Equilibrium, also known as Cubic, is a movie which dwells upon absence of human feelings. Having watched this movie for the first time, I was not very impressed with it. However, after the second time I looked differently at it. I considered the problems discussed in the movie deeply, I understood how the issues highlighted in the movie were related to our world. Emotions are considered as one of the main reasons of wars. New leaders after the Third World War decided to eliminate emotions from this world in order to reduce the possibility of the Fourth World War. Having created a special emotion-suppressing drug called Prozium, Tetragrammaton Council makes all people consume injections of it to be sure that they are unable to experience any emotions. All the works of art and other stimuli which may cause human emotions are destroyed. People try to create an emotion free society without the possibility to repeat the Third World War. However, there are those who disagree with the regime and try to protect at least the smallest pieces of art to remain emotive.
Watching the movie, I could not understand how people who govern such a society manage to remain careless about everything, what principles they pursue. Emotions are the basis of human life, leaving a person without emotions one leaves him/her dead. What should people do without emotions? The whole human life is based on emotions, from the very first minute up to the final breath. When a person is born, he/she cries, either from fear, or from cold, it does not matter. During the whole life a person experiences love, gratefulness, hatred, fear, desire, delight, pain, glory, and many other feelings. When a person dies, he/she feels satisfaction from release and joy for leading his/her life. After death a person remains emotionless. Therefore, it seemed that trying to eliminate emotions and punishing everyone who show emotions for “sense offence” government wanted to create the society without desires, an ideal society under which one may have unlimited power. I was not even surprised when it turned out that Tetragrammaton Council is the main “sense offender” and that its only desire is to maintain order and personal power in the world.
This movie impressed me greatly, as I saw what people could do in order to gain power. I understand that human emotion is a great force, all wars are created because of emotions. Still, the desire to be powerful, the desire to rule others is the strongest emotion. The feeling of superiority always governs people. Therefore, it is impossible to create the world without emotions, it is practically unrealized as there will always be one who rules the whole process. Still, watching this movie, it reminded me our world. Having become too emotive because of working stresses, because of specifics of our lives, movement, etc. many people start consuming thymoleptics, the drug which suppresses human emotions. Is not it a desire to make people emotionless? Furthermore, there are a lot of pieces of art which people have been admiring for years. Nowadays, many of these masterpieces are hidden in private collections and people are unable to admire them. Many wars and other specific human and natural actions destroy these masterpieces. Is not it a desire to govern others by suppressing human feelings?