MovieChopper11
Yep, I did! It's just it was split in several other movies.Did you see "The Giver"? Then you saw 80% of "Equals". The rest is Equilibrium without fights, Aeon Flux, Divergent and any other recent dystopian and futuristic movie you saw in the last ten years. Same main plot: people who are prevent from birth to feel anything in order to keep them calm and productive. No love, no anger, no interaction of any kind between the members of this dystopian society except at work. Consequently, no joy, no sex, no violence, no anything. If you begin to feel, you are "ill" and gradually become a pariah. Eventually, you are eliminated.Life is the same as in The Giver, the scenography almost the same, the love story almost the same, with help from some "rebels", who will sacrifice themselves for him and her. And that's it... until the sequel, which probably will come, in already old fashioned Hollywood style.It seems like a movie made especially for Kristen Stewart. She takes his role seriously and gives some credibility to her character, Nia. The other leading character, Silas, is also played pretty convincing by Nicholas Hoult. The main problem is that they cannot convince us about almost anything because of the script, which brutally lacks of originality and substance. The entire movie is about waiting to happen something and when it finally happens, you knew already what is about and... finish!Too bad for wasting a talent like Guy Pearce for such a small and bland part.!!! Spoiler alert: The only scene with some emotional charge is the first "encounter" of Silas and Nia in the rest room. It's one of the most literally decent erotic scenes I've seen in years. For a moment, you feel like it's not about sex, it's just about the sensation of touching anybody else for the first time. It's an idea you can find in Isaac Asimov's excellent novel "The Naked Sun" and interestingly put in this movie. End of Spoiler.For that scene I'm rising my note, otherwise the movie it's quite poor in every aspect.
snap-hook
unless the movie is exceptional, and this movie is exceptional. Yes, the first part of the film is a bit of a slow motion ho-hum, but once the stage is set, this movie begins to tear your heart out to the point you are screaming RUN. I am still shaking and emotionally drained, but it reminded me of what life is all about.I'm not a good critic as to the acting, music score, production and all that, just how I felt during and after the movie and this one turned me inside out and made me so thankful that I found my true love, and I'm male. This is a real gem!
garvitasingh
Don't know why it is so underrated. Loved this movie from the beginning. The music the effects the chemistry.Totally rocks.the plot as well.Everything was fictionally beautiful.Kristen and Nicholas make an awesome pair. Zombie and Vampire kinda stuff.I loved it and anyone who wants a break from Life can watch it
