V for Vendetta

I saw it yesterday, i hated everything about, the action, the cinematography, the dialogue was good though and the storyline was great, it was all not too subtle if you know what I mean. But yes, i too liked the the way it parodied real life. BTN is Fox news.
 
SIGNIFICANT (and stupid) deviations from the original source material.

Where once there was ingenious and chilling subtlety, there is now bludgeoning, caricatured juvenility.

Oh, there were a few well-done scenes, such as when Evey was "released."

But I can see why Alan Moore's name was absent from the credits.

And . . .

Seeing Fox News in BTN is to be on a radical left-wing acid trip.
 
this movie was super duper. natalie portman is HOT. the movie was smart and entertaining.
 
Decidedly average. can totally see why alan Moore pulled his name. Its all far to Big & American for my liking. Too much money spent on it. natalie portman is far too pretty for the role. forget the film & read the book.
 
versioncity1 said:
Decidedly average. can totally see why alan Moore pulled his name. Its all far to Big & American for my liking. Too much money spent on it. natalie portman is far too pretty for the role. forget the film & read the book.
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being from Britain, what did you think of Portman's accent? I've heard a lot of British hated it. Just curious about your input.
 
reaper, her accent didn't bother me as such, its obviously not british, its more that whenever shes on screen shes always Natalie portman/hollywood starlet. her original character in the book is an ordinary British girl whos fallen on hard times and she never convinces of that.
 
David Jimerson said:
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Seeing Fox News in BTN is to be on a radical left-wing acid trip.
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Agreed. I was surprised how many people made this comparison.
Fox news may be a bad news service, it may be severely biased, (I don't happen to think so) but is it really to be compared to a state run propaganda network??

I enjoyed the movie for the same reasons I enjoyed the Matrix, Equilibrium, and other similar films. It's fun to watch the underdogs rally against the monolithic forces of evil.

But as a political commentary on the current state of affairs in either Britain or America, I think the movie renders itself completely useless and laughable. I really hope that (the political commentary) was not the filmmakers' intention!
 
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versioncity1 said:
reaper, her accent didn't bother me as such, its obviously not british, its more that whenever shes on screen shes always Natalie portman/hollywood starlet. her original character in the book is an ordinary British girl whos fallen on hard times and she never convinces of that.
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gotchya. I loved the novel. amazed by it. they definitely changed her character (whether that was on account of Portman or the W Bros. I don't know.)
 
As soon as you start making comparisons to the books, the film will lose out everytime. Something always gets lost, something always has to change. Portman's accent was a little odd. I'm not from the UK, but even to me it sounded a bit off. But I thought her performance was solid.

And I like that Hugo got to play the hero without being typecast by his character actor looks.

My sister and I went back and forth about all the expositionin the film. I didn't mind it so much, but she hated it. She found the film laughable. I enjoyed the film. But maybe that's because I've never read the stories.
 
Yikes, some people sound kinda nit-picky to me. If you don't like a movie because of the budget or the likenesses to the original characters, I think you're really searching.

Example, sure I LOVED the Fight Club novel. But I LOVED the movie too, and they changed TONS of stuff in the movie. Can't the two exist in the same world? When I read Fight Club it didn't look anything like the movie turned out, but I don't care, the movie was kickass. It's its own thing, an interpretation/adaptation of the original work. Could care less about the budget or how pretty Marla or Tyler were comparatively, it was cool to see one of my favorite books on the big screen and done well.

V the movie totally holds up on its own.
 
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David Jimerson said:
Actually, if I weren't a huge fan of the book, my opinion of the movie would probably be lower.
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Ah well, to each their own. I'm looking forward to adding this one to my collection...
 
Its not that I think a film should follow a book to the word, the two are different art forms and work in different ways. What dissapointed me was that the Director(s) missed an oppurtunity to work with Alan Moores ideas and to explore them. essentially you have a terrorist/revolutionary set against a repressive state.
Considering whats going on in the world at the moment with the middle east/Al Quaida/ ultra right wing america (and others) it was a perfect vehicle to make an entertaining & thought provoking film that was relevant to the political climate. But the directors just went for entertainment alone. Pity.
 
versioncity1 said:
Its not that I think a film should follow a book to the word, the two are different art forms and work in different ways. What dissapointed me was that the Director(s) missed an oppurtunity to work with Alan Moores ideas and to explore them. essentially you have a terrorist/revolutionary set against a repressive state.
Considering whats going on in the world at the moment with the middle east/Al Quaida/ ultra right wing america (and others) it was a perfect vehicle to make an entertaining & thought provoking film that was relevant to the political climate. But the directors just went for entertainment alone. Pity.
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Strange, I tought the movie was "an entertaining & thought provoking film that was relevant to the political climate".

People are criticising the film for being too direct...Well, I think the film should be, because even with films like Syriana or Farenheit 9/11, it seems that current world affairs seem not understandable enough for American audiences...
On another note, as an outsider, I do feel Fox News is very similar to BTN- Opinative information? Check (A news channel should inform, not judge and make opinions about the news- that's the principle of journalism. The O'Reilly factor is very similar to the show described in the movie . Pro Government? Check. Manipulation of images in order to pass its "vision"? Check (Iraq destruction of Saddam statue- 20 or so people shot like a Huge crowd and commentary of "Hundreds of Iraqis celebrated...").

Anyway, political debate is useless in a film/video camera forum.
There will be people coming in saying this isn't true, that Farhenheit is a Joke and no such facts were true, Siryana is Anti-American, and probably V for Vendetta is an Anti-American film. Its sad to know that people defend Rulling Governments like they are their Country. They are not. The country are the people. People decide who their governments are, and wheter they stay or go. The media should be a voice of the people, and not of the Government.
 
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