V for Vendetta

Saw it, enjoyed it. Good movie, book is better, but isn't that always the case?

Except Fight Club... and Big Fish...
 
I just came back from V. Big props to Hugo Weaving on his ability to prounounce and ennunciate every V in his little intro. The movie was a blast. I definitely recommend this movie. The way V handles his knives is very Equilibrium-esque.
 
Gonna see this tommorow.

I heard that it glorifies terrorism, though. :/
 
Awesome. Go see it.

Oh, and I actually liked it a bit better than the book. Probably the fact that its been slightly updated and doesn't look 80s-tastic anymore gives it some more relevance.
 
Direwolf said:
Awesome. Go see it.

Oh, and I actually liked it a bit better than the book. Probably the fact that its been slightly updated and doesn't look 80s-tastic anymore gives it some more relevance.
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Blasphemy o__o.
 
I loved them all yet also wanted to kill the second and third.

One of them love/hate relashenships.
 
I just saw it on imax and holy shit! ****ing wicked! Oh man was it a blast loved every minute of it. Im wondering did they keep the same ending as the comic?
 
Raziel-Jcd said:
I just saw it on imax and holy shit! ****ing wicked! Oh man was it a blast loved every minute of it. Im wondering did they keep the same ending as the comic?
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I'm guessing it was the same ending since you see the houses of parlaiment getting blown up in all the trailers. Also, Evey becomes the new V from what I remember.
 
It got reviewed by The Times and only got one star. They said the plot was too silly...
 
Jangle said:
It got reviewed by The Times and only got one star. They said the plot was too silly...
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Apparently a lot of the UK reviews have been lame, but half of those reviews are from newspapers like The Times... check something decent like Empire magazine.
 
StardogChampion said:
Apparently a lot of the UK reviews have been lame, but half of those reviews are from newspapers like The Times... check something decent like Empire magazine.
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Yeah, I didn't really pay attention. The Times didn't actually mention anything about the film except how the plot isn't believable. I would imagine that's the point of a fictitious story...
 
I am guessing people have been giving it bad reviews because of the heavy political theme of the movie. Go see this movie, you won't be dissapointed.
 
I saw it yesterday, great movie. I love the political themes.
 
Saw it earlier. Me and my mates had a big arguement about seeing a cool, good rated, action flick or Steve Martin try and be French and funny. V for Vendetta won the arguement, and we all left pleased with the choice of great movie we'd picked to see.
 
saw it lasr night,I love Portman ^^
bery good story..makes you think!
 
I dont like reviewers. I like my own opinion. Iv only been wrong like once every 200 movies..Give or take.
 
Saw it this afternoon. Liked it a lot too.

Some combat made me think Gun Kata - guns + knives :D
 
AmishSlayer said:
Saw it this afternoon. Liked it a lot too.

Some combat made me think Gun Kata - guns + knives :D
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Oh boy, gunkata! Now I really need to go out and see this. I'm glad the general consensus is positive.
 
Spicy Tuna said:
saw it lasr night,I love Portman ^^
bery good story..makes you think!
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yeah...imagine that, something you don't do.

anyway, great movie...hopefully this movie helps open minds to whats happening around the world. :thumbs:
 
This movie was awesome. Listening trucks, public broadcasts, curfews, ect.

Although the 'Fingermen' had too much authority. Just like the chinese 'public safety officers'.

And 'unity through faith' thing was just stupid. Too much religious.


Ending sucked. Evil terrorists.
 
I never found it that exciting, or that interesting - although bits of it were. V was brilliant. Stephen Fry was hilarious. It was basically entertaining, and a lot of interesting concepts.

But it never got across a sense of oppression, or of paranoia - compare it to just that one section of Gladiator when they're sure the state is after them - it seemed too glossy for such a regime (although, the way our society is, maybe that kind of Britain would be 'glossy' as hell) and it seemed like a more down-to-earth style would have worked better. The symbolism and the paralells were so blindingly obvious as to be ridiculous (NAZIS? O RLY?). The whole 'disintegration of order and public support' stuff was kind of glossed over and the film skipped forward at a really uneven and unsatisfying rate. In a similar way, concepts that could have used more elaboration (everything connected like dominos? Moral ambiguity?) were understated, and concepts that should have been less overt (nazism parallels) were overdone. The themes of moral ambiguity - do the ends justify the means? - seemed token, like they weren't that important. Even though it was in the original comic (I haven't read all of it, so I didn't get to that part), Evey's experience being a trick by V seemed contrived.

It didn't feel like a gritty, realistic, tense depiction, but it didn't feel like a sort of fantastic parable either. It didn't feel like a perfect blend between the two, but rather a confused falling-between-two-stools kinda thing. I would say 'oh, it's just damned entertaining' - but it isn't brilliantly so.

3/5 overall, in my opinion.
 
Sulkdodds said:
I never found it that exciting, or that interesting - although bits of it were. V was brilliant. Stephen Fry was hilarious. It was basically entertaining, and a lot of interesting concepts.

But it never got across a sense of oppression, or of paranoia - compare it to just that one section of Gladiator when they're sure the state is after them - it seemed too glossy for such a regime (although, the way our society is, maybe that kind of Britain would be 'glossy' as hell) and it seemed like a more down-to-earth style would have worked better. The symbolism and the paralells were so blindingly obvious as to be ridiculous (NAZIS? O RLY?). The whole 'disintegration of order and public support' stuff was kind of glossed over and the film skipped forward at a really uneven and unsatisfying rate. In a similar way, concepts that could have used more elaboration (everything connected like dominos? Moral ambiguity?) were understated, and concepts that should have been less overt (nazism parallels) were overdone. The themes of moral ambiguity - do the ends justify the means? - seemed token, like they weren't that important. Even though it was in the original comic (I haven't read all of it, so I didn't get to that part), Evey's experience being a trick by V seemed contrived.

It didn't feel like a gritty, realistic, tense depiction, but it didn't feel like a sort of fantastic parable either. It didn't feel like a perfect blend between the two, but rather a confused falling-between-two-stools kinda thing. I would say 'oh, it's just damned entertaining' - but it isn't brilliantly so.

3/5 overall, in my opinion.
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I agree. It wasn't anything like 1984 which some said it was. Nobody was in fear perpetually, nobody was being oppressed from night to day.

Only the night raids and curfews (Although MANY nations have that; even we had it from 0 to 5 in the 1980s) had an oppressive feel.

Also, Sutler (sp?) = Hitler?
 
It's rated M18 here, which means I have to be 18 to watch it. Bah. Well, to the torrents then.
 
JellyWorld said:
It's rated M18 here, which means I have to be 18 to watch it. Bah. Well, to the torrents then.
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Yeah, there is partial nudity on the dead bodies. :/
 
Well Jelly lives in Singapore, so the rules are even more enforced. He could get the death penalty for chewing gum :p.
 
Sulkdodds said:
I never found it that exciting, or that interesting - although bits of it were. V was brilliant. Stephen Fry was hilarious. It was basically entertaining, and a lot of interesting concepts.

But it never got across a sense of oppression, or of paranoia - compare it to just that one section of Gladiator when they're sure the state is after them - it seemed too glossy for such a regime (although, the way our society is, maybe that kind of Britain would be 'glossy' as hell) and it seemed like a more down-to-earth style would have worked better. The symbolism and the paralells were so blindingly obvious as to be ridiculous (NAZIS? O RLY?). The whole 'disintegration of order and public support' stuff was kind of glossed over and the film skipped forward at a really uneven and unsatisfying rate. In a similar way, concepts that could have used more elaboration (everything connected like dominos? Moral ambiguity?) were understated, and concepts that should have been less overt (nazism parallels) were overdone. The themes of moral ambiguity - do the ends justify the means? - seemed token, like they weren't that important. Even though it was in the original comic (I haven't read all of it, so I didn't get to that part), Evey's experience being a trick by V seemed contrived.

It didn't feel like a gritty, realistic, tense depiction, but it didn't feel like a sort of fantastic parable either. It didn't feel like a perfect blend between the two, but rather a confused falling-between-two-stools kinda thing. I would say 'oh, it's just damned entertaining' - but it isn't brilliantly so.

3/5 overall, in my opinion.
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In all fairness, a good amount of the things you take issue with are from the source material (Evey being tricked etc). And while I don't have a problem with them, if I did then the blame doesn't belong solely to the film makers.

I enjoyed the hell out of the film just for being DIFFERENT. Really, when was the last time you saw something like that?
 
Well, I saw it last night. I'm not sure where I'd place it in the grand scheme of things, but it's definately the best/smartest action movie of the year so far. The themes it has are fairly provocative, though I can't help but think that the idea of fighting fascism NO MATTER THE PRICE is slightly in right now. But overall, good movie with an interesting story and some sweet action. Although, with the way the set pieces often looked, I found myself wishing V had a gravity gun. :D
 
Direwolf said:
I enjoyed the hell out of the film just for being DIFFERENT. Really, when was the last time you saw something like that?
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Well, to be quite honest I'm actually unsure how much I like it/don't like it.

The ambiguity that I feel was sorely lacking in the film has, ironically, taken root in my own feelings about it!
 
Just saw it, awsome movie. It had some good messages (people should not be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of their people), and some bad ones (CONSERVATIVES ARE ALL BAD LOL).
The acting, dialouge, visuals, and plot were all good- but the directing could've been better. My main gripe though is that some parts seemed tacked on just to be politically correct. Other than that, this is probably the best movie to come out this year so far.
 
I just finished the graphic novel about an hour ago. How true is it to the graphic novel?
 
Quite true actually when it comes to literal events, but I'd say themes are a little different. There's less about anarchy.

DeusExMachina said:
Read the comic, you won't be disappointed. At all.
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I had gotten it out of the library before seeing the film. It's very very good. :p
 
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