flats (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} flatspunk) wrote,@ 2006-03-28 22:58:00 |
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v is for valor , s is for sheep
I just got back from seeing V for Vendetta. In one word: beautiful. I walked out of the movie almost speechless. It was quite an emotional ride presenting scenes of love, beauty, anger, fear, revenge, compassion, and many more. There was a build up of intensity through the entire movie, even though the ending was obvious -- the ride was well worth it.
The politics in the movie are apparent, but not as thick as the anti-authority/control/power/corruption themes. The "violence is sometimes necessary" theme is always an interesting one (viewed from both sides). Of course I *love* vigilante movies (death wish, count of monte cristo, boondock saints, darkman) -- always a treat. The violence was cool. And the wonderful dialog and wit was highly entertaining. I could rant on about what I loved, what could have been different, the themes...blahblahblah, it rocked. It's already in the imdb top 250, which is cool...I hope it stays up there.
I was very sad to see this post (the one by author Chance): http://p078.ezboard.com/f550underground
This guy felt as though V was an anti-Republican film -- I think that's very telling of one's politics. When the film depicts obviously corrupt authoritarians in power, suppressing the freedom of the government's subjects -- and his thought is "this is Hollywood leftist anti-Republican garbage" I have to fucking laugh at how pathetic and sad this person is. What would this guy think if he saw Julius Ceasar turned into a movie???? If your politics are narrow-minded enough to not question authority (especially) when you know it's corrupt, I generally feel sorry for you.
Thatleads back to last night's post, and I'll close on this: if you do something you feel is wrong and continue to do so out of obedience -- you have no dignity and need a punch in the groin.
I just got back from seeing V for Vendetta. In one word: beautiful. I walked out of the movie almost speechless. It was quite an emotional ride presenting scenes of love, beauty, anger, fear, revenge, compassion, and many more. There was a build up of intensity through the entire movie, even though the ending was obvious -- the ride was well worth it.
The politics in the movie are apparent, but not as thick as the anti-authority/control/power/corruption themes. The "violence is sometimes necessary" theme is always an interesting one (viewed from both sides). Of course I *love* vigilante movies (death wish, count of monte cristo, boondock saints, darkman) -- always a treat. The violence was cool. And the wonderful dialog and wit was highly entertaining. I could rant on about what I loved, what could have been different, the themes...blahblahblah, it rocked. It's already in the imdb top 250, which is cool...I hope it stays up there.
I was very sad to see this post (the one by author Chance): http://p078.ezboard.com/f550underground
This guy felt as though V was an anti-Republican film -- I think that's very telling of one's politics. When the film depicts obviously corrupt authoritarians in power, suppressing the freedom of the government's subjects -- and his thought is "this is Hollywood leftist anti-Republican garbage" I have to fucking laugh at how pathetic and sad this person is. What would this guy think if he saw Julius Ceasar turned into a movie???? If your politics are narrow-minded enough to not question authority (especially) when you know it's corrupt, I generally feel sorry for you.
Thatleads back to last night's post, and I'll close on this: if you do something you feel is wrong and continue to do so out of obedience -- you have no dignity and need a punch in the groin.
