V for Vendetta review

POSTED BY: pingjing
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AZTECHROME

Monday, March 27, 2006 10:37 PM

I think that this movie is unoriginal and beats you over the head with cloying mores.
Go see Natalie Portman if you think she's hot. (with shaved head). There's no other reason to see this movie.

And YES, the movies are getting worse. In fact, the movie exhibitors are trying to lobby congress to force Hollywood to stop making such terrible movies, because nobody's been paying ticket prices for this crap. As a historian, I can tell you it's just a power play; this won't even get a sub-committee hearing. The point is made though, the exhibitors are pissed at the quality of the movies they have to show.

Seriously. This movie is so generically boring, that i don't know what happened, really. More importantly, I don't care. I've got better things to do, like post unimportant responses on obscure message boards.

and don't think i don't *get*. Dictatorships, yeah, yeah. America. great. power corrupts. nice. victims have a human face. yep. Are there any other truisms in this film?
I'm practically a libertarian myself. I vote for the candidate, not the party. Where is 1984? Catch 22? Brazil? Clockwork Orange? Dr. Strangelove?

I don't think this movie is going to galvanize anyone to do anything besides buy more jujubees.

In short V is for ---->

CYBERSNARK

Monday, March 27, 2006 11:18 PM

I liked V (and loved his playfully alliterative introduction --I wonder how many takes that was). Beautifully done, I felt, and it gave me far more of a "this is a graphic novel on film" feel than Sin City did.

That said, I'm not quite sure I like V's methods (I agree with his motives, I'm just not a fan of explosions in a city --too sloppy and artless). This kinda parallels my problem with The Matrix --the big flashy gun-battle where skilled dodging and surgical precision would have been more technically impressive. The Wachowskis (and, perhaps, Guy Fawkes ) seem to have a real problem smoothly balancing action and drama. Their action sequences never live up to the promise of the story, I find.

Personally, I would have preferred a more subtle approach: more pirate broadcasts, more recruiting random citizens. Perhaps a round of suitably theatrical assassinations, leaving the revolution in the people's hands.

Quote:
Originally posted by Kayna:
Quote:
Originally posted by Spiritwolf:
I recently went and saw Beowilf and Grendal....

Arggh!! I'm a huge Gerry Butler fan and I really what to see that but it's not released in the US. It's in Canada.

Not all of Canada it ain't.

Ruttin' cultural backwater of small-town Ontario.

<--right there with you.

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PINGJING

Monday, March 27, 2006 11:28 PM

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
I liked V (and loved his playfully alliterative introduction --I wonder how many takes that was).

Yes, can we get that as a sound file. I want it for my cell phone. ;)

PINGJING

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:06 AM

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Originally posted by zoid:
Groovy.

Send me a link to the Libertarian website you most often habituate. You may get a convert.

v/r,
-zed

I don't frequent any political websites, actually. Too many freaks out there for me to wade through. The only possibly helpful place I can direct you to is the World's Smallest Political Quiz. If you're familiar with political websites, or just like to take quizes, you have probably already heard of it. If not, here it is: http://www.self-gov.org/quiz.html
(I think it's a fair quiz, though I should warn you, it's written by libertarians.)

Julia

FIRSTTIMETOO

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:34 AM

I don't know. The German Nazi government
springs to mind.

I suspect it was over the top in order to drive
a point home about fascism which is a real
thread in america and the world today. a lot
of what was shown and discussed referenced
recent events, for example the hoods on the
prisoners etc

firsttimetoo

FIRSTTIMETOO

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:38 AM

being bored is usually a sign of a lack
of attention

GOJIRO

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:59 AM

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Originally posted by JubelLate:
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.

Select to view spoiler:

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

I found it totally believable -- especially since that's almost exactly what Hitler did in the 30s. Which is why Chancellor Sutler looked so much like Hitler, I'd wager.

All it takes is dire economic circumstances mixed with some good ol' bigotry, and it could happen again.

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ZOID

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 3:51 AM

pingjing:

Thanks for the link. I took the quiz, and apparently I'm a Libertarian! And yet for some reason, I'm not at all surprised by that turn of events. I mean, what are the chances that I would take a political quiz at a Libertarian website and then it turn out that I'm a Libertarian myself?

Going to the 'Celebrities' page tho'... I have always admired Russell Means (he was among those American Indians who held Wounded Knee against a siege by U.S. government forces for three months in 1973), and Clint Eastwood. Some of the other folks as well... I guess I can forgive y'all for Howard Stern and Tommy Chong (are those guys related?). You can't pick your followers, I suppose.

I'll be straight with you: I'm about ready to vote for a Looney Toons character, as long as they represent a genuine change. Anything to break up the 'GOB' network in D.C.

So, I guess that makes AztecHrome's analysis moot...

Respectfully,

zoid
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PINGJING

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:50 PM

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Originally posted by gojiro:
I found it totally believable -- especially since that's almost exactly what Hitler did in the 30s. Which is why Chancellor Sutler looked so much like Hitler, I'd wager.

Am I the only one who thought he looked a helluva lot like Saddam Hussein?

I don't think caricature is an unfair way to describe this movie. It was, after all, a graphic novel, and as I understand, aren't graphic novels based on a four-color universe? (ie. not black-and-white, but not all the colors of the rainbow either.) Think of all the stereotypes you see in them, not to mention visual shorthands that quickly communicate a personality or a concept to the viewer. I don't think that's a bad thing, though - for the most part, I think V for Vendetta uses that to its advantage.

Julia

CYBERSNARK

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 3:47 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:
I'll be straight with you: I'm about ready to vote for a Looney Toons character, as long as they represent a genuine change. Anything to break up the 'GOB' network in D.C.

I saw a T-shirt in a mall once that said:

Vote Kermit!
Let's see what a real puppet government can do!

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