There are pretty much two reasons to see Equilibrium :
3) Sean Bean.
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Dana - Aug 05, 2004 4:53:13 pm PDT #2184 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Polter-Cow - Aug 05, 2004 4:53:42 pm PDT #2185 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
3) Sean Bean.
For like five minutes.
4) Emily Watson
Dana - Aug 05, 2004 4:54:55 pm PDT #2186 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I know. But they were a good five minutes.
I'm going to go see that stupid Nicholas Cage movie where he's a treasure hunter because Sean Bean's the bad guy in it.
Volans - Aug 05, 2004 4:57:15 pm PDT #2187 of 10001
move out and draw fire
I moaned out loud in the theater during previews: "Why'd it have to be Nick Cage?!?" Because otherwise, cheesy Masonic secrets and Sean Bean put my butt in a seat.
JZ - Aug 05, 2004 5:42:22 pm PDT #2188 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I'm going to go see that stupid Nicholas Cage movie where he's a treasure hunter because Sean Bean's the bad guy in it.
I'm going to have to see it just because it looks like a big messy crazyheaded conspiracy theory nutfest with historical costuming and treasure maps and maybe even Knights Templar. The only thing that could possibly stop me from seeing such a movie would be if it starred Richard Chamberlain and Marc Blucas.
Jessica - Aug 05, 2004 6:22:06 pm PDT #2189 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
There are pretty much two reasons to see Equilibrium:
You forgot 5) Taye Diggs.
(But really, it's a movie full of beautiful people spouting overblown pretentious philosophy at each other and then fighting about it! What's not to love?)
Dana - Aug 05, 2004 6:25:00 pm PDT #2190 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
What's not to love?
The fact that they're like "This is our plot!" and then "Wait, the plot's getting in the way! Red alert! Jettison the plot and blow shit up!"
Jessica - Aug 05, 2004 6:27:16 pm PDT #2191 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But, what I really came in to say is that I just got back from a screening of Hero, and it's a million times more beautiful on the big screen, even with the crappy print, the too-dim projection, and the guy in front of me talking on his fucking cell phone throughout the entire film.
(I also feel I should mention that the scrolling exposition titles that bookend the film were added by Miramax for the American release. They were not on the bootleg version I saw last year, and they (a) make no sense (b) miss the entire point of the film and (c) don't even remotely look like they belong. So please, if you see this movie, which I highly recommend, ignore the exposition title cards.)
Jessica - Aug 05, 2004 6:29:10 pm PDT #2192 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The fact that they're like "This is our plot!" and then "Wait, the plot's getting in the way! Red alter! Jettison the plot and blow shit up!"
If you re-examine my post, you'll find that I conveniently avoided mentioning the plot.
Polter-Cow - Aug 05, 2004 6:30:02 pm PDT #2193 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
You forgot 5) Taye Diggs.
Yes, yes. All these were reasons I, too, agree with, but I had to narrow it down to to for effect.
The fact that they're like "This is our plot!" and then "Wait, the plot's getting in the way! Red alter! Jettison the plot and blow shit up!"
There wasn't nearly enough blowing shit up. But the fighting made up for it.
If you re-examine my post, you'll find that I conveniently avoided mentioning the plot.
This allays my fears that I would have to start calling you the Jessicurmudgeon.