Equilibrium white katana

You guys don't even know what I'm talking about do you?

Equilibrium was an AWESOME movie...Christian Bale is the star for those who have not seen it. Excellent action flick with some really cool fight scenes; I believe the sword he hands over to the guardsman is ceremonial, as it looked like he wore it as part of his dress uniform (white suit).

I imagine you could probably have it made; bet Marc at wiwingti could work with you on that. Or point you to someone who can. I do not believe they made a movie version of that sword for the public-at-large.

I love that movie. I watch it so much, I've practically worn the edges away on my DVD .

I'm looking around for 'white' 'snow' or 'winter'-themed katana, and so far I just can't find anything of value. Lot's of replica pieces, though.

--Edward

Yeh... thats the one he's talking about...



I feel a bit queasy already...

THATS the one! How did you find that picture? I'd love to have a white sword like that. I have an excellent name for it allready ^^

if you like i can tell you how to get a pic from any part of any movie that you have.

THAT was AWESOME...nice work, Terry.

We had a whole debate on this in the cafe awhile ago... got a bit heated, actually...

My problem with the movie was a lack of what I call 'internal cosnsitency.' Basicly, if a movie is going to have INSANE over the top impossible action that no living human could possibly perform... they have to create a world and a reason that allows for that for me.

A good example is the Matrix... the action thats over the top in that movie is well explained by the story... they are using the power of their minds to break boundires, not their bodies... in the real world, they are just as physicaly limited as you and me. Almost anyone could kick Neo's ass face to face. However, in the Matrix, he is able to do increadible things because he can minuplate the code.

A bad example is Romeo Must Die with Jet Li. All kinds of gravity defying wirework and insane stuff, yet in that move Li's character is just a human, there is no reason he should be able to do that stuff.

It's the same with Equilibrium.

In this movie, Bale's character is a highly trained human being... nothing more. He's not cyberneticly inhanced, he has no super powers... but he is able to go down a hallway with some 40+ soldiers firing fully automaitc weapons at him, not get hit even ONCE, take out all off them reloading twice by twirling and dancing around with two handguns?

No.

It's so impossible and their is NO in'movie expliantion that justify's it that it takes me OUT of the moment and makes me go 'WTF?'

As a rule, for action orenated movies, I prefer realisim to crazy over the top cheese and whatnot anyway. I tend to like movies like Year of the Gun that deal with a gun fight in a far more realistic manner... or for Tight hand to hand or weapons combat, something more like The Hunted.

However, if a movie is going to go over the top... I like for them to create a world in which what happens makes sense... so I accept and belive it in the context of the movie.

Equilibrium failed on an EPIC level in that regard.

Also... the friking 'Gun-Kata'... so annoying, so utterly stupid IMO. We have quite a few folks on this forum who are also skilled with firearms as well as swords. Ask aNYONE with any firearms training, and they will tell you what an amazingly stupid concept the Gun-Kata is.

So yeah, not a fan of that movie.

is it so hard to believe that some people just watch movies for what they are, knowing full well that they are totaly wrong (or full of crap). if we only watched movies that were believeable then most ( if not all ) action movies would be out of the question. i cannot believe that people read so much into a movie that is so intentionaly un believeable. it is set in a future world . i think we should lighten up a little and take them for what they are, an escape form reality. sorry if this offends but it is just a movie not real. buy the way if you watched the third matrix you would have noticed that neo also has his 'powers' in the real world when he stops all the squidgy (sorry cant think of what they are called) things. so where is the reality of which you speak.
just my @ cents