V for Vendetta review

POSTED BY: pingjing
UPDATED: Saturday, September 20, 2025 16:36
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PINGJING

Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:39 AM

Well, this is my review, not someone official...

That said, has anyone seen this movie yet? I just saw it tonight and thought it was amazing. Totally met my expectations. Witty dialogue, loads of action for those who like that, and the strongest, kick-ass female lead I've seen in awhile. Natalie Portman's character really knows how to take care of herself. Also, the tension between Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving is palpable (not romantic so much as moral).

Now, someone go see it so I can start talking about it without spoiling anything!

Julia

ORPHEUS

Saturday, March 25, 2006 8:13 AM

In response, I offer my review. I'm not official at all, but I like to think I am.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/journal_view.php?journalid=197686&e
ntryid=304910&view=public

Long story short, I loved it.

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SASSALICIOUS

Saturday, March 25, 2006 8:39 AM

I enjoyed it a lot. And kind of want to blow something up.

P.S. I'm drunk now and you have no idea how long it just took me to type this.

J6NGO1977

Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:36 AM

Cool. looking forward to seeing it. I love the graphic novel

JCW

Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:44 AM

The film was fantastic. As soon as I got home, I downloaded Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. Now I just need some explosives...

JUBELLATE

Saturday, March 25, 2006 3:43 PM

In my opinion, it wasn't a bad movie, but the government was so cruel and singleminded that it wasn't believable to me, it was charactiture.

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Also, what V did to Evey was unforgivable, even though he thought it was necessary. I had a feeling it was a trick, but the lie of it all was counterproductive to the message IMO. I didn't like how Evey forgave him so easily.

To me, the message of the movie was too over the top. Governmental evil like in Serenity is easy to believe because politicians are eager to keep their hands clean and often use despicable methods justified by noble goals. In V, the politicians seemed drunk with power and antagonized anyone they saw fit. Too blunt, too unbelievable.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. – H.L. Mencken

JUBELLATE

Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:04 PM

and another thing from reading stuff on IMDB...Parliment being blown up in comparison to the Twin Towers!?! They're not even close to being related. The Twin Towers was a human tragedy, with over a 1000 people being killed, Parliment was a symbolic destruction. I guarantee you if the twin towers had been empty when they fell down, it wouldn't have been 1/1000000th the horribleness it was in real life. Stuff like that really upsets me

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. – H.L. Mencken

BROWNCOAT2006

Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:25 PM

Overall I like the movie, but I also belive that the government was WAAAAAY to unbeliveable because of the overbearing-ness of their power... I mean the whole

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black bag makes you disappear off the face of the earth

thing was kinda over the top... (plz forgive my spelling, never been a strong suit of mine...

CHRISTHECYNIC

Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:33 PM

Thanks to all for saying your thoughts, I've been planning on seeing it but have been let down my so many movies recently that I wasn't sure if it was a good idea.

JUBELLATE

Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:38 PM

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Originally posted by christhecynic:
Thanks to all for saying your thoughts, I've been planning on seeing it but have been let down my so many movies recently that I wasn't sure if it was a good idea.

we call this "post-Serenity" syndrome

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. – H.L. Mencken

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