V for Vendetta

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition! [He slashes a large V through a propaganda poster.] The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. [giggles] Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me "V".

Have you senn the movie? what are your opinions?
I think it's great and epic. inspiring and well written. and I like the Guy Fawkes mask.

Yeahm good film. Love that speech as well

Some parts were rather silly and Natalie Portman was annoying, but it is a good movie. Mostly because of Hugo Weaving.

How can Natalie Portman be annoying!?

I didn't particularly care for it. It's political message was annoyingly obvious and pervasive and pretty much ruined the movie for me. I watch movies for entertainment, not to spend two hours listening to some directors political views.

Originally Posted by Kasey

How can Natalie Portman be annoying!?

Evey was just a whiny mess andI couldn't take that "purification" scene in the rain seriously. As I understand it V had a similar experience in the flames when he escaped from the medical facility, that was a lot cooler.

Originally Posted by D.B. Cooper

Some parts were rather silly and Natalie Portman was annoying, but it is a good movie. Mostly because of Hugo Weaving.

Yes, Hugo does it.
Very strong voice.

The movie is nothing compared to the comic graphic novel. Although it does have its moments.

behind this mask there are ideas...and ideas are bulletproof.
PURE AWESOMENESS

A loved that movie, good acting (although Natalie portman was a bit mediocre), and some political messages that can trigger some thinking.

And I should not forget the large number of awesome quotes

It was enjoyable. I would hardly consider it great art and most of its rabid fans couldn't get much more annoying.

It needed more fight scenes. The one at the end was glorious, but it could have used several more.
But it did have girls kissing, so +rep for that.

don't even get me started on that film its alright if you havn't read the comic, if you have then you'll probably like myself find it to be extremely watered down.

I liked it but though i understood it mostly i was a bit baffed

I thought it was great, but the end fight scene was kind of ridiculous for me.

The whole "ideas are bulletproof" thing is cool but he takes like 500 bullets to the chest and just shrugs it off?

I did not like it, the original graphic novel was about totalitarianism vs anarchism and presented a not so black and white view of the two sides, its kinda up to the reader to decide who the good guys are. In the movie its more like the good and tolerant leftwing resitance against the evil rightwing populist goverment. It kinda tries to make the conflict more about contemporary politics where the Norsefire party are George Bush's neo-cons and the anarchists are the democrats. They should have kept the topic of islamophobia totally out in my opinion, or even better have made the evil totalitarians the ones who constantly forced ideas of multi-culturalism down on the citizens. That would have been a lot more original instead of these overused sterotypes. All that being said V was a pretty cool character.

Originally Posted by razor-

I did not like it, the original graphic novel was about totalitarianism vs anarchism and presented a not so black and white view of the two sides, its kinda up to the reader to decide who the good guys are. In the movie its more like the good and tolerant leftwing resitance against the evil rightwing populist goverment. It kinda tries to make the conflict more about contemporary politics where the Norsefire party are George Bush's neo-cons and the anarchists are the democrats. They should have kept the topic of islamophobia totally out in my opinion, or even better have made the evil totalitarians the ones who constantly forced ideas of multi-culturalism down on the citizens. That would have been a lot more original instead of these overused sterotypes. All that being said V was a pretty cool character.

I couldn't agree more.

Originally Posted by razor-

I did not like it, the original graphic novel was about totalitarianism vs anarchism and presented a not so black and white view of the two sides, its kinda up to the reader to decide who the good guys are. In the movie its more like the good and tolerant leftwing resitance against the evil rightwing populist goverment. It kinda tries to make the conflict more about contemporary politics where the Norsefire party are George Bush's neo-cons and the anarchists are the democrats. They should have kept the topic of islamophobia totally out in my opinion, or even better have made the evil totalitarians the ones who constantly forced ideas of multi-culturalism down on the citizens. That would have been a lot more original instead of these overused sterotypes. All that being said V was a pretty cool character.

Here Here! So ing true!

I liked it. Hugo is bad ass and any movie with my love Natalie Portman gets my seal of approval. Although I'm not fond of her English accent.

I liked it. I've read the graphic novel, and it's even more amazing.
But the thing that a lot of people don't get, especially Alan "Whiney btch" Moore, is that the film was not supposed to be a scene-for-scene adaptation of the comic. It was supposed to be adapting the comic to a modern understanding of things, because the original story of the comic would be COMPLETELY lost on modern audiences; the original plot was highly involved in British politics of the 80's and the whole dangers-of-immanent-nuclear-annihilation-thing that Moore has in, like, every comic he makes.

So, with that in mind, V for Vendetta was a very good movie and a decent adaptation.