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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:17 pm
by GORDON
Reviewed here.
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:58 am
by GORDON
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:
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:06 pm
by GORDON
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.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:57 pm
by thibodeaux
Bring the funk.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:25 pm
by GORDON
Yeah, never noticed the spelling with the Grand Master of Funk, either.
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:19 am
by Troy
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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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:16 pm
by Vince
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.
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:02 pm
by WSGrundy
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.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:51 am
by TheCatt
Good flick.
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:13 pm
by Paul
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:29 pm
by Leisher
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:44 pm
by Malcolm
Yeah, but Alan Moore also claims he actually met John Constantine. Twice. No, seriously.
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:47 pm
by TheCatt
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:50 pm
by thibodeaux
Alan Moore is nuts.
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:05 pm
by GORDON
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:08 pm
by Leisher
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:45 pm
by thibodeaux
I imagine any writer who is serious about the integrity of his work would cringe anytime Hollywood gets near it.
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:12 pm
by TPRJones
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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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:40 pm
by Leisher
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.