V for Vendetta storyboards w/director's commentary

I saw this last night. You mean this movie had storyboards, lighting, costume design, and shot framing? Coulda fooled me...
 
no dice?

no dice?

wasn't any good? the posters in the V for Village are impossible to miss. should I save my $12.50?
 
No go see it. I shouldn't be a spoiler. I have opinions about it, but I will hold my tongue from now on until more have seen it.
 
I saw it last night. I went in thinking it would be really bad, so that might have helped it. I thought it was entertaining. Not a phenomenal movie by any stretch, but a fun movie. There was a little too much with the political speeches. It was very heavy on exposition instead of using the visuals to tell the story which bugs me. But I still thought it was worth my $10.75.

V for Vendetta gets two and a half bald headed Natalie Portmans out of four.
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FlintMI said:
wasn't any good? the posters in the V for Village are impossible to miss. should I save my $12.50?
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$12.50? Shouldn't it be $25 or so after you and your model "friend" get popcorn?

Just messin with ya :)
 
ROFL! that bald Natalie Portman rating system is absolutely hysterical. I wonder how many cameras they had for that scene. 'Cause you only have one take.

My dates always pay for me. I'm David Lee Roth like that.

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The funny thing is that while I wasn't wild about the movie at all, I thought it was BEAUTIFUL. The Matrix was totally storyboarded (like a comic, almost) and I thought it had some striking compositions and I attributed that in part to the storyboarding (also, Bill Pope rules).

Same with Vendetta. I thought the shots were beautifully composed, and I bet it has to do with the use of storyboarding. I was just awed by how great it looked. I'm curious what you disliked, though. It was very stylized, after all, so not everyone's cup of tea, but I thought the cinematography was fantastic and the direction superb as well.
 
I'll post in my blog about it, then link to that here. That way I won't throw spoilers out, or anything. Besides, I am getting beaten up on another board for this movie as well, so might as well kill two birds with one stone...:)
 
Fair enough. I'll try not to be mean since I'm sure I'll disagree. I just find it funny you'd say that since the movie struck me as jaw-droppingly gorgeous for $60 million.

Also, this system of "key shots" really really appeals to me. I was talking with a major editor and he said that his system is to identify shots which jump out at him, then put those in the timeline, then try to build continuity around them as well as possible. This is a very similar approach, except to directing, not editing, so it really strikes me as cool: create the best images you at key moments, then fill in the rest with what you have to use. That just seems like an awesome approach and I think it works, too and even allows for some flexibility.
 
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