I saw it. I liked it. A lot. There is fighting. There are explosions. There is talking. Mmm... talking.
So what did others think?
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
Remember, remember, the fifth of November...
I really liked it as well. I would like to see it again.
I want a Guy Fawkes mask.
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
I see that's going to be popular this Halloween then...
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
Just saw it. Brilliant stuff, just shows what Portman can really do in the hands of a skilled director(s).
More than anything though, I'm a little freaked out that my home got a mention...and that it's going to be an evil internment camp in the future.
Posted by bX (Member # 419) on :
Watched it last night in IMAX. Wow. It does hold up to repeated viewings. Some of the dialogue as written is corny, but as delivered by the expert cast, incredible.
Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
director(s).
There was only one.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
He's taking a dig at George Lucas, dude.
Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
Um, no.
Posted by HerbShrump (Member # 1230) on :
No, he was slamming Lucas.
V for Vendetta was directed by The Wachowski Brothers (Andy & Larry Wachowski)
I watched it yesterday. Only person in the theater.
Great movie. I thought it was a faithful adaptation of the graphic novel. I was a little disappointed with the dropping of a couple of subplots (but that would have made the movie longer...)
I really, really liked some of the scenes and framing that echoed panels straight from the comic.
Picking John Hurt for the role of High Chancellor was excellent. Kind of bookends Hurt's dystopian roles. From victim Winston Smith in "1984" to opressor Adam Sutor.
I'm taking it Reverend never read the grapic novel.
There are some bits that are hard to swallow, but they were just as hard to swallow in the novel. V laid all that track himself? And V played all the roles in Evey's "Internment Camp?"
And where does he get his supplies? One person is that successful at robbing government convoys? And manufacturing/shipping the masks (unless Guy Fawkes masks are still "en vogue" even though Guy Fawkes day was no longer celebrated in the movie).
I am not seeing the parallel between this movie and 9/11 or the current war. It'd make more sense to parallel Timothy McVeigh and the OK City bombing to V for Vendetta. Both dealt with an individual (well, McVeigh had help) striking a blow againts his OWN government for real or perceived atrocities.
Home grown terrorists are vastly different than foreign terrorists.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
quote:No, he was slamming Lucas.
Not quite slamming. Lucas has never been much of an actor's director. His strength is in visuals and story telling.
quote:I'm taking it Reverend never read the grapic novel.
Correct, otherwise I wouldn't have been surprised that Larkhill gets turned into an internment camp.
The parallels to current events had more to do with how some western goverments have reacted to, or as some might say, taken advantage of the climate of paranoia and general chaos since 9/11.
Form what I gathered the state that Britian was in before the facists took over was a direct result of the War on Terror spiralling out of control. I think there was even something in Stephen Fry's (I forget the character's name) secret stash that mentioned the coalition of the willing.
Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
V for Vendetta was directed by The Wachowski Brothers (Andy & Larry Wachowski)
No.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
Yes and Episode III - A film in which Portman delivers a less than convincing performance - was directed by Lucas. Her performance in VfV on the other hand was superb, hence my comment about the directing.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
According to this, it was directed by James McTeigue. The Wachowskis only wrote the screenplay.
Posted by bX (Member # 419) on :
They also produced, but McTeigue directed, c'est vrai. It' s just all the hype anticipating the next Matrix made it sounds like it was a collaboration between the Wachowskis and Natalie Portman's haircut. Also: and with respect, Wachowski siblings, surely.
Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
quote:Originally posted by bX: They also produced, but McTeigue directed, c'est vrai. It' s just all the hype anticipating the next Matrix made it sounds like it was a collaboration between the Wachowskis and Natalie Portman's haircut. Also: and with respect, Wachowski siblings, surely.
V for Vagina.
Saw it. Liked it. Made me think.
now i wanna read the GN, since i never heard of it... but then again, i don't read DC comics much... Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
quote:Originally posted by Topher: According to this, it was directed by James McTeigue. The Wachowskis only wrote the screenplay.
That just shows you where assumptions will get you. I stand corrected.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
My brother has the trade paperback, I'll be trying to get it next week.
I thought Natalie Portman was good, gave it her best, but she fought an uneven fight against her fake accent. It felt as elaborate and tense as Jolie's (albeit posher) dialect in "Tomb Raider". The part where Evie tries to confess and get help from the pedophile bishop was her weakest scene, I first thought she was trying to sound like a schoolgirl and lure him but she really was serious about betraying V.
I thought this was Weaving's best performance yet, and I was grateful that the mask stayed on. A few people snickered when Evie kissed his mask, but I could see how it would've made sense in the graphic novel, aesthetically.
I got a real vibe of "Agent Smith" as he stood in the doorway of Evie's cell, proclaiming her fear-free. Almost as if it was a homage, but then I realized Smith's appearance is a perfect rendition of the quintessential male british government employee, such as in a prison.
Did V actually have any superhuman abilities due to surviving/assimilating the plague treatments, or was his confident, Resident Evilesque pose at the burning prison complex just him suffering a neurosis?
Also, how did the camp explode? Did V punch through the wall and rupture a propane tank?
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