Movie Review Thread

[Beirut]

V for Vendetta

9/11 + 1984 + Shakespeare = Great movie!

[Puzz3D]

V for Vendetta

9/11 + 1984 + Shakespeare = Great movie!

I think it's a good movie, but if the producers had stuck to the novel's theme that it is justifiable to fight for one's liberty it would have been a great movie. Instead, they were afraid to send that message and created an extremely corrupt government as the justification for V's actions.

[Strike For The South]

Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. The funniest film of all time

[Zalmoxis]

Haven't seen that, but heard it made $47 million in it's opening weekend, so it's probably good.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

or it could be alot of people who saw it and afterward said it sucked. but seriously Ricky Bobby looks very funny.

[Cowhead418]

10 more days until Snakes On A Plane comes out! It could be the best or worst movie of all time with how much hype it has received. Regardless of how good (or bad) it is going to be, it's hilarious seeing everyone get so worked up over this film.

"There's mother****** snakes on this mother****** plane!"

[The Spartan (Returns)]

it sounds really cool, but the teasers are stupid (the one where you get a call from Samuel Jackson)

[Moros]

I think it's a good movie, but if the producers had stuck to the novel's theme that it is justifiable to fight for one's liberty it would have been a great movie. Instead, they were afraid to send that message and created an extremely corrupt government as the justification for V's actions.

Yeah I like the movie a lot too.

Tough Pyyz3D I think the comics were better ofcourse.They always are but the reason they depicted the government differently is not so surprising but understandable. The times the comics were being made were completely different times. It was the time of Tatcher and the vision of the future was different then now. We have completely different fears the we have then. Everything changes, even our fears and 9/11 only made the change go faster.

[Puzz3D]

We have completely different fears the we have then. Everything changes, even our fears and 9/11 only made the change go faster.

The theme of liberty is even more relevent post 9/11. The film would have you believe that democracy is the answer. We are witnessing now how fear can be used to erode liberty even in a democracy.

[Moros]

Liberty yes. But you can't say you're fearing a government like that from the commics now? Are you?

[Puzz3D]

Liberty yes. But you can't say you're fearing a government like that from the commics now? Are you?

It's possible to put a fascist government into power by democratic means. The idea of giving up liberty for your protection appears attractive when fear is capitalized upon.

Moore remarked that his comic had been "turned into a Bush-era parable by people too timid to set a political satire in their own country". I watched the interviews with the filmakers on the DVD. Of course, they all said their changes to the story were improvements, and they never once mentioned Alan Moore who has removed his name from the film and severed ties with DC Comics. I've tried to watch the movie on DVD several times, but I loose interest at the start of the final act because I know that silly ending with the masks is coming. The end should have looked like the massacre on the steps at Odessa in the movie Potemkin (1925).


The Descent (2005) is a well done adventure/horror released last year in Britian, but delayed until now in the USA so that The Cave could have it's theatrical run. The USA distributor, Lion's Gate, also prevailed in its attempt to alter the ending to cater to USA audience sensibilities by cutting off that last minute of the film which leaves the viewer with a completely different impression. I feel the original ending is much better.

[Moros]

It's possible to put a fascist government into power by democratic means. The idea of giving up liberty for your protection appears attractive when fear is capitalized upon.

Indeed it is possible. History has proven that.

Moore remarked that his comic had been "turned into a Bush-era parable by people too timid to set a political satire in their own country". I watched the interviews with the filmakers on the DVD. Of course, they all said their changes to the story were improvements, and they never once mentioned Alan Moore who has removed his name from the film and severed ties with DC Comics. I've tried to watch the movie on DVD several times, but I loose interest at the start of the final act because I know that silly ending with the masks is coming. The end should have looked like the massacre on the steps at Odessa in the movie Potemkin (1925).

The ending with the mask I quite a descendo, yes. But I still think that it is a decent movie. Yes they changed it and made it less (hmm what's the word...) shocking (well not the right word but I can't find any better. me non native) but they did send out a message. Perhaps not as bold as moore was but at least it did send some message.

by the way wasn't it that Moore asked to be removed but that he still was on the titles or something?

[Fragony]

The end should have looked like the massacre on the steps at Odessa in the movie Potemkin (1925).

I recently watched this movie like it should be watched, with a full orchestra in the Amsterdam concerthall. Very impressive, and louuuuuuuuuuuuuuuud.