equilibrium.

Last night I went out with the guys from Merrystar’s lab to see Equilibrium. To quote the review I was sent:

You have to see this film.

We’re always shoehorned into summing films up by using other films as references, and more often than not it’s unfair to the film we’re trying to describe. All films (well, except maybe for Being John Malkovich and The Dark Backward) are amalgams of whatever inspired its author. Star Wars drew upon the work of Kurosawa, E.E. “Doc” Smith, and others while Spielberg gained inspiration from David Lean. It’s a circle, and Equilibrium is no exception. You can feel the roots of some of the classic science fiction stories making up the foundation of this film, but Kurt Wimmer’s movie does something few films achieve, let alone aspire to.

It shows us stuff we’ve never seen before.

It’s hard to find (it only opened in like 300 theaters this weekend) but if you can go see it, do.