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starboardlight:
even if we don't use the word "torture", he still took away her rights and freedom, for that time. sure she comes out strong for it, but I'm not sure I can justify it. The government wants to wiretap our phone calls by justifying that it'll make us better and safer, and yet we know that that's not a good thing.

As a film it's a fun film. And if I turn off my contemporary political/social mind, I can totally understand and accept V as a character. It's just that I want it to be more than a film. I think that we're meant to see it as a commentary on what's going on now. With that in mind, V's tactic just doesn't seem so different from what we're suppose to question about our own governments. And maybe that's the the point. We're suppose to question everything and everyone that tells us they know what's good for us, even our own heroes.

rt, this discussion has been helpful to me though, so don't feel like you're bashing your head against the wall. I kept asking myself why I can't get over V's tactics. Why is it I can accept Ennis and Jack as flawed men, but not V? The difference for me is that BBM world is a complex one that is as ambiguous and contradictory as the one we live in, while V's world is an extreme one that is shown to us with black and white, good and evil, distopia and utopia. As such I seem to want V to be more "ideal" than "real".

JennyC:

--- Quote from: starboardlight on May 17, 2006, 02:29:46 pm ---rt, this discussion has been helpful to me though, so don't feel like you're bashing your head against the wall. I kept asking myself why I can't get over V's tactics. Why is it I can accept Ennis and Jack as flawed men, but not V? The difference for me is that BBM world is a complex one that is as ambiguous and contradictory as the one we live in, while V's world is an extreme one that is shown to us with black and white, good and evil, distopia and utopia. As such I seem to want V to be more "ideal" than "real".

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Starboard, well said.

This discussion is very interesting.  I have been lurking here from time to time when there is new post.  I have not seen the film, therefore can not comment on it, but the whole discussion of how the film is aimed to reflect what's going on now, and the torture discussion is quite intriguing. I will watch it when it's on DVD.  Thanks for you posts and I will be able to watch the movie with some new perspectives.

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