V for Vendetta *spoilers*

Malt Refund · #1 07-08-2005, 07:04 AM

Alan Moore has a terrible comic to film history, he's written some of the greatest comics ever that have unfortunately spawned some of the cheesiest films, such greats as "From Hell" and "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" have come from Moore's diverse roster.

"V" is being made by the Wachowski Bros so I'm not really holding my breath that it'll be any different, but it will be controversial.. as it is a pro-terrorism story set in a totalitarian London. o__O

Oh and this is also aka "that movie Natalie Portman shaved her head for".

http://vforvendetta.warnerbros.com/

gambit · #2 07-08-2005, 10:18 AM

Yeah, V is a great graphic novel, and I'm hoping the Wachowski Bros. do it justice. But apparently Moore wants nothing to do with it over some comment one of its producers made about it, so I don't know what to think now.

grady · #3 07-08-2005, 02:39 PM

Another crappy comic book adaptation from wonderful source material? I don't know if it's necessarily a good thing that Mr and Ms. Wachowski are involved. They're shooting the second unit on the film and their prescence will liking be felt on the set.

adam · #4 07-08-2005, 02:51 PM

God I loved Sin City.

stimpee · #5 07-08-2005, 02:54 PM

blimey. V for Vendetta. this is OLD. but gold. alan moore is great. they should make a DR & Quinch movie.

gambit · #6 07-08-2005, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by adam

God I loved Sin City.

Sin City and Batman Begins are definitely the best comic book adaptations. I'm hoping V is at least watchable.

b.miller · #7 07-08-2005, 03:39 PM

sort of related, has anyone heard anything further on another set of League of Extraordinary Gentleman comics coming out? i'm not connected to the comics world at all anymore but I heard they were working on a volume 3?

Kennrr · #8 03-20-2006, 10:13 AM

i never read the book, but i don't know why evy should become V? I mean V spent all this time planning and doing things to make a change in society and the govt, he did that in the end. He had moved the people, so the point of having evy being V isn't really necessary. I thought the whole point of V is that him as an ideal or whatever become everyone, not just one particular character? the mask was just a mask

I really liked Natalie Portman's performance, in star wars i'm just left dumbstrucked by her wooden acting, but i dig this even w/ the fake british accent.

myrrh · #9 03-20-2006, 10:39 AM

I thought she was going to become V because V put her through all the same stuff he went through. Then when she was on the roof with her arms in the air, the flashed between him come out of the fire and screaming just like she was.

I dunno, I just felt like the whole thing was setting her up to become V.

gambit · #10 03-20-2006, 11:22 AM

First off, my apologies if I've spoiled some parts about the movie to anyone. Didn't really cross my mind when I made my posts.

Next, yeah Evey was turned into the V in the book because that's how V was training her. The movie strayed away from the book when V started sending out masks and costumes to everyone, and personally, I found that premise to be rather unlikely. Sure, he may've changed some minds in London, but I'm sure most people would still be scared to move on their own, and to have that many people stream through the streets of London at the same time seems unlikely to me. Now when I look back through the book, the movie took many liberties with the plot. For instance, there was never a sense of a revolt in the book, so a changing of the guard, so to speak, makes perfect sense. Also it helps show that the idea lives on past the body, which was something V in the movie said ("Ideas are bulletproof"). V was the person in the mask, wig, and cape, not the person.