Equilibrium

Impressions before seeing it
Been wanting to see it for a while, because it sounded like an interesting sci-fi story.

How was it?
I don't know why this keeps getting compared to The Matrix (see poster). Other than some of the action sequences, I didn't feel that they had anything in common with each other.

Equilibrium is about a world where, in an attempt to prevent war, art, music, and emotion have been abolished. One of the agents responsible for overseeing this (Christian Bale) stops taking his emotion-stunting medicine and realizes the beauty everyone is missing, making his partner (Taye Diggs) suspicious.

This is indeed a thought-provoking concept. Preventing war is obviously a great thing, and blocking emotion would do it, but is it worth it? Is there even any point to living in peace if we can't be moved by the beauty of every day life? Would we rather kill each other or be robots? I vote for the former. A world without art is not a world I want to live in. Anyway, it's a fascinating film about humanity with some cool action and plot twists thrown in, as well as adequate performances, so I enjoyed it.

Recommendation
Definitely something to check out if you like movies that make you think about human nature. But don't expect it to be The Matrix. I think it's more like The Bothersome Man, if anything.