Veeeeee! For Vendetta! *very tiny spoilers*

Holly Resurrected

Okay, I saw this last thursday on opening night, and I was blown away. You can probably tell who my new hero is.

For those who have read the book before hand (like me) it might not be satisfying, as it does change and leave out a lot of important elements, but even so it's one of the more faithful comic translations I've seen. Somewhere between Spiderman and Sin City in terms of literal translation. The third act of the story does get changed dramatically, since a lot of the supporting characters are left out and they majorly impact what happens and how. But there are many scenes which are brought almost perfectly intact from the page to the screen; V's hijack of the TV station, the meeting in Dr. Surridge's bedroom, the Larkhill and Valerie flashbacks, Evey's imprisonment, and the final resolution are all imaculately done and should please anybody who's a book purist.

Of course, in between these scenes a lot gets changed, including the characters of V and Evey. In the book V's an almost inhuman mannequin of a character, because he's convinced that his power lies not in his humanity but in the symbol and idea that he represents. In the movie he's quite humanized, showing a wicked sense of humor, a knot of rage and a deep vulnerability which are disconcerting at first but grows on you very quickly. On top of that, he's still just as insane as he was in the book. It helps that Hugo Weaving rules your ass. He's the best thing that could have happened to this movie. I've always loved him in whatever he's done, but he never impressed me so much as in his role as V. Natalie Portman also does a wonderful job. I've only ever seen her in the SW prequels and so I'm pleasantly suprised that she can actually do great drama. Her Evey is more grown up and has a backbone, but keeps the essential optimistic pacifist from the novel alive.

The action scenes are few but beatifully done. Hugo brings his quick, nimble fighting style from the Matrix movies and looks great.

I have my gripes with some of the stuff that got added and a lot that got taken away; I felt some of the scenes were perfect except that they got robbed of some great lines, and some of the scenes were just clunky because what got added didn't gel with what was kept from the novel. And then there's the loss of some of the message and fierceness of the book; The anarchy push is gone, and V seems more like a sympathetic hero than an ambiguous catalyst, but not by too much. He still does all the same stuff that makes you wonder if he's really who you should be routing for, even as you route for him.

And some of the stuff they added really preserved the tone of the book and made for great entertainment, like the egg-frying scene, V's v-word-filled introduction, and a scene involving Benny Hill music which, unless you have no soul, will have you on the ground laughing.

Okay, so in short: Go see it. It rocks.
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AAATripper · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:03 am Post subject:

That ruined my day, I wanted to go see a movie that I heard was great, and couldnt. Then I still wanted to go see a movie that I heard was great, but then my Internet Wife tells me its great and I still can't go see it Crying or Very sad

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Holly Resurrected · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:07 am Post subject:

Don't worry, V will come to you, dear Tripper. V comes to all whose time has come.
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Simon_Says · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:55 pm Post subject:

I actually wanted to make my own review, after seeing it.

In short: In essence, it's what the Matrix should have been. Seriously, that's what I think.

Also V can kick Batman's ass any day.

Holly Resurrected · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:08 pm Post subject:

Simon_Says · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:32 pm Post subject:

Exept he forgot the words 'virtuoso' and 'vigilante'.
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Holly Resurrected · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:50 pm Post subject:

helmet boy · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:38 am Post subject:

whats with the mask he has on all the time, did he lose his face or something.
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Corporal Waffle · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:26 am Post subject:

Spoiler:

This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so

it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V

V = vevlaa Razz

edit: spoiler
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helmet boy · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:47 am Post subject:

whaaaaa? *implodes*
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Simon_Says · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:55 pm Post subject:

Holly Resurrected · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:58 pm Post subject:

helmet boy · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:17 am Post subject:

Frost · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:26 am Post subject:

Who's the actor that plays V?
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Simon_Says · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:27 pm Post subject:

Elrond. Agent Smith. You didn't recognize the voice?
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Holly Resurrected · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:36 am Post subject:

AAATripper · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:10 am Post subject:

I did notice that his voice seemed familiar when I went to see it last night, and the silhouette in his phony prison had me wondering too (it was the hair). I thought it was on OK movie, but only because anytime any of the characters had something really important to whisper the cell phone of the guy that sat in front of me went off or he would have something to yell like "boo!", so I missed everything that had anything to do with the plot.
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Frost · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:30 pm Post subject:

Azrael · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 6:21 pm Post subject:

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Frost · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject:

Yay! I just got home from seeing it. Fucking awesome.
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scissors cuts paper... Kiff, we have a conundrum. Search them for paper... and
bring me a rock.
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helmet boy · Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:37 am Post subject:

Holly Resurrected · Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:52 am Post subject:

Corporal Waffle · Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:57 am Post subject:

im seeing it tomorrow....
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Frost · Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:25 am Post subject:

V for Vevlaa... Smile

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You forget one thing: rock crushes scissors. But paper covers rock... and
scissors cuts paper... Kiff, we have a conundrum. Search them for paper... and
bring me a rock.
-- Zapp Brannigan

Corporal Waffle · Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:22 am Post subject:

hehe

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