I Wish Someone Would Save Me [From Equilibrium]

There are often days, weeks, and months that go by, and I don't have to think about the only movie that I actively dislike that I've seen more than once.

That's right.

Equilibrium.



I hate this film so much. I hate it. I was bored, bored bored the entire time. I love Sci-Fi, but there I was, bored with the world of emotionless people, angry that someone that that making a movie with emotionless characters was a good idea.

[Yeah, I'm looking at you, Dollhouse. Good thing you tried to save yourself second season right before getting canceled.]

I mean, how is having a bunch of lame, feel-nothing characters a good idea? No amount of awesome effects is going to change how ambivalent I am.

But beyond that, I would be okay with this movie. I'd seen it once and that's good enough, now I can let go.

Except everyone loves this movie. My coworkers at the video store loved it. My roommate loved it. I think my dad loves it. I am constantly confronted, as a girl who like Sci-Fi, with either the recommendation or the movie night of Equilibrium.

Therefore, I've seen it three times, instead of once, and this burns me up inside. Every time I think about how I've gotten conned into see it, the anger simmers over.

So this is a warning: I hate that movie and I will explode in your general direction if you suggest watching it.

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I totally wrote a paper about this second semester of freshman year! This whole self-censorship of the movies irks my fave Roger Ebert so much that he writes about it and talks about it all the times.

The MPAA is so secretive and doesn't disclose any guidelines about their rating process or any of its members. The film hires private investigaters to figure this business. Excellent. Turning the investigation of the MPAA into a Veronica Mars like sleuthing adventure!

Curious Case of Benjamin Button being nominated for best picture..

...because really, it is not that good. More like terrible. And I like boring, let's-think-about-it-movies. I turned it off halfway through because I didn't care what happened.

This is coming from the girl who was riveted by The English Patient. This movie is not good. This movie does not deserve awards, or mentions, or anything like that. It is just bleehhh. That is all it deserves.