V for Vendetta *no spoilers* - *no spoilers*

Post by **GORDON** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:17 pm

Reviewed here.

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Post by **GORDON** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:58 am

The "Supreme Chancellor" in this movie... basically the dictator of England, does a lot of things the left accuses President Bush of doing....

Ha! Told ya.

From a recent protest in... wait for it.... San Francisco:

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:06 pm

On a side note, writing this movie review taught me that there was an "a" in the word parliament. I never knew there was a double-vowel in there. Not sure how it took me 34 years to learn that.

Post by **thibodeaux** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:57 pm

Bring the funk.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:25 pm

Yeah, never noticed the spelling with the Grand Master of Funk, either.

Post by **Troy** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:19 am

Driving back after seeing the movie this weekend, I noticed that the dark scary guy on the "Neighborhood Watch" sign looks EXACTLY like V.

Connection? Of Course!

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Post by **Vince** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:16 pm

For the "non-spoiler" thread... this movie was much smarter than I'd expected. Multi levels of stuff going on. Actually a smarter movie than The Matrix in that regard.

I need to see it again.

WSGrundy · Post by **WSGrundy** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:02 pm

For those of you that have read the comic(if any) how did it compare?

I know people were pretty much expecting the worst after League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:51 am

Good flick.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:13 pm

Cute.

Post by **Leisher** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:29 pm

Haven't seen it yet and I don't think I care if I ever do.

Alan Moore, the actual writer of V For Vendetta, has demanded that his name not be associated with the film.

That's a pretty good summary of the film, imho.

P.S. It was a graphic novel long before Bush.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:44 pm

Yeah, but Alan Moore also claims he actually met John Constantine. Twice. No, seriously.

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:47 pm

Leisher wrote:Haven't seen it yet and I don't think I care if I ever do.

Alan Moore, the actual writer of V For Vendetta, has demanded that his name not be associated with the film.

That's a pretty good summary of the film, imho.

P.S. It was a graphic novel long before Bush.

I really liked it. The wife did too.

Post by **thibodeaux** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:50 pm

Alan Moore is nuts.

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:05 pm

It's a good movie for what it is... a story about a government gone seriously wrong, and a citizen who stands up to it.

Post by **Leisher** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:08 pm

Yeah, but Alan Moore also claims he actually met John Constantine. Twice. No, seriously.

Prove him wrong...

Alan Moore is nuts.

I typically think most people who go out of their way to avoid success and the mainstream acceptance of their work have issues, but that doesn't make his disdain for the movie any less valid.

Post by **thibodeaux** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:45 pm

I imagine any writer who is serious about the integrity of his work would cringe anytime Hollywood gets near it.

Post by **TPRJones** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:12 pm

Leisher, you're being a bit too critical. Of all the <s>horror</s> near-future political thriller movies released in the last decade or so, <s>SAW</s> V for Vendetta was original and wasn't so terrible that it never should've <s>had a sequel</s> been made.

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Post by **Leisher** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:40 pm

Leisher, you're being a bit too critical. Of all the horror near-future political thriller movies released in the last decade or so, SAW V for Vendetta was original and wasn't so terrible that it never should've had a sequel been made.

You can only use my quote against me if I say the writers need to be drawn and quartered as Malcolm did. I don't think that nor am I going out of my way NOT to see it.

I assume that at some point in the future I'll watch it and may like it. However, that doesn't stop me from pointing out that it does not meet with it's creator's approval, nor was the original message an anti-Bush thing.

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