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DiscountDelight - V for Vendetta (Widescreen Edition)
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List Price: $28.98
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Rupert Graves, Roger Allam, Ben Miles, Sinéad Cusack, Natasha Wightman, John Standing, Eddie Marsan, Clive Ashborn, Emma Field-Rayner, Ian Burfield, Mark Phoenix, Alister Mazzotti, Billie Cook, Guy Henry
Directed By: James McTeigue
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0012569736603
Format: AC-3
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 2006-08-01
Running Time: 133
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2006-03-17
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Summary: Absolutely the most powerful movie I've ever seen!!!
Comment: My favorite movie ever! Absolutely the most powerful movie I've ever seen!!!
Saw it 4 days ago and still can't get over!!! How can one write the story like this!!! The most brilliant story and cast and filming...!!! The characters are so well played! It's unforgivable!
I'm not normally watching the film a second time. But with V for vendetta I just can't wait to see it again! Will have to get a book and also a DVD to add to my very-very strict DVD collection.
Don't expect just to relax and watch the movie. It's very tense and it's getting tenser to the end of the movie. You will be completely overwhelmed by the time you finished watching it.
A try peace of art! The top of my list! Highly recommended!!!
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Summary: V for Very
Comment: This movie is a futuristic political thriller set within a morality action play. It is rich in dialog, ideas and genre. Based on a graphic novel, its hero is a political terrorist who was a past victim of state terrorism. V exacts revenge against his individual state torturers, but he aspires to more. He wants to inspire society, from the bottom up. This movie envisions the state of society in a post 9-11 world where citizens give up too much freedom to be safe and no longer recognize the difference between a leader and a tyrant. It darkly affirms the difference an individual can make in extreme circumstances, resting responsibility on each of us to take up our duty. The rhyme to November 5th references a real event - the Gunpowder plot (1606), a failed act of regicide against James I and his family. V mocks the modern day celebration of Bonfire or Fireworks Night in commemoration of monarchical survival. Three particular tickles: The parody of British political satire smack in the middle of the film, the predicted demise of American society and the love story. Delightful.
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Summary: I liked the mask.....
Comment: Two stars for the mask only. Maybe the screenplay writers(they did the Matrix?) will wear it to conceal their identities because of this absolutely silly attempt at rousing the "masses" to overthrow the government and hobble the military. I sat thru this comic book joke of a movie,the premise of govt. testing,the USA declared a leper colony,false imprisonment and torture (for nothing except V's vanity)of the only good actress in the movie,and gagged on"Strength Thru Unity,Unity Thru Faith". My goodness,let's don our masks,hats and capes and meet in Trafalgar Square. Graphic Novel,Comic Book-it's all the same-comic,funny,hilarious,not to be taken seriously. Great Halloween outfit...
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Summary: Wow!!!
Comment: Whether you want to relate this to political propaganda or not, this movie is powerful. It leaves a lasting impression that resonates with the viewer long after the movie ends.
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Summary: Terrorism by any other name
Comment: It is a thin line between justified terrorism and unjustified. V walks that line pretty well I think. I see him more like the French underground fighting the Nazi's than a deranged madman bent on self-fulfilling revenge. The script is fairly tight and requires our focused attention. Character development is good and allows us to see a variety of peoples lives and the impact the current government is having on them. As the truth to past cover ups become known and the depth of the corruption is fully recognized, we like the people are ready to revolt against this dictatorship. Overall I was very pleased with the movie. If I have any criticism at all, it is that I don't think it has as much replayability the way it was presented. I can therefore understand the writer not wanting their name associated with the movie to some extent. It is still well worth seeing at least once. Chances are though once you see it you won't forget it.
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"Remember, remember the fifth of November," for on this day, in 2020, the minds of the masses shall be set free. So says code-name V (Hugo Weaving), a man on a mission to shake society out of its blank complacent stares in the film V for Vendetta. His tactics, however, are a bit revolutionary, to say the least. The world in which V lives is very similar to Orwell's totalitarian dystopia in 1984: after years of various wars, England is now under "big brother" Chancellor Adam Sutler (played by John Hurt, who played Winston Smith in the movie 1984), whose party uses force and fear to run the nation. After they gained power, minorities and political dissenters were rounded up and removed; artistic and unacceptable religious works were confiscated. Cameras and microphones are littered throughout the land, and the people are perpetually sedated through the governmentally controlled media. Taking inspiration from Guy Fawkes, the 17th century co-conspirator of a failed attempt to blow up Parliament on November 5, 1605, V dons a Fawkes mask and costume and sets off to wake the masses by destroying the symbols of their oppressors, literally and figuratively. At the beginning of his vendetta, V rescues Evey (Natalie Portman) from a group of police officers and has her live with him in his underworld lair. It is through their relationship where we learn how V became V, the extremities of the party's corruption, the problems of an oppressive government, V's revenge plot, and his philosophy on how to induce change. Based on the popular graphic novel by Alan Moore, V for Vendetta's screenplay was written by the Wachowski brothers (of The Matrix fame) and directed by their protégé, James McTeigue. Controversy and criticism followed the film since its inception, from the hyper-stylized use of anarchistic terrorism to overthrow a corrupt government and the blatant jabs at the current U.S. political arena, to graphic novel fans complaining about the reconstruction of Alan Moore's original vision (Moore himself has dismissed the film). Many are valid critiques and opinions, but there's no hiding the message the film is trying to express: Radical and drastic events often need to occur in order to shake people out of their state of indifference in order to bring about real change. Unfortunately, the movie only offers a means with no ends, and those looking for answers may find the film stylish, but a bit empty. --Rob Bracco Beyond Vendetta 
The graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd | 
More by Alan Moore | 
From Graphic Novel to Big Screen | 
More by Natalie Portman | 
More by Hugo Weaving | 
More by the Wachowski Brothers |
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