Saw it last night. It was amazing. One of the best movies ever.

Australians rule. Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith from the matrix) is uber.


Especially that V based diatribe at the start.

And they did kind of do it Kas, at right at the end when the cop asks Evy who V was, and she says 'my mother, my father, my brother, me, you etc'

Yeah they pretty much covered that, Kas. And it was still good the second time I saw it!

Well, finally saw it, (last night).

Not bad.

The politics side of it , didn't bother me too much seeing as that was what it was all about really.

Thought old Hugo done a grand job.

Thought John Hurt was a little wasted in it though, great actor but didn't do much except shout at everyone.

(that said, he did it well, heh!).

(although I'm sure someone will post in ths thread arguing it already has happened )

Actually in some ways yes, we seem to be heading towards a nanny-like state atm, which is both worrying and annoying.

The movie is not a million miles away.

Some will decry this movie for being too cerebral... for lacking a constant supply of violence and action. Don't get me wrong, there is plenty of violence, but for many casual moviegoers the pace will be too slow.

Yeah one of my mates thought that, and I could see where he was coming from, but in some ways it made a nice change not to just have violence for the sake of it.

I dunno, I kind of felt like the whole message the film was making was kind of naive sometimes, but on the whole I did enjoy it.

Do they still celebrate the 5th of November over there, Seth?

Of course!

Bonfire night! every year!... remember , remember, the 5th of November!

Because not everyone can do it on the sameday the fireworks tend to go on for about two weeks, but yeah the official date is still the same, heh.

...and yes, Mr Fawkes is still burned on top of the bonfire. (known as 'The Guy' )


Personally I love it. I have great childhood memories of the whole thing. Plus there is something wonderfully subversive about celebrating a man who almost blew up Parliment.

I'm sure there are many even now, who wish he had succeeded, heh!

(say what you like about us English but we do have a good sense of irony).

;)

Personally I like the fact that you sound funny.

As far as I know Marth, you have never heard me speak.

:P

I meant British people in general.

I quite enjoyed the film. Like any hollywood-type film, I had my qualms.

The End(film) versus The End(graphic)...

Both suited their mediums.

DC/Vertigo likes to franchise; set up for a run of comics and other fan media.

In both, however; I adored the image of the unnamed hero, the everlasting and evolving idea/ideal. Lacking a confirmed identity of its own each reader and/or viewer forms their own fairly unqiue opinions. In the end, mind you, I was drawn to the idea that V is every man woman and child it affects and so on.

Other then that, just a bang up film that, in my humble opinion, could have been a far more potent film then it was. Amen.