Equilibrium.....Very Scarrrrryyyyyy....

[NIGHTWATCH]

Equilibrium

Bought the DVD last night and I have to tell you , get it.


The gun play is excellent and original in concept (gun-kata). The story line is great to (not far from the truth), not to mention a good cast. My only grunt is that the shooting scenes were a bit short and few. And the citizen resistance was lame (I dont think they killed one agent in the flick until the end). How can you miss so many agents with automatic weapons? Just wasnt realistic in that sense, but overall a great movie. Anybody watch it yet? What do you think?

 

[LiquidTension]

How did you buy the DVD when it's not released until tomorrow??? I WANT IT NOW! My friend IMed me and said Best Buy in Greenville put it out a week early - no such luck here in Columbia

 

[jade]

i saw it in the theater when it came out. it was great. i loved it. especially the gun play. so much more interesting then the average movie gun fight.

jade

 

[NIGHTWATCH]

I have a friend who runs a video store and had a couple of advance copies. Bought em both, gave one to a friend for mothers day.

 

[George Hill]

Never heard of it.

 

[trvlr905]

Would you believe that I managed to buy a copy lasy Wednesday from Best Buy? Unfortunately events have conspired to keep me from watching the whole thing.

 

[Blain]

It's a great movie in the spirit of 1984! I love it for the script more than the gun fighting, very libertarian. Shows the evils of Big Government.

 

[cratz2]

The wife brought it home tonight and we're just taking a break.

Very interesting and intriguing. Has a very stark look much like 'The Cell' and sort of 'The Matrix' though I hope the movie itself is superior to those gems.

 

[twoblink]

GunKata and cycling helmets.. what more do you need?



I loved it! I like the part where he steps on the gun, and then jumps over the dead guy, and it lands in his hands.

The sleeve reloaders rock!

 

[Justin]

A wonderfully enjoyable flick that will surely be overlooked because of it's rather simplistic plot elements (statist oppression is bad!) and because of some rather superficial similarities to The Matrix.

I predict that this one's gonna garner a pretty decent cult following in the future. In the meantime, I'll be picking up my copy tomorrow.


Oh yeah, and an interesting incident of life imitating art. It's my understanding that the Beijing cops are using the whole SARS thing as an excuse to confiscate and kill people's personal pets. Suddenly that scene in the movie doesn't seem so far-fetched...

 

[atek3]

I thought the plot was a quasi-cheasy rip of of EVERY dystopic book to date (1984, brave new world, the matrix, etc etc)
but the gun fights... jesus christ... spectacular.

I loved his hydraulic sleeve speedloaders, I've got to get me some of them for ipsc

Were those Long Slide Beretta's real guns?

atek3

 

[NIGHTWATCH]

When I watched the movie the second time with the director's commentary on, he said that they were actually modified berettas. Made to have the ejection topside. Pretty cool looking gun.

 

[Ladybug]

Very cool movie indeed! I saw it in the theater, which was definately a treat. It came out the same time as BFC, and when an anti-gun frient of mine told me to watch Columbine, I told her I would watch it if she went to see Equilibrium... luckily she never did, and I was off the hook! I can't wait to get the DVD!

 

[whoami]

When I watched the movie the second time with the director's commentary on, he said that they were actually modified berettas. Made to have the ejection topside. Pretty cool looking gun.

Not too many beretta's I know have an AR style fire selector switch!


Hehehe...saw it opening night, saw it again a week later, had a downloaded copy filmed from a theater in mid January, and about a month ago had a high quality 2 CD copy. Just picked up the DVD at lunchtime from the Buy...gonna be enjoying it yet again. Now all I ask is that someone put out a soundtrack CD. Call me crazy but (aside from the semi-typical rock tracks) I REALLY liked the instrumental music they used for the theme.

 

[Blain]

The director must be Libertarian, (or very freedom loving in any sense), eh?

The plot ruled.

 

[blades67]

I'll have to rent it from Blockbuster.

 

[Arkady]

Excellent movie.

Yes, the plot is hobbled together from 1984, Brave New World, and Fahrenheit 451, and yes, the actions scenes are from The Matrix. This is a good thing.

I got to see it on the Big Screen during the single week our local theater elected to show it. The only reason i managed to do so was that the assistant manager of the theater is a friend of mine and recommended the movie--there was no advertising for Equilibrium, as far as i know.

 

[NIGHTWATCH]

Yes, there was little to no advance advertising on this film due to a low budget. In fact, throughout the commentary the director recalls many of the improvisations made on the set while filming because of the lack of funds. Which made me appreciate the film much more for their/his creativity. When you watch the film and commentary, you will be surprised at some of the most simple things they did in the opening gun battle with flashing lights and darkness.

 

[LiquidTension]

I just finished watching it for the first time because I missed it in theaters. I have to say, this movie has some of the most superb gunfights I've ever seen. Even the extras in the motorcycle helmets were good about not sweeping their team members with their barrels.

The final battle was too cool for words - both guys trying to get a shot off at each other while in a heated hand-to-hand battle. Definitely gonna watch this one again soon - on a bigger tv and through a good sound system My friend's setup is...unimpressive.

 

[atek3]

I watched the movie for the first time in a chintzy theater, next time I watched it in my co-op/commune (don't ask ) movie lounge. Hi-Res LCD + Infinity surround sound= good stuff

atek3

 

[Jim March]

What bothered me is that they didn't incorporate the REAL elements of "Gunkata" that actually exist.

Where was the offensive use of cover? The Israeli Sweep, and it's infinite variants? Where was these supposed "gunmasters" changing to a left-hand hold to go round a right-hand corner muzzle-first, and then back to right hand for a left-hand corner? Just *basic* stuff! Where were the long-range shots out of esoteric holds like the Creedmore from a low roll, or Keith-style sitting backed up to a wall/tree/whatever and taking 400+ yard shots??

They could have incorporated any number of very advanced real-world techniques and just blew it.

For that matter, where were the advanced sights? Holosight, anyone? C-More or similar, popping up with a button? You'd think these guys would have as much sight tech as we have TODAY!?

 

[LiquidTension]

Jim, obviously the guys were good enough that they didn't need any fancy sight systems Maybe you didn't notice, but they didn't need to switch hands when going around corners because most of the time they had a gun in BOTH hands.

Calm down, it's just a movie

 

[bogie]

Watched about half of it last night...

It got me thinking... The average "intellectual liberal" wants to ban guns, right? And tends to support the socialist/marxist sort of theoretical utopia, right?

Why, then, do they never notice that the first "purge casualties" of the instatement of those sorta regimes are the intellectuals?

Liked the gunplay, and the general look/feel/sound of the flick - any STL folks wanna watch it in the bunker sometime?

Major gripe: That painting wasn't done on stretched canvas.

 

[tobeat1]

I preordered mine a while back. I should be here tomarrow. OH YEAH!!!!!!!!

"Your treading on my dreams, Alex..."

 

[George Hill]

It got me thinking... The average "intellectual liberal" wants to ban guns, right? And tends to support the socialist/marxist sort of theoretical utopia, right?

Why, then, do they never notice that the first "purge casualties" of the instatement of those sorta regimes are the intellectuals?

Good Point.