V for Vendetta

[DaSmerg]

Sweet flick.  Just got back from it.

Pretty brave considering the subject matter (terrorism) and the little across the pond far-righty O'Reilly-esque rant at the beginning of the flick (anti-americanism).

But I give it a and worth to go see in the theatre.  Will definately be making my DvD collection.

Side note...only bad thing was the movie dieing for about 5 minutes in the last 10 minutes of the movie.  Packed house on opening night and eee-rrr.  Sorry folks, it'll be right back in a few minutes.  They also restarted it with a couple minutes skipped.  But everyone in the theatre got free passes so it all worked out.

[Dr.Jeckyl]

it is getting some media attention around here because of the plot. it will definatly be one of my must sees.

[sithdemon]

I"ll be seeing this as it's a comic book conversion, though I'm not actually familiar with the comic it's self. Hope it can stand up to stuff like Hellboy, or the cream of the comic to movie crop Sin city.

[110]

I've have'nt seen the movie yet, but have heard a little about it.  Terrorism/Terrorist are over used terms.  I doubt V uses violence against non-combatant people including children like actual terrorists.  I would classify V as a revolustionist.  He is revolting against the current totaltarian regime.  The Insurgency in Iraq are not revolustionist, nor freedom fighters IMHO.  They are murderers.  Perhaps some people dont care, but i think there should be a distinction between the two.   People can call themselves whatever they want and historically have done so to make themselves look better or to boost their ego, but in reality they can be anything but.  Like the IRA for example.

[sithdemon]

Please don't go down this path, because there are going to be alot of examples of peoples fighting for their freedoms, and very lives, that use violence.

This is also not the topic of discusion, please keep it to that, if you feel like creating another discussion, post it in the politics/religion section, thats where we let the ugly arguments duke it out.

[Jamo]

Yeah, lets stick to the movie eh.

Anyways. I went to see it last night. I was pleasantly surprised. It wasnt the all out action flick i thought it would be, but also had you thinking at some points as well.
They had Natalie portman in it....thumbs up in my books.
And a knife toting clever super hero, another winner for me.

Good film,  a must see.

[Swedish_Seb]

Knives are lame,

They had Natalie portman in it....thumbs up in my books.

But I can't argue with that.

[IRONHEAD]

That was the first good movie I have see in about a year. That dude sure can kick some ass.

[FWT_Papa6]

Geez it's a movie...not a political statement. take it to politics and religion bro-.

[deadsanchez]

Also enjoyed it.

[sithdemon]

Enjoyed it as well. Very simplified, sometimes moving too quickly, however still quite powerful, a very romantic/ugly veiw of revolutions and totalitarian governments. Visualy it was up there with recent comic book movies, not quite sin city, but it seemed to stick true to the comic like images that inspired it, though I never read the comics them selfs. A flick, a good flick, but shy of a film. Though IMO only sin city has captured that comic essence while being a excellent film, perhaps with batman 1 (which most people agree with, and visually batman 2).

Spiderman and X-men at times, try to straddle the movie from staying true to the comics, to chaning it enough for a mass audience (IE gwen stacy dies on the bridge in the comics, while in the movie it mary jane getting saved). X-men does it less, but some things about it make it seem more for a mass audience. though I can't put my finger on it, perhaps it's just that as a artist, I miss the costumes, the closest it's gotten is Colossus, and night cracwler, but they still are missing their crazy tights (though body armour with the same colour pattern would be interesting and slightly more realistic like the black body armour they use now)

[BOBK]

I'm glad I read this post.  I hadn't paid much attention to it, but had heard the title.  I had this impression of it being a movie version of one of the mystery novels my wife reads...you know, like: M is for Murder, or D is for Danger...LOL and red faced embarrassment for me.  

Now I'm going to check it out:tongue:

[Dr.Jeckyl]

biggity bump

just rented this one... awsome flick. very thought provoking and made you use you brain a bit. will definatly add it to my collection.

[farmboy]

i just rented it last night, too.  puts an interesting spin on the "what are we fighting for" question.

[Aramis]

Yeah I finally got around to seeing it a week or so ago. I liked it. I wasn't blown away by it, since I knew what the basic plot was from the graphic novel.

Sith, one thing you'll notice is that Alan Moore's (author) name is nowhere to be found in this project. He had it removed once it was underway. Guess he disagreed with some of the choices.

I didn't have a real strong opinion on this one- I might give it another viewing since I didn't get to watch it uninterrupted.

[Lazerblade]

I liked it. It was almost like a "What if Hitler came into power in a different country in the future?" sort of story. Because basically that's what it seemed to focus on- a madman in power, using political power to corrupt the social thought processes to the point where total government control was possible, all the while hiding a shady past from his own followers. Not to give too much away, but the main character V seemed to be more of an enlightened, albeit sociopsychotic or sociopathic, adversary to what seemed like a totalitarian leadership. Unstable as he might have been, his perception of the truth encompassed more knowledge than any other character save the actual dictator, and his vendetta wasn't to control or dethrone but to expose, so that the people of his country could judge for themselves.

[TaLoN]

whether it be hitler or some other modern day figure that im sure most consipiracy theory people would gladly argue for.  Still a rocking film, not eye opening, at least for the intellegent people.  I just like the message instilled in the film, what good is fighting for freedom if it means you have to give up your freedom to fight for it.

[Laughing_Bun]

I was really excited about this film and had been folowing it for a couple months prior to its release in theatures. Overall I was disapointed by it. The movie has some cool moments and a few interesting ideas, But to me it just seemed like a movie trying so hard to be clever and insightful and never really was. That being said i still enjoyed the movie just not as much as i would have liked.