V For Vendetta: The Movie

I can't imagine Moore complaining that it pulls any punches--if it were more explicit in its dusgust with both the USA and UK, it would be one endless libel suit.

Fuckin great stuff.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434409/board/threads/

Some sample threads:

-Terrorists will like this movie

-Libertarian Party (Join the NEXT Revolution)

-Why would a conservative dislike this movie?

-THE VARIETY REVIEW SLAMMED THIS AS AWFUL

-Another Anti-American film

I believe that was pointed out, like, a month ago. I feel appropriately dumbassy. But thanks for stopping by.

When two Christian/Fascist G-men try to rape Portman and V shows up and *baffles* them into submission with this high speed monologue mainly using words that start with "v" and then sorta bitchslaps em with his hard, highly shiny cane.

That's right--you read it here first folks--recent advances in bleeding edge modern technology have invented devices that allow for steady, fluid camera movements!

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Thank the good folks at the IMDB boards, home to the most reactionary contrarianism by way of subliterate IGN types you'll find anywhere outside of certain ILM threads.

hugo weaving's voice has always been his trump card

heh

Internet Rule 452. b

Any imdb message board ALWAYS has a great chance at bringing the funny business.

definite changes, but nothing severely drastic. i think where they did change things it just clarified or short-cutted certain things.

i enjoyed it. my expectations were low tho. and my movie tastes are probably weak. etc.

certainly political... but...

m.

-- Shakey Mo Collier (audiobo...), March 14th, 2006 11:44 AM. (later) (link)

My bet is it's completely gone, creating the "massive plotholes" Moore's been complaining about--Rose Almond and Helen Heyer aren't in the cast.

let me see if i can come closer with.... V doesn't turn into a unicorn at the end, but stuff does blow up.

don't let me overhype and ruin this for you.
m.

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Drudge has started posted links to reviews:

Torygraph (who take pains to point out that Tony Blair's son helped work on the film)

Roeper's

and i can't wait for the endless lazy "_____ for ____" constructions.

Also, how exactly did they pull off the "Britain is fascist now" explanation in the flick? Did they go with the much safer "WWII was lost" type of thing(as Roeper mentions), or do they actually infer that the people brought it on themselves(as in the book)?

This isn’t to discount McTeigue’s participation. He was the second unit director on all the “Matrix” films and on one of the “Star Wars” sequels. Listening to him last night, he’s obviously a smart man. But “V” is just too complex. Let’s just say he had around-the-clock and up-the-wazoo assistance from the strange Wachowskis.

We all know just how strange they are: by now the world is well-versed in brother Larry’s bid to be a transgender, and about his relationship with a dominatrix. It’s “Transamerica” for real, except instead of Felicity Huffman playing the part, it’s the man who helped think up “The Matrix.”

I'm curious about the segment of Fox's audience who're both completely clueless on the TG part yet culturally savvy enough to get the Transamerica mention.

From what little I know of the comics (my brother just gave me the graphic novel collection, but I haven't read it), this doesn't sound right at all: "What's remarkable about the Wachowski scenario, as opposed to Moore's original, is the degree to which it stands Fawkes on his head—recuperating this proto–suicide bomber as a figure of revolt."