V for Vendetta

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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited August 2006
    I'm watching it tomorrow.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited August 2006
    As long as it was well done, entertaining propaganda...cool.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited August 2006
    A fine example of how film making should be. What a great movie. Two BIG thumbs way up!
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  • tecmo04
    tecmo04 Posts: 421
    edited August 2006
    best movie. amazing final scene! definatly worth buying
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited August 2006
    Cool! Off to Best Buy after the gym tonight to pick it up.

    Thanks for the heads up. I'll sneak back in with my thoughts on the flick.


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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited August 2006
    bobman1235 wrote:
    At least it was propaganda against the British government.... :)

    The scene with the Brittish and U.S. Flag with a **** symbol in the middle of it, and some of the protests signs they showed in one scene were annoying. The notion that the Koran is a peaceful book. I could look past that if the entire movie wasn't trying to justify the symbols as truth the entire time. I usually think that people overreact with what they perceive in a movie, but this was so in your face and over the top it was impossible to ignore and just enjoy the entertainment. It was just insulting.

    I really tried to enjoy it. If anything it showed how bad socialism is, which isn't exactly the government they were trying to portray.

    Also humanizing 'terrorism' was pretty sickening too.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited August 2006
    What other movies were released on DVD Tuesday??
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited August 2006
    Nada, except for CYE Season 5. The rest looked like all crap.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2006
    Meh, i can't deny it has a BLATANT political stance and agenda, I just didn't care, and was thoroughly entertained.

    Kinda like hte same way I love to listen to 60's music.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited August 2006
    bobman1235 wrote:
    Meh, i can't deny it has a BLATANT political stance and agenda, I just didn't care, and was thoroughly entertained.

    Kinda like hte same way I love to listen to 60's music.

    I usually don't care either. I don't bash things I haven't seen, and yes I saw the 'movie we must never speak of here' as well. That didn't bother me at all, and I just didn't like that one either.

    Hell I knew what I had heard going in, but I wanted to see for myself, and it made it so damn hard to ignore.

    I think V for Vendetta would have been a lot better movie if it had tried to captivate a larger audience by being a little more subtle rather than alienating a huge segment of the population. I know the writer of the comic was pissed at the direction they took the movie because it wasn't written in the way it was portrayed. I need to look for that article.

    Anyhow, glad you liked it.
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  • univera
    univera Posts: 848
    edited August 2006
    aaharvel wrote:
    Passion didn't have a right-wing slant. It was an underrated movie about the most beloved individual in the history of history.
    :)

    And I thought that it was Elvis. Silly me.....:) :):):):):)
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited August 2006
    I'm not too sure whether I care for this movie or not. I'm gonna give it a second spin tonight. As of now, I'm gonna reserve the right to be indifferent. After the second viewing, I'll relay my opinion. I'm not saying that it was bad or good, yet...just that it wasn't what I was expecting after the previews. IMO, the previews portray more of a semi-sci-fi/action flick and it was really a drama with a bit of sci-fi/action.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited August 2006
    I loved this movie. Best line (improvised) "the government should be afraid of the people not the other way around". Darn tootin' This movie shows how effed up our gov. is - didn't you see the similarities? The gov. in the movie keeping everyone afraid (using fear to control), the media spinning everything - you don't see that happening here on a regular basis? Does the media here always tell the truth? How about the government?

    Flame me, debunk me, discredit me, call me names - I really don't care. I'm not an expert on politics and I don't claim my statements to be facts - they're my opinions.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited August 2006
    Victor,

    Are you off your schizo meds??? You seem awful paranoid to me..;) :p
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2006
    It's just a movie there Halo, take off the foil hat and come out of the bunker.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • stereo55
    stereo55 Posts: 418
    edited August 2006
    Was a fun ride . A tad differant plot/story than I expected , but it was a good 131 minutes of time spent .
    Wish there had been more of the slash and dash sword/knife stuff (best part(s) imo) . Pq and sq seemed quite good , and alot better than some of the other recent releases (be it few and far between as of late) .

    Enjoyed !
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited August 2006
    I fell asleep a little past an hour into this movie, I woke up to see the final scene, which looked ok. I know I saw upto when Edie got out the cell and saw V.

    What I saw kinda reminded me of our forum. I think Brett is working on an carrier agent for his former bosses.

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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited August 2006
    Watched this last night; liked it a lot. Good flick, definitely worth the rental or even buyable.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited August 2006
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited August 2006
    Finally saw this last night. I automatically like everything with NP in it. Because of many of the comments about this movie I was a bit apprehensive, but in the end it was a very enjoyable fictional movie. Are there similarities to what's been going on recently in history..........yes. I consider myself pretty intelligent and perhaps it could have been a bit subtler, but then again our current set of officials in the gov't are anything but subtle.

    You can read many many things into this movie, bottom line is it's a commentary on the world today, but let's not forget first and foremost it's suppossed to be entertainment. I thought all the acting was very strong as well as the production value and sound. I think NP did a great job and I loved the school girl scene. This is defintely worth watching again.

    H9

    P.s. Victor the line is "People shouldn't be afraid of their government; a goverment should be afraid of its people"
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  • OpticalSerenity
    OpticalSerenity Posts: 92
    edited August 2006
    I loved the movie, forget the politics of it, it has an awesome DD track, and is a great movie to show off the HT.

    Ron-P, I loved that part...she looks, yum.
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited August 2006
    Finally rented this over the weekend. I liked the movie, however, I found some of the political messages distracting, if not distateful. Its sad that pre 9/11 I probably wouldn't have been bothered at all.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited August 2006
    Pre or post 9/11 it did not bother me at all. It's just a movie and a damn good one.

    Funny how this movie is getting folks worked up about the political messge yet those same people will sit and watch films with murders, rapes, crime...etc and not be bothered by that.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2006
    Just saw this on DVD (I had seen it in the theaters) and am still amazed by it. Just a fabulous movie.

    I don't quite understand all the upset about the "political message." If citizens are living in a police state they SHOULD revolt. In case anyone forgot, it's how this nation was founded. Comparing our current government to the one in the movie is a big stretch, but I can promise you if it ever got near as bad as it did in that movie, I'd be at the front of the lines for the revolution.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited August 2006
    bobman1235 wrote:
    ...
    I don't quite understand all the upset about the "political message." If citizens are living in a police state they SHOULD revolt. In case anyone forgot, it's how this nation was founded. Comparing our current government to the one in the movie is a big stretch, but I can promise you if it ever got near as bad as it did in that movie, I'd be at the front of the lines for the revolution.

    I'll second that!!

    The movie actually made you think what you would do if the government ever got that bad. For those that refuse to believe it ever could, well, I pity you.

    Heck of a show regardless.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited August 2006
    bobman1235 wrote:
    Just saw this on DVD (I had seen it in the theaters) and am still amazed by it. Just a fabulous movie.

    I don't quite understand all the upset about the "political message." If citizens are living in a police state they SHOULD revolt. In case anyone forgot, it's how this nation was founded. Comparing our current government to the one in the movie is a big stretch, but I can promise you if it ever got near as bad as it did in that movie, I'd be at the front of the lines for the revolution.

    What's not to get? It would have been a better movie had they just made it an oppressive government. No need to reference the war on terror, show signs with political leaders still in office, refer to a 'vigilante' as a 'terrorist' . It really waters down the meaning of the word terrorist.

    If you're going to reference real world events it becomes more than just a movie, and historical accuracy comes into play. If you can turn it off, good for you.

    Hitler was for National Socialism, and this was pretty much along the same lines, except they likened it to a conservative viewpoint, which wouldn't happen. Smaller government is one of the biggest conservative and libertarian tenants. Bigger government, and hands in the lives of the citizenry is a liberal tenant. National socialism is exactly what that movie was trying to portray, and I guarantee I'd be right there with you on the front lines if it ever happened. If the Catholic church went nuts and took over a country it might be like this, but likening it to today was a total joke that I can just turn off.

    ...and no I don't get bothered by rape, crime, and murder in movies. These things are happening. If you're going to try to liken something to real events it's important to be accurate not just make **** up and then hide behind entertainment. How would you feel if they totally changed the events of 9/11 in the World Trade Center movie? Just say it was just a movie?

    Sorry for having to be more explicit about how I saw it, but I wanted to explain where I was coming from.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited August 2006
    My wife and I watched it last night. Great ENTERTAINMENT!
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,774
    edited August 2006
    Possible Spoilers

    Ok...

    This is by far one of the best movies Ive seen in a long, long time...

    Easilly 9 out of 10. There was only one part that I didnt like and it lasted 1 minute - because it was cheesy. The whole arms up in the air thing... lol

    I knew I was going to like it after this quote...

    Evey Hammond: Who are you?

    V: Who? Who is but the form following the function of what, and what I am is
    a man in a mask.

    Evey Hammond: Well I can see that.

    V: Of course you can. I'm not questioning your powers of observation, I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited August 2006
    I didn't find that part cheesy at all. By far the best quote of the movie...
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited August 2006
    Yep, I watched it again. I only do this for Nat movies, well not always but this thread got me thinking so I had to watch it again. It was even better the 2nd time around. A great flick, great entertainment. I still feel for most it could have been a bit more subtle in spots, but for a big budget, hollywood type movie that got the $hit hyped out of it, IMO, it lived up to its hype hands down. One of the rare movies that is as good and or better than the media hype surrounding it. Too bad now-a-days the attention span for anything is so short. This one is already fading and that's too bad because more people should see this movie.

    H9

    P.s. some areas of the film remimded me of parts of the movie "Darkman". Not sure why, but it just did.
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