V for Vendetta

[FightingFalcon]

Anyone else see this movie yet?

I've been waiting for so long for this movie to come out. Ever since I heard about it I've been waiting anxiously. A movie about a guy who wears a Guy Fawkes mask trying to blow up Parliament in an attempt to bring down a fascist British government? Sounds like this movie was made specifically for me....

Even the movie's caption "People shouldn't be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of thier people" sounds like something that I would say.

I went to see it last night and it was amazing. It isn't as violent a film as the previews would make you believe but it's still really good. One of the biggest complaints is that the main character uses terrorism to achieve his goals. Although I'm opposed to the death penalty, I still thought that V was justified in using "terrorism" to destroy a tyrannical government. After all, it's the same thing that our Founding Fathers did.

The only complaint I have is that they didn't do enough to portray the British government as being fascist. Clearly the elements of a police state are there but I dunno...maybe they could have done more to make the audience really hate them. But then again....it wasn't supposed to be a black-and-white movie.

Many American conservatives will probably get annoyed at seemingly anti-American and anti-Bush comments. However, the book was written over 20 years ago and in no way relates to Iraq and the War on Terror. In fact, the book was originally meant to be an anti-Thatcher piece.

All in all a great movie with a great story. My political beliefs are the exact same as V and he's probably my favorite character from any movie. I highly recommend this movie to anyone.

[dustdevil28]

Thanks for the recommendation. I've been looking forward to this movie as well and may go to see it next weekend.

Although I realize that the movie is based off something completly different from the current war on terror, it's hard not to see a number of knuckleheads walking out of the theater with a new "insight" as to how our government works.

Too bad some people just can't back and enjoy the flick.

[dustdevil28]

Well I just saw the film earlier today.

I thought it was okay, but nothing really special.

[fwdobsrvr]

I understand the book was written 20 years ago, but I had heard that Alan Moore demanded the studio remove his name from the project, he was so displeased with the film. I'll most likely see it, but I think I'll read the book too, just to see the original.

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[FightingFalcon]

battleborn said:

Well I just saw the film earlier today.

I thought it was okay, but nothing really special.

Bah!

How could you not love V ;D

[dustdevil28]

fightingfalcon said:

battleborn said:

Well I just saw the film earlier today.

I thought it was okay, but nothing really special.

Bah!

How could you not love V ;D

I agree with you that they didn't do enough to show the corrupt nature of the government.

However, I just thought it was a bit theatrical, pardon the pun. How does a man survive a manhunt for so long while not really hiding himself too much? How is he able to survive so long in the end?

How does a man seemingly so well read find himself in the situation that V found himself? How did the love develop between him and the girl? The death of the Supreme Chancellor happened all too sudden.

In the end I should take my own advice and realize it's justs a movie, but it still just didn't have enough suspense for me, it was just okay.

[FightingFalcon]

You have to remember first off that it's a fantasy story - it doesn't take place in the real world. No human being could survive a fire like V did...it simply wouldn't happen. Nor could anyone get shot so many times (albeit with the body armor) and still kill like 15 people...

The death of the Supreme Chancellor was rather sudden.

After watching the movie again, I think the government was probably evil enough. They really could have gone more in depth but the point got across that they were Fascist.

About the love between him and the Evey....from what I read, the audience is supposed to get little to nothing in terms of an insight into V's soul. The main reason for this is that V isn't a "real" human being. Hence why you never see his face. He is an ideal and he is the physical representation of the people's beliefs. Hence the end scene when everyone take off their masks and reveal their own faces - even the people who died. That's who V "truly" was. That's why he has no sort of personal story, because he isn't a tangible human being.