Movies about taking down fascist governments always seem to make me hopeful. Despite the fact that I doubt I’d ever see a revolution in my lifetime, it’s still nice to see it happen on the screen.
I read the V for Vendetta comic book a few months back to prepare myself for the movie, to which I had the same reaction as I did to Alan Moore’s more well-known work, Watchmen, which was one of, “eh.” His stories tend to be more involved than one would expect from works in the “comic book” medium; always being less about right or wrong, and instead, especially in Vendetta, staying morally ambiguous and allowing the reader to decide for themselves. It’s that last part that led me to initially conclude that I didn’t like his stuff, but after a while I started to “get it” and appreciate his stuff a lot more.
And so of course I was worried when Alan Moore disassociated himself from the movie. That’s never a good sign. The movie cut out a lot from the book and changed a lot of events around in the timeline, but overall I felt the message and themes still stayed intact. While the book focused more on anarchy, I didn’t recall ever hearing that word uttered in the movie. It still made for a good movie, and maybe some people will enjoy it for the social commentary and not go see it just cause it’s “from the creators of the Matrix!”
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i heard ‘anarchy’ once hehe it was like screamed by…i really forget who, but i remember hearing it! i think.
anyway, i never read the comic, but i was really amazed by this film. enjoyed it a great deal. loved the plot, especially. i sat in awe and found myself mentally nodding my head at many parts “that is so true!” or what not. it’s strange…it was set in Britain and yet..I could totally see the american government just….bleeding through. ah, crap. are they going to come for me now?
but neway..lol how are you, eric?! it’s been so long…wow. whatcha been up to? i guess you really can’t reply back to me on here…but tis ok lol i’ll ask anyway.
peace!
crystal
Someone at a party tonight actually approached me and had some questions about the movie and certain details that he missed. I did get the feeling that certain parts of the movie didn’t come across if you hadn’t read the book, since so much was crammed into such a short amount of time.
The movie itself seems to be getting a good vibe from people though, so that’s definitely a good thing. And a lot of things were fairly obviously pointed towards American and 9/11. Again, probably a good thing.
I’m kind of hoping that interest in this movie will point more people towards reading the graphic novel, although be warned that it’s a lot longer than you’re thinking, and can be confusing at times.