"V" for Vendetta

OnDborder · 08-12-06, 01:37 PM

Watched it last night on dvd..
What a performance by Natalie Portman.
Those Wachowski brothers know how to make good movies.

blueswitch · 08-12-06, 01:43 PM

Vendetta I belive is the word you are looking for

Yes it is a great movie...I saw it twice in theaters....I highly recomend it.

"Those Wachowski brothers know how to make good movies."

Yes it did wash out the bad after taste that Matrix 3 left.

OnDborder · 08-12-06, 01:52 PM

Ya, I realized that after I posted..Ooops.
Gotta lern how to spel.

Here's a link to the same movie. http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.p...light=vendetta
Should have used the search first.

dicecca112 · 08-12-06, 03:20 PM

amazing movie, did you watch the making of after? That was a good watch too. Revolutions wasn't as bad Reloaded IMO

shard · 08-12-06, 03:42 PM

Yeah, I absolutly loved V for Vendetta, the best movie out this year, that and Clerks II

fordsierra4x4 · 08-12-06, 03:56 PM

Yeah i quite liked it too, and not just because Natalie Portman did the whole schoolgirl outfit thing

It was kind of eerie though, cause I can actually see the events depicted as being worryingly realistic enough to actually happen...

FudgeNuggets · 08-12-06, 04:01 PM

I loved the film, it was great. I also love how they never really told you who V was.

deRusett · 08-12-06, 06:24 PM

I rented it the day it came to DVD watched it twice that night, I really enjoyed the movie, and was very entertained when "V" went off speaking in only words starting with V.

Thelemac · 08-12-06, 08:49 PM

This movie is awesome. I think Hugo Weaving really made this movie, even more than Natalie Portman. He just sells V so incredibly well. The only two spots in the movie that I didn't care for were the effects with the falling rain and the final fight. Definately could have done without the slomo stuff. Other than those five or so minutes in the movie, it was superbly done.

cursor · 08-12-06, 09:07 PM

Sorry, guys. I agree with Alan Moore's take on the movie. He wanted nothing to do with it. The comic is a much more rich, full experience of the idea. When I left the movie I felt like the brothers W. had really glossed over many of the important themes of the book. Also, I didn't like that they toned town the contraversial aspects of the film.

I like what Salon said:

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Both oversimplifies and overcomplicates Moore's and Lloyd's vision, but it never cuts to the bone. It's a movie drawn with big, bold strokes and very little feeling -- a tracing-paper exercise masquerading as a masterpiece.

dicecca112 · 08-12-06, 09:17 PM

well I blame you guys for all my spending first with computers now with this. I had been toying around the idea of reading the actual graphic novel, and well, I just bought it on Amazon. 16 some odd dollars. Be here the end of the week.

Sucka · 08-13-06, 12:52 AM

Just watched it, loved it.

Spoiler*

I'll admit, i was somewhat dissapointed they never did go into who V was, or show his face...

fordsierra4x4 · 08-13-06, 09:48 AM

The graphic novel is different to the film, the only thing that stays in both, is the main character of V :/

mdcomp · 08-13-06, 10:31 AM

Loved it, also. So many movies these days are about the same old thing. This movie was really creative and well done. Acting was superb, both Natalie Portman and the rest of the cast.

Matt

CreePinG_DeatH · 08-13-06, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Sucka

Just watched it, loved it.

Spoiler*

I'll admit, i was somewhat dissapointed they never did go into who V was, or show his face...

Showing the face would have completely destroyed the dominant-ideology-challenging aspect of the movie.

My aunt watched the movie with me and my cousin and sat behind us. Bless her soul she has never been one to think and find the deeper meanings in life, so she reacted as such.

"This movie was so Anti-American. The leftwing democrats are just trying to take cheapshots at us now."

"And I hated how we never got to see his face!"

I tried to show her how we can always find a parallel to specific events in life, but urged her to try applying it to everything in hers. I really think she failed to gain one ounce of important information from this film...not to mention remember that it was a film. We're Italian, so some of you might be able to understand me when I say that "she kept on going, and did NOT shut up."

Great film. Highly Recommended.

Sucka · 08-13-06, 01:28 PM

I'm just curious by nature

hibner · 08-13-06, 01:33 PM

I just caught it this weekend to. I wann't expecting much, but man was I wrong. This is the first truly good movie that I have seen in a while.

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Spoiler*

I'll admit, i was somewhat dissapointed they never did go into who V was, or show his face...

Watch the extra documentary. They tell you why.

Frodo Baggins · 10-21-06, 11:33 AM

I realize this movie is a bit old, but I just watched it and would definately put it as one of the best movies I've watched this year!

Oni · 10-21-06, 12:01 PM

I thought it was fantastic when I saw it. Hugo Weaving really made the movie w/ his portrayal of V. That, and I think we've finally found a vehicle for Hugo Weaving where he isn't Agent Smith

Eclypsyr · 10-21-06, 12:39 PM

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I thought it was fantastic when I saw it. Hugo Weaving really made the movie w/ his portrayal of V. That, and I think we've finally found a vehicle for Hugo Weaving where he isn't Agent Smith

He was almost always wearing the mask, though. So I'll still see him as Agent Smith or the elf king.

08-12-06, 01:37 PM	Thread Starter #1
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08-12-06, 01:52 PM	Thread Starter #3
OnDborder Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: HOT 'n Arizona	Ya, I realized that after I posted..Ooops. Gotta lern how to spel. Here's a link to the same movie. http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.p...light=vendetta Should have used the search first. __________________ You're a plague and we are the cure. ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/2600k......MSI p67a-GD55/2600k CORSAIR Vengeance 16gb.......4gigZ Corsair 7970'z crossfire ....................Sapph 7870 crossfired X-Fi Elite Pro.........................H2O cooling 600gb Raptor/256ssd3..... .......40 Kingston ssd Siverstone 1500wt'r.....................Corsair1000HX MyHeat
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08-12-06, 03:20 PM	#4
dicecca112 Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: MA, USA	amazing movie, did you watch the making of after? That was a good watch too. Revolutions wasn't as bad Reloaded IMO
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08-12-06, 03:56 PM	#6
fordsierra4x4 Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Axbridge, Somerset	Yeah i quite liked it too, and not just because Natalie Portman did the whole schoolgirl outfit thing It was kind of eerie though, cause I can actually see the events depicted as being worryingly realistic enough to actually happen...
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08-12-06, 04:01 PM	#7
FudgeNuggets Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Gone Racing	I loved the film, it was great. I also love how they never really told you who V was.
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08-12-06, 06:24 PM	#8
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Thelemac Administratively Deficient Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Canton, MI	This movie is awesome. I think Hugo Weaving really made this movie, even more than Natalie Portman. He just sells V so incredibly well. The only two spots in the movie that I didn't care for were the effects with the falling rain and the final fight. Definately could have done without the slomo stuff. Other than those five or so minutes in the movie, it was superbly done. __________________ 42 \| Sig Assassin click
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08-12-06, 09:17 PM	#11
dicecca112 Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: MA, USA	well I blame you guys for all my spending first with computers now with this. I had been toying around the idea of reading the actual graphic novel, and well, I just bought it on Amazon. 16 some odd dollars. Be here the end of the week.
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08-13-06, 12:52 AM	#12
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08-13-06, 10:31 AM	#14
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