Empire of the Sun vs. Equilibrium

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Bale on Bale! Empire of the Sun was decent, with an excellent performance from a young Christian Bale, good score from John Williams and a couple of real tear-jerking moments, but it's also flabby and poorly paced and I feel more ashamed of myself than humbled by the film that it got to me, as the aforementioned moments i.e. the bit with the Japanese pilots, come out of nowhere and have no impact on the plot whatsoever. Equilibrium does feel a little bit cheap at times and owes more than a bit of a debt to The Matrix, but it's still a slick, taught little action number with some awesome Gunkata scenes and a solid central concept. Equilibrium wins for me.