this review. Equilibrium really does seem like a bad, drawn out, boring movie. The ever obvious SYMBOLISM as well as the overly drawn-out implausible fight scenes. In the Matrix the fight scenes make sense because they're in a computer and can do whatever they want, here it makes no sense.
The Shady Reviewer Perhaps people like the film? That's just a wild suggestion.
Gillian Quigley I've heard that is the case but to me anyway, the movie just seems boring.
Gillian Quigley Still though, I have watched reviews over films I have liked and not thought they sucked because they held an opinion that differs from mine.
***** I know.
The Shady Reviewer I never got it. At first I didn't watch it, but after watching the movie itself, I do think it's dumb. So watching FB's review was dumb.
one other thing that for some reason that society is pretty much unable to do is forensics...NOBODY noticed that this is a very specific way for all those people to die thus all these law enforcement dying had been done by a cleric...nobody pretty much alerted anyone about this...
I don't know if this qualifies as a bad movie.
All puppies, hurray for the puppies.
15:11 - sounds like he said 'he's a sex offender'
they chose the term "sense offender" to sound similar to "sex offender" on purpose. Again, it's symbolism. It's supposed to show the audience that people who feel emotions in the world of the movie are as despised as in our world people who violate other people's sexual autonomy are.
Guy with a shitty camera is pissed 'Equilibrium' isn't painstakingly realistic.
"Sense Offenders" sounds really unfortunate when said out loud. A bit too close to a different type of offender.
It might have been intentional. The other term was already established circa 2000. But if it was intentional I have no clue as to what if any point the director was making. I hope he just chose the term because he found it funny.'Hah it sounds like a you know what.' And not the alternative ie to imply some moral equivalence between the two.
Now it’s 7.5
Many of those who love this cult classic are fans of The Matrix. Isn't it bloody obvious why this movie has such a high rating? The style, music, cinematography and action scenes are top-notch. Bale did a great job too. 10/10 one of my favourites.
Equilibrium is the easily best movie adaptation of Fahrenheit 451, despite only being inspired by it.
To be honest, as much of a trainwreck plotwise this movie is, the shootout with the motorcycle goons seems to hint at an energy and sense of bonkers fun that a lot of the movie lacks to be "serious" and "badass." I think a movie with that has a combo of Gun Kata and Shoot 'Em Up's tone would at least be far more watchable
When are you making new episodes of Film Brain? Also tidy your room next time lol
Saw this in class because we couldn't watch the movie version of 1948. It was ok but I haven't seen it sense 11th grade.
All i can think during the fight at the end is "Tinnitus "
Remember Christian Bale also starred in Reign Of Fire in 2002.
Reign of Fire is an underrated film
@@devinharbert6071
Funny how in it and Batman Begins Jack Gleason who played Joffrey also appears.
OH MY (FILL IN A DEITY HERE). I've waiting for video likes this! I saw this movie and couldn't believe so many people were talking about it as if it was good. Thank you for this review. That movie was absolute garbage.
Have you considered accepting Unicron into your life and eventual death as your planet is consumed?
I've got a friend who swears by this movie.
I gave up on this review after he says sean bean tries to shoot Preston. He clearly knows preston is gonna shoot him and expects to die in that scene. FB completely changes the scene is his review. The Cinema Snob brought me to his reviews but he has nothing on the Snob.
You are aware this is a very, very old review? This is literally my third. I wasn't maliciously trying to change the context of the scene, that was legitimately how I read it at the time. I don't think I've seen this movie since this review, which I'm not a huge fan of.
I like it, Matt, and so do a lot of people. Don't worry about the fan boys.
Also, loved you in the Dreamcatcher review.
Speaking of old reviews... I noticed, that you did commit, though unintentionally, a typical Western mistake for Beverly Hills Cop III.
I'm not arguing your critique per se, but the fact of the time frame. Yes, for most it really was 7 years between '87 and '94, but for a bunch of people during the Cold War, like me, it only made it 5, given that many movies were blocked or came years later.
As for Preston's son in Equilibrium, I'm aware you do this for fun, so you might have your own divergences, like Doug does with Nostalgia and real reviews. Yet, his children hiding their true nature makes very much sense, especially if the father is a huge cog in the machine. This dictatorship, and I wish, all were fictional, was very similar to the society I grew up in, where the regime doesn't exclusively rely on military, and police, but also on opportunistic volunteers who snitch on others, regardless of committing a crime or not.
It's okay that you didn't like it, at least it did not feature a scene between Mary and Preston in bed, with John eating a donut.
OK
If everyone has to take a drug to prevent them from feeling emotions, why do the police have to kill the sense offenders? Why can't they just force them to take the drug?