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Equilibrium
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I might be far off on the timing of this, but I heard about an awesome movie called Equilibrium. Anyone seen it and wanna offer opinions on how it went? I obviously think it's good and worth the 2 hour download 
Also, anyone know why it was never released in theatres? I couldn't find it at any of the 3 movie stores around here either
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That movie was such a rip off of the matrix it wasn't even funny. Seriously, it wasn't that good. It was even marketed as "better than the matrix" but it wasn't. There were a few really cool scenes, but it had a cliche futuristic setting and the emphasis wasn't on quality. But to each their own, you might enjoy it. I had a few friends that thought it was ok, but a large group of us just thought it was a ripoff trying to make money of the matrix crowd. If you get it for free, then by all means try it out.
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I thought it was a great movie. I don't understand how it was a total rip on The Matrix, when it didn't even have near the same fighting-styles, nor slow-motion or bullet-time. Also, this movie had a much better plot than the last two Matrix movies (The first one, however, if left alone, had a great plot.) It also raises intriguing questions about what a perfect society would be like.
And as far as the fightscenes go, they are very few compared with The Matrix, but they're much better.
I liked this movie.
By the way, where the hell are you downloading the movie from? I'm pretty sure that's illegal. :
And also for the record, this movie actually was in theatres. It just didn't get any hype until it came out on video. And even then, it still doesn't have near as much hype as The Marix gets. The reason you couldn't find it at the video stores is because the video stores near you are cheese. I found it at both the local Blockbuster and Movie Gallery.
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Never even heard of the film from the post above it doesnt look to good
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Read the tagline on the DVD case...I'm pretty sure it says something involving Equilibrium's fight scenes being superior to the Matrix. I know the plot wasn't anything like that of the Matrix, but I wasn't comparing the plot. I compared the setting, and the film attributes (camera work, etc.). The fact that this movie even compares itself to the Matrix is its downfall. I don't care if it's nothing like the Matrix or not...but at the same time, they advertised it for the Matrix crowd, and they pushed it as being better to the Matrix. If they hadn't, I wouldn't have compared the two.
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And I wasn't replying directly to you. I was just saying that the plot is nothing like The Matrix.
You make very valid points, except the part about how you compared the film attributes; in which you then reference "camera work." Having been an experienced mediocre film maker, I know some things about camera work. Equilibrium had much better shots, more steady shots, and more cinematic shots, even if it was just in a fight scene. (And by more, I don't mean numbers, I mean quality.)
As I said in my first post, I agree, it's not better than the original Matrix, but it's a good movie nonetheless. I'd still like to know where he's downloading the movie from, though...
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Io ardo, e l'arsion mia non par di fore."
-Machiavelli
You'll have to excuse me mistaking your reply involving the Matrix for a direct reply to my statement about the Matrix and Equilibrium. My bad.
As a minor film student with SEVERAL film school friends who watched the movie, I stand by my first point. You can judge the movie however you want, because it is your opinion. However, the Marketing Team for Equilibrium decided to target the Matrix audiance and compare the two beforehand, stating that Equilibrium was a better movie. This wasn't me doing this, or me bringing the Matrix into play, this was Equilibirum's Crew doing that.
Anyway, he's probably just going to BT the movie. BT is one of the most reliable ways to P2P anything nowadays, because it is used for literally everything, not just pirating media/software/etc.
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"The greatest trick the devil played on humanity in the 20th century was convincing them that he didnt exist." (Paraphrasing) C.S. Lewis
"The greatest trick the devil played on humanity in the 20th century was convincing them that he didn't exist." (Paraphrasing) C.S. Lewis
"If a mother can kill her own child, what is left before I kill you and you kill me?" -Mother Teresa when talking about abortion after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
Do you know how BT works? Your download is directly effected by how many other people are downloading at the same time, how many have downloaded more than you, and how many are continuing to upload after your download is complete. Without other people downlaoding/uploading, you simply don't download the file. However, because of the way it works, BT cannot directly be shutdown for being a P2P because it does not DIRECTLY download anything, just like BT sites cannot be shutdown because they are not DIRECTLY hosting files. It puts the power entirely in the hands of anonymous users.
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I thought the way BT worked was there were random sites that you'd just randomly find with no particular direction.
So no. I really dont have any idea how it would even work as a filesharing program.
"The greatest trick the devil played on humanity in the 20th century was convincing them that he didnt exist." (Paraphrasing) C.S. Lewis
"The greatest trick the devil played on humanity in the 20th century was convincing them that he didn't exist." (Paraphrasing) C.S. Lewis
"If a mother can kill her own child, what is left before I kill you and you kill me?" -Mother Teresa when talking about abortion after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
I didn't mean that harshly. The question really was just a question, and then in case you didn't know I explained the process afterwards. I reread it and realised it looked like an attack, but it really wasn't. Just an explanation. Anyway, yeah, that's how BT is a filesharing program...it's also why there's the upload window thingy on it. That shows how much you're uploading to other BT users.
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No. I didnt take it as an attack.
But I still dont get it. Because for one. I have no way where it was installed. I clicked the .exe that installed it. Said it installed it. Popped up a URL window and said to go to websites that supported it.
Probably will have to do a search on my harddrive for the root directory.
"The greatest trick the devil played on humanity in the 20th century was convincing them that he didnt exist." (Paraphrasing) C.S. Lewis
"The greatest trick the devil played on humanity in the 20th century was convincing them that he didn't exist." (Paraphrasing) C.S. Lewis
"If a mother can kill her own child, what is left before I kill you and you kill me?" -Mother Teresa when talking about abortion after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
Ahh, Ok. Let me explain a little more. When you go to a BT website, where you can download Torrents, you automatically launch the program when you start downloading a torrent. In fact, to my knowledge, it's the ONLY way to download a torrent file. On completion, torrents are then translated to their appropriate file types, whatever it may be. You never have to technically "launch" BT, but it only works when other people are uploading/downloading the same file as you.
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Well, I'm glad I saw a few opinions about the movie. I did enjoy it, but also saw that it was directed at the matrix crowd. Yeah, that was probably a mistake comparing it to the matrix, but overall, I liked it. I didn't JUST download it to let others DL it from me, but yeah, that is one of the reasons I got it. Interesting thing about bit torrenting there Ali. I had no idea it had a name to it. Useful info I suppose. Anyways, Thanks for the posts..Time to find what other people think about. This post was generally directed to find opinions about it for the sake of conversation.
Yeah, Equlibrium was a fine movie by itself, but it compared it self to the matrix, and that made no sense. I mean, there were some REALLY cool scenes in the movie:
Spoiler:
The scene where the main character pistol whips that whole group of guards to death was frickin awesome. A little unbelievable, but really cool nonetheless.
Yeah, BT is awesome, and because it's anonymous it's hard to locate users to prosecute. there are IP trackers, but with sub-net IP masks most users are fine.
Edit: Spoiler tag didn't work, redoing it now.
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