V For Vendetta

[Pubrick]

i'm seeing this tonite, but if this was a straight adaptation with a little more emphasis on action why didnt you like it?  what did the comic do a million times better?

... you might as well throw Watchmen in the fire right now.

[grand theft sparrow]

I finally saw it and boy was I let down.  There was little more than a straight adaptation, minus a few key scenes and plus more focus on the action.

I didn't imagine V to sound like Hugo Weaving, either.  It worked, but I still imagined a more secretive voice, one sort of distorted through a vocalizer.

I'm still a huge fan of the comic, the movie did little for me that the comic book didn't do a million times better.

Was this more or less of a letdown than From Hell?

[Ghostboy]

From Hell doesn't even count as an adaptation, compared to this.

I'll be seeing it again on Sunday, to see if it lives up to that crazy morning in Decemeber...

[Reinhold]

i expected it to be a little more intriguing visually, and some of the nuances they cut from the comic in order to make room for more action seemed like unnecessary losses. [i didn't read the whole thing, but i have read sections of the graphic novel(s) at work] in the movie, i thought that natalie portman's character's motivation for helping V was ambiguous... she's not as neutral in the comic, and i don't think that changing her personality for the screen really serves any purpose.

i think that a lot of people are tempted to compare this to sin city, in which case, V will come up short. even on its own, this flick didn't do much for me.

as for the message of the movie, i think that there's really a lot of work to be done on the audience's part to figure out what, exactly, the message is and whether it's really helpful to society.

i'm sure i'll have more to say later.

[Neil]

I will say, i've read a few vertigo titles (100 bullets, Sin City, Y The last man, and others) i never got the chance to pick up this one, from what i've read they stayed pretty true to the graphic novels?  was, this an overall let down to a V fan?

Personally i enjoyed it, i really like a film that when you get finished watching it you say, "man, i can't believe that was 2/3 hours long"
where as they didn't succeed in doing this to the fullest extent, i was overall interested for the majority of the time.

Visually, i didn't think there was anything that revolutionary, and as for this

i think that a lot of people are tempted to compare this to sin city, in which case, V will come up short. even on its own, this flick didn't do much for me.

I aagree with that, but i really didn't put much into comparing the two, i knew they were both on the vertigo line, however, i just kind of tried to look objectively at it.

I'm trying to think of more to say, so i'll get back on that.

[sheshothim]

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Here was my favorite part. Everyone will probably ridicule me for it, but I haven't read this, I don't know if the action overpowered the story:

The last big fight scene, where, of course, V is killed. I thought it was where the Wachowski's shone. I just really liked the knife fighting. I get into stuff like that. Fight scenes are my favorite.

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[The Red Vine]

Here was my favorite part. Everyone will probably ridicule me for it, but I haven't read this, I don't know if the action overpowered the story:

The last big fight scene, where, of course, V is killed. I thought it was where the Wachowski's shone. I just really liked the knife fighting. I get into stuff like that. Fight scenes are my favorite.

remember to put SPOILERS before typing something like that.

[sheshothim]

Oh, my bad!

[Neil]

 

[last days of gerry the elephant]

Here was my favorite part. Everyone will probably ridicule me for it, but I haven't read this, I don't know if the action overpowered the story:

The last big fight scene, where, of course, V is killed. I thought it was where the Wachowski's shone. I just really liked the knife fighting. I get into stuff like that. Fight scenes are my favorite.

remember to put SPOILERS before typing something like that.

ahaha.. for sure. you got me, you should probably modify that.

I'm planning to see this tomorrow and so far it seems like not a good out look.
I wasn't excited over the trailer to be honest. But I figured the fight scenes could be enjoyable. We'll see.

[Reinhold]

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i hear that the last one where V gets killed is pretty good.

[sheshothim]

How do you like THAT!? ^^^

[Neil]

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i hear that the last one where V GETS KILLED is pretty good.

Oh, you have no idea.

[sheshothim]

You shutup Neil! I know where you live!

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

I will say, i've read a few vertigo titles (...Sin City...)

I believe Sin City was Dark Horse (not that it matters much).


The more I thought about this movie the less I feel for it.  I think that, as a film, V for Vendetta is to anarchy what Crash is to racism.