TangognaT

Agent Of L.I.B.R.A.R.Y.

March 25th, 2006 at 12:32 am

V for Vendetta

I don’t think I’ve ever had a more mixed reaction to a movie. I feel as if I’ve gone to see a wacky exhibit of installation art where someone made a sculpture of lovely diamonds embedded in a giant pile of rhinocerous excrement. Although I might want to appreciate the lovely diamonds, I’m distracted by the horrible overwhelming smell of rhino shit. There were some funny and clever moments that made me laugh, but these moments would be immediately offset by something so off with the adaptation that I’d be laughing at the movie. Hugo Weaving was great, as were most of the British cast.

Ely
9:18 pm on March 25th, 2006 1
But better than “LXG,” and I’ll take that, if nothing else.
Nat
9:08 am on March 27th, 2006 2
Please tell me I’m not the only one who found the last scene strangely familiar - [Spoiler Alert] - When Eve was holding on to a dying V, I couldn’t help but think of Luke holding on to a dying Vader. I was imaging V asking her to take off his mask so he can look at her “with his own eyes”. My wife pinched me (and tried her hardest not to blurt out laughing) when I mumbled, “Luke, tell your sister - you were right.”

Yeah, and remembering Portman playing Luke’s mom just made things more confusing.
tangognat
9:38 am on March 27th, 2006 3
I didn’t make that connection, but I was too busy cringing in my seat to think very clearly.