Its not the Fifth of November...

[Beleriphon]

... but I got my copy of V for Vendetta.

Ah, good times. Anybody else pick up a copy?

[Wizzardman]

I rented it, and 6 minutes ago finished watchigng it for the first time.

All I can say: Woot. Freedom! Forever!

I was more impressed with this than any Matrix movies, and it managed to maintain significant similarity to the original [what it did change still fit with the theme, anyway], so I am pleased.

[Dark_Lotus]

I saw it in theaters....but I'll have to pick it up as soon as possible. Which may be a while, I finally started working a second job so I can afford more than rent, gas, and ramen noodles. :) Netflix, maybe? Once I've gotten a little more money, anyway.

[soozenw]

ah i saw it 2 times in the theater. i love that movie. hugo weaving is a genius.

[Hungerdog]

I got my copy end of last week and watched it over the weekend. Then I immediately watched it again.

This film is brilliant. First, it's pretty darned true to the graphic novel. Second, the performances are fantastic, as is the cinematography and the effects. Third, it's currently topical and wonderfully subversive.

What a great film!!!

[Big_Red_Bird]

Rented it the other night. I was desperate to see it because it was the only movie in my hotel while I was in NY that didn't work. It became a mystery that needed to be solved.

I loved it. It was magnificent, though (spoiler) Sutler was a horrible dictator. How could he not be prepared for Creedy to betray him?

[Beleriphon]

Its actually explained in much more detail in the comic. He falls further and further into his own obsessions, and insanity V is actually manipulating him in the comics surprisingly well.

[Tptmanno1]

Incredible movie, We were in need of a good revolutionary movie to get everyones blood flowing.
But yea don't buy movies at Wal-mart. Its hard.
Freedom Forever!

[Democratus]

It's all bread and circuses.

Give the people a good catharsis about revolution and they will be less likely to throw a real one of their own.

[Altair_the_Vexed]

Posted by: Democratus Posted on: Today at 12:19pm
It's all bread and circuses.

Give the people a good catharsis about revolution and they will be less likely to throw a real one of their own.


Ah yes - the danger of the satirist as a political agitator: if one is too good, one will dilute the will to bring change. Which is how Ben Elton kept the Thatcher government going all through the 80s...

[slapdash]

I loved this movie. I don't understand why Natalie Portman was in it; I mean, she and Kiera Knightley look exactly the same, and Kiera's already British. (And, I think, a better actress.)

I have one beef about this movie.
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Evie and V falling in love. Yech. What a lame change.

[The Prince of Cats]

Which is how Ben Elton kept the Thatcher government going all through the 80s...
I think it may have been her policies and politics more than Ben Elton, or else that we just needed a strong leader to get us through. She did stay in and even get replaced by a 'grey man' who turned out just as uncompromising when he needed to be.

Kiera's already British. (And, I think, a better actress.)
One word; Domino... Really... I cannot stand Knightly...

[Spuddly]

Did anyone else find it sort of weird that American filmmakers were blowing up British monuments?

I wonder what the reaction in the States would have been if it'd had been a terrorist blowing up the Statue of Liberty and the White House.

[The Prince of Cats]

Did anyone else find it sort of weird that American filmmakers were blowing up British monuments?

I wonder what the reaction in the States would have been if it'd had been a terrorist blowing up the Statue of Liberty and the White House.
I think we Brits just have a different perspective on these things. We got bombed by the IRA for years, so we know it can happen. We also have little or no trust in authority, so I am not sure many of us could ever say that we could condemn V entirely.

Was V a terrorist? Or was he a freedom fighter? As a Brit, I think the latter.

[Beleriphon]

I think we Brits just have a different perspective on these things. We got bombed by the IRA for years, so we know it can happen. We also have little or no trust in authority, so I am not sure many of us could ever say that we could condemn V entirely.

Was V a terrorist? Or was he a freedom fighter? As a Brit, I think the latter.

I'm sure that V is a terrorist. Despite what the movie depicts him as, what with the people being afraid of the government, in the comic he's much more a true anarchist in that there should be no government. The "land of do as you please" as he likes to call it, or rather as Evie first names it. This is the one point that I think is missed in the movie, and one fault that I can find with the interpretation. Well not fault, but change that I didn't like.

[bosssmiley]

Getting it on Monday.

Didn't think the film was all that true to the original comic (the references to "America's war" were especially clumsy), but it was a fun companion piece to "1984" (also John Hurt) and "The Matrix" (also Hugo Weaving).

"England Prevails!"

[Darius Midnite]

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"By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe..."

I love that movie more than anything else. :)

[kriklaf]

I loved this movie. I don't understand why Natalie Portman was in it; I mean, she and Kiera Knightley look exactly the same, and Kiera's already British. (And, I think, a better actress.)

I had exactly the same thought before I saw the movie. However, I thought Portman did a respectable job in this one--in fact, it sort of redeemed her as an actress for me. Her accent left something to be desired, though.

[Kiara]

Never read the comic, but loved the movie. I swear I could see that mask emoting...

[The Prince of Cats]

Never read the comic, but loved the movie. I swear I could see that mask emoting...
Masks are fun. When I was an actor, I loved masks... I loved swords more but masks were fun too...

[The Demented One]

Was V a terrorist? Or was he a freedom fighter? As a Brit, I think the latter.
I submit that he was both.