Action Movies FTW (oh yeah, and Gun Kata)

Lately, I have been watching a truck-load of action movies (I mean, who HASN'T??) that come with a lot of kung-fu theory and discipline and stuff... Clearly, if you want to immortalize a martial art you've just invented, why stop at the cool action scenes? Why not present the whole theory behind the explanation?

Here's one example: Equilibrium.

Besides the fact of being both the one sci-fi movie to actually introduce wall-sized TV's AND the Wanted comics of the future, I liked how Equilibrium gave the idea of nullifying one's feelings to avoid any "sense offense" via the cool-sounding name, Prozium. (Because every Hollywood substance has to have a very cool-sounding name, right Dr. Stryker?)

Anyway, the film portrays Batman fighting off the previously mentioned "sense offenders" by means he finally thought off: just shoot them, man.

Does the film say it this simply? NO, they just have to go deep into explaining the real thing. By going deep I mean "use complex talk that was really messed up to explain something that could be said in five words". Here's the canonical explanation:

Through analysis of thousands of recorded gunfights, the Cleric has determined that the geometric distribution of antagonists in any gun battle is a statistically-predictable element. The Gun Kata treats the gun as a total weapon, each fluid position representing a maximum kill zone, inflicting maximum damage on the maximum number of opponents, while keeping the defender clear of the statistically-traditional trajectories of return fire. By the rote mastery of this art, your firing efficiency will rise by no less than 120 percent.

See what I mean? Tons of nonsense that serves the purpose of serving no godforsaken purpose. I mean, this is the official GuyOnShorts translation:

Use guns to kill. In any way possible.

Way simpler. AND this doesn't appear in Wanted.

Just guns, no bullcrap.

It's obvious that what happens in movies is not (always) real, but Equilibrium is one of the few (I've seen) that really emphasized the idea. What to expect from a film where cops only die when their cool helmets shatter under the force of awesome gun-fu?

Come to think of it, the Librian police force must stop investing in bullet-proof suits when they have a freaking glass visor.

Of course, the copious amounts of theory that go into sci-fi movies are just to add more coolness to the cool. Yeah, kind of like Star Wars, only that it's not Star Wars. Seriously, George, couldn't you leave the Sarlacc alone??

This is too much even for a nerd...