Do you like words? V for Vendetta, visually
by Walt Posted on Mar 23, 2008 under Movies |
Do you like words?
Here’s some dynamic text of the famous speech from V from the movie.
It puts a nice look to the words spoken in the famous speech early on.
by Walt Posted on Mar 23, 2008 under Movies |
March 23rd, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Hooray for alliteration?
I love this movie. Must watch it again soon…before we get rid of our HD DVD player.
March 24th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Nice speech, cute visuals, too bad the movie itself blew Chunks (sorry Bekke).
The Perfessor
March 24th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
You have a right to your opinion, Perfessor. Even when you’re wrong. ;-)
March 24th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Bekke, I’m certain that I reviewed this film when it cam out, but for the life of me, I can’t find the review. Butt for what it is worth, V was protesting a fascist government, so he kidnapped a young woman and essentially tortured her until she saw his point of view. This does not make him noble or heroic, it makes a kidnapper, torturer, and something of a fascist himself.
The particular view that is espoused in this film is one that is of particular interest to British writers and audience, I am neither and found it dull, repetitive, and as underwhelming as the comicbook on which it was based. I realize that we don’t — and won’t — see eye-to-eye on this, but it really was a horrid film, and the reasons that I mentioned are really only a couple of the more prominent reasons. Trust me there many (many) more.
The Perfessor
March 25th, 2008 at 8:36 am
I LOVEDLOVEDLOVED it, and it was one of the DVDs on my list this last Christmas, and was the first thing I watched again on my portable DVD player that I also got for Christmas. So there. ;)
March 25th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Oh well, Here is what I said when I originally reviewed (I finally found the link — it was on my film blog, silly me!)
The Perfessor
March 25th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Perfessor, I think your problem is that in the movie, V was presented as a hero and freedom fighter. In the comic books, as I understand, he was neither. He was simply an anarchist, and the theme of the story was whether anarchy is better than dictatorship. I don’t think you’re supposed to root for V as a hero, but the movie did make the mistake of at least somewhat presenting it that way. For some reason, I didn’t really view him that way as I watched it, though, and so didn’t take offense at any un-heroic thing he did.
March 26th, 2008 at 4:52 am
I never read the comic, and yeah, in the film it was sort of a “the ends justify the means” set-up, which didn’t sit so well with me.
The Perfessor