V for Vendetta

[asleepathewheel]

from me

anyone else seen it?

nice to see a big budget movie made that is even the slightest bit thought provoking.

good pacing, never felt bored. decent length, but not too long. not a lot of gore until near the end.

only had to suspend disbelief a handful of times through the movie (evie working at the tv station, power to V's lair, his invulnerability)

And one cliche I was waiting for never came to pass, thankfully, but that is spoiler territory...

[Datajack Franit]

pseudo-revolutionary movies

[Admiral]

I heard that it suffered from a lot of the pseudo-depth that so weakened the second two Matrix films.

[Dis]

shocking admission. I still have not seen the Matrix. I think I actually have it on tape, still haven't gotten aroudn to watching it. .

The review from this movie, actually said it got away from a lot of the problems of the last 2 matrix movies.

[Zoid]

It´s way better than the two Matrix-sequels. And the politics are for real. It´s all beautifully summarized in the phrase "People shouldn´t be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of their people".

But it had other things going for it apart from the politics, it was a good adaptation of the comic. It managed to keep the mood and visual imagery. And it was never boring

[GePap]

Don't know when I will see it, but the reviews have been OK. The mask looks silly thought.

[Datajack Franit]

teh heathen!

[Zoid]

It´s a Guy Fawkes mask. They look like that

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Admiral
I heard that it suffered from a lot of the pseudo-depth that so weakened the second two Matrix films.

:shrug: It's pretty good ratings.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/v_for_vendetta/

[loinburger]

I liked it. They actually toned down the "pseudo-depth" from the comic, IMO. And while the matrix-esque fight scene was dumb, it was dumb in a good way.

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Admiral
I heard that it suffered from a lot of the pseudo-depth that so weakened the second two Matrix films.

Psuedo-depth? I would like to see an example in Vendetta, what that refers to.

[loinburger]

Spoiler:

The whole business where Evey is in "prison" could be construed as "pseudo-depth", though seeing as how that was a pivotal part of the graphic novel I hardly think that the movie adaptation of said graphic novel should be criticized for including it.

Ditto the whole business with wearing the Guy Fawkes mask. "But it looks silly!" Jump up your butt.

[asleepathewheel]

I suppose so, but...

Spoiler:

What was done to Evey reminded me of the old tear 'em down then rebuild them in your image that is like basic army training or cult indoctrination, in other words, not something completely outside of reality, unlike the matrix

[loinburger]

Spoiler:

Yes, but the extent to which they took it in the graphic novel was extreme to the point of pretty much being unplausible. C'mon, you expect us to believe that V had a replica cell block built on the off chance that he ever found a protege, despite his explicitly saying that he'd never expected to find a protege? Of course, the entire graphic novel is unplausible, but so is 1984 and Farenheit 451 -- "unplausible" does not mean "****e," but you'll always find naysayers who think otherwise.

[asleepathewheel]

True, I haven't read the graphic novel. Wonder where I could pick that up.

I would have liked to have seen where exactly his hideout was in London.