V For Vendetta

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Great film, I've just decided

Anyone who dissagrees is obviously a cockmunching turdhead

Yes

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I really loved it, quite awe-inspiring at times and brilliant quotes.
 
Brilliant film.

Watched it for the fourth day running on Sky Premier.
 
I am speechless. I just came back from the theatre, where I watched 'V for Vendetta'. There are three main elements in the movie and it excels on all three of them.

First off the dialogues and script. Intense, witty, honest but not patronising, intelligent but not pretentious. That's the first level at which the movie surprises you. You don't except such high level of script from an action movie. But it is slowly revealed to the audience that V for Vendetta is not just an action movie. The story is filled with current events and has a definite strong political sense.

Secondly Hugo Weaving's performance. It is definitely what grabs you from the start. He delivers some of the hardest lines with incredible charisma. His performance shines throughout the movie and honestly he sounds as good as any of the best actors out there. He should be nominated for an academy award.

Finally the visual part. Incredible, yet no "Matrix" effects used. Everything looks beautiful, dark yet vibrant. The cinematography is top notch. The final battle scene brought tears to my eyes.

Do not miss 'V for Vendetta'. It's one of the best movies of all time, an eternal classic.
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I didn't watch it but for surely i will watch today.
 
For some reason, the part where V first appears cracks me up

"The multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him"
"What the hell?"
"Bugger off!"
 
I agree with noodle, I've just decided it's great too. The comic is a different animal and it shouldn't be compared to that. As a stand alone film I think it's excellent. Portman's awful of course but Weaving/Rea & Fry are all excellent and the last half hour in incredibly stirring...

I also think it'll become more revered as time passes. People are already wearing the masks at anarchist rallys and anti-scientology demo's. feck what Alan More thinks, it's a better film than Watchman, regardless of how faithful it is

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If you don't watch it in any relation to the comic it's a great film....If you do it's murdered it. You need objectivity when deciding what a good film adaptation is, Alan Moore doesn't have that. But then he also thinks that Anarchy is the only way to run the world so I don't really take a lot of what he says as gospel
 
Alan Moore's the type of person that should always be kept in context and only revered in a sort of cult following way. When the majority of people start to take the things he says with more than a pinch of salt, that's when things get silly.
 
AlwynP said:
Alan Moore's the type of person that should always be kept in context and only revered in a sort of cult following way. When the majority of people start to take the things he says with more than a pinch of salt, that's when things get silly.
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Eh?

I would think that he of all people should be in the best position to judge an adaptation of his own work!

I tried to be objective, but it's pretty hard when you really liked the source material.
 
datura said:
Eh?

I would think that he of all people should be in the best position to judge an adaptation of his own work!

I tried to be objective, but it's pretty hard when you really liked the source material.
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But thats the point. Watchmen he's in a great position to judge cos it's faithful. This isn't and so as such is a new thing which requires someone who isn't emotionally attached to the original to judge it as good or not. Make sense?

If you watch it expecting the original or even comparing it to the original you're going to be dissapointed. If you watch it as it's own thing you won't...I hated the departed for example, cos it's a bad remake of a film I loved, but I can understand why people who hadn't seen Infernal affairs first would love it.

Plus Moore hates everything of his transfered to screen and often doesn't even watch them...He's a bit of an old curmudgeon
 
Mockney said:
But thats the point. Watchmen he's in a great position to judge cos it's faithful. This isn't and so as such is a new thing which requires someone who isn't emotionally attached to the original to judge it as good or not. Make sense?

If you watch it expecting the original or even comparing it to the original you're going to be dissapointed. If you watch it as it's own thing you won't...I hated the departed for example, cos it's a bad remake of a film I loved, but I can understand why people who hadn't seen Infernal affairs first would love it.

Plus Moore hates everything of his transfered to screen and often doesn't even watch them...He's a bit of an old curmudgeon
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Brilliant post. I was a big fan of both 'Watchmen' and 'V for Vendetta' - The Graphic Novels. Both have to be regarded as master pieces. I was slightly skeptical of both movies when they were announced, but I think they have been good adaptations.

While V was changed substantially - I still thought it made for a great movie. It retained the better aspects of the plot, the performances were great. Watchmen was almost a replica from page to screen but it failed to convey the essence and grit of the novel. I enjoyed this as well though. I can understand why those who hadn't read the book didn't think too much because they weren't as emotionally invested in the characters.

I would strongly suggest anyone who hasn't read the original graphic novels to give them a go though ... irrespective of whether you have seen the movies and enjoyed them or not. Like Mockney said .. completely different animal ...replete with rich background, literary allusions, hidden clues in the panels,fanastic dialogue. Give it a go people.
 
The_Red_Hope said:
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While V was changed substantially - I still thought it made for a great movie. It retained the better aspects of the plot, the performances were great. Watchmen was almost a replica from page to screen but it failed to convey the essence and grit of the novel. I enjoyed this as well though. I can understand why those who hadn't read the book didn't think too much because they weren't as emotionally invested in the characters.
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I think the problem Watchmen had was that it was made by someone who was a huge fan of the book - hence the high level of faithfulness to the book.
But a movie is a very different vehicle for a story with very different dynamics, and what makes for a good book does not necessarily make for a good movie (and vice versa).
V succeeded as a movie because of the changes, and despite what Alan Moore thinks is the best of all the adaptations of his work. Watchmen, whilst faithful, is (in my opinion) a bloated overlong movie that didn't capture any of the magic of the book because it was so constrained by its efforts to stay faithful.

Reasons for success or failure aside, I really liked the V for Vendetta adaptation, and still do, and I agree with Mockney in that I think it will become better regarded with time.
 
I'm with elvis, although i wouldn't say it was shite, just overrated. It's an anarchist's wet dream.

Haven't seen Watchmen yet
 
SecondFig said:
I think the problem Watchmen had was that it was made by someone who was a huge fan of the book - hence the high level of faithfulness to the book.
But a movie is a very different vehicle for a story with very different dynamics, and what makes for a good book does not necessarily make for a good movie (and vice versa).
V succeeded as a movie because of the changes, and despite what Alan Moore thinks is the best of all the adaptations of his work. Watchmen, whilst faithful, is (in my opinion) a bloated overlong movie that didn't capture any of the magic of the book because it was so constrained by its efforts to stay faithful.

Reasons for success or failure aside, I really liked the V for Vendetta adaptation, and still do, and I agree with Mockney in that I think it will become better regarded with time.
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Yep. Spot on. Good for fans because they would sub-consciously impose all the good parts of the book while watching the movie knowing it is there on a a deeper level but to the non-fan it must have been torrid watching the movie wondering what the feck is this all about ? I loved V on first viewing and agree that people will look at it more kindly with time.
 
anything about now said:
I'm with elvis, although i wouldn't say it was shite, just overrated. It's an anarchist's wet dream.

Haven't seen Watchmen yet
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The book is the anarchist's wet and wild dream ... the movie toned it down a lot and made him out to be some kind of freedom-fighter-patriotic-figure, which he isn't in the book. This was Alan Moore's number one problem with the adaptation.
 
Mockney said:
If you watch it expecting the original or even comparing it to the original you're going to be dissapointed. If you watch it as it's own thing you won't...I hated the departed for example, cos it's a bad remake of a film I loved, but I can understand why people who hadn't seen Infernal affairs first would love it.
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I was pleasantly surprised with the Departed, I thought they adapted it quite well and I'd watched all the entire trilogy (and really liked them) before I'd seen it.
 
I thought it was average. I have not read the comic so my view isn't tainted by what should/shouldn't have been included.

It was enjoyable but nothing special.
 
It's a very clever adaptation. In fact, it's not really an adaptation, it's nicked the idea from the novel and moulded it into it's own idea. As Mockney said, it should be viewed as a film in its own right, as that's basically what it tries to be.

Something I didn't realise previously though was the sheer terribleness of Portman's acting. It's almost as if she was doing it on purpose.

Also, the overuse of phrases like "bloody hell", "bollocks" etc. in an attempt to make everyone sound more British

"I wont have this thing getting anymore bollocksed up than it already is" lol

Surprised none of the armed forces were dressed in red coats with those silly hats on.
 
SharkyMcShark said:
I preferred Equillibrium to this.

I thought VfV was alright though
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A great movie reviewer, whose name escapes me, has Equilibrium as his all-time favourite film.

Not sure it was any better than okay, but he made a great argument for it. Might try and find the review.
 
It's a good movie. But when reading the graphic novel I had the image of V's voice being more of a hiss because of the wispy speech bubbles. When I heard Hugo Weaving do the talking I was a little disappointed.
 
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