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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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24. Eradicating EMOTIONS because you FEAR war is not contradictory at all.

25. Becoming visibly Angry at your subordinate is not a sense-offense.

Light travels faster than sound,
that's why people seem bright,
until you hear them.

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26. In a world in which emotions are illegal, it's acceptable to get angry, smile, or get scared.

27. Little pinheads in the butt of your gun are useful for hitting a great number of foes.

28. It's cool for the holy father to have paintings in his nicely decorated room. He can feel emotion, it's not like he, the leader, is most viable to start a war or anything.

29. Hiding the drugs (of which you have no plan to ever use) in your house is definitely much safer than hiding them elsewhere, or just discarding them.

30. Killing thousands of people who disobey you is a great way to create harmony and prevent war.

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31. The future totalitarian government will be incompetent in making sure someone is not armed.

32. Guards with swords hiding behind pillars are protection against someone with a gun who has a clear shot across the room.

33. The leader of the world can hold his own in Gun Kata for a while against the state's most elite agent.

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34. In a world where the absolute most important thing is to keep people drugged, no one has an extra dose around in case they accidentally drop one.

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Mary: Let me ask you something.

[Grabs his hand]

Mary: Why are you alive?

John Preston: [Breaks free] I'm alive... I live... to safeguard the continuity of this great society. To serve Libria.

Mary: It's circular. You exist to continue your existence. What's the point?

John Preston: What's the point of your existence?

Mary: To feel. 'Cause you've never done it, you can never know it. But it's as vital as breath. And without it, without love, without anger, without sorrow, breath is just a clock... ticking.

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In these distopyian future types of movies where everyone dresses and acts the same they always find a way to get away with being different and that they are not being watched 24/7/365 as they really would be.

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