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V for Vendetta
JCinNYC2006:
MTF from what I've read. I'll try to find a good article on it, I've come across a couple.
Juan
starboardlight:
--- Quote from: JCinNYC2006 on May 15, 2006, 03:44:35 am ---MTF from what I've read. I'll try to find a good article on it, I've come across a couple.
Juan
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ah, so they wouldn't be brothers anymore.
JCinNYC2006:
Yeah, that could be at some point. I'm not sure where he's at with it, or if he's even switched to a feminine gender. J
jura86:
SPOILERS
--- Quote from: starboardlight on May 15, 2006, 03:40:57 am ---about V, there were some things I liked and some things I didn't like. The thing I didn't like was that I couldn't reconcile V's tactic. His "I tortured you because I knew it'd be good for you" is just too close to GW taking away our civil rights because "he knows what good for us".
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That's a good point, but I don't think V was supposed to be a conventionally sympathetic protagonist that the audience rooted for - he's a complex character, and what I liked about the film is that it is never clear whether he is really a hero or a villain. V even says at one point in the film "What they did to me was monstrous" and Evey replies "Then they created a monster". I think that's kinda true. The fact that he tortured Evey is definitely evidence of his monstrous side.
rtprod:
--- Quote from: dmmb_Mandy on May 15, 2006, 02:07:19 am ---I remember rtprod's thread about V for Vendetta's Valerie over at IMdB, and yes indeed, the subplot - along with the rest of the film - is spectacular. I've seen it twice too and I can't wait for it to come out on DVD. My sig is such a heartbreakingly beautiful phrase from the film. I recommend that everyone see the movie, now!! ;D
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I saw this film three times -- the final in IMAX -- and it knocked me out. It succeeds on all levels and is far too intelligent to be shrink-wrapped into a Hollywood blockbuster package.
Mandy's sig is the film's best line and scene, closely followed by:
"Behind this mask is an idea, and ideas are bulletproof."
When Valerie appears in the crowd at the end of the film I got choked up. A very memorable film, from Valerie's story to the "domino effect" sequence to the destruction of Parliament. I also particularly liked Sinead Cusack's death, how calm and rational she was and the elegant chill of V's response to her question:
"You're going to kill me now, aren't you?"
"I already did--ten minutes ago, while you were sleeping."
rt
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