"Equilibrium" (Equilibrium) is a non-mainstream action film in the eyes of many people, and I prefer to regard it as a "commercial" version of "Nineteen Eighty Four".
Unlike the protagonist Winston’s "surrender" at the end of "Nineteen Eighty Four", the director of "Torn Doom" asks the actor to sweep the "Final BOSS" with a katana at the end of the film, and he himself once Belongs to an important member of the system. In this episode, the actor John Preston's usual black costume has become pure white, which is in sharp contrast with him and the others in the picture. It seems that the director must deliberately create an atmosphere where justice triumphs over injustice in his "betrayal" of his original "system". Including the dazzling and gorgeous fighting scenes, all of this leads to a "reasonable" perfect ending in a commercial film-the protagonist, after a tortuous experience, defeats injustice in a heroic ending with justice...
However, ignore all the glitz, We can still see its deep meaning in a detail that is easily overlooked-the hesitation of the actor John Preston, before the KO of the "final BOSS". There is no doubt that this moment will be the beginning of a new era and the end of the old era. He hesitated as a person who has the right to change at this moment. In response to this, the image of the leader of the other side of the new era in the film has a face that looks like Che Guevara and a white robe that resembles Jesus, which makes people even more agree with John Pray. Ston’s hesitation and worries about "romantic idealism".
Compared with many people's understanding of "Torn Doom" as an action movie and the exploration of "dystopian" thoughts in "Nineteen Eighty Four", I prefer to appreciate more microscopic things in it. For example, from the details to the thinking of a person, the rationality and sensibility in the thinking of a person who is confronting each other; or the desire to maintain the original state and the inner battle that hopes to change. A little bit more "medium" may also be extended to an organization, the conflict between innovation and change and the original system...
Then, in my opinion, John Preston's hesitation at this time has become extremely valuable. Because in reality, there is never an absolute confrontation between justice and injustice, right and wrong as in movies... Hesitation is thinking, hesitation and courage, and sometimes we need to hesitate more.
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