I saw this movie a few weeks ago It was just great in every way. The acting, the plot, the visual effects, there was hardly.
They may be a few spoilers, but I'll try to keep them as vague as possible.If you don't know, the movie takes place in the future, when the United States no longer exists and England has become a Nazi-like dictatorship. In all the control and suppression of the people, a vigilante donning a mask made to look like Guy Fawkes stands up against the government. At first, it seems like V is nothing more than a rebel against the evil chancellor Sutler and his administration, but as the movie progresses we find out that there is a lot more background to everything.
The movie itself is great. The acting is near perfection. I barely noticed Natalie Portman's character Evey losing her accent, but other than that everything was believable, though V's hyper articulation would give most people tremors. Obviously he's over compensating because his penis got burned off.
There were few occasions that actually called for advanced special effects, which is a good thing in my book.
Action and sci-fi movies have way overboard with CGI recently, and I like seeing movies like this without a lot of computer imaging. To tell you the truth, there really isn't that much action at all. Most of the movie consists of V advancing his plot to overthrow the government while we learn about him through Evey and Detective Finch.
There are a lot of sub-plots and background. I like Vallerie's story in particular. I thought it was very well done and extremely moving. I thought the constant references and analogies were very interesting and Natalie Portman had to shave her head. There is just something about girls with shaven heads that gets to me that's hot.... I dunno why.
So anyway, this is a great movie. It is way worth seeing, maybe even buying. I'd recommend it to anyone and I mean, anyone. It isn't a movie that you'll see just because you go to the theater because you are bored. It is a movie that you actually make the time to go and see.
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as a person who has never read the gn, i loved the movie. i liked the jab at modern politics and events. it was great. a good mix of action and story. gets a high recommendation from me...
ReplyDeleteI liked the fact that it wasn't, "HEY! LOOK WHAT WE CAN DO WITH OUR SWEET GRAPHICS! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
ReplyDeleteV was a great character, and Natalie Portman didn't have some cheesy lines in this one like in Shit Wars. I liked her character a lot too.
watched V for Vendetta recently, loved it... eye-candy effects, amazing how much character they developed into a mask
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