I finally saw V for Vendetta!

[tulsakatz]

It was great! I loved it!!

And I have to say thank you to the posters here because if it had not been for the discussions I've read on this board (about this film), I never would have seen it.

It was actually much better than I thought it would be........so thank you!!

[NMDemDist2]

1. me too! DUers are the best! n/t

[lisainmilo]

2. Yes it is awesome

Very surreal!

[Kagemusha]

3. Better than a sane person would assume a comic book movie would be

Glad you enjoyed it.

[tulsakatz]

4. yeah, I was actually surprised to learn it came from a comic book!!

Those kinds of films usually don't interest me!! But this one was fantastic!!

[Kagemusha]

9. Well, a 'graphic novel' written for an adult audience. But that's rare!

Well, was a lot more rare then anyway

[shadowknows69]

15. "You think just because someone reads comics"

"They can't start some shit?"
-Brodie:Comic Fan, Mallrat.

[TheWraith]

18. And they improved on the original, I think.

I don't normally read that sort of thing, but I dug up a copy to see what all the fuss was about when the movie first came out. It's good, but I think that the movie is much better, even if it does lose some backstory.

But yes, V for Vendetta rocks. I've seen it twice since it came out on DVD, and am thinking I need to see it a third time.

[Kagemusha]

32. Just to add, I found the dvd extras re: adapting the comic, fascinating

I don't think they improved on the original myself; I think they adapted the original to a later time period (no Thatcherism to bash) and the motion picture medium, which allowed - and demanded - different images. But anyway, just being roughly equal is a huge exception to the continental shelf-like drop-off that most movies bear compared to the original comics. So good for them; they cared, they got it right, they didn't get sucked in by a script that started out as too long and convoluted (heh..)... so great.

It was true to the core message, which to me was, the value of freedom to the human soul.

[tulsakatz]

19. so when was it written?

I had no idea it came from a comic until I saw the DC Comics logo......

[CarbonDate]

22. The eighties.

It was originally a commentary on Thatcher's Britain.

My main criticism of the film vs. the original comic is that it removed a lot of the moral ambiguity of the comic. V, the terrorist, was not the clear protagonist in the comic that he is in the film. He was portrayed as being just as bad as the fascists he fought against, which would play more to the moral confusion on the part of Evey Hammond, who is forced to choose between monsters.

[tulsakatz]

24. that's interesting.......

When I first started watching the movie, I assumed V was supposed to be the bad guy.

But gradually, I began to like him........due to his personality. Also he seemed to have good manners.....I'm a sucker for good manners.

After awhile, I began to see it was the govt who was the bad guy.

I can see where it would be confusing if V had been just as bad as the govt.......I'm glad they did it like this!

[The Animator]

5. Do you hear that sound, Mr. Anderson?

[Leopolds Ghost]

35. That is the sound of inevitability. One million votes... electroncially

processed... the media synapses already forming a pathway which will produce a channel, which will produce a decision... Decision 2006.

KARL ROVE: But you are different, aren't you, Mr. Anderson? Your desire to become President is far more... particular... than the others.

(FOX Talking Heads: "Others? What others! I don't believe you! BULLSHIT.")

MR. Anderson: "There are only two explanations: Either nobody told me, or nobody knew."

KARL ROVE: Correct. You are the instantiation of an anomaly which, despite my best efforts, I have been sadly unable to eliminate.

"Choice."

[rzemanfl]

6. I saw it tonight too. Would never have considered it had it not

been for DU.

[tulsakatz]

20. DU posters are the best!!

I certainly never would have seen it if I hadn't seen so many people here comment on it!!

And I like Stephen Rea too........

[EVDebs]

7. Now, on to see 9-11: Press For Truth ! nt

[Liberal In Texas]

8. Glad you liked it. Now make sure you tell all of your friends.

[tulsakatz]

21. I like that picture!

And even though he wore that mask through the entire film, at some places, it was like he wasn't even wearing a mask! He seemed so sincere and genuine even with the mask on!

edit: yes I will! I've already told a few people about it!

[lvx35]

10. The "V's" have been showing up around my town.

They are posted on signs for various political candidates on a hill where everybody puts the signs. I haven't yet looked at which ones, but I bet I can guess.

[tulsakatz]

23. that's cool!! n/t

[samsingh]

11. it's a good movie

and Natalie is stunning as always.

[TheWatcher]

12. Remember, Remember The 11th Of September

[rman]

13. The boxcutters, treason and plot.

[TheWatcher]

14. I See No Reason, Why The September Treason

Should EVER be Forgot.

[rman]

27. "neocon treason",

according to the variation i'm familiar with.

[TheWatcher]

29. Exactly. :)

[tulsakatz]

25. haha.......

how could we ever forget? They keep reminding us constantly........

[elocs]

16. I've watched it 8x now.

V for Vendetta is a great movie and is currently my favorite and I anticipate it remaining one of my all time favorites.

[johnnydrama]

17. V

I saw it for the first time a month ago, and really liked it.

Of course there were similarities to our current situation, but I didn't really think a huge amount about it.

Until Bush's press conference on Friday.

That was about as close to the Chancellor in V as I have seen from Bush.

It's pretty scary.

[tulsakatz]

26. I thought about that too....

just like Bush, he was beginning to panic.

[leftchick]

28. the screaming and spittle and all!

all he needed were the black and red rather than the RW&B.....

[oasis]

30. Been busy looking and moving into a new home but I'll check it out.

Thanks.

[chat_noir]

31. Thatcher and Cheney on September 11, 2006

The source material is the 1989 graphic novel illustrated by David Lloyd and written by Alan Moore, who wants no part of what the Wachowskis have wrought. Moore took his name off the film's credits. Moore's novel skewered the 1980s England of Margaret Thatcher. - Rolling Stone review




Vice President Dick Cheney stands with former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (L) and his wife Lynne (R) during the playing of the U.S. National Anthem at ceremonies in memory of the victims of the September 11 attacks for members of the Bush administration and White House staff on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, September 11, 2006

[immoderate]

33. Hand on heart for national anthem? Where did that come from?

Here's my theory:


I learned to do that for the pledge, because civilians don't use a military salute.

--IMM

[earth mom]

34. V ROCKS!

:bounce: