V for Vendetta
Against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, a young working-class woman named Evey is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as "V." Profoundly complex, V is at once literary, flamboyant, tender and intellectual, a man dedicated to freeing his fellow citizens from those who have terrorized them into compliance.
Well this one is going to ruffle some feathers for sure. From the obvious parallels between the world of V and today's political environment to the assumed glorification of acts of "terrorism" to the portrayal of the "voice of the state" as an ultra-conservative, ultra-"patriotic" pundit, V for Vendetta will certainly get negative responses. Make no mistake, this movie has all the political relevancy of Good Night and Good Luck but is so much more entertaining. I was amazed by Natalie Portman's acting in this film. Her character of Evey is so well done and so easy to connect with that you feel everything that she feels within the first 20 minutes. The part of this film that hit home for me is the "voice of the people" who is a government-sponsored "religious" pundit who tells the people what to like and dislike in the name of patriotism. How many people in this country already let people like that think for them? Some will complain that this movie glorifies terrorism, but if you look a bit harder and see the real story that is being told here this movie glorifies freedom. V is shown to be obviously insane but his insanity and his thirst for vengence is not because he is a bad person, but rather that corrupt, evil men in the government made him what he is. Evey says it best when she points out that because of the monstrousity done to him, they created a monster. V is not the hero of this film, the people are. V was nothing more than a wakeup call to a people oppressed by a facist government. It was the people who stood for their freedoms and Evey as the particular example given that were shown as the "good guys".
Like the Matrix, violence is where this movie gets its R-rating. There is an attempted rape shown but nothing graphic. Some nudity in the form of corpses is shown.
My only complaint about this movie from a political standpoint is that it was obvious that they were trying too hard to tie it in to the political climate in this country. I don't understand why the filmmakers trust the public to be able to see what is obviously written between the lines regarding who was the "hero" of this film and not trust them to draw their own conclusions regarding the parallel to today. The entertainment value is flawless, yet in a movie that is so obviously trying to send a message, I have to take the way that message is delivered into account. It seems like everyone has a strong opinion on this movie, however I encourage my readers to disregard that, see the movie for yourself and come to your own conclusions.
4.8 out of 5
Well this one is going to ruffle some feathers for sure. From the obvious parallels between the world of V and today's political environment to the assumed glorification of acts of "terrorism" to the portrayal of the "voice of the state" as an ultra-conservative, ultra-"patriotic" pundit, V for Vendetta will certainly get negative responses. Make no mistake, this movie has all the political relevancy of Good Night and Good Luck but is so much more entertaining. I was amazed by Natalie Portman's acting in this film. Her character of Evey is so well done and so easy to connect with that you feel everything that she feels within the first 20 minutes. The part of this film that hit home for me is the "voice of the people" who is a government-sponsored "religious" pundit who tells the people what to like and dislike in the name of patriotism. How many people in this country already let people like that think for them? Some will complain that this movie glorifies terrorism, but if you look a bit harder and see the real story that is being told here this movie glorifies freedom. V is shown to be obviously insane but his insanity and his thirst for vengence is not because he is a bad person, but rather that corrupt, evil men in the government made him what he is. Evey says it best when she points out that because of the monstrousity done to him, they created a monster. V is not the hero of this film, the people are. V was nothing more than a wakeup call to a people oppressed by a facist government. It was the people who stood for their freedoms and Evey as the particular example given that were shown as the "good guys".
Like the Matrix, violence is where this movie gets its R-rating. There is an attempted rape shown but nothing graphic. Some nudity in the form of corpses is shown.
My only complaint about this movie from a political standpoint is that it was obvious that they were trying too hard to tie it in to the political climate in this country. I don't understand why the filmmakers trust the public to be able to see what is obviously written between the lines regarding who was the "hero" of this film and not trust them to draw their own conclusions regarding the parallel to today. The entertainment value is flawless, yet in a movie that is so obviously trying to send a message, I have to take the way that message is delivered into account. It seems like everyone has a strong opinion on this movie, however I encourage my readers to disregard that, see the movie for yourself and come to your own conclusions.
4.8 out of 5
posted by Andrew at 7:57 PM
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