Just returned from watching V for Vendetta

[burythehatchet]

and if this doesn't wake up the rest of the people who are still asleep, nothing will.

It was as accurate a depiction of what the US has become as anything you can imagine. Although the hero, V, is a character of fantasy, the allegory is profound. He represents an idea. And ideas, of course, cannot be killed. Just like The Matrix, there are very important lessons buried in the plot. I don't want to share anymore and spoil it for anyone.

Although my expectations of the film were incredibly high, it did not disappoint. It was everything I expected it to be. I encourage not only your seeing it, but take someone along who is not yet awake to the dangers that we now face.

[FrenchieCat]

1. Thanks.....

I'll be seeing it tonight here on the West Coast! :hi:

[burythehatchet]

2. Let me know if you too get the urge to buy a can of

red spray paint.:)

[chat_noir]

18. red spraint sales to increase?

[longship]

3. But do you think that US citizens are sophisticated enough?

After all, 30-some% of the public still believes that Chimp is doing a good job. Almost 40% still think that there were WMDs and that Saddam had something to do with 9/11. I just don't see the US public's TV-glazed-over eyes seeing "V" as anything but just another Hollywood flick in spite of its message.

I wish that this wasn't true but I don't have a lot of faith in the US public these days.

[Breeze54]

5. Blame the MSM and RW talk radio for that!!

The message IS getting out there...
that's evident from the latest polls, imho!

[C_U_L8R]

10. this movie is gonna confuse the heck out of Bush supporters

hahahhahhahahhahahaha

[Breeze54]

4. Thanks for the "tiny" review!

My teen did a 'movie review" of "V for Vendetta"
for his English class yesterday, WITHOUT seeing the movie!!
:rofl:
Actually it was a re-write, of sorts...
But he really, really wants to see the movie!
Guess I'll have to drive him there tomorrow!
Sounds like a good movie, from what you said!

[katty]

6. thanks for review

[KoKo]

7. The "Promo's" for this scared the sh**t out of me. I was worried that

if I saw it I wouldn't sleep for weeks. I know that Bush is a Fascist..and so is Blair...I've lived with this nightmare for years...

So, after seeing the Promo...I thought that as much as I admire what this movie is ABOUT for mainstream, clueless Americans...I was worried that if I saw it I would be :scared: for months and wouldn't ever sleep again.

It's the Pix of that guy in the MASK ...it freaks me out...scarey (like folks who don't like clowns) and it seemed VERY VIOLENT.

Just asking...because I was all for supporting it...and I'm in a Red State...but don't know if my nerves can handle it....

What would you recommend for the "squeamish" amongst us...those who find scarey horror something we have Nightmares about. Should we "skip it" because we already know about the Evil Bush Crime Family...or is it entertaining enough that we probably will be Okay? :shrug:

[Minstrel Boy]

12. There's violence, but it's not a horror film

as contemporary horror films go. There is a Phantom of the Opera-ish quality about V, but there are no grotesque images.

Grotesque politics, though. The fascism depicted is brutal, and it stirred up powerful emotions.

[KoKo]

19. Okay...I see what you mean...the Mask did seem a little

Phantom of the Operish.. and I didn't have a problem with that...but then there was the music with the play and the Broadway production that helped it along. thanks!

[burythehatchet]

13. There is some graphic violence

there are also scenes that are reminiscent of Nazi death camps. As far as the mask itself, you will soon learn to love the mask. I've spent the last hour trying to find someplace I can purchase it.

[KoKo]

20. thanks. It' sounds a little like "ZORRO" but with a Mask of Phantom?

:shrug: Same kind of thing but sort of twisted to make a good political point that one wouldn't expect...Like in Zorro or Robin Hood you know who the good guy is but in this...you don't really get that he's good until the plot has challenged your brain? :shrug:

[NewJeffCT]

22. it's not a scary movie

it has action and suspense, but it's not really horror. There are a few scenes that are bloody and/or intense, but not in a "duck under the seat in terror" sort of way.

I'd consider V to be a somewhat more brutal version of Batman - and, not the Adam West Batman.

[Pikku]

8. Worth seeing just for the TV segments

People were laughing aloud at some parts.


But I have a feeling that the movie is going to make certain people rather angry.

[burythehatchet]

14. I sure as hell hope so.

[C_U_L8R]

9. Me too... just came back from the 5:30 show

Wow... it's the most subversive movie I've seen in quite some time.
No wonder the reichwingers have their big ugly underpants in knots about this film.
Try as they might... they can't kill an idea ;-)

Maybe someday we'll all meet up on the White House lawn

[helderheid]

11. thanks - can't wait to see it!

[mary195149]

15. I just came back from the movie

and highly recommend it. Sceptical viewers will be more at ease watching this movie since it takes place in Britain. You can't walk away from this movie without it having an impact. The only negative was I missed some parts of the movie because it was sometimes difficult to hear. The person I was with had even a more difficult time hearing it. Did anyone else find this to be a problem?

[NewJeffCT]

23. Must have been your theater's sound system?

I saw it this afternoon and had no problems.

[Ksec]

16. Thats why the Reicht is trashing it

They fear the truth movies like this, can bring to an ignorant public.

[Marie26]

17. Did you see the NY Review?

It was panned - disappointing.

[KoKo]

21. James Wolcott who does fantastic liberal reviews SAID..."THEY would Trash

the movie. Here's what he said:

D for Denby
Posted by James Wolcott

It's been awhile since we've had a truly critically divisive movie, and V for Vendetta is shaping up to be it. As David Poland writes in The Hot Blog, the next week or so promises to be an interesting ride for this film, with reviewers already declaring their opinions as "facts" as they try to dampen down expectations and excitement. Beware of professions of boredom when the subject and execution are this controversial.

I anticipated that my Upper West Side neighbor David Denby--such a trial for him, bumping into me wherever he goes--would render a negative verdict on V for Vendetta, and so he does, rapping his gavel with stern monotonony as he pronounces sentence. With this review and his pan of Why We Fight, I fear David is drifting toward neoconservatism, a doctrine more congenial to the sort of principled stands he likes to take, offering more room for rhetorical heroism. I pray I am wrong.
03.13.06 10:45AM · LINK

http://jameswolcott.com/

[The2ndWheel]

24. Haven't seen it

I will. But it's just a movie. It ain't gonna wake crap up.

[Teaser]

25. V for Vendetta is THE BOMB!

It had to be said.

So, are we going to need Guy Fawkes' masks in a few years?