[Movie] V for Vendetta
Overall rating: B+
Synopsis: In a not so implausible future facist England one man seeks revenge and to free society from the bonds of imprisionment. There is also a quasi-love story.
Pros: Very interesting story. The future feels based off of dark future extrapolations of our present situation. It basically outlines the 20 years following the Iraq War, where America is undergoing a 2nd Civil War and has become a 3rd World nation, England, in response to fear has become a tightly controlled facist state run by the religious zealots of the Conservative Party. Secret Police (Fingermen) enforce morality and curfew. I can see this world if I think about it a little. The underlying metaphor seemed to me to be 'irrational fear leads to enslavement, free yourself from the tyranny of fear and restore reason.'
Cons: The love story. Natile Portman actually did a good job acting, but the love story felt tacked in. A co-worker says that American audiences cannot like a film unless there is a love story in there. I think the movie would have been an A, if they had removed the love story. It didn't really provide anything but awkward dialogue.
I would recommend seeing this movie.
2 comments:
but the love story felt tacked in.
I find a lot of movies have weak romantic subplots tacked on. Usually they only work when they are pretty neccesary to the story. The real question for me is if romantic subplots work better when they don't end so well or if they end in a happy ending.
A co-worker says that American audiences cannot like a film unless there is a love story in there.
A quick survey of my collection indicated that about half the movies have a romantic element. When the love story is absent, te films tends to be colder, logical, or just outright action.
I think the movie would have been an A, if they had removed the love story. It didn't really provide anything but awkward dialogue.
Wouldn't be the first time NP has had to suffer through a film with stilted romantic dialogue. "I hate sand..." comes to mind.
Actually, I liked the love story. It was played as it should have been: utterly unrequited, and had a downer ending. That was terrific.
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