I've been obsessed with this moVie and comic ever since I saw it. What do you think of it? I do belieVe that Natalie Portman (Evey) was miscast as She over acted. Hugo Weaving plays V excellently. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW6HbZXI9Y0&feature=related]
I believe the movie could have been a tad bit more realistic. Although the graphic novel was a bit of a disappointment, I still liked it much more. I believe the reason I don't care too much for the graphic novel is the amount of attention to every detail you must pay to understand what's going on.
Sorry, I forgot to specify. I was talking about the V for Vendetta graphic novel.
I read it off of my computer monitor, and it was a fairly difficult read. Like I said, you have to pay a lot of attention to detail. I don't know why, but people in graphic novels are like dogs to me, it's easy to get the characters mixed up unless you really pay attention to them or unless you get to know them.
I liked how everything came together in the end, but the Wachowski brothers seem to be really obssessed with anti-government, as this is the 5th movie where they used that theme (Speed Racer, and All 3 Matrix movies). I really liked the subtle messaging pointed towards America and it's problems
(
So I read that the former United States is so desperate for medical supplies that they have allegedly sent several containers filled with wheat and tobacco. A gesture, they said, of good will. You wanna know what I think? Well, you're listening to my show, so I will assume you do... I think it's high time we let the colonies know what we really think of them. I think its payback time for a little tea party they threw for us a few hundred years ago. I say we go down to those docks tonight and dump that crap where everything from the Ulcered Sphincter of A**-erica belongs! Who's with me? Who's bloody with me? -Lewis Prothero Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot. -V
) Those are my Favorite Quotes, along with the one where he uses like 40 V-words, but that's already been posted. I feel this movie had a lot of good suspense and action, but I really would've liked to see more, or maybe a sequel.(I read the comic, and I feel some things were not mentioned in the movie.) The story itself reminded me a lot of Rollerball, which was also an excellent movie.
In my opinion, the Watchmen movie was better than the graphic novel. The ending in the movie was much better in my opinion. However, the graphic novel did clear a lot of the characters backgrounds, something the movie didn't do, but that's okay, because the movie hit the main plot and left out nothing that shouldn't have been left out.
V for Vendetta, on the other hand, left much of the major plotline out. The graphic novel was much better. It did a little bit better of a job revealing V's background, or rather his time in the camp. The ending in the movie felt way too phony as well. *Spoiler* In the movie, everyone bands together wearing Guy Fawkes masks. In the graphic novel, everyone stands together in the end wearing no masks, and rather than standing together proudly, they stand their curious and confused. V accomplishes his task, but the nation falls into chaos shortly after, which is predicted by V. It does not explain if the nation ever rebuilt itself. V succeeded in abolishing their totalitarian government, but it is unknown if V succeeded in making the people more happy.*End Spoiler
"Remember, remember, the fifth of November" is not a poem celebrating Guy Fawkes, but rather celebrating his defeat. Many people who stand for smaller/no government watch V for Vendetta and become fascinated with Fawkes and looks to him as an icon. The irony is that Fawkes wished not to abolish government in general, but to push Catholics back into power... or something along those lines. >.<
Seeing the movie again just a couple of hours ago I noticed something at the beginning. When they showed the scene where guy Fawkes was captured, the soldiers appeared to be in very Spanish looking armor. Is that a history fail?
You know, I never really paid much attention to that until you mentioned it. I figured while I'm in a working mood I'll fix those two links on the front post by Efan...
Overall, I really liked the movie. I thought it was full of action and even had some great suspense to it, but I agree, it could have been a little longer. As for the novel, I haven't read it. I prefer to watch than to read.
