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V for Vendetta
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Sane_Man said:Damn Hooli won again. His shit wasn't THAT funny. :finger
Time to step-up my game.
i didnt know there was a competition going on. hmmm...how am i gonna keep score? hmmmm...
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Saw it Friday, and it's a pretty decent movie. I didn't read the graphic novel, but I think I will buy it now that I've seen the movie. Natalie Portman dressed up as a grade schooler is worth the price of admission. 
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Can some body post a review of this movie? Not the ones on net but couple of lines if you have already seen it.
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Um... S is for Sarcasm.
And "Who is the character "The Cowboy" and why does he speak only in riddles?" is a reference to the David Lynch film "Mulholland Drive."
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i read some where that the people that gave it good reviews havent read the book and the people that gave it bad reviews were fans of the book.
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I heard a review of this on NPR, not very good....sounds like too much has been crammed into the movie. Still appreciate first person reviews...
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I saw it today
It was pretty good. Not knowing what it was about, made it better cause I'm sure I would compare it to the graphic novel. Special effects were good and the story was took a while to get because I missed the first 15 mminutes
Oh, and don't pay for iMax...it's not worth it
It was pretty good. Not knowing what it was about, made it better cause I'm sure I would compare it to the graphic novel. Special effects were good and the story was took a while to get because I missed the first 15 mminutes
Oh, and don't pay for iMax...it's not worth it
Saw it last night, enjoyed it overall but it's definitely got it's good and bad parts.
First of all, it is way too big a story for a two hour movie. I think it suffers by trying to fit so much in. The whole mask thing probably worked much better in the comic book, it seems a little contrived and weakens Hugo Weaving's performance.
Also, the story is set 20 years in the future, but the original story is from 1985 - so it's a futuristic allegory for the former present, adapted as a futuristicer allegory for the current present. Yeah, things may have become a little muddied somewhere along the line. The focus on the common folk watching and reacting purely to mass media, with no apparent internet presence, brands it as product of the 80s.
This is all stuff that I thought about after the film - while watching it I was throughly entertained. Natalie Portman does a great acting job as well as being easy on the eyes. The film's message is one of hope and is generally uplifting, though it goes about it in a violent and depressing way.
Some critics have knocked it for glorifying terrorism, comparing V's bombings to 9/11 or the tube bombings - that's bs. To believe that requires you to completely miss not only the message of the film but also the basic plot, and to focus purely on the imagery of a building blowing up.
First of all, it is way too big a story for a two hour movie. I think it suffers by trying to fit so much in. The whole mask thing probably worked much better in the comic book, it seems a little contrived and weakens Hugo Weaving's performance.
Also, the story is set 20 years in the future, but the original story is from 1985 - so it's a futuristic allegory for the former present, adapted as a futuristicer allegory for the current present. Yeah, things may have become a little muddied somewhere along the line. The focus on the common folk watching and reacting purely to mass media, with no apparent internet presence, brands it as product of the 80s.
This is all stuff that I thought about after the film - while watching it I was throughly entertained. Natalie Portman does a great acting job as well as being easy on the eyes. The film's message is one of hope and is generally uplifting, though it goes about it in a violent and depressing way.
Some critics have knocked it for glorifying terrorism, comparing V's bombings to 9/11 or the tube bombings - that's bs. To believe that requires you to completely miss not only the message of the film but also the basic plot, and to focus purely on the imagery of a building blowing up.
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So did I miss much the first 15-20 minutes?
I walked in the Natalie Portman got the package at her work place.
I walked in the Natalie Portman got the package at her work place.
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You missed one of the best opening dialogues I can think of in recent movie historyslowpoke said:
. V's use of alliteration was great.I thoroughly enjoyed it. It seems heavily influenced by current events, but the degree to which it's exaggerated will hopefully help folks remember it's just a movie.
Yeah, I was thinking all along while watching it that there's going to be a lot of bellyaching about that. I'm not familiar with the novel, but I suspected that the movie was set in England to ease Americans' acceptance of it.
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saw it. loved it.
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"My copy of USA Today"squirrls said:
<My review, transcribed from my blog>
This is the first movie I've seen at the theater in years, being quite willing to risk the $9 to see a statement by the Wachowski Brothers about gov't hegemony and the acquiescence and complicity of the oppressed.
V for Vendetta was entertaining enough, but I didn't find it that compelling. The script was campy, with naked allusions to current events and any intellect being conveyed in pithy quotes -- the V character is especially wearying in this fashion. Furthermore, the anti-statist message is cast in tired power plays among frothy, pompous, anxious and generally pitiable bosses. The production values were decent, but the cinematography did not truly capture the sumptuousness that the script attempted to convey in V's home, the empty streets and soulless gov't office space. Finally, the action sequences are committed, but there's nothing new or particularly stunning.
That said, V for Vendetta doesn't shy away from the frailties of the human spirit: Evey's suppression of her demons in easy normalcy, V's "monstrous" zeal, Finch's struggle with duty and value. Portman and Rea's naked renditions of Evey and Finch as they hit bottom are the heart of this movie, and Hugo Weaving's highly theatric vocalization is buoyed by the earnest music selection for his scenes. Occasionally camp does rise to cleverness in service to this theme: ironic signage, V's tactics to inculcate the populace in his image, and at least one screwball satire.
In the end, I am left with the feeling that this was a missed opportunity for a searing meditation on humanity. Then again, it's perhaps unfair to ask that V for Vendetta, a graphic novel, match the heft and dynamism of a study like Equilibrium. If so, I would have asked V to seduce me more eloquently. Let it be entirely clever, daft and playful in juxtaposing the darkness of tyranny and frailty and the euphoria of liberty and strength.
This is the first movie I've seen at the theater in years, being quite willing to risk the $9 to see a statement by the Wachowski Brothers about gov't hegemony and the acquiescence and complicity of the oppressed.
V for Vendetta was entertaining enough, but I didn't find it that compelling. The script was campy, with naked allusions to current events and any intellect being conveyed in pithy quotes -- the V character is especially wearying in this fashion. Furthermore, the anti-statist message is cast in tired power plays among frothy, pompous, anxious and generally pitiable bosses. The production values were decent, but the cinematography did not truly capture the sumptuousness that the script attempted to convey in V's home, the empty streets and soulless gov't office space. Finally, the action sequences are committed, but there's nothing new or particularly stunning.
That said, V for Vendetta doesn't shy away from the frailties of the human spirit: Evey's suppression of her demons in easy normalcy, V's "monstrous" zeal, Finch's struggle with duty and value. Portman and Rea's naked renditions of Evey and Finch as they hit bottom are the heart of this movie, and Hugo Weaving's highly theatric vocalization is buoyed by the earnest music selection for his scenes. Occasionally camp does rise to cleverness in service to this theme: ironic signage, V's tactics to inculcate the populace in his image, and at least one screwball satire.
In the end, I am left with the feeling that this was a missed opportunity for a searing meditation on humanity. Then again, it's perhaps unfair to ask that V for Vendetta, a graphic novel, match the heft and dynamism of a study like Equilibrium. If so, I would have asked V to seduce me more eloquently. Let it be entirely clever, daft and playful in juxtaposing the darkness of tyranny and frailty and the euphoria of liberty and strength.
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fasteddie_rr
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Went to see it today......
Excellent movie.
Excellent movie.
mike23w
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Awesome movie!
Hugo Weaving's speeches were great.
I liked his speech about symbols, that the act
of blowing up buildings is a symbol and how
people give power to symbols.
Weaving drives the story and steals the scenes.
The movie has a "message" and has a definite
perspective on current and past political
events. Whether you love the movie or simply
like it may depend on whether you "get"
the message and side with the
screenwriters' perspective.
Hugo Weaving's speeches were great.
I liked his speech about symbols, that the act
of blowing up buildings is a symbol and how
people give power to symbols.
Weaving drives the story and steals the scenes.
The movie has a "message" and has a definite
perspective on current and past political
events. Whether you love the movie or simply
like it may depend on whether you "get"
the message and side with the
screenwriters' perspective.
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i discovered a new way of cooking eggs. will try tomorrow.
great movie
Saw an IMAX screening last night. Last time I saw a movie on IMAX (Spiderman) I was disappointed but V was actually pretty cool on the big screen.
The movie is visually (and aurally) stunning. Interesting use of colors and symbols. My understanding is that the politics were based on Thatcher era Britain but the parallels to the Bush regime are obvious. Two thumbs up.
Saw an IMAX screening last night. Last time I saw a movie on IMAX (Spiderman) I was disappointed but V was actually pretty cool on the big screen.
The movie is visually (and aurally) stunning. Interesting use of colors and symbols. My understanding is that the politics were based on Thatcher era Britain but the parallels to the Bush regime are obvious. Two thumbs up.