about V for Vendetta (and I am sure there will be a lot to say about) it sure looks good. As in it looks visually stunning. At first I thought sure, it is the Wachowski Brothers, horrible writers with a great eye for the visual. But V for Vendetta has a different Director (it must have the same Cinematogropher as The Matrix). Casting aside the abysmal sequels, if you are a fan of the original Matrix and you haven't checked out the trailers, man, you really should.
Update: Seems like Stephen Taylor hit the nail on the head in the comments.
...In "V," Big Brother has taken over Britain. The fascist leader of the country (played by John Hurt) is a Hitlerian tyrant who spews invective on giant monitors placed everywhere. Free speech, homosexuality and artistic expression have been outlawed; citizens must abide by a curfew; and the streets are controlled by secret police. The government has conducted gruesome medical experiments on innocent citizens, with tragic and horrific results.In short, the London in "V for Vendetta" looks like the world if Germany had won World War II.
Comments (9)
The story appears to be about the fight against the state (the fascist state in this case)… but still… fighting against statism.
Looks good from a libertarian perspective.
Posted by Stephen Taylor | March 13, 2006 2:06 PM
Posted on March 13, 2006 14:06
I’m seeing it on Friday.
Posted by Jason Kauppinen | March 13, 2006 2:46 PM
Posted on March 13, 2006 14:46
Dude, it’s seriously going to rock. Mark my words.
Posted by The Hack | March 13, 2006 11:21 PM
Posted on March 13, 2006 23:21
Sure is a stupid title.
Posted by Pete | March 14, 2006 7:55 AM
Posted on March 14, 2006 07:55
The director of V for Vendetta is actually the second-unit director for all of the Matrix films, which — in case you’re not sure what that job entails — is basically the equivalant of being the second visual craftsman next to the director (or in the case of the Matrix, the third director after the Wachowski bros). So, that would explain why it looks very Matrix-like.
It certainly looks interesting… though I am waiting for the reviews before I plunk $12 down to see it.
Posted by Surecure | March 14, 2006 10:33 AM
Posted on March 14, 2006 10:33
It will contain the usual existential, post-christian claptrap that sounds like freedom but is really just another form of the self-loathing death cult many in the West have embraced. If the script follows the Wiki description, I have no interest; we’ve seen this before. We will again.
Posted by TJ | March 14, 2006 1:01 PM
Posted on March 14, 2006 13:01
Hurt played Winston Smith in the remake of 1984-role reversal to be the baddie here. This was film was comprehensively trashed by the last critic I saw on the Beeb.
Posted by Frank | March 14, 2006 1:22 PM
Posted on March 14, 2006 13:22
Ebert & Roper gave it a marginal thumbs up, with Ebert noting that he had a hard time understanding what motivated the masked protagonist. “I’ll bet you did,” I laughed.
I think this one is going to tempt me to make an exception to my general rule of not giving money to Hillarywood. So far, only Wedding Crashers met that test.
Posted by Joan Tintor | March 14, 2006 5:20 PM
Posted on March 14, 2006 17:20
I would be more enthusiastic if I didn’t know that the writer modeled the “totalitarian” regime after Thatcher’s England. I’d also be more enthused if I didn’t know that it’s full of not-so-subtle Bush bashing.
These hollywood idiots can even take Orwell and turn it into “newspeak” without even seeing the irony.
I will withold my judgment until I’ve seen it. I expect little.
Posted by Warwick | March 16, 2006 3:59 PM
Posted on March 16, 2006 15:59