V for Vendetta

[venom62]

I loved the movie. Just got the TPB today and if it's as good as people say I can't wait to read it.
We need a V smilie

 

[ShaneHelms]

I bought a new theater surround when I bought this DVD and have been enjoying it since. I was disapointed with the additional features.....except for the Easter egg on disk 2. I've watched that about a dozen times. It makes the 2nd disk well worth it.

I havent looked at the second disc yet, Whats the easter egg?

 

[co2]

I don't want to say..but I watched that egg a half dozen times.

BTW, I suggest getting the DVD at Target. The 2 disk version comes with a 64 page preview of the graphic novel, and a lenticular cover (much like the 2 disk Batman Begins from Best Buy).

 

[ShaneHelms]

I bought mine from FYE, I didnt get any Book, although i got the one for Begins.

 

[Nivek]

I've heard a few say the the movie was enjoyable but they liked the comic more than the movie.

I'm the opposite of that opinion. I felt the movie was a better film than the GN translated exactly could have ever been.

The only thing I might have changed would be

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V killing the leader. I liked how in the book, a citizen pulled the trigger

.

Well,

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V didn't kill Sutler, Mr. Creedy did

. That was the beauty of it, V didn't even have to dirty his hands.

 

[Chris Wallace]

Well,

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V didn't kill Sutler, Mr. Creedy did

. That was the beauty of it, V didn't even have to dirty his hands.

I figured Creedy's plan was to frame V, kill him, & then assume Sutler's position.

 

[Chris Wallace]

I'm the opposite of that opinion. I felt the movie was a better film than the GN translated exactly could have ever been.

AGREED 100%.

 

[Danger Mouse]

I'm one of the few who thinks that the movie is superior to the GN. So, yeah, I somewhat agree with you, Nivek.

 

[Charlie No-One]

Stupid Question: GN?

 

[co2]

Stupid Question: GN?

Not stupid.
Graphic Novel......A large, bound comic book or collection of comic books bound in one volume . Sometimes called a trade paperback or hardcover. In this case, the original comic that the movie was based on.

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.htm...540129-3913402?_encoding=UTF8&asin=0930289528

 

[Chris Wallace]

I'm one of the few who thinks that the movie is superior to the GN. So, yeah, I somewhat agree with you, Nivek.

 

[Charlie No-One]

Thanks co2. I knew what a graphic novel was. It didn't hit me that Gn was just the abbreviation.

 

[SpiderMarc]

I just saw it, and I thought it was just OK....Didn't really like the ending, and thought it was a little too Political.

 

[CLARKY]

Whatd you all think of this movie? Is it really as good as people and its reviews say? Im thinking about buying it when it comes out on DVD, but I'm not sure. Leaning towards gettin it right now.

What don't U just rent it? if U like it , U buy it , if U don't, U don't buy it.
Well , isn't there this kind of video-renting-box in Ur street?
U know, U give cash and U can rent a movie. Try it this way.

Personally I think that's what an adaptation should always look like. I was afraid because I'm a big fan of the book and actually there were differences between the film and the book but that was great. Personally it gave me an even bigger feeling of satisfaction at the end than the books did 10 years ago.

 

[Charlie No-One]

I just saw it, and I thought it was just OK....Didn't really like the ending, and thought it was a little too Political.

Too political? The movie is about throwing down the government!

 

[Chris Wallace]

I was a little puzzled by that remark myself.

 

[SolidRoar]

Got the 2-disc edition today from Virgin Megastore. They gave me a cool "V" promotional mask with it. It's so fitting on my head.

 

[Nivek]

AGREED 100%.

I let a couple people borrow it since i bought it, they returned it and bought it themselves.

 

[Forumer]

I'm ranting on the movie, not the graphic novel:

I hate this movie. It's a narrow-minded movie that tries to be insightful, but falls way short of its target. Why they choose to portray conservatives in general as the equivalent of evil is beyond me. Not to mention their over-simplification of the current state of global politics and the stupid/unbelievable way in which the movie ends.

They portray V as a logical and sane man (at least that's how he was made to appear, or maybe it was the matrix-like babbling) who is a hero of the people, but he willingfully use people to achieve his ends, which is really revenge. How is bringing anarchy helping the people? Is it really as simple as the people's choice that will govern how the new government will turn out?

*spoiler*I also don't like the part where Evey is tortured. Besides the obvious ethical problems, he seems to rationalize his action by saying that Evey chooses to be tortured, but that's an illogical statement for someone who's supposed to be so calculating. Also, in reality that kind of "training" will most likely result in trauma, not some sort of epiphany.

And am I suppose to buy that Evey will suddenly fall in love with someone who just tortured her?

The only good thing in this movie is the storytelling. If you like movies simply for the actions or fireworks however, you might enjoy this movie, but don't take it as some sort of an insightful or smart political film.

 

[Batman1939]

Saw it today for the first time and all I got to say is AWESOME!

 

[ampersand]

I'm ranting on the movie, not the graphic novel:

I hate this movie. It's a narrow-minded movie that tries to be insightful, but falls way short of its target. Why they choose to portray conservatives in general as the equivalent of evil is beyond me. Not to mention their over-simplification of the current state of global politics and the stupid/unbelievable way in which the movie ends.

They portray V as a logical and sane man (at least that's how he was made to appear, or maybe it was the matrix-like babbling) who is a hero of the people, but he willingfully use people to achieve his ends, which is really revenge. How is bringing anarchy helping the people? Is it really as simple as the people's choice that will govern how the new government will turn out?

*spoiler*I also don't like the part where Evey is tortured. Besides the obvious ethical problems, he seems to rationalize his action by saying that Evey chooses to be tortured, but that's an illogical statement for someone who's supposed to be so calculating. Also, in reality that kind of "training" will most likely result in trauma, not some sort of epiphany.

And am I suppose to buy that Evey will suddenly fall in love with someone who just tortured her?

The only good thing in this movie is the storytelling. If you like movies simply for the actions or fireworks however, you might enjoy this movie, but don't take it as some sort of an insightful or smart political film.

I think you made alot of valid points here and that is why the film will never hold a candle to the book. Even so, I still loved the movie.

 

[CLARKY]

I'm ranting on the movie, not the graphic novel:
I hate this movie. It's a narrow-minded movie that tries to be insightful, but falls way short of its target. Why they choose to portray conservatives in general as the equivalent of evil is beyond me. Not to mention their over-simplification of the current state of global politics and the stupid/unbelievable way in which the movie ends.

I don't find it narrow-minded at all and I think that if it were it wouldn't be linked to the insightful aspect of the film ; I think it's due to the book.
Personally I am not going to consider every conservative I meet as evil and I think this aspect was in the book as well. When I read the book and when I saw the film, I''ve never feltthey were portraying conservatives in general. if it was the goal, well I missed it and it was in the book.
I think the "over-simplification" is due to the story-telling and that they can't have the same details than in the book, it seems logical to me, and even if I disagree with it I think it make it more accessible. But more important I didn't feel that they portrayed "the current state of global politics " I think it's general and I think it was part of the book and this is what make it interesting ; 20 years later it's still actual.
Well I didn't find the end stupid and if it were I don't consider it as "unbelievable" . It's a movie, it's a comic-book, it doesn't have to be realistic. I found it full of hope, even if then again I disagree with the fact that people want to change their condition ... but maybe I'm a desillusionnal person.

They portray V as a logical and sane man (at least that's how he was made to appear, or maybe it was the matrix-like babbling) who is a hero of the people, but he willingfully use people to achieve his ends, which is really revenge. How is bringing anarchy helping the people? Is it really as simple as the people's choice that will govern how the new government will turn out?

Personally I didn't find him rationnal nor sane ; it doesn't mean he can't be logical. And I don't see anything that make him a hero of the people. All I saw was revenge but in a larger way than usual.
that was more interesting. (I'm not congratulating the Wachowski bros at all)
I think that anarchy help people in the same way revolution does. but then again I've never made a revolution so I'd hardly know.
Further more It was already part of the book , wasn't it? When V explained it anarchy not chaos , ...

*spoiler*I also don't like the part where Evey is tortured. Besides the obvious ethical problems, he seems to rationalize his action by saying that Evey chooses to be tortured, but that's an illogical statement for someone who's supposed to be so calculating. Also, in reality that kind of "training" will most likely result in trauma, not some sort of epiphany.

Here, no offense, but I don't see Ur point. It seems perfectly clear to me.
And yes it would "normally" result in trauma, but I think that if it works it ends in real liberty. That is what make evey exceptionnal : she's able to understand she was living in jail.Well I remember that was all the genius of Alan Moore.

And am I suppose to buy that Evey will suddenly fall in love with someone who just tortured her?

I would say if you really understand the meaning of the torture ... yes. Well I found it pretty logical. It could easily be a Stokholm syndrom but I prefer to think that Evey undertood the liberty V is offering to her, and just like it happens that a girl fall in love with someone when this someone over-cover her, Evey fall in love with V.

Well, I hope U won't take it as an offense. But I disgree with everything U said.
Hey, I remember when I read the book, 10 or 12 years ago I found it awesome but nobody around me really cared and now it seems everybody love the movie and consider it as the Bible, and I wish I could tell them "hey I know the book since 10 years" but I don't.
Maybe is it this feeling that make U dislike the film.
It was close to the comic-book, I preferred the movie even if I read the book before.

 

[Chris Wallace]

Hey-women give their hearts to men who torture them all the time. (Albeit not quite so literally.)

 

[chosen1]

So i guess when everything was over Eve and Finch got married?

 

[tzarinna]

I bought it Sat,watched it Tues

Did anybody else get a bit choked up near the end

I loved the movie. Just got the TPB today and if it's as good as people say I can't wait to read it.
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Edit: I also bought the graphic novel,that thing is huge