Fantastic movie, better than Sin City. My favourite movie of 2006 thus far.
Natalie was just Natalie and she was great in this but Hugo Weaving stole the show as V. With a mask over his face for the entire movie he still managed to pull off a sublime performance.
I am one of the few it would seem who has actually read Alan Moore's original V for Vendetta graphic novel and I was perplexed with some of the changes.. - some of which are pointless - Why did they change the Rose from Violet Carson to Scarlet Carson?
I mean what is the fucking point in that?
Sure, it's minor, it still made no sense. There are other more major diversions from the original but it's hard to get hung up on them because this movie actually does deliver an originality sorely lacking in movies today.
It's certainly not a straight adaptation. The time frames are totally different for one, I imagine that if I was an Alan Moore purist I might get upset but I'm not that attached to the source material even though I am a fan of the original graphic novel.
As a result I was able to just enjoy the movie for the movies sake and that I did. It's not perfect but it does what it does right and mixes a lot of genres and material into it's two hour frame. The political message is as clear as ever, nothing has been watered down and that is really the most refreshing thing. The movie has an actual story to tell and it does it with panache.
Being English myself I did start wondering why everyone kept saying bollocks though. It's totaly bollocks that the English say bollocks all time. What utter bollocks.
Anyway, yeah, it's good, I liked it. go see it if you haven't and get a copy of the original graphic novel. I'll probably re-read it myself now.
Oh, and Natalie upskirt.. a;sdjklfa;sdlf
Natalie was just Natalie and she was great in this but Hugo Weaving stole the show as V. With a mask over his face for the entire movie he still managed to pull off a sublime performance.
I am one of the few it would seem who has actually read Alan Moore's original V for Vendetta graphic novel and I was perplexed with some of the changes.. - some of which are pointless - Why did they change the Rose from Violet Carson to Scarlet Carson?
I mean what is the fucking point in that?
Sure, it's minor, it still made no sense. There are other more major diversions from the original but it's hard to get hung up on them because this movie actually does deliver an originality sorely lacking in movies today.
It's certainly not a straight adaptation. The time frames are totally different for one, I imagine that if I was an Alan Moore purist I might get upset but I'm not that attached to the source material even though I am a fan of the original graphic novel.
As a result I was able to just enjoy the movie for the movies sake and that I did. It's not perfect but it does what it does right and mixes a lot of genres and material into it's two hour frame. The political message is as clear as ever, nothing has been watered down and that is really the most refreshing thing. The movie has an actual story to tell and it does it with panache.
Being English myself I did start wondering why everyone kept saying bollocks though. It's totaly bollocks that the English say bollocks all time. What utter bollocks.
Anyway, yeah, it's good, I liked it. go see it if you haven't and get a copy of the original graphic novel. I'll probably re-read it myself now.
Oh, and Natalie upskirt.. a;sdjklfa;sdlf
