V for Vendetta

[The Kid]

Goddam classic.

 

[CConn]

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[Carmine Falcone]

Best 2006 movie. Weaving deserves an award for this. He dominates the movie through a mask. John Hurt was brilliant. There was literally one scene where he wasn't angry. Stephen ''Lord Melchett" Fry was great aswell...everyone was. The bits of action were beautifully choreographed. It has a strong political message yet it is extremely entertaining (not to say that all political movies are boring -- most of them tend to be )

 

[Chris Wallace]

I agree w/Falcone here.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

I agree w/Falcone here.

ofcourse you do!

 

[Chris Wallace]

Well, you put it so eloquently; I couldn't have said it better myself. What was funny was how much my wife loved it. I say this all the time in jest, but quite truthfully, I dragged her to this movie once, she dragged me to it twice, (One of which was at the IMAX) & had I come home w/o the DVD when it dropped I would've slept on the couch.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Well, you put it so eloquently; I couldn't have said it better myself. What was funny was how much my wife loved it. I say this all the time in jest, but quite truthfully, I dragged her to this movie once, she dragged me to it twice, (One of which was at the IMAX) & had I come home w/o the DVD when it dropped I would've slept on the couch.

lol. Excellent

 

[ultimatefan]

Okay guys, finally saw it - I was short on cash when it was originally released, so forgive me for being so late...

The best Alan Moore adaptation.

The best Vertigo movie.

One of the best comic book adaptations ever.

One of the best movies of 2006.

Alan, I was with you on LXG and From Hell. I see your point on Constantine. V... Lighten up a bit, man! One may question the joy of seeing a graphic novel like V being translated to film, when there´s so much that´s inevitably lost or different... The joy, Alan, is to see it gain a new life, a new soul, to see the beauty of your words delivered with gusto and class by Hugo Weaving´s deep voice and Shakesperian manners, to see Evey Hammond with the sweetness and intensity of Natalie Portman´s eyes, to see John Hurt turn the chancelor into an even more despisable worm of a man than he ever was.
Of course the movie isn´t exactly the book. It can´t be. Things need to be summed up, characters are mixed, scenes miss - and some I miss dearly, like V´s Rolling Stones quote, or the girl saying "****!" and waiting for retaliation, or Evey speculating on V´s identity, or... But the soul of the book is there. The message is there. Alan, you complain the words "fascism" and "anarchism" are never spoken in the movie. They don´t need to be. The government is fascist for all practical purposes in its censorship, arbitrarism, intolerance to difference of opinion, in its lies. V is anarchist in his symbology, in his fight, in his message to Evey that she can be free in ways that even threats against her life can´t take away from her. In the way that he ultimately leaves to her the decision to fullfill the dream that he constructed, apparently for his own sake, for so many years.
I don´t care if there are references to Bush in the movie, he represents today what the Tatcher government represented back then, Alan, the story can be true to US as it can be true to England as it can be true to Brazil, as V is you and me and all of us. The Wachovskis and McTeigue were honest about it. They treated your story with heart and care and they preserved its core embelished with movement and sound and great visual beauty that is unique to movies. One day, Alan, look at this movie with a more open mind. As you taught us to seek for having one in your great tale of the fight for freedom.

 

[chosen1]

Question for the smart guys.


At the end of the film V said that he did'nt have the right to pull this lever. That only the people did. He also said that the present world under Sutler was a world he helped shape. So does that mean he was originally in on the plot or am I reading to much into that statement.

he also said that all he deserved was at the end of that tunnel (Death).

why would he say that?

 

[marcvader]

This movie was excellent, it definately left me feeling giddy with hope that if done right graphic novels can really really kick ass and be taken seriously.

 

[Lex Luthor]

I agree with the consensus here.

This was a pretty awesome movie.

 

[ultimatefan]

Question for the smart guys.


At the end of the film V said that he did'nt have the right to pull this lever. That only the people did. He also said that the present world under Sutler was a world he helped shape. So does that mean he was originally in on the plot or am I reading to much into that statement.

he also said that all he deserved was at the end of that tunnel (Death).

why would he say that?

I´m not sure what you mean. I mean, he found out that the experiments were used to create the mass panic that helped to shape that fascistic England, but he was a victim of the experiment, not a willing participant.

I think the comment was that all the monstruosity inflicted on him turned him into a dark soul, obsessed with revenge. Evey represents the better side of him, she´s one who has a chance to take the positive side of his actions and carry on with them without a soul as poisoned as his one was. Think how Dick Grayson is not as dark and brooding as Bruce Wayne.

 

[Chris Wallace]

Interesting analogy.

 

[Superhobo]

If anyone lives in Sweden, they can catch the stage version, "The Land of Do-as-you-please," relatively easy, when it's on a run. I really want to see that.

Damn Swedes. With your...



...

 

[Savage]

Very good movie. Delivers on all cylinders.

 

[Ben Urich]

I liked it, but I was actually a bit let down. It seemed to drag too much. I mean, I didn't want to see this huge mindless explosionfest, but I thought that they decompressed the story too much.
That said, the acting and action were spot on. I was especially impressed with Hugo Weaving. I knew he was a good actor, but DAMN!
3.5/5 stars.

 

[Chris Wallace]

I had no idea Hugo could be so charismatic.

 

[Chris Wallace]

Also pokes some huge holes in the claim that you can't emote from behind a mask.

 

[matrix_ghost]

Question for the smart guys.


At the end of the film V said that he did'nt have the right to pull this lever. That only the people did. He also said that the present world under Sutler was a world he helped shape. So does that mean he was originally in on the plot or am I reading to much into that statement.

he also said that all he deserved was at the end of that tunnel (Death).

why would he say that?

He wasn't in on the plot. If you remember the flashbacks of the concentration camp of LarkHill , you'll see that alot of the people who were captured were used for biological experiments.
In was that biological weapon that was used to kill those children at those hospitals.
So that is why V is referring to the fact that he helped shape the world of sutler. Without him knowing it , he "helped" create the biological weapon. So V feels responsible for the death of all those killed. And it was the death of all those that caused the subsequent rise of Sutler.
His end was at the tunnel because , as i said earlier , he wanted to end the world he created.

 

[Hush]

This was an amazing movie!! I rented it tonight out of pure curiosity, and love for all things that have a comic book reference. I was floored by the cinematic beauty and overwhelming ferocity of passion put into this delicate yet bold, strong and unyielding film. Truly a masterpiece worthy of recognition by the Academy this year.

 

[Dr. Fate]

V For Vendetta was an interesting film, very entertaining with a go-for-broke performance by Hugo Weaving (mixed around James Purefoy, the original V actor), but I'm not sure I could watch it over & over again.

 

[marcvader]

Watched it again tonight, first time since its release in the theaters, and it blew me away again. Everything about it was amazing. We need more of this kind of treatment of our beloved comics and graphic novels.

 

[chosen1]

He wasn't in on the plot. If you remember the flashbacks of the concentration camp of LarkHill , you'll see that alot of the people who were captured were used for biological experiments.
In was that biological weapon that was used to kill those children at those hospitals.
So that is why V is referring to the fact that he helped shape the world of sutler. Without him knowing it , he "helped" create the biological weapon. So V feels responsible for the death of all those killed. And it was the death of all those that caused the subsequent rise of Sutler.
His end was at the tunnel because , as i said earlier , he wanted to end the world he created.

Okay I've though about this ghost and I'm sorry but I cannot accept it. V is a lot smarter than all of us. You and I both know that what happened couldnt have been helped and it was not his fault. Maybe he feels responsible... I dont know. But they reason I believe he might have been on the up and coming gonvernment side was because he knows them so well. He did'nt just wake up one morning and know the entire inner workings of Sutlers Regime. It seemed as if he knew them personally. Is that so farfetched? Maybe he saw what their real plans were and had knowledge that they did'nt want to get out so they threw him into Larkhill. (Edmond Dontes had a similair situation and was thrown into the chateau Dif')

 

[Max J Power]

It's the best 2006-released movie I've seen and in my top 5 comic movies. And it's a good adaptation of the source. Don't listen to what Alan Moore says about it.

 

[Chris Wallace]

It's the best 2006-released movie I've seen and in my top 5 comic movies. And it's a good adaptation of the source. Don't listen to what Alan Moore says about it.

Same here.