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Euro-AICN: Equilibrium; Dirty Pretty Things; I'm Not Scared; Dreamcatcher; LOTR; Cradle 2 TheGrave; Final Destination 2
Father Geek here with our buddy Robert in Rome and his crew from across the Continent with the latest edition of our regular Weekly Feature Column...
THE EURO-AICN REPORT...
Hi people. I was amazed to witness this year's Oscar ceremony, considering the amount of prizes received by great and deserving artists. I mean, we can hope for a good future for this achievement (including a ROTK sweep next year) when the Academy honors people like Nicole Kidman, Roman Polanski, Adrien Brody, Chris Cooper, Pedro Almodovar, Hayao Miyazaki, Michael Moore, Eminem e the late Conrad Hall. Anyway, I'm leaving tomorrow for Bruxelles where I will be able to attend the introduction at the European Parlament of Bruxelles of the event “To the Shire – In the name of Tolkien”, a convention which will occur in june in Italy dedicated to the english writer and to Peter Jackson. If you're interested, you can find more information here:
Hi people. I was amazed to witness this year's Oscar ceremony, considering the amount of prizes received by great and deserving artists. I mean, we can hope for a good future for this achievement (including a ROTK sweep next year) when the Academy honors people like Nicole Kidman, Roman Polanski, Adrien Brody, Chris Cooper, Pedro Almodovar, Hayao Miyazaki, Michael Moore, Eminem e the late Conrad Hall. Anyway, I'm leaving tomorrow for Bruxelles where I will be able to attend the introduction at the European Parlament of Bruxelles of the event “To the Shire – In the name of Tolkien”, a convention which will occur in june in Italy dedicated to the english writer and to Peter Jackson. If you're interested, you can find more information here:
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So let's start with our usual column, this time one full of reviews.
Tony Head interview
Hi,
There is a fantastic interview with Tony Head up on icliverpool's site talking about his career, the future of Buffy, and the possibility of a movie...
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Regards,
Julez
Dreamcatcher review
ok harry its not often us brits get the scoop on you guys over the pond but i have just been taken to a screening of DREAMCATCHER and i thought you guys might like to hear my impressions. first off iam not a fan of stephen king novels yet i went into this movie with no preconceptions and was just looking to be entertained for two hours. iam sorry to say this movie must be one of the worst i have seen this year so far, it would be better suited as a straight to video release not a cinema one.it reminded me of those poor horror movies that we all avoid at our local blockbuster store. first off the movie itself vearse from high drama to high camp comedy , jason lees attempt at an english accent comes straight from the dick van dyke school of acting, and morgan freemans eyebrows are more alien than the mr grey of the movie. my main problem with the movie is that no real tension is injected into the plot until the final ten minutes when it is finally explained that the aliens want to contaminate the water supply, surely this could have been explained earlier so as to build the tension. as for the aliens themselves they looked like a penis on legs with teeth and actually brought about fits of laughter.sadly, even the climax reminded me of a low budget movie with the helicopter crash occurring off screen, allways a good sign of budget limitations. overall id give this movie a poor 4 out of 10, save your money till next week.
Geoffrey Careless
RECENT RELEASES by ETHAN
FINAL DESTINATION 2...
feels good. Script eventually loses it down the middle of the road and it delivers no climax. The initial film had a cool cocept. The sequel has better direction and staging. Way batter direction and staging. It is directed as an action flick. It was made by David R. Ellis famous second unit director and stunt specialist. His biggest job yet are MATRIX sequels. When you see cars pile up in this one, you`ll know who did the tech job on that RELOADED scene from the trailer. Joel Silver always had this great ability to hire great second unit guys. Anyway, Ellis` action movie flamboyance makes kinky deaths feel visceral and downright powerfully executed. And he doesn`t shy away from gore. seems like New Line knows a good director when they see one. He looks attached to CELLULAR. Great B-movie.
CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE.
Silver vs. Bartkowiak. I was so frightened by this film. I had all the worst expectations. I`m so glad I was wrong. Not too wrong. But wrong enough. This film is solid. If I were Maltin it`d be a ++1/2 movie. It is still a hip-hop infested cinema but there is enough action unlike ROMEO MUST DIE and EXIT WOUNDS. And DMX is better than Ja Rule even though HALF PAST DEAD has better outline than CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE. Some of the action even feels right. Dan Bradley (SWORDFISH, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 2) did the second unit. That`s why! The script is dumb and the whole Bartkowiak sidekick bandwagon is on. But still there is enough action and even some touches of class. This feels like Jet Li`s second best Hollywood project. Silver is still tailing KISS OF THE DRAGON. There is even a casual supporting wheelchair bound villain. That`s so cool. I love seeing that. At the same time there is a Li vs. Dacascos showdown. I admit it is half-cocked. It should last for half an hour and be done in painstaking detail. But, Li`s illegal tournament rampage redeems it! Anyway, Dacascos nuclear death feels classy. I mean, this is a dumb Channing Gibson scripted film. Channing Gibson wrote goddamn LETHAL WEAPON 4! But the cinematic delivers some fine touches. It ain`t vintage Silver but he is on the way of recovery...
God bless,
Ethan
I'm Not Scared review
Hiya.
Long time reader, first submission.
I got to catch Gabriele Salvatores' "I'm not scared" (Io Non Ho Paura) last
night, which premiered at Berlin and won't be in the States for some time so
I thought I'd write a review.
The film is based on an eponymous bestselling novel by Niccolò Ammanniti.
The novel is short, simple and powerful. It had been originally conceived as
a low budget film, which is why it's hardly surprising that it should make a
good, tight script, especially with the novelist on board as a screenwriter.
The story is that of a ten year old boy called Michele who lives in a minute
community, hidden away amongst vast oceans of wheat in Italy's rural south
in the late seventies. He hangs with a crew of other kids, all aged between
6 and 10. They play games that are occasionally cruel , but always kind of
innocent, they chase each other across the wheatfields and basically are
just waiting to grow up and leave the place. Despite the fact that the
village is made up of a grand total of some four houses, the children are
quite separate from their parents who merely get to call them in for dinner.
It's a great setting and the macguffin is plausible and interesting: while
exploring the countryside surrounding the village, Michele discovers a hole
in the ground that leads to a dark cavity. Within this cavity there is a
body, it's another ten year old child, he's alive and he is in chains. This
child is the victim of a kidnapping-for-ransom scheme cooked up by some of
the grownups in the village, among them Michele's dad, whom Michele loves.
The film develops from there describing the relationship between Michele and
the kidnapped boy, who has started to lose his mind after months in the
hole, as well as Michele's quest to find out what's happening and stop his
dad and his mates from having to kill the kidnapped boy. We also see the
parents side of it: desperate, well-rounded characters forced to band
together into an evil enterprise.
By current Italian standards, it's a great movie, it has a good story, great
setting, great photography, highly competent direction from Oscar-winner
Salvatores, and a truly marvellous cast of kids. Having read the book
however, I have to say that I don't think Salvatores has made the most of
what he had. There is a brutal quality to the book which has been somewhat
softened in the film. The cluster of houses chosen to portray the poor
southern town of "Acqua Traverse", are actually quite beautiful and
picturesque, to the extent of appearing almost removed from the reality of
Italy in the seventies which was pretty dire. In the novel, the village was
only comforting insofar as it was recognizable, otherwise it was pretty
squalid. The set here looks a little like the set of Salvatores' "Sud"
(1993): yellow stone buildings, yellow dust, bleached out photography.
The other bone I have to pick is that the novel focussed, from the title
onwards, onto Michele's struggle with his own fears. In my view, the film
goes a little lightly on this. It does show some of the mantras Michele
repeats to himself to scare his fears away, but it never really delves into
the pitted battle between him and what he's afraid of. To make an example,
the shot of Haley Joel Osment torn between having to pee and being terrified
of the apparitions he sees, conveyed that same struggle very rapidly and
powerfully. Here, we get the impression that Michele is pretty much fearless
from the word go, whereas in my opinion it would have made the film more
wrenching if we saw that Michele was teetering on the border between panic
and bravery. The actor certainly could have handled it, and indeed he's such
a charming kid that he makes up in empathy what the direction lacks in
psychological insight. There are many successful visual flourishes, and a
couple of good scares (the first one somewhat dimished by slack editing).
There is an element of comedy which works because the kids are fun, but is
in my opinion overused to the detriment of the tension. The music is very
nice though by the end you know the two themes off by heart and it's not
because they are so spectacularly good.
*minor spoiler below*
In my view, there is only one scene which is a real letdown, and it is the
scene in which Michele is going to save the kidnapped kid from getting
shot. As he rides his bike down the path through the fields, we see in some
order, a snake, a mouse, a frog, an owl and another owl. Because Michele
doesn't seem to notice these animals, which I imagine represent danger and
his childlike fears of it, it just ends up looking like he's cycling through
a zoo.
To counter we have a great game of "Un Due Tre Stella!" played by the kids
(go watch it, I can't explain), great stuff with eyes not used to light,
with helicopters and with combine harvesters. We have a thoughtful use of
accents (irrelevant outside of Italy), and we have an overall attention to
detail and respect for the source material which is really, really, really
rare for this country.
To sum up this super long review, the film is a cross between "Stand By
Me", "Signs" (for the location, more than anything) and something like "A
Simple Plan". It's not as good as "A Simple Plan", because I reckon it's a
little too cute. Still, so far it's my favourite Italian film of 2003.
Salvatores could have made it slightly longer, slightly nastier and slightly
dryer, but he flinched. That he did probably means better box office for the
film and good stuff abroad where everybody loves postcards from Italy, so
all in all I really can't complain. All the best.
Cpt. Willard
Dirty Pretty Things
Director: Stephen Frears...
Chiwetwl Ejifor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez, Benedict Wong
107 mins
Certificate 15
Chiwetwl Ejifor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez, Benedict Wong
107 mins
Certificate 15
They are the "invisibles" of modern day life who drive our cabs and tidy our
hotel rooms - they are seen but not seen. For many people arriving in a new
country - illegally or not - employment in menial, labourious, poorly-paid
and dangerous jobs is the only way to make ends meet.
This world of illegal immigrants comes under the spotlight in Dirty Pretty
Things as we follow the story of Okwe (Chiwetwl Ejifor), a former doctor who
now works two jobs as a hotel clerk and cab driver in order to raise the
money to get home to Nigeria.
One night he finds a human heart blocking a room's toilet and it leads him
onto a path that he never expected. On the run from Immigration Inspectors,
he has to give up his rented couch in friend Senay's (Audrey Tautou) flat
and he finally ends up staying in a hospital morgue, the workplace of his
Chinese friend Guo Yi (Benedict Wong).
Soon he discovers that his sleazy fellow hotel worker Juan (Sergi Lopez)
offers a deal to other illegal immigrant workers: in exchange for a
passport, they must give him a kidney - and he wants Okwe's expertise as a
doctor in the operations - in exchange for a passport, of course.
Despite being in dire straits, Okwe continues to refuse until the day that
Senay cannot bear the struggle of her life in the clothes sweatshop anymore
and offers to be the next donor. Now Okwe must decide if he will operate on
her and give them both the chance to be free.
Dirty Pretty Things is one of the best British films of recent years. The
searing and brilliant script by Steven Knight is complimented by the pacey
and effective direction by Frears.
As the world seems to be rabidly on the lookout for "others" in our midst, a
story that features characters from all over the world - and of all
religions and beliefs - really lifts the lid on a poverty-stricken and
dangerous sub-culture that exists all around us and has done for a long time
- though as "invisibles", we either haven't noticed or cared.
Even though I never quite bought the relationship between Okwe and Senay
(Tautou - the star of Amelie - was very second fiddle to the excellent
Ejifor), Dirty Pretty Things really is a film that you should make an effort
to see.
Equilibrium
Director: Kurt Wimmer...
Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Angus McFayden, Taye Diggs, Sean Pertwee
107 mins
Certificate 15
Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Angus McFayden, Taye Diggs, Sean Pertwee
107 mins
Certificate 15
Zoom forward into the future (past a scarily plausible just now WWIII) and
we are living in a utopian society; there's no war, hate or jealously -
because no one has any emotions or feelings. Everyone conforms and,
zombie-like, they all go to their offices and work hard all day. Any
problems are kept from surfacing by the regular doses of Prozium that
everyone takes by rote every day.
Prozium is the "opiate of the masses" according to Father (Sean Pertwee) and
he rules with an absolute iron fist. Any rebels who go against the State are
hunted down by "the Clerics" - uber kung fu gun sword master squads - of
whom the star is John Preston (Christian Bale).
When his own partner succumbs to the desire to learn about the forbidden -
books, music, art - Preston blows him away without a second thought, but
then he starts to have doubts, especially when a young female rebel Mary
(Emily Watson) is arrested. She reminds Cleric of his wife, who herself was
terminated for sense crimes while Preston watched on.
As Preston begins to deliberately miss his doses of Prozium his feelings
start to come to life and he realises that he must try to contact the rebel
underground, as this way of life is no way at all. Hot on his trail is
suspicious new partner Brandt (Taye Diggs), who has convinced their boss Du
Pont (Angus McFayden) that Cleric may be "going native".
You can spot many influences in Equilibrium; Fahrenheit 451, Minority
Report, Brave New World, Gattaca and of course The Matrix and 1984. All
those are great films/books, but this does not necessarily a good film make
when they are hashed together and Equilibrium ends up being a mess.
There are some good ideas and it looks great, but the action sequences are
too few and far inbetween and it really doesn't look at the emergence of
Prestons' sensual world - an awesome experience that isn't dealt with enough
intellectually here.
There are also story problems - it's so close to 1984 that it's obvious what
is happening - and Preston, our supposed hero, lets women close to him die -
twice - so it's hard to feel for him. What a waste of Emily Watson's talents
that was for a start and it's a crying shame to see Sean Bean in a bit-part.
You might have expected more from the man who wrote the recent remake of The
Thomas Crown Affair, though his other stab at sci-fi was an adaptation of
Sphere and, like that film, this too is weak sci-fi.
It bombed in the USA, but it may keep fans happy until the Matrix
resurfaces.
James Bartlett
That's all for today
See you next time
Robert Bernocchi
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The reason it tanked in the States was because of a shitty marketing campaign and next to zero theaters showing it. I won't say it's better than The Matrix, which had a much bigger budget, but gun-kata blew my mind, and I've watched scores of HK/John Woo movies. It makes perfect algorithmic sense, and it looks really cool. Equilibrium unfolds like a short story, while The Matrix is the "War & Peace" of science fiction, an epic novel.
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Having seen it, here's my thoughts on Equilibrium;
The good:
- Visually awesome, especially considering the low budget. 'Libria' is Megalopolis in the stone-cold flesh.
- The plotline, while it owes much to other stories (Most especially faranheight 451 IMO) stands on its own well enough.
- The sparse but OTT action sequences are alternatly hillarious fun or wicked examples of death-dealing.
- Gun-kata baby!
The bad :
- While treating the main plotline seriously, the film adopts several intentionally cheesy sub-plots while upping the campness factor on the action sequences as the movie progresses. This creates a thematic imbalance between the serious plots and the cheesy combat (Note to people who wish to learn gun-kata; battering six people repeatedly with the butt of your pistols is not a fight-winning tactic) had the movie taken the action sequences more seriously may have helped this film.
That's about all the bad I care to mention actually.
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Have to disagree there, saw it last night and thought it was very poor and the action itself was badly executed and far too sporadic to really excite. Though I do agree that the idea of Gunkata is a very good one and it's unfortunate the cinematic patent has been used by such a poor film. Also have to mention that however enjoyable Dog Soldiers was any sight of Sean Pertwee/Gummidge Junior in a film gives it an instant credibility handicap.
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While it does sound a bit derivative of
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Speaking as someone who enjoys all the of the stories and images that inspired Equillibrium, I loved the film. LOVED IT. But I never felt I needed to shoot it down for wearing it's influences so openly on it's sleeve. I thought the story was a bit fractured, but compared to the majority of action sci-fi films, it's very good. The story has an energy to it you don't often see, and it has moments in it you don't often get in a sci-fi film. The real problem with the film, which for me is no problem at all, is that it doesn't draw you a picture, and it lets you make up your own mind about some of the story aspects. You have to THINK about many of things you are presented with. It presents us with a hero who doesn't get weaker in the third act, he gets stronger. And folks who say it's a matrix rip off are really missing the point. It's NOT a matrix rip off. No one jacks into anything, there is no alternate reality. The action sequences have a much different feel.
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Try working THAT into an everyday conversation.
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I don't think the 'pistol-whipping' was cheesy, considering these men were supposed 9Science FICTION) to have studied the use of the gun as a total weapon. Fight choreography is more about the visceral poetry than it is about logic - If we all took the most pragmatic path to a problem, movies would all wrap up in five minutes.
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I have to disagree with the review on this one. I saw it twice here in the states and I loved it. The ONLY reason it tanked while buckets of shit like Final Destination 2 make money was because they DID NOT MARKET THE DAMN MOVIE AT ALL. 10 out of 10 people here at my work didn't even know this movie came out. When asked if they would have seen it? 7 out of 10 said yes.
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I really hope he's not talking about Damian Lewis, who ACTUALLY IS ENGLISH!
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How can you say a film 'bombed' in the states when it was given a two-week release with zero publicity? AICN was the only way I heard about it, went to go see it, and got my ass kicked, HARD. This reviewer seems to have the same problems most do with it: unable to get past their own expectations and previous experiences (books read, movies seen). Is it derivative? Yes, in that it is inspired by several film styles and plot lines. The message of totalitarianism is hardly a new one in cinema, so what, do we just call every one made from now on a 1984 ripoff? The questions asked are deep and relevant and the action is the best. Ever. Can't wait for the DVD.
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...seen the odd poster and TV add over here for it but heard nothing about it on this site, so figured I'd give it a miss. Firstly, I may now check this out on TB advice, and secondly I've only just realised how much film marketing actually does affect me. Scary.
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MWAHAWAHAHAHAWAHA!!!! I MUST SEE IT THEN! Gymkata is up there in my books with KRULL and DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS. was the person who said that serious? or just toying with me? man, i am so there. gymkata was the mother of all cheesefests... could Gunkata be the successor to the crown???
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"...even though HALF PAST DEAD has better outline than CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE." UH OH... THAT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN... "This feels like Jet Li`s second best Hollywood project." WHICH MEANS... IT'S SHIT TOO? "There is even a casual supporting wheelchair bound villain. That`s so cool." LIKE BULLETPROOF MONK... UH YEAH I GET THE IDEA... "I love seeing that. At the same time there is a Li vs. Dacascos showdown. I admit it is half-cocked." RIGHT. POINT TAKEN. "Channing Gibson wrote goddamn LETHAL WEAPON 4!" YEAH WE GET THE PICTURE.
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...with this Equilibrium review. OK, originality is not the film's strong point. However, I think the good in this film outways the bad. I thought the fight sequences were at least as good as those in "the Matrix". Gun kata rocks! As for pistol whipping - that rocked too! The film is basically a remake of Farenheit 451 (which, itself, ripped off 1984), coupled with one of those Twighlight Zone/Outer Limits episodes set in a future society where everyone turns into an automaton at the sound of a town clock bonging. Did I mention that gun kata rocks? On the subject of orginality, it's ironic that Equilibrium used samurai sword fighting to good effect before the Matrix sequels get released, thus leaving said sequels open to baiting such as, "They're using samurai swords! They're copying Equilibrium!" What with Kill Bill also due for release this year, it looks like 2003 will be the Year of the Katana.
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...totally gets his fucking face sliced off. That is rad. Yes, rad. If you couldn't guess by my moniker, I though EQ was the shit.
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Although I do agree that you had to wait a long time between fight-scenes. From the way Harry (or was it Moriarty?) described it, the film was one fight after another, growing in intensity. Which I spose it was, when I think about it.
Er.
I just wanted more gunishment!! -
...may be pretty tough if you havent got a half decent cinema near you, but its worth the admission price alone for seeing how christian bale reloads his guns in the big fight scene..that plus sword fights, pistol whipping, kung fu, cute doggies , and an acceptable stab at a half decent story ..what more could you want ? fight scenes rocked, bale has charisma enough to carry the movie and would love to see this guy come back for the sequel....there was something slightly eerie about the shot of sadaam at the beginning though
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because I had to miss a double-feature of that film with CITIZEN KANE, but I was leaving town the next morning and didn't have time to see either. Damn, damn, damn, but I will be giving this one a rental the day it's released. Im still not sure what to think of Christian Bale's acting, sometimes he's competent, but other times it's as if he struggles with the material, like he feels out of place. I hope this isn't the case with LAUREL CANYON.
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Mar 26, 2003 11:45:04 AM CST
The only guy that should complain about Equilibrium's lack of or
by dirtyapes
The guns in the jacket and some of the fight choreography are lifted straight out of Desperado. Equilibrium 2 should have Preston vs. El Mariachi. Holy crap that'd be awesome.
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oh yeah, it was DAMIEN LEWIS you dumbass critic! HARRY, why don't you discard those fucking idiotic review where the critic has no conception as to what he's talking about, especially when the criticize an english actor of having a BAD ENGLISH ACCENT!!!!!!!
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oh yeah, it was DAMIEN LEWIS you dumbass critic! HARRY, why don't you discard those fucking idiotic review where the critic has no conception as to what he's talking about, especially when the criticize an english actor of having a BAD ENGLISH ACCENT!!!!!!!
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no the reason it bombed at the box office is because the film sucks,so if a shite film has a good marketing campaign it becomes good?for people who aren't meant to show emotion Taye Diggs is smiling in every other scene.Sean Bean realised what a mistake he'd made signing up and asked to be shot in the face,and later on we see a close up of Bale blubbing after realising what Equilibrium has done to his career.The piece de resistance though was the appearance of "its a puppet!"Brian Connelly, at which point my friends and i shat ourselves laughing.Now i know films are only meant to be entertainment,but this film was an absolute insult to anyone with half a brain cell,ffs people get a grip,quit babbling on about how great "gymkhana" was,fight scenes alone do not make a film
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Dirty Pretty Thing.. has to be one of the fucking best British films of 2002 ..great plot fantastic acting it shows the underside of the illegal alien culture in london (not a popular thing in the UK at the moment)and is about decent people just trying to survive as best they can i highly recommend it ...
Equilibrium is just awesome i would like to know what fucking film those who hated it saw because the one i watched was bloody terrific,just what was wrong with the story?? or the action scenes and the acting because in the film i saw called Equilibrium all those elements were great .the ONLY downside was the SFXs and the backgrounds which could have been much better...bigger budget would have aolved that though
p.s..yeah okay and Brian Connely as well i was waiting for a puppet joke to pop up too, i think he should stick to comedy coz he`s got no future in acting
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Mar 27, 2003 6:54:07 PM CST
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS is okay, not brilliant, just okay
by morrissey'sghost
The main problem is that the guy who plays the villain (the crooked hotelier) seems to have used the film as an audition to play the bad guy in a Bond movie. It's a really hammy, black-hatted, evil-chuckling pantomime villain turn that lacks menace and realism and is seriously inappopriate to the material. Another problem is that the hero, a Nigerian illegal immigrant in London who holds down various minimum-wage jobs just to stay alive, is perhaps portrayed as just that little bit too saintly (although Chiwetel Ejiofor gives a great performance). Audrey Tau tou is also good, but, again, her character comes across a more of a Type than a three-dimensional human being. Overall a good film, though - and much less Worthy than I'd been expecting - and, unusually for a British film, well-shot and visually atmospheric. Worth checking out, but definitely no classic.
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How anyone can say that EQ is rubbish is beyond me in a world of sub par matrix rip-offs here is a film that offers something fairly new in terms of action cinema it won't change movies like the matrix did, but if you take it for what it is you'll enjoy it more. Seeing gun-kata in action was breathtaking only a liar or a fool would say otherwise.
The fight in the warehouse with the stud guns or the final battle between two gun-kata masters is beyond rockingand all on a 20 million budget. Sure the story drags in places but when the action delivers what can you say that it floated under the radar of most film fans Over in the US is a shame as it got quite a push over here in britain and i cannot wait for the DVD :and chris Bale for the next James Bond -
I've read the positives and negatives talkbackers have relayed about Equilibrium, and I have to say that I can see the sense in both points of view. Equilibrium is influenced by Brave New World and The Matrix, which for some people means it's "bad" on principle alone. The problem with this thinking is: from what do you think The Matrix or Star Wars is derived? Hello? Critizing Equilibirum for being "derivative" is pedantic and butt-headed.. The movie wasn't the greatest movie ever, but it blew "The Phantom Menace," "Attack of the Clones," and the new Star Trek movie out of the fucking water, and it operated on a paltry 20 million dollar budget. I'd say that's pretty impressive - more than I can say for Star Trek or Star Wars, as well as 95% of the other unoriginal sci-fi drivel I've watched in the last ten years. I give Wimmer props.
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Perhaps Stephen King's best movie (although granted that is not saying much.)
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Equilibrium is just nang (sorry aobut using "nang")! The only reason i found out about it is becasue a friend of mine had it on pirate, which really explains why it wasnt exactly a blockbuster. Ok half the film was ripped off, but im not saying it was a classic, and a film can still be fun without breaking boundries, can't it ? The story was actaully quite good compared to most sci-fi flicks, and the action was absolutly amazing, especailly on a 20 mil budget. And anyway, why are you complaining, its not like anyone MADE you go see the damn thing!! Anywho, tata.
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