Travesty of the day

[EsbenF]

In my "get-people-to-watch-EQ" frenzy, I asked my sister who still lives in Denmark to rent the movie. I checked several video stores over here, and they all had it, so I figured that it'd be there as well. She however came back to me saying that she couldn't find it. Hmmm I figured that I'd have to look into that...

Here's what I found:

Now is that nasty or what!? I mean... what the hell were they thinking!
And no, it's no joke, I'm sad to say It's no wonder the movie never hit in Denmark, if THAT'S what people see when they go to take it out at Blockbuster. And that tagline... *shudders*

Picture was taken from following page:

www.uncut.dk/UNCUT/anmeldelser/cubic.html

Who also excelled by rating Equlibrium (or Cubic:P) 1 out of 5, basically spending about 1 and a half page of text shooting the movie down, with statements like:
"Wimmer's ambitions are as sky-high as the man's incompetence, wich results in a movie where you spend just shy of one and a half hour cringing your toes, and feeling sorry that the actors' moron agents has gotten them involved in such a miserable piece of celluloid".
(excuse my translation fron Danish if it makes no sense)

I have however figured him out I think. I got a little pissed off and read over all his reviews (quite a few), and actually he doesn't ever write anything nice about any low-budget movies - regardless of cult-status or popularity. An amusing fact (I thought) is that he actually rated Robocop 5 out of 5 hehe.
Other than that he only rated the 'safe bets' with that score, like Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the original Alien movie.
However I can't really blame him... with that cover I'd have a hell of a hard time taking the movie serious too.

[MisterAnderson]

That tagline is actually taken straight from the official trailer for Equilibrium.

[JenGe]

Also I've created a page for the "Cubic" version of Equilibrium right here...

www.freewebs.com/equilibrium-movie/cubicdvd.htm

And when it come to critics I like what Wimmer himself had to say...

"sfd: The critics were generally tough on Equilibrium (although Roger Ebert, of all people, gave it a pretty good review). How much do you care what critics say? Do you think movie-goers really pay attention to them?

KW: Fuck the critics. Why would I make a movie for someone I wouldn't want to hang out with? Have you ever met a critic who you wanted to party with? I haven't. All the critics I've ever met are frankly boring people who, in my opinion, are the ultimate parasites. They create nothing; existing only by feasting on the bodies of the living - eunuchs at a gang-bang. (Apologies to all the exceedingly cool and dashing critics with electrifying personalities out there.) I'm making films for people who walk into the theater with only one requirement - to be entertained. Yes, though many movie-goers do pay attention to them because life is unfortunately too short to judge everything for yourself.

Interview at Sci/fi Dimensions

[EsbenF]

He he nice quote - Kurt Wimmer is just spitting those out it appears

I didn't know you had a page for the 'scandinavian' version already - nice.

That whole 'Cubic' thing really doesn't sit too well with me, too much of a matrix-like feeling to it. That must have been what they were thinking.

[JenGe]

EsbenF said:

He he nice quote - Kurt Wimmer is just spitting those out it appears

If you ever get the chance to meet him you'll find that he has a very wicked, sharp sense of humor. It comes through at times on the DVD commentary but at the Atlanta Q&A last year he was no holes barred. (bahahahah...just at the memories )

That whole 'Cubic' thing really doesn't sit too well with me, too much of a matrix-like feeling to it. That must have been what they were thinking.

So far most of the promos seem to be going for that "Matrix" feel which I think is a big disservice to the film and sends the wrong message. The whole reason I have my title graphic for the site the way that I do is that Wimmer mentions on the commentary that it should have been the "one sheet." I tend to agree with him...

[Witcher Wolf]

I love Kurt, he's my hero.

[aka Jack Torrence]

They create nothing; existing only by feasting on the bodies of the living - eunuchs at a gang-bang.

It's nice to know the man's wit is as sharp as his directing. Eunuchs at a ganb-bang...love that metaphor.