Movie Review: V for Vendetta
I never read the graphic novel.
Wow!
This show was amazing! I liked that the almost not super human hero never removed his mask. Unlike The Phantom of the Opera where the unmasking is a huge deal and requires that the make up become more and more intricate and unique,V keeps his mask on for the entire movie, using only his voice and body language to convey the emotions he cannot do facially.
My favorite quote is as relevant in contemporary America as it was in the fictional England of the movie: "The people should never be afraid of the government; the government should be afraid of the people." Another one, V's introduction, is astonishingly good: "This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is the vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone 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. 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. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you, and you may call me V." I only wish I could have heard it better
Effects were brilliant. the fight sequences were astonishing in their brevity. The violence was horrific when it was visible due to the monstrosity of it.
It is said that Alan Moore, the creative genius behind the graphic novel, walked off the set and had his name removed form the credits, even though the IMDb has him listed as creating the characters. This makes the third (?) Alan Moore movie that Alan has walked out on: From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and V for Vendetta. No wonder the Watchmen movie keeps appearing and disappearing. I wish I had the money to produce The Watchmen... I would turn all creative decisions over to Alan. His stories deserve that much and more!
Hands down... see this film! In the theatre if possible, on a big screen with a really good sound system otherwise... or, on a computer with headphones. But see it!
Five stilettos out of five, and an extra one just because V keeps a six pack of them around his belt.
This show was amazing! I liked that the almost not super human hero never removed his mask. Unlike The Phantom of the Opera where the unmasking is a huge deal and requires that the make up become more and more intricate and unique,V keeps his mask on for the entire movie, using only his voice and body language to convey the emotions he cannot do facially.
My favorite quote is as relevant in contemporary America as it was in the fictional England of the movie: "The people should never be afraid of the government; the government should be afraid of the people." Another one, V's introduction, is astonishingly good: "This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is the vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone 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. 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. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you, and you may call me V." I only wish I could have heard it better
Effects were brilliant. the fight sequences were astonishing in their brevity. The violence was horrific when it was visible due to the monstrosity of it.
It is said that Alan Moore, the creative genius behind the graphic novel, walked off the set and had his name removed form the credits, even though the IMDb has him listed as creating the characters. This makes the third (?) Alan Moore movie that Alan has walked out on: From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and V for Vendetta. No wonder the Watchmen movie keeps appearing and disappearing. I wish I had the money to produce The Watchmen... I would turn all creative decisions over to Alan. His stories deserve that much and more!
Hands down... see this film! In the theatre if possible, on a big screen with a really good sound system otherwise... or, on a computer with headphones. But see it!
Five stilettos out of five, and an extra one just because V keeps a six pack of them around his belt.
Posted: Tue - March 28, 2006 at 06:25 PM
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