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verushka70I pimped V for Vendetta to someone today after they questioned me about it in relation to a comment I made on whether or not to view a different flick (CKR's U&A). After I re-read it, in a very pat-myself-on-the-back kind of way, I thought it was a pretty good description of V without giving essential plot points away. So, like, yay me.
Except for a part I must include here--
". . .I've got to say that a Shakespeare-spouting masked and caped protector/avenger (played by Hugo Weaving), who knows his way around British literary history and pop culture and who wields a spatula as well as a knife or sword is a kind of surprisingly hot anti-hero."
--my favorite parts of my own V pimp are
'IMO, it's a very thought-provoking, romantic film, operatic in scope (and by that I mean Verdi operas, not Gilbert & Sullivan's light operas). And when I say "romantic" I don't mean that it is a romance (although there is that) -- I mean "romantic" in the sense of the 18th century Romanticism art movement: "a romance of the sublime and terrible."
It's deliciously dialogue-heavy, it has a great ensemble of characters (and actors), and (despite the ensemble) there are some very raw, intimate (not sexual, but intimate), personal moments between the characters. It has a twisted, transformational quality about it. It's got rousing action, it definitely has something to say, it definitely intends to make you think and it's by the Matrix guys, so of course it is visually gorgeous and the action sequences are stunning.'
Just now when I was wondering what Jonathan Rosenbaum's review of V for Vendetta said (and couldn't find it because he didn't review it), I found the capsule review of V from the Chicago Reader which I remembered liking because I felt it was succinct and accurate:
A popcorn movie that preaches mass rebellion against the government--what's not to like? ... The swashbuckling first hour is superior to the second, which bursts at the seams with backstory, but a rousing climax makes this the most potent piece of agitpop in years."
Especially the "swashbuckling" part. Yay, swashbuckling! It's become so popular in recent years! But I was into it as a little girl, too, when watching Errol Flynn in Robin Hood with my grandmother. Swashbuckling never goes out of style!
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Except for a part I must include here--
". . .I've got to say that a Shakespeare-spouting masked and caped protector/avenger (played by Hugo Weaving), who knows his way around British literary history and pop culture and who wields a spatula as well as a knife or sword is a kind of surprisingly hot anti-hero."
--my favorite parts of my own V pimp are
'IMO, it's a very thought-provoking, romantic film, operatic in scope (and by that I mean Verdi operas, not Gilbert & Sullivan's light operas). And when I say "romantic" I don't mean that it is a romance (although there is that) -- I mean "romantic" in the sense of the 18th century Romanticism art movement: "a romance of the sublime and terrible."
It's deliciously dialogue-heavy, it has a great ensemble of characters (and actors), and (despite the ensemble) there are some very raw, intimate (not sexual, but intimate), personal moments between the characters. It has a twisted, transformational quality about it. It's got rousing action, it definitely has something to say, it definitely intends to make you think and it's by the Matrix guys, so of course it is visually gorgeous and the action sequences are stunning.'
Just now when I was wondering what Jonathan Rosenbaum's review of V for Vendetta said (and couldn't find it because he didn't review it), I found the capsule review of V from the Chicago Reader which I remembered liking because I felt it was succinct and accurate:
A popcorn movie that preaches mass rebellion against the government--what's not to like? ... The swashbuckling first hour is superior to the second, which bursts at the seams with backstory, but a rousing climax makes this the most potent piece of agitpop in years."
Especially the "swashbuckling" part. Yay, swashbuckling! It's become so popular in recent years! But I was into it as a little girl, too, when watching Errol Flynn in Robin Hood with my grandmother. Swashbuckling never goes out of style!
\o/