Quote Originally Posted by OlympianBud
It's too fucking depressing...I rented the DVD and tried to watch it twice...twice I stopped it at the dogs and puppies killing scene...and the rest of it was SOOOOOOOO depressing too...and it makes no sense...stopping ppl from feeling any emotion? Who would that act serve? I dun remember it too well but it seemed to me that there were some huge holes in the script too...nicely shot though and the action scenes caught my attention...
Yeah.. I think that the main thing about not having any emotion was because war, jealousy, anger, sadness, etc., could all be stamped out "For the best of Mankind" (sound familiar?). Basically, you have to take a drug that makes you an automaton, so you don't experience any negative emotions, but you also don't experience any good emotions, like love, happiness, appreciation for beauty, etc. My favorite part was when he stopped taking his drug, and he opened up the window and looked out over the city, and was overcome by the beauty of it and started weeping. Awesome.

I also have a theory about real life as it relates to Equilibrium, if you're interested.