V for Vendetta [HD DVD]
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Movie Reviews of V for Vendetta [HD DVD]
Movie Review: Could have cared less about the graphic novel until this...
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm sure this is some type of blasphemy but I have never heard nor do I care about the Graphic novel that this movie was based on...
This has a Gatica, Fahrenheit 451, Aeon Flux, Ultraviolet, Appleseed (original not the new one though it is good too) kind of feel to it.
This sort of distopian society built on the fictional beliefe that "everything is fine" is truly disturbing... but it isn't much different than America's economy, Social Security, or 401K plans that hold the promise of easy prosperity but have little else to offer... much like the distopian society of this film.
So...
I carry this moving in my iPhone and have watched it many times during my travel time.
I picked it up on iTunes for my phone, have it Tivo'd, and own the DVD... pretty extreme for sure. But you never know when you want to be reminded of the power of words...
THIS MOVIE IS Friggin' awesome... "Agent Smith" (Hugo Weaving) from the matrix did another amazing acting job on this...
More so than the matrix this film was moving and his acting was powerful and believable.
This is a superb film and is a MUST own for any collector or enthusiast...
Satisfying to the end... and climactic events in the movie are brilliantly foreshadowed, leaving you with a sense of cleverness when you watch the movie a second time!
Seeing it will add a fond memory you will be happy to go to your grave with.
(I don't plan on going to my grave very soon so I'll be happy to carry the memory of this movie for years to come.)
Enjoy it ... story telling like this is one of the finer juices of life.
If that doesn't sell you on this... Perhaps this will...
Natalie Portman is bewilderingly smokin' hot in this film even with her head shaved wearing little more than a hospital gown she is absolutely stunning...
In the beginning of the film she is very lovely... but carries her self in a manner that demonstrates a weak personality...
But she undergoes a transformation that is both meaningful, demonstrates a different person completely and of course is CrAzY SeXy even with a shaved head...
I hope you enjoy the movie, I did. And my wife did too.
Movie Review: Great movie. Better quality
Summary: 5 Stars
V for Vendetta was a great movie to watch in theaters. V for Vendetta was a great movie to watch on DVD. But the crystal clarity brought forth by Blu-ray is amazing. I watch my blu-ray movies on a 1080p 24 inch monitor, and while that might lead to the movie not being as cinematic, big, or beautiful as a 42 inch HDTV, the clarity of, especially this movie, on blu-ray is fantastic. I've started buying all of my favorites on blu-ray, and this is a great place to start.Movie Review: Awesome movie, Awesome format, only place I could find it...
Summary: 5 Stars
great movie, high quality video and audio what's not to like, except for the whole HD-DVD thing not working out. Product runs great on my Xbox 360 HD-DVD playerMovie Review: A FANTATIC PIECE OF ART!
Summary: 5 Stars
A must-buy for those Matrix fans as the idea of the two movies revolve around anti-government and anti fear & emotion slavery, as in the Matrix man is a slave for what he thinks he feels and see, and in V4V people are controlled by fear, religion and media. What makes this movie the 2nd best movie I've ever seen is the fact that it was very very very well done in a very very very smart story that thins adrenaline in everyone that believes what we live now is a hoax made by governments to deceive people and have the ruled the way the government wants.
A MUST BUY (not only watch). You'll be watching it over and over and over again!
Hope people would learn from such movie how to get their freedom, not necessarily by violent but by being free from fears and able to take decisions by themselves and reason, not by fear and illusions.
Movie Review: One of the greatest movies I have ever seen
Summary: 5 Stars
Having not read the graphic novel on which this movie is based, I cannot (and would not) debate the faithfulness of the adaptation or its relative worth. I also cannot divine what the Wachowski brothers' intent or motivations might have been, especially regarding the current political climate. I can only relate what I witnessed and experienced from the film alone as an isolated piece of art, and it was good... profoundly so.
The film does not dabble with subtleties or nuances. The regime in charge of Britain is clearly oppressive. However they came to power and whatever their motivations (and the film ultimately reveals the back story), it is clear that they rejoice in their complete authority and enthusiastically abuse it. The field agents or Fingermen violate the citizenry; the televised face of the nation self-righteously revels in the judgment heaped upon other nations spewing smug vitriol; the religious leaders fulfill their carnal desires; the communications ministry controls all programming twisting the news to its own ends while eavesdropping on the general population; the Chancellor clearly rules through fear and with an iron fist. Dissidents are quickly and quietly disposed of through violent means. Free thought does not exist. This is an archetypal oppressive evil regime.
V is the faceless archetypal hero. Happily he remains faceless for the duration of the movie. His mask is all we see. The lifeless mask allows for his thoughts and ideas to be the focus rather than his individuality. His appeal is not so much for how he handles a fight and a blade, though impressive; his true weapon is speech. Eloquent and literate, he expresses ideas that cut straight to the heart (the people should not fear their government, but the government should fear its people). Suspend belief for a period and watch as he shakes a sleeping nation. He chastises the citizens as the true culprits that have allowed the current state of affairs. Then he provides a means and inspiration to do something about it. We see the cowardly and zombie-like nation slowly awaken and climactically throw off its oppressor.
This is not a "how-to" tool for overthrowing a dictatorship. Nor is it in my opinion a scathing indictment of any administration or specific political landscape in the first decade of the 21st century (though it will make you think about some things). Its power is in the universality of the tale. It resonates because it does not have to be political at all. It is about people and oppression and anyone finally standing up to throw off tyranny in any of its forms by whatever means. Certainly violence works well for a movie and to dramatically represent the point. But do not lock the greater meaning and power of the message into its form. Speaking of its universality, I was very much reminded of the musical Les Miserables (precursor to the French Revolution).
The cinematography is phenomenal with its stark colorization; it is a visually stunning film. The action is entertaining. A more rousing tune than the 1812 Overture cannot be found. The film slows slightly while providing some back story, but it is necessary to fully inform the narrative. From start to finish, it is just a remarkable achievement.