Romier S Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Jay will no doubt be interested here considering how much he enjoyed Equilibrium. Rightfully so, as the movie kicked a crap ton of ass IMO. It had Christian Bale pre-Batman showing off how his Gun-Kata moves, and the always dependable Sean Bean making an early cameo. The movie was really for all intents a purposes a very low key, cult-status level hit. I highly recommend giving it a watch if you already haven't. With that, Kurt Wimmer brings us his next vision of the future with the ever lovely Milla Jovovich as his star hero. The film is called UltraViolet, and though the trailer has a somewhat Matrix-y vibe (it even uses music from the film), I'm really excited to give it a look. Here's the trailer: UltraViolet Trailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Arrgh, I think they got wanged. Neither the QT nor the WMV versions load. I'll try again tomorrow. Thx for the heads up! And :tu on sneaking in an Equilibrium plug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted January 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Jay, try this: Ultra Violet Trailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foogledricks Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 I really enjoyed this movie. Watched it on HBO randomly and thought, "When the hell did this movie come out?" I had never heard of it. But it was great. Feel reassuring that I'm not crazy. Then again, I really love Con Air and Titanic too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony G Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 I really enjoyed this movie. Watched it on HBO randomly and thought, "When the hell did this movie come out?" Same here. I really enjoyed the action sequences in Equilibruim, really well choreographed. UltraViolet looks promising. Milla gets hotter with age. :drool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Im a huge fan of Equilibrium. I was in BB one day while checking out TV's before i bought the DLP and the guys there were using it as a demo. Everyone who was watching ran over and bought the movie. All 10 copies they had went in less then a minute. Look forward to Ultra Violet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dienekes96 Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 I am one of the rare folks to see Equilibrium opening day in the theater. I actually saw this thing three times in theaters You can bet I'll be at Ultraviolet opening day (in March I believe). The action looks insane. P.S. I can't get the direct link to work. Make it SO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony G Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 I am one of the rare folks to see Equilibrium opening day in the theater. I actually saw this thing three times in theaters You can bet I'll be at Ultraviolet opening day (in March I believe). The action looks insane. P.S. I can't get the direct link to work. Make it SO! It's not firefox happy, use explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Finally the trailer loaded. The style is just like Equilibrium which is a good thing. Even has a few of the same cast members. Opens in Febuary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Was thinking "Wouldnt it kick ass if a HD version of the trailer was on the Live marketplace" . Then i realized the movie is being distributed by sony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 I saw the trailer (you're right, it wasn't FireFox-friendly) and it looks cool. It's a red letter day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 It's funny I'm using Firefox and it opened just fine. Then again I'm not using Firefox 1.5 Thanks for sharing the link. I'll most likely wait until the DVD lands or in my case the Blu Ray version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 So is this oh so loosely based on the UK vampire drama called UltraViolet? It featured a government conspiracy hiding the vampire-like "infection" with a secret high-tech XFiles going out to thwart them as much as they could. Was very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted January 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 No official mention has been made of it Brian. It has no ties to the TV series, though considering the similiarities I'd say there is some borrowing of ideas happening here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 I was disappointed by Equilibrium, maybe because of the exclusively glowing comments I'd read before seeing it. Mostly what bothered me was a kind of biological inconsistency of the premise. That a huge reduction or elimination of emotion for a population would be the end of that population, since motivation itself of any kind is an emotional response. If motivations are repressed or disappear, people stop doing anything productive, they don't care one way or the other, and the whole system of enforcing emotionlessness would crumble from the inside out. I think it is common sense to believe that emotions and rational thought are at odds with each other, but this is not the case. There are numerous examples of neurological disorders that leave people with stunted emotions, and far from becoming more rational as a result, they become much less rational, no longer able to plan for the future, making terrible and dangerous choices for themselves. An entire society of people like this would not function at even a basic level. Anyway, I thought it was a stylish movie, but what I perceived as that inconsistency at the very core of the story kept me from enjoying it. Maybe UltraViolet will be more to my liking, although the trailers aren't working for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberwoo Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 I was disappointed by Equilibrium' date=' maybe because of the exclusively glowing comments I'd read before seeing it. Mostly what bothered me was a kind of biological inconsistency of the premise. That a huge reduction or elimination of emotion for a population would be the end of that population, since motivation itself of any kind is an emotional response. If motivations are repressed or disappear, people stop doing anything productive, they don't care one way or the other, and the whole system of enforcing emotionlessness would crumble from the inside out. I think it is common sense to believe that emotions and rational thought are at odds with each other, but this is not the case. There are numerous examples of neurological disorders that leave people with stunted emotions, and far from becoming more rational as a result, they become much less rational, no longer able to plan for the future, making terrible and dangerous choices for themselves. An entire society of people like this would not function at even a basic level.[/quote'] I was beginning to think I was the only one who felt this way. I can see where the movie appealed to your average action flick fan but like you said the inconsistancies in the plot kept me from getting into the movie. There were so many times when people showed emotion even when supposedly being under the influence of the "emotion killer" drugs. Everytime an "emotionless" person conveyed a sense of emotion (either from something they said or from facial expressions and other physical actions) it bothered me. I think it bothered me so much because I was expecting a smarter than average sci-fi/action movie based on word of mouth and the cult following it was developing. Also everytime a "matrixesque" slo mo action sequence happened I just wasn't feeling it simply because I felt it was just copying the Matrix. Hell they pretty much tried to recreate the lobby scene. By the way this got me thinking...did Equilibrium even try to explain how Bales character could perform those slo mo action sequences. At least with The Matrix they go into how their characters are able to do it (however cheasy the idea may be). Did I miss something in Equilibrium that explained how this was possible in its world? Was it the fact that Bale was able to experience emotion that made him a superior killing machine thus making it seem like time was slowed down for him when confronting emotionless adversaries? Part of me is just being silly as I discuss this but seriously...wtf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted January 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 I took the film as saying that not ALL emotion was to be supressed, only the highs and lows. The opening dialogue by father makes that fairly clear to me: "Libria, I congratulate you. At last peace reigns in the heart of man. At last war is but a word whose meaning fades from our understanding. At last, we are whole. Librians, there is a disease in the heart of man. Its symptom is hate. Its symptom is anger. Its symptom is rage. Its symptom is war. The disease is human emotion. But Libria, I congratulate you, for there is a cure for this disease. At the cost of the dizzying highs of human emotion, we have suppressed its abysmal lows. And you, as a society, have embraced this cure. Prozium. Now we are at peace with ourselves and human kind is one. War is gone. Hate, a memory. We are our own conscience now, and it is this conscience that guides us to rate EC-10, for emotional content, all those things that might tempt us to feel, again, and destroy them. Librians, you have won. Against all odds, and your own natures. You, have, survived." - Father I don't believe removing the entire range of human emotions was ever the intention of the filmmakers. As noted, humanity would be a group of vegetables, and would not be able to function. In keeping with that, I would say that the very premise of the film presents an almost insurmountable flaw in presenting drama onscreen. It must have emotion for it to be engaging, and I will grant that there are times when the film falters in keeping with even the high and low argument. However, the acting is excellent, the message the film tries to convey comes through well, the action is highly engaging, the film at least tries to present some interesting ideas, and the production design is worthy despite the low budget the filmmakers had to work with. Did I miss something in Equilibrium that explained how this was possible in its world? The only slow motion used in the film is done from a stylistic standpoint and nothing more (not too mention it's used sparringly if ever. I just watched the film last night.) You're looking for an explanation to something that requires none. It's the same stylistic choices made by the great Asian action filmmakers like John Woo, or Yimou Zhang. You know? The same ones that the Wachowski Brothers will be the first to admit inspired almost every action sequence in the Matrix films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Romier explained it perfectly. There was some emotion , just not the extremes of both ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Saw this today. Now, I should make it clear I paid to see Aeon Flux & Bloodrayne in the cinema too. This completes the trilogy of bad genre action films. This is really bad. This is really really bad. It's trying hard to be a comic book action film with the over-stylized look of Sky Captain, but fails miserably because the action is dull & so over the top that it's laughable instead of cool combined with dialogue & exposition that's plain boring. The story & setting has so many holes & jumps in logic & location to just baringly make sense as long as you think nothing about it at all. Any time a character speaks, you're pulled out of the movie experience completely as the dialog is *atrocious*. Mila's voiceovers are incredibly amateur. There's one particular "heart tugging" scene involving a playground that got the biggest laughs in the whole film. In fact, the audience (and I) laughed quite a bit throughout the movie. There is zero intentional humour in it - it's not that smart. The action sequences are dull, with any nice choreography blown by bad editing and camera angles. The intro sequence was well done, but as soon as the fighting begins, you realise that you're going to see a pose, a quick fight, then a room of dead soldiers followed by another pose. You see this again. Again. Again. This is a bad, bad movie. I loved Equilibrium. The concept of a glossy stylized action flick is a good one. In some ways, this character does Aeon Flux better than Aeon Flux. However the plot, the execution and the general writing, direction, editing and scripting just let it down completely. I am one of the rare folks to see Equilibrium opening day in the theater. I saw it on the Saturday after it opened. It showed so much potential. I really hope the director can take a step back after UltraViolet & get back to that potential. You're going to read reviews of UV that say "for fans of the first film only". They're lying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted March 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Yikes, and I was looking forward to seeing this on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Oh I had fun watching it from the sense of it being a trainwreck & for all the wrong reasons. Go in expecting it to bad & you'll have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Good Lord. Thanks for the heads-up -- after reading that I feel like I really dodged a bullet there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainRon Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 some harsh reviews guys, i enjoyed the flick, it was what i expected and mill was great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnemaEms Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 I loved Equilibrium, but honestly....this trailer makes the film look like a Uwe Boll masterpiece. I love Milla as much as the next guy....but man this film looks bad. -Dean- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Brian why didnt you warn me how bad this movie was. Ok maybe you did Let me say that Im a fan of many movies that others do not like. Im a action junkie so i overlook deep story stuff if the action is good. However Ultra Violet makes Doom look like Ben Hur. The script was just awfull on so many levels. Uggghh WTF was that. Also word of advice. People actually want to see the main action scenes. How many times are they going to cut away before a fight scene, then all we see is Mila opening a door after killing everyone inside. It would also would have been nice to actually see the final fight scene and not just flames in a dark room. This is definatly the worst blind buy I have ever bought. Every copy should be burned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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