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Things I learned watching Equilibrium...



1. If you make funny poses with your guns, you fight better.

2. If your cartridges get out from your sleeves, they will have like 800 bullets.

3. If Christian Bale is in the movie, it is ok to rip off Matrix aesthetics.

4. If you live in a fascist world and want to place a secret headquarter of resistance, it is a very clever idea to put "FREEDOM" at the entrance.



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Apparently shouting loudly you've found a traitor is a good idea in a world where emotion is illegal.

I...drink...your...MILKSHAKE!

I DRINK IT UP!!!

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5. Silly gun-fu will make me start fast forwarding.

6. Statistically speaking, to reduce your odds of being hit by bullets stand rigidly upright in the direct center of a small room surrounded by people with machine guns, and Vogue! Vogue. vogue. vogue...

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7. A man can be married and have two children, but when he is found with a woman, he is guilty of "relations" with a woman

"May the Force be with you."

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8. It is illegal for dogs to be inside a car.

9. 8 year old kids are able to keep a constant straight face in front of their fathers

10. The real Mona Lisa is not in the Louvre.

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The real Mona Lisa is not in the Louvre
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It's not even clear what continent does the story take place. If it's ex-United States, what is she (ML) doing there in the first place?


I'm also sick of Mona Lisa being presented as the most valuable object on the planet. The main shocker in every disaster/fail future movie is Mona Lisa being burnt/stolen/drown. See 2012 and of course, Equilibrium. Same goes for Beethoven. Seems like people don't really have their own opinion and are being programmed into thinking DaVinci and Ludwig Van are untouchables and are the definition of art.

The pump don’t work
’Cause the vandals took the handles

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The Mona Lisa is not there because of its' value but because it is considered the most famous and recognizable painting in the world.

What we have here is failure to communicate!

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For such an ambitious film it's definetely a non-brainer. Even idiots know Mona Lisa. They could choose something else. Also, the copy is too small and the close-up shows it's a poor imitation. So poor, in fact, that shadows are all wrong. Is it actually the puzzle they bought in Tesco?

The pump don’t work
’Cause the vandals took the handles

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They just chose something the audience would know. I thought the copy was about the right size (30 x 21 in.)

What we have here is failure to communicate!

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I don't really remember the size of the frame, so you might be right if I mistook the actual size with the picture+frame. I need to investigate this stuff on some movie goofs site.

The pump don’t work
’Cause the vandals took the handles

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Bingo. The point isn't "this is the best work of art ever made!" They need something a wide. range of people will identify as famous and priceless art. Something that even someone without a high school education could identify - keeping it identifiable to the widest possible audience.

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yeah, they needed something also all those people that take prozium everyday understand. Ah Mona Lisa! - so it must be art they are burning - otherwise most people wouldn't have understood the movie: why are they burning these strange colorful rectangles?

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About the Mona Lisa... Why even check its authenticity if they were going to burn it anyway? It's not like the penalty would differ, execution is execution. And if it was an immitation... it would still be burned!



We've met before, haven't we?

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Would they burn it if it was a jig-saw puzzle copy? LMAO

The Power of Positive Drinking

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I'm pretty sure that wa in there to make clear there is no holding back on what piece of art what so ever. Contraband is contraband, copy or the real thing. Mona Lisa is regarded priceless and a supreme piece of art and yet still is burnt.

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11. people's faces can be sliced off. Clean off.

12. Father.......feels.

13. Taye Diggs is a real slimy git.

14. Children are frightening.

"I've SEEN things you people wouldn't believe...."

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15. After World War III the peopole were stupid. Too stopid and let a despot take control of everything... Humans don't learn from their lessons.

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That they're talking about "SENSE" Offenders, not "SEX" Offenders

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16. If you dont have feelings, you dont need gauges on your car

17. Old Books arent bulletproof

18. Motorcycle helmets dont make very good riot gear

Esse Quam Videri

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Sean Bean always gets the wrong end of the stick.

- Gothamite #4

There's no room for pity in this business, babe.

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19. In the future detectives will be call "Clerics" and dress like chauffuers or
a chef at Benihana's.
20. If a group of human beings is about to be gunned down in cold blood you should not risk being exposed to your enemies to save them, despite being able to kill roomfuls of machine gun wielding (bikers?)with the greatest of ease and using only pistols. But if a puppy is threatened, risks be damned!
21. If the government tells it's people to take a mind-altering drug for the good of society only a handful of people will resist this totally logical concept. Despite the fact that said government will BURN YOU ALIVE if you do not take the drug.
22. You don't even have to use your GUN FU if your opponents essentially blind themselves with dark-tinted helmets at night and have a tendency to not even point their guns at you when firing them.
23. In the future zeppelins will make a comeback!

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