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Post by ania on Sept 18, 2006 20:14:57 GMT -5
A marvolous movie, don't you think?
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Post by Beren Erchamion on Sept 19, 2006 21:38:18 GMT -5
Haven't seen it, but I've heard the world of it. I thought it looked like an uninspired rehashing of a totally dead theme. Basically the Matrix all over again, or Equilibrium.
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[Aeria-Gloris]
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Post by [Aeria-Gloris] on Sept 21, 2006 9:26:50 GMT -5
Alright, brace yourselves!
I've got to reference a couple of previous posts I've made on related subjects:
Books & Magazines--->What are you Reading (p.3) & The Green Dragon (p.4)--->Guy Fawkes Night
Since V for Vendetta stirs up the best sentiments of justifiable rebellion it will, in my opinion, stand the test when compared to the likes of the Matrix and Equilibrium. All three films are similar in theme and context but it's a moral that MUST be reiterated.
It’s the point that the establishment doesn't always get it right and that those who fight back CAN be called freedom fighters and are not always feceless terrorists. There are depths that must be considered to both sides and the world is far from black and white.
It just so happens that a dystopian not-too-distant future lends itself perfectly to the medium. It has always seemed strange to me that real historical examples never do nearly as well in story-telling. I think that the problem is simply that real revolution, rebellions and under-dog stories don’t end as happy and clean-cut. The good guys sometimes have to do very bad things in real life, and its often easier that atrocities committed by both sides happen to imaginary people in made-up worlds.
V for Vendetta (the graphic novel more than the film I admit) gets closer to the real world. It was conceived at a time when a right-wing British government was committing increasingly vulgar things to its working class. The shocker of the time was that Britain was supposed to be the good guys. We'd opened up the world industry and defeated fascists in Europe and south Africa, but now we had leaders willing to fire on retreating war ships in international waters during the Falklands war.
What I love about this story is that (aside from the super hero) it could very well have happened.
JFW
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Post by Beren Erchamion on Oct 17, 2006 18:47:52 GMT -5
Well, my friend gave me his copy so I suppose I'll watch it tonight. And if I didn't say so before, Aeria Gloris is a great theme. I wondered what the GitS song was called. And... and are not always feceless terrorists Are they constipated? ![:)](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/Hannah22/Fourm/smiley.gif) o.O Sorry, couldn't resist that one.
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