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FIRST TIME WATCHING | V For Vendetta (2005) | Movie Reaction | Are You Like A Crazy Person?
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- In this episode, Mrs. Movies watches the Viciously Violent Virtuous Vindicator, V, as he Vanquishes Vile Villains in V For Vendetta.
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His name is Guy Fawkes - not Guy Fox. It isn't an accent thing.
Hugo Weavings best work. next to Priscilla queen of the desert. go Elrond
*imagine a Gvt drumming up a virus to sell products & consolidate power. remind everyone why we need them.* such an imagination. -JC
Have you got "Dark City (1998)" on your list?
@@daveofyorkshire301 yup
The sign of a great actor is one that is willing to subjugate themselves to the character they play. By hiding his face throughout the film I greatly respect Hugo for his commitment to character. Stallone refused to do Judge Dredd unless he took the helmet off. In the Dredd remake Karl Urban never took the helmet off...
Loved that about Dredd with Urban. The Mrs. hasn't seen it, its on our list to watch soon.
@@YouMeTheMovies Dredd is very faithful to the comics and Urban is a fan of Judge Dredd so he knew the importance of never taking the helmet off. I've watched the film in 3D and it looks absolutely fantastic. So Dredd (2012) is highly recommended.
@@leslieturner8276 It's not exactly true that Dredd is faithful to the comics, it's more accurate to say the character is incredibly faithful but the other characters (anderson) and the world in general isn't very accurate to the satirical and frankly insane nature of the world.
Dredd is an authoritarian fascist but he works as a character because he's the only "straight man" in a warped and twisted world where everyone is either dangerously ignorant and stupid or dangerously immoral and outright evil...it's a world where everyone who isn't dredd is flamboyant, over the top, quirky, unbalanced, bizarre or twisted in some way.
Mega city one is a place where super old and strictly polite grannies run brutal extortion and protection rackets.
A city where there are riots over candy that tastes so good it's eventually designated a dangerous narcotic...when they put it in a machine to analyse it and find whether or not it's got drugs in it the machine just keeps asking for more samples.
It's a city where an idiot spits off a mega blocks roof killing a driver on a super highways causing a million car pile up.
It's a city where juves (juveniles) wrap themselves in giant futuristic miracle rubber balls and bounce around the city squashing people, crushing cars and smashing buildings.
It's a city where there was fashion craze to remove all identity and identifying marks like gender faces and finger prints everyone becoming these indistinguishable manikins that all wore the same clothes making it impossible to identify criminals so dredd and his fellow judges tattooed serial numbers and bar codes onto everyone foreheads.
That's what the comics are like.
I believe that Stallone wanted to keep the helmet one as Dredd but the studio insisted because, if they were going to pay Stallone to be in the film, they wanted to see Stallone. So it was either no helmet or no movie. And Stallone really wanted to make the movie.
Voice actors do it all the time
At my place, this movie is watched religiously, every 5th of november.
It's an amazing movie.
Same here. And sometimes we cheat and watch it here and there in between. 😁
Me too. I've given out several copies of this film to friends and relatives.
Glad to know there are other right wing people out there.
That's awesome!
I may have to add this to my annual traditions: 5th of November - watch V is for Vendetta, Thanksgiving - listen to Alice's Restaurant and Christmas - watch A Christmas Story.
"It's very 1984-ish."
John Hurt, who plays Chancellor Sutler, starred as protagonist Winston Smith in the film adaptation of 1984 that was released in - you guessed it - 1984. His casting as Sutler was a clear nod to his role in that film.
I knew this as well. John Hurt is such a good actor.
Late to the party here, but the graphic novel was also written in the early 80s and published 82-85. Moore was obviously hugely influenced by Orwell and wrote V for Vendetta during the early years of the Thatcher government amid a backdrop of riots, police brutality, and massive unemployment.
He was also kind of Goldstein in SPOILER:
Snowpiercer
@@StormhavenGaming Thatcher wasn't an opresser though..
@@system3008 Uh huh. Sure.
one of the most powerful scene. natalie being tortured and her reading the letter and being reborn by the rain as V was reborn by fire,
"Thank you, but I'd rather die behind the chemical sheds."
Yeah, he's reborn for destruction and she's reborn for life.
You nailed it! Mr Das! Both reborn; their love for each other, her incredible beauty, his courage and total Devotion to her. The most beautiful LOVE STORY ever made. I wept like I have not in decades, tears of joy. John 3.3, 33-34.
And the OST for that part, jesus
What I believe finishes that scene is the simple, yet powerful revelation that he put her through nearly the same exact experience that he and Valerie Page (the female prisoner and letter writer) before him, went through… and that all the letters the latter left, were all real…
Gotta give it up to homeboy for patiently waiting almost the entire movie to make that Dance Dance Revolution joke.
14:08 "Is it meaningless to apologize?"
Oh my god. What an incredible question. Look at her circumstances. She's not trying to be forgiven. She's not trying to be spared his wrath. She has resigned herself to her fate. She _really is_ sorry for her involvement in the operation that _experimented_ on V. Her regret is not for any effect that operation had on _her_ but what it had on _him._
The actress who played the doctor, Sinead Cusack, is damn good, and is the daughter of the excellent Irish actor Cyril Cusack (the gunmaker in DAY OF THE JACKAL).
Her remorse is the main reason V killed her in her sleep, so to speak. It really is a great scene. Very powerful and poignant.
"Not scary . . . just terrifying"
Oh, how deeply we feel this movie today
"Fear got the best of you" Ring a bell?
There were so many similarities to what is happening the past year and a half.
Pure quality, showing us the GLOBAL New World Order technocratic fascism of the "elites".
Time for humanity to wake up.
Dude, I've got to take my hat off to you! No matter how many times she looked at you to asked questions or to guess what was happening you kept your mouth shut so as to not spoil the surprises for her! I do that all the time when showing my GF a movie she hasn't seen. I could tell you knew this movie well, but didn't want to divulge anything. Same here, man! LOL! Enjoyed watch your reaction to this one. Evey wasn't brainwashed though. She was always a revolutionary at heart, but was overwhelmed and stifled with fear. V did the only thing he knew how to do to break her of it, so she could leave early and not stay a whole year. She did ask for it, and it worked as she admitted later! Cool movie that I, several friends and family members gather every 5th of November to watch... and sometimes in between! ✌️😎
What line that gets me is when he (V) says; ''The people shouldn't fear it's Government, the Government should fear it's people.'' I think that's something that all governments should think about
I think fear is the worst motivator for a government there is. Someone or the government as an entity - they all turn to desperation if fear is their primary motivation. They lash out, they react erradic and become even more dangerous. V should never be considered anything but a terrorist - which then in turn makes his statement about violence all the more true.
The thing is that governments think about it all the time. The people are the ones that forget it.
@@bernhardstil6128 Happens in USA and in UK , with BoJp admin , same with Belarus and Russia , just to mention few countries .
Whole 2020 USA government called people that wanted equal rights terrorist ... that was the test would people stand up to oppression , lot of people did not .
Still if you count in Covid UK already has 130 000 deaths by the actions not taken by their PM , there was a hearing about that yesterday .
So same time this movie had an view of future , but under estimated the lives lost , due to governments inactions .
@@bernhardstil6128 they only react in a way that is true to their character. If you think governance not being scared of their governed is a good thing then you favor those of questionable character being the ones who rule unquestioned
@@dicksenormuss6211 I think you are trying very hard to misunderstand me. I already said; fear is the worst motivation. And I doubt that understanding V can result in agreeing with him. Again; V is a terrorist - in the truest sense of the word. V does what never should be done - he overthrows a system without establishing one. History taught us what happens next. V is wrong every step of the way but still we like him. I like him.
Now this does not mean that I don't understand why someone who watches this for the first time might overlook the flaws in his logic, in his plan, in his ideals. But I think it is important to point it out so people learn that rooting for the anti-hero or an antagonist comes with the price of self reflection and thinking. It does however not mean you can't like them but you have to know why you do.
And rooting for a terrorist can land you a bit of a dilemma so it is good to understand the meaning of the word and how easy you can be manipulated to cheer on the murdering of "perceived" evil (they made it quite easy to do it here but in case of Dr. Delia Surridge the line already gets blurred) or the destruction of important landmarks.
Now to your thesis "If you think governance not being scared of their governed [...]"
I said it before and I said it again - fear should never be a motivator. It will breed distrust and the fearing will always seek to destroy the feared. Also what you said after that brings me to the conclusion that you really have no interest in discussion this further: "then you favor those of questionable character being the ones who rule unquestioned" This is not either-or. This isn't even just wrong and a misrepresentation of what I said. This is an insult and I am not quite sure what to make of this black and white thinking. Questioning is not the same as inciting fear. Sure the government should always be held accountable but it should never linger like the executioners axe. If you really don't understand why then I can't help you.
If you hadn't noticed the guy playing Chancellor Sutler is John Hurt...He was also the guy with the chest buster in ALIEN...He passed away in 2017.
He was also in 1984....which you mentioned?..And he was also Knighted...so he is/was Sir John Hurt. . He passed away from the same form of cancer as my own partner, who also passed away in 2017.
"He passed away in 2017" Well sure, all that scar tissue after the chest busting has to take years off of a life....... ;-)
Truly a great actor. @Bodneyblue I’m so sorry mate.
@@nigethesassenach3614 Thank You.......I watch YT videos to distract me from my depression...at least for a few minutes.
He also holds the record for dying in movies. He's died in more movies than any other actor in history. Sean Bean's got nothing on John Hurt
Funny you mentioned 1984 when seeing John Hurt.....he was in the movie 1984 released in 1984.
... where he played Winston Smith, the opposite of this role.
John Hurt was such a freaking good actor.
@@Turambar88 A to the fucking men. A god damn legend he was.
Written in 1948.....
@@Turambar88 I know I am so happy he's also in Watership Down the animated movie from the 70's
Reading some of the comments on reactions I've watched to this movie, it is astounding to see how in a given time people will sublimate their own political beliefs on top of those expressed in a work like this. Wherever you stand politically, some historical context here is important in order to understand the intent of the authors. The original comic series was written and released by Alan Moore between 1982-1989. It was a very direct criticism of Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, and both British and American conservatism of the time. This was confirmed by the author.
The film was released in 2006 in the US, at the heart of the Bush administration and while conservative Prime Minister Tony Blair was in power. In media at the time the movie came out, parallels were regularly drawn between Creedy and Vice President Cheney. As well as Larkhill being compared to the incidents at Abu Ghraib and the general torture of prisoners. The lies about the St. Mary's virus were compared to the lies being told about the "War of Terror" and the invasion of Iraq. Even Prothero was supposed to be an English Rush Limbaugh type.
Not to mention that the Norsefire party make it clear that among the groups they oppose, imprison, torture, and kill include immigrants, Jews, Muslims, atheists, homosexuals, etc. So, while there are statements to be made in any dystopian authoritarian story about the power of government, let us not pretend that this work doesn't already have its own very specific political message that was intended by the storytellers, regardless of what alternate meanings people might try to paste over top of them.
Very good points, just a quick quibble, while it be argued how 'conservative' Tony Blair was he was not a Conservative Party (British centre-right party) member. In fact he was a member of the centre-left Labour Party.
Thank you for this.
@@michaelnolan6951 Thank you for that information, Michael. I did not specify political party as much as political ideology. And while I am certainly not as well-versed in British politics as I am in American politics, from what I understand there is some dispute as to what the Labour Party's ideological position was on the political spectrum during Blair's time as Prime Minister. Not least of which was caused by his rebranding of the party as "New Labour" and the adoption under his watch of policies that attempted to pull the party further to the right. Again, I am by no means an expert here, but that is my understanding. My reference to him here had more to do with his loyal backing of the Bush Administration's actions in the War on Terror.
You are, of course, absolutely correct.
However, as the times changes, an artistic work can take on different meanings to the audience than intended at the time. And today, the Left has gone so far left that they have circled the globe and hold extreme fringe Right views: Censoring free speech, "unpersoning" people, setting oppressive rules and curfews, judging persons by race/gender/sexuality, canceling music and art that defies their narrative, etc.
Did Moore or the Wachoski's intend it to act as such a criticism? Absolutely not. But the shoe fits.
@@1938superman Tony Blair was a Moderate. He was always in the middle and did NOT pull to the "Right". He was in complete opposition to the Thatcher era. So calling him a "Conservative" is not accurate in any way.
Hugo Weaving did such a good job wearing an expressionless mask. Also, Valerie's letter .... Manly tears every time.
Pure quality, showing us the GLOBAL New World Order technocratic fascism of the "elites".
Time for humanity to wake up.
I love how after the part where Valerie’s parents drop her baby picture in the garbage, you said “there’s nothing our daughters could do to make me stop loving them.” As a gay man that means a lot to me.
As a trans woman who has a massive fear of rejection that she is unpacking in therapy, my parents love and support for me have helped my confidence so much -- and yet I had to fear their potential rejection. So Mrs. here gets ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the love.
Now consider that there are a lot of people in the world who would literally murder(honor-kill) their own daughter for having a boyfriend or sleeping with a guy from a different religion/tribe. I cannot fathom how this is possible.
@@sagaofsarahrose Stay strong woman...
I done teared up 😢 but in a happy way ❤
It does mean a lot.
V For Vendetta was the first movie I saw as a teen that opened my eyes to parts of the world I had never thought about before
Pure quality, showing us the GLOBAL New World Order technocratic fascism of the "elites".
Time for humanity to wake up.
V for Vendetta is the only movie that I have ever seen twice in the cinema.
It`s scary how well this movie fits into the current state of events, and media/government...
@CAT POOP You can`t be that naive?
Fox are awful that`s true, but the others are just as awful.
Corporations (including the media) are NOT your friends.
Since you angry statement about just Fox, I`ll assume you`re a far leftie?
Then watch Michel Moore`s(an awful person as well) movie Bowling for Columbine, to just watch how the reporter is acting while being "off air" in that one. That`s the kind of terrible people that are in the media currently.
@CAT POOP Hello Sheep
i feel it's always relevant, especially how the media is depicted
Indeed. Scary af.
The movie came out in 2005. It coincidentally takes place in 2020. Fear became the ultimate weapon. Strength through unity..."we're all in this together ".
I joined the army at 17, went to war at 19. I changed so much in that year in Iraq, that people couldn't recognize me afterwards. people could talk to me and spend time with me and still not recognize me from before the deployment. I related heavily to this film. I've also been involved in multiple events which the Main stream media lied about, and so I understand all too well how media vs reality plays out.
Stands alone. Shouldn't be compared to marvel or other DC comic movies. It's just operating on it's own level and stands apart from even the watchmen movie. Its complex, dark and deep. Its beyond antihero.
I think even Alan Moore agrees with that sentiment. He publicly renounces that he is responsible for this movie since so much of the story was changed and even the other all message was changed. It uses his characters and world but is more of a parallel universe to his book than a true adaptation.
Well, there are comic book movies, and then there are movies based on comic books. Road to Perdition was based on a comic book. As were From Hell, Oblivion, Atomic Blonde, 300, A History of Violence and RED among others.
It's dc actually
@@michaeljosephjackson2364 no shit Sherlock
It isn't DC, DC own the rights but it is a Vertigo comic.
The timing of this film was very bold, just 4 years after 9/11 V could be seen as a terrorist or a freedom fighter, it was up to the audience to decide. Patriotism was rabid at the time, the Patriot Act had been passed and we were at war so this was risky. With the onset of the pandemic the film appears prescient only we have 555,000 dead instead of 100,000 in the movie and many of these were preventable if our government had taken any action a year ago.
And the nutters who are so afraid of positive government that they follow populist nutjobs hold this movie up as applying to them and their country. It is an understatement that stupid people are exasperating, especially because they're still people and obviously have the right to be heard.
It is not a DC comics creation or written by the Wachowskis, it has a screenplay by the Wachowskis.
_V for Vendetta is a British graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd. Initially published, starting in 1982, in black-and-white as an ongoing serial in the short-lived UK anthology Warrior, it morphed into a ten-issue limited series published by DC comics_
That's why it's based in London around November 5th - a significant date in the UK.
Warrior was an excellent vehicle
Bonfire Night, the night we burn a bonfire and set of fireworks.
Remember remember the fifth of november
gunpowder treason and plot
I see no reason
the gunpowder treason
should ever be forgot
Man, she's quick. "Oh, it's a bunch of dead people". Took me a few watches to figure that out lol
Yeah, the first time I saw Mr. Detrick I thought they just didn't execute him, yet and managed to escape. The other didn't really register to me at all since I was focusing on him at that moment.
R.I.P. John Hurt.(Ironically, in "1984" he was oppressed by Big Brother, in this Film he IS Big Brother!)
I would call the setting dystopian instead of post apocalyptic.
Good call. That's a much better descriptive word!
Dystopian and post apocalyptic don't necessary rule each other out like in blade runner
But usually post apocalyptic = mad max and dystopian = Brave New World or 1984
Dystopia is the society the world is currently heading into. Just look around. People are too easily manipulated by the governments.
@@fidelty2427 Always has been, I mean religion? About 5 billion people believe there is some spooky father figure in the clouds. You know how easy it is to bs people if you believe that.
@@DuBstep115 Really? is that why non religious wars killed 70+ million more people than religious wars. Real Christianity was hard to be manipulated, they stood for liberty. That's why ancient Rome decided to merge with Christianity because they couldn't control them. The more the government afflicted them, the more Christianity grew. Can't beat them join them. That's when Roman catholism reared up its ugly head. It merged pagan religions with Christianity and has always been rejected by real Christians. I don't believe in a spooky father figure in the clouds. I believe in THE triune God, the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent creator of this universe who exists outside of our laws of physics because He created it all, who, one day when you die will have to answer to. Even if you don't believe in God, intelligent design is evident in biology itself.
I always envisioned Prothero as a more serious Alex Jones.
Prothero is Alex Jones if he was employed by the government. Absolutely.
When I first saw this movie years ago I loved it. Now it's taken on a whole new meaning as we see people's freedom around the world being taken away on a nearly daily basis.
So very similar to the past year and a half
Hugo Weaving at his best. Natalie Portman , nothing to say there. excellent actress. But you should also be aware that Stephen Fry ( Deitrich ) is also a big name in the UK . He is a well established actor in his own right.
The driving force, however, in this movie, was Stephen Rhea, the inspector.
The breakfast V cooks is called egg in the hole in the UK.
Take a piece of bread and make a hole in the middle.
Whisk egg and milk and dip the bread in it quickly then take out and put in the frying pan.
Crack another egg so the yolk sits in the hole and shallow fry, fliphalf way through.
Super tasty.
Ps. The movie is set in the year 2020
Hugo Weaving's a really great actor. I first saw him in The Matrix and the Lord of the Rings films, and Ive been a fan of his work ever since. Hope you enjoy those trilogies as well when you get to them!
See how the guy never talks. He knows that you don't talk over an Alan Moore story.
One of my favourite films of all time, fell in love with this movie upon original release & works on so many different levels. Perfectly cast, acted & shot and sooo pertinent to what's going on currently....
wonder if she has checked out The Crow, very cool classic
lmaooooo everytime wifey asks a question about the movie hubby just goes 👁👄👁 🤷♂️
Well she has to watch Equilibrium now then!
Oh! Good one!
excellent suggestion.
"that's why they invented dance dance revolution" I started crying I was laughing so hard!
This film was one of the most pleasant surprises I ever had walking out of a theater. It's a damn great film
11:35 everyone who stands up is afraid, it’s doing what is right while being afraid that shows courage.
I love this movie! Everything about it was beautiful and the performances were perfect. I also wish Natalie would’ve won something for it or have more recognition for it. Hugo Weaving was ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!
This was the movie that first made me aware of Natalie and Hugo as actors and I was blown away by their performance and the movie as a whole. I still watch it whenever I have the opportunity. One of my all-time favorites for many little reasons since 2007 when I first watched it.
I collected "Warrior" as a kid and loved "V" even though the politics and adult themes were wasted on me. Later, as an adult, I purchased the graphic novel (along with "Watchmen") and thoroughly enjoyed re-reading the story and appreciating the inner workings of the plot.
The movie is good, well shot/directed and the acting is very impressive although predictably enough, it's not a patch on the book.
I can't wait for you guys to hit "Watchmen" - it's another decent adaptation although they took a massive scalpel to the plot (unavoidable, the book is incredibly nuanced and wouldn't make a good movie if shot scene-for-scene).
Thanks for your content, guys, keep it up!
Have you seen the Motion Comic version they did around the films release? It’s actually very good.
@@Kleehv Yup, loved the "Black Freighter" section, very enjoyable adaptation.
The ultimate Watchmen cut ( Directors cut + Black Freighter) is good, but the TV series is a wholo lot better.
It is a cautionary tale about government's use of fear as a tool of control. I find the film as poignant today (perhaps more so) than at the time of its release. Like Evey, we all have decisions to make in life that have consequences. If we choose not to decide, we face the consequences of our indecision. Tyranny is always lurking in the shadows and must sometimes be dragged, kicking and screaming into the light. Freedom is always paid for in blood.
That's not necessarily true. It depends on your conception of freedom. If you wanted to you could move out of the country you are in and live in the unclaimed wilderness, no paperwork, no electricity, none of life's ordinary obligations, just you living off of the land, and be "free". External government doesn't have to exist if you are self governing.
@@chrisschweitzer5558 would that that were true. There are no such places anymore. Every piece of land is owned by a government and subject to their laws and rules. Freedom is paid for in blood, absolutely.
People in modern western countries who think the film really applies to their countries are full of shit. This movie goes against what your populist puppet masters want to bring the world to. Their drivel is the fear mongering this movie warns against. If you want to keep your country away from autocracy work towards a pluralist society, accept your neighbor, help free people from squalor. Throwing tantrums because government doesn't let you be a dick just plays into the hands of the populist autocrats who don't give a shit about others.
The scene where Natalie Portman had her hair shaved, she actually had her hair shaved. Her reaction was real. The only actress willingly to have her head shaved and not wear a bald cap.
For this movie? Is that why they cast her. Cause I can think of at least a dozen women of the top of my head that shaved their heads for a role. Sigourney Weaver in Alien 3, Charlize Theron in Mad Max, Demi Moore in GI Jane, and even Millie Bobby Brown in Stranger Things to name a few.
@@YouMeTheMovies
Excellent reply - you should have been a detective. I’m not sure if this is the main reason why they cast her, I hope not. I was just pointing out the fact that when you see her crying whilst getting her head shaved, this is the moment she actually got her head shaved. In the other films you mention, they already have their bald head and you don’t see the trauma of a woman having her head shaved. Natalie had to act and stay in character, but the emotion she showed when getting her head shaved was real in that scene. Brilliant films/TV shows that you mention with brilliant actresses. Although Natalie wasn’t the first to shave her head for a role, I think she was the first to do it on screen as part of the script. I also believe (although I could be wrong), that Natalie in this role became the benchmark for other women in the future (like MBB) to be willing to shave their head. Natalie made it a mainstream “acceptable risk”’ so to speak, for an actress to take, so at the time was quite a groundbreaking thing to do. I’m sure everyone will have an opinion as to how groundbreaking it actually was, but that was the general perception at the time. Great reaction, keep up the good work.
A brazilian actress also shaved her head for a character going through chemotherapy. Carolina Dieckman her name
I love this movie. This along with watchman are two of my top favorite comic book movies. I saw this in the movie theater when it come out in 2006. I was in my 20s then and I'm 40 now and it still give me the chills and hits me in the feels everytime natalie portman reads valerie's letter. I start bawling like a baby. I remember when the pandemic started last year I was getting flashes of this movie and was wondering what if.... Anyway awesome reaction and new subscriber to your channel. Another great comic book movie to watch is Dredd (2012). It's very underrated but awesome film.
I am overjoyed to see the startled eyes of your reaction to this prophetic work... Yes indeed. This piece of cinema is one of the great works of Sci-Fi, and as it should, offers an uncanny look at the world we may now be entering. Relax and Enjoy.
Thanks for watching.
Mr. Movies has the patience of Job. Most reaction co-pilots can't keep their damned mouths shut or keep from constantly mugging. Bravo, Sir. Best. Leo.
The fight scenes are pretty awesome too. I loved how he juggles the knives when engaging battle.
Hugo Weaving also in The Matrix.
I enjoy this movie, Alan Moore, the author, disappointed with earlier movies of his works, From Hell, and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and after reading the V movie script, refused to watch this film and asked that his name be removed from the credits, and he also refused any royalties, but did insist that royalties go to the artists who worked on the comic books.
He felt the political message was so changed in the movie that it was no longer what he wrote.
The V speech for his introduction to Evey Hammond basically says "i'm here and a vigilante to overthrow the government and it's tyrannical rule depriving the people of their deserved freedoms"
He then follows that up with "apparently my word choice is confusing so it's a pleasure to meet you"
You might remember the Chairman (John Hurt) from the first Alien movie when he had a monster burst out of his chest.
As you like post apocalyptic movies, Children of Men is a good one. But it's also set in the UK and also has beats that make you think of recent global stuff, so there's a fair bit of overlap with this. The setting is less comic book inspired and more a heightened real life vibe though.
In an article written by Alan Moore (the author of the magnificent comic series which this film, great though it is, is a pale shadow of) during the run of the comic he addressed the theory that V was Evey's father with the comment "V isn't Evey's father, Whistler's Mother or Charley's Aunt" and other than that he wouldn't comment. The strip ended its original run halfway through the story on the panel when Evey left her cell after being tortured, found herself in the Shadow Gallery and met V saying "welcome home". It was YEARS before another company picked up the run and I got to find out what happened next. Talk about a cliffhanger.
I was reading it in Warrior comic in 1984 or 85 when they went bust.. 😐
V was an idea not a man. V was a symbol. symbols are giving power by people. That's what the final scene symbolizes. That's why she said it was a of them
V is such a compelling character.
I really like V for Vendetta, and though never seen the comics, I've heard that the movie has much more milder tone to it in comparison to the comics. And the movie tie in novel does jump into some extra story, it's one of the few novelizations that follows the movie, or vice versa. Hugo Weaving is also agent smith in the matrix films. The chancellor character is the same actor who plays Kane in alien, who also stars in the movie adaptation of 1984. Natalie Portman is naturally from the star wars prequels, and several others, though Thor is the only one I can recall at the moment. I would go on about the strange similarities between V and the events of last year, but I'll behave myself this time.
"Vowed to vanquished these villainous Vermin" 💯💯💯
Guy Fawkes is real, we studied him in history class, he was very badly tortured… in the 1500’s he tried to blow up parliament. He is commonly said to be the last person to enter parliament with honest intentions
I found the comic first, & enjoyed it better. You can pause, appreciate the subtleties & question things while the movie blasts through quickly. This is still a great adaptation of the comic. They compliment each other.
Alan Moore's comics (Watchmen, The Killing Joke, V for Vendetta, etc.) & Frank Miller's stuff (The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City) transformed comics for me (and many others) into real literature and art. They fundamentally changed comics from the perception of children's things to literature adults could enjoy.
It paved the way for the comic book movies we have today. Comic book movies are so mainstream now we forget how much things have changed.
An absolutely exceptional movie, one of my all time favs!
kinda ironic how this movie came out in 2006 and it takes place in 2020. I've watched it on November 5th 2020 and could see all parallels of our reality and this movie.
this movie is more relevant every day
V for Vendetta has always been a favorite of mine! I love the message, I love the characters and development. Natalie Portman super impressed me the first time I watched it too.
I read the book in1989 and thought at the time, "This would make a great movie." Then when it came out in the middle of the Bush administration, I was pretty surprised...that seemed like a bold move, and I know a lot of people at the time criticized it for that, but I think it's gone on to become a classic and a great cautionary tale about trust in and worship of power.
I loved this movie as a teen! V had my heart. As an adult, this movie takes on a whole new meaning, though. I can't lie, I cried like a baby when V died. Hugo weaving, John Hurt, and Natalie were amazing in this. 🖤
“A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.”
“That’s why they invented Dance Dance Revolution.” 😂 ☠️
Anyone who watches this without a basic knowledge of who Guy Fawkes was is missing 20% of the movie but go on. 🍿
JakeQwi I find it intriguing there is someone who does not recognize Stephen Fry, is it even possible?...
Agreed about who Guy Fawkes was. He and his fellow conspirators were radical Catholics who planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. If you know anything about history, you'd know that King James I of England was monarch at the time, and that he was famous for being Protestant, as was his entire entourage. James had ended the devastating decades-long war between Catholic Spain and Protestant England (the Spanish Armada of 1588 as an example), and as James had succeed Elizabeth I, a famous protestant monarch herself and the founder of the Church of England, the Catholics in England (such as Fawkes and his fellow conspirators) feared that Protestantism would become the permanently established state religion (it did and still is). They attempted to assassinate King James and his entire family on the night of November 4 (the Gunpowder Plot referenced at the start of the film), but were discovered, captured, and executed for treason. Had they been successful, they would have completely destroyed the entirety of the Protestant Establishment and the entire Royal Family. Their actions helped contribute to the Catholic Myth in England, which eventually led to the English Civil War (because Charles I tried to bring the Church of England to close to Catholicism) and eventually led to the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89, in which the Catholic King James II of England was deposed in favor of his Protestant daughter Mary and her husband William becoming joint monarchs. It is STILL illegal in England for the monarch to be a Catholic, as was part of the Act of Settlement of 1701. Being Catholic is grounds for removal from the line of succession to the throne and several members of the extended royal family have actually been removed from the succession due to their Catholic faith. It used to be illegal for them to marry Catholics as well, but that law was changed when Peter Phillips (Princess Anne's son) married his Catholic wife. However, historically, Catholics DID persecute all other Christian faiths in Europe, especially in England under Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary), who herself was a radical Catholic and had several hundred people burned at the stake for heresy. Mary, Queen of Scots was essentially executed by Elizabeth in 1587 for her acquiescence to Catholic plots to overthrow Elizabeth, which led to the Spanish Armada a year later. King Philip II of Spain was also a radical Catholic, and had been married to Queen Mary I of England before she died and Elizabeth became the monarch in 1558.
Those knowing glaces that Mrs. shot to Mr. let me know that... well, that we're in good company here. I know I'm a year late, but thank you so much for doing this movie.
Watching the dude in the cowboy hat side eye and shrug at her all movie is hilarious
One of my most favorite movie. Yet I haven’t heard any of my friends even mentioning it
I love this movie and I had no idea or care that it was based on a comic book. My brother and I have this tradition of watching "V for Vendetta" on every 5th of November. It's got some important messages that are worth being reminded of and it's never not fun to watch.
This is one of the greatest movies ever. I remember doing the all V speech as a monologue for my theater class in highschool
While I enjoyed the Watchmen movie it is important to note that while the movie uses alot of the imagery and themes from the graphic novel, in the end the movie made the exact opposite statement which Moore was trying to make.
In contrast, V for Vendetta (movie) actually changed a major particular of the book but still drove home the point of Moore's original story.
Jacob Rees-Mogg is the origin story for this. V was fairly slammed in reviews but its great fun and waaaay to close to home these days.
Fun fact: This movie is unbanned in China uncensored, even with the line "People should not be afraid of their governments, Governments should be afraid of their people"🤣🤣🤣
"Arse-holed Sphincter?" - LOL
Fun fact - Big screen TV dictator guy is the same actor who played Kane in Alien (poor bastard who got chest-bursted).
Just wandering around YT suggesting Hot Shots
as a watch/react film.
"I didn't come for what you hoped to do. I've come for what you did." - V
I seem to remember that the comic was based around the Margret Thatch regime. However, this movie stands up today and is probably relevant to most modern countries - or not far from what they could be. My late wife, an American, really enjoyed this film when we watched it (I'm British)
Really enjoyed this reaction! Your commentary was cool throughout. I also appreciate how Mr Movies watches Mrs Movies watch the movie as well lol and how you just don't answer any questions during the viewing. Really enjoying the channel guys thanks!
Thanks bud. Enjoy your reactions as well.
@@YouMeTheMovies cheers mate nice one!
This movie is MUCH better than any move from the MCU. Much better script, grounded more in reality, social commentary, much better acting etc. The only comic book movies I hold in the same league or above V for Vendetta is The Dark Knight trilogy.
Way different things, and this is based off a graphic novel not a comic book.
Thoughts on the movie: Complete stand alone from the Marvel movies. I absolutely loved the performances of both Hugo Weaving and Natalie Portman. Natalies commitment to shave her hair off I can’t imagine was an easy decision and Hugo never revealing his face though many of us wanted him too. They sacrificed themselves (in a way for the characters)I give it a 8.5/10 mostly because I wished they had more V and Evey scenes and that V lives and after Parliament was destroyed they ran away together- - - I’m a huge sucker for love 🥰
I love this movie. Probably never stops being relevant.
Governments will never stop abusing citizens or lying to amass power, so probably not.
Comic book's target: Thatcher government
Film's target: Bush government
Modern audience's interpretation: They're talking about world governments' response to the covid pandemic
The film might remain relevant, but that doesn't mean audiences will continue to interpret it the way it was intended.
@@josh420masterB Well, that's because it has both specific and generic relevance.
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Indeed, and the problem is that people evidently listen to the generic message and attribute it to the most readily available specific situations they can relate to.
Where this film was once revered by leftists and anti-war dissidents, I can now see it being more appealing to Qanon followers and anti-vaxxers. It's troubling to me that a film I once admired could have such potentially amorphous appeal.
It means slightly more to British People as there's references to a hugely revered figure, Guido 'Guy' Fawkes. He attempted to blow up the houses of parliament, but, failed in the 1700's. He does get mentioned in the film a few times. Every November 5th we now set off fireworks and burn 'Guy's' on bonfires to never forget. A lot more makes sense if you know if that story.
The "A Revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having" is a rewrite of the Emma Goldman (Jewish Anarchist and feminist) "quote" -" "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution"
i dont know why but i LOVE this movie and im so happy you're reacting to it!
React to Leon the Professional!
V for Vendetta cannot be decoupled from it's criticism of conservative, reactionary politics and their formative influence on fascist movements.
😅 I think you mean liberal democrats. Look at the current regime we're under. Look at how they celebrate and played James Taylor's Fire and Rain while the Dow plummets, people are losing their jobs, food prices are astronomical, and gas prices are double what they were under Donald Trump. Or how people who just stood in the Capitol building are languishing in a Detention Center not fit for human beings without any kind of due process or charge. We are living this movie right now under liberal control. Under a so cold leader who's not fit to read a book to kindergarteners let alone run a country, and those around him who are truly fascistic. Lest we forget about the hundreds of other IRS agents they hired to spy on Americans
Funny thing about this film is : John Hurt who played the Adam Sutler in V for Vendetta, also played Winston Smith in the film version of 1984. Check out the logo for the film 1984, it also had a V in the background.
If you listen closely to the man talking to Evie, you can hear Hugo Weaving's Agent Smith voice; you guys should definitely watch Ninja Assassin
Enough can’t be said about Alan Moore’s impact on modern comics and pop culture. He has been infusing old tropes with thought provoking twists since he came on the scene in Britain. He’s also had more movies than you think based on his works. The Wachowski’s had just the right sensibility and flair to adapt this work of his to screen.
LOL i love how anytime you turn and say something your husband nods supportingly
His most famous role is Agent Smith.🤣
"Have you heard of Denzel, he was in Out of Time"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don't think you can compare this to other "comic book" movies, just like you can't compare the original graphic novel/comic to other comics. Great work by Alan Moore. Written in around 1982-1983 I think but still very pertinent today. Also - in the UK we celebrate 5 November - it is called Bonfire Night. We build bonfires, have fireworks and, traditionally (but maybe less nowaday) stick a "guy" (home-made dummy) on the fire!
*_«The authentic human being is one of us who instinctively knows what he should not do, and, in addition, he will balk at doing it. He will refuse to do it, even if this brings down dread consequences to him and to those whom he loves. This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance. Their deeds may be small, and almost always unnoticed, unmarked by history. Their names are not remembered, nor did these authentic humans expect their names to be remembered. I see their authenticity in an odd way: not in their willingness to perform great heroic deeds but in their quiet refusals. In essence, they cannot be compelled to be what they are not.»_*
-Philip K. Dick, _How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later_
Any time your government says, "It is for your own good...", be very afraid
I'm so confused and can't stop staring at my guy's hat...did you cut holes in it so the headphones can do what they're doing or does someone make hats like that?
Custom made my hat so I can wear it while gaming and watching movies, its rather comfy actually.
See the director's cut of "Watchmen" (2009). So good.
"Verbose Vocabulary" good one
This movie is scary.. because of how real it's became
This movie is aiming at states like Nazi Germany and stalinist Russia. Not saying that the populist nutters aren't scary, but the movie is still very far from being real in todays western countries.
This is not a reaction of the films...
It's the reaction of her...
❤❤ the look from him is awesome..😁👌❤