Equilibrium

I think one of the most enjoyable pieces of this movie is the contrast between the sense offenders and those still taking their dose of Prozium. The movie paints such a bleak life for the sense offenders. They live outside of the city for the most part, in abandoned buildings that are crumbling and decaying. Compare them to the loyal citizens of the Tetragrammatron. They live in clean apartments with huge TVs and so many of the things that people work towards. And yet it seems clear that the only real choice is to sacrifice comfort and stability for the ability to feel, even if it is pain. Unlike Brave New World (on which Equilibrium is heavily based), there is no conflicting ending. No suicide of the "good guy". It presents a clear cut choice and a clear cut ending. But that is part of the appeal. The movie is not posing a question about the value of emotion, but showing that the material goods we work for and strive for can be empty and lacking, and what we think is good for us might not be. Truly a masterpiece of a movie.
And as a guy, I feel obligated to point out that Equilibrium has action sequences that make the Matrix look like child's play.
--Andy