Hugo Weaving deserved an Oscar for his performance. To give such performance with so much depth and feeling with just his voice, never seeing his face. Perfection!
"Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An Inch, it is small and it is fragile, but it is the only thing the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must never let them take it from us." - Valerie
@@BritanyBinges It's great. The original graphic novel (from which a lot of the dialogue comes) was written by Alan Moore, who wrote Watchmen and many other great stories. Very intelligent man. I cry every time I watch the scenes where Evey reads Valerie's letter.
I'm still surprised I didn't cry at that part, but I think I was too distracted by that whole situation feeling off and then realizing that Valerie's timeline didn't match up with Evey's.
@@BritanyBinges thanks for the response.. I'm used to bots and fake people. I used to be a graff writer.. Number one in my city. Idk why I said that.. Maybe it has 6o do with freedom fighting.
Hugo Weaving crushes it as V, from Agent Smith to Elrond to V, the characters he plays are iconic, and I feel like he doesn't get the credit he deserves for this role, almost every word he says is gold, for a man who you never see the face of, you get to learn so much in the way of words from him.
I didn't realize it was him until someone mentioned it on Patreon after I published the reaction there. I mainly knew him from The Matrix at that time (I had technically seen LOTR, but only once and don't really remember much of it). He really creeped me out in the Matrix so I was shocked when I learned he was V. His performance in this is mind-blowing.
@@paintingcube3853It's not the song itself. It's using a long clip of audio from a movie that is the problem. Copyright owners submit their works to RUclips so it can be used as reference specifically for copyright violation checks. If too much of my video matches up with too much of their video (aka, the movie or episode I'm reacting to), it gets hit with a copyright claim and the video can be demonetized or outright blocked. So, it's not the song that's the problem, it's the movie. The copyright checking system (aka the Content ID system) is an automated bot, so it frequently gets things wrong or is far more strict than it needs to be. Creators can appeal the copyright claims issued by the automated system and have a real person review it, but that process can take up 30 days. Also, RUclips regularly demonetizes videos for using music creators selected from RUclips's very own "copyright safe" music library. So, they literally penalize creators for putting music in their videos that RUclips specifically told them they could use in the first place. I've also had a copyright claim on a video that was just of me talking. No music, no reaction. Literally just a video of me sitting in my office talking straight to camera the entire time. So, dealing with the copyright on things is definitely not at straightforward as it might seem.
Yeah, it seems pointless to try and hold emotions in during a reaction. That's literally the point of a reaction. lol Although, it's definitely not a pretty sight for the last 30 minutes or so of my Avengers: Infinity War reaction when I have makeup running all down my face. lol
As far as I recall, this and Bones are the only things I've ever seen him in. (And I find it so funny that his name is Gordon in both of them.) I've really enjoyed his characters in both, though.
@@BritanyBinges he is or at least was, the host of a TV panel show called QI and played as Melchitt in Blackadder. He gets wheeled out from time to time and blows everyone away with how clever he is. He also has a brain condition that makes him unable to recognise faces. Great guy really.
@@Metzwerg74 a bit of fry and Laurie yes. Hugh also plated multiple roles in Blackadder too. They've pretty much all been hanging out together since meeting at Cambridge where they ended up doing theatre type stuff together. Fawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ben Elton, Rowan Atkinson, ade edmonton, rik mayall... they are all practically family and a couple of them have married.
It always confuses me that Americans don’t know what Nov 5th is. Then I realise it must be how they feel that no one but them cares about July 4th or whenever Thanksgiving is lol
Came out back in 2005 and yet is just as relevent now as ever. Infact sometimes after watching the news I can't help but be reminded of certain scenes in this movie..
It's scary to think about, but I think it's actually even more relevant today than it was back then. Or, maybe I'm just paying more attention to the way things are now than I did when I was just starting college. :-/
@@BritanyBinges The amount of parallels with what is happening now are truly bewildering. I think we all need to stop playing into the hands of the manipulators who divide and rule and just speak to the truth because without truth there is no justice, As quoted in the movie, there is something terribly wrong with our nations (Europe/US) and we can all feel it, we just blame each other instead of those pulling the strings.
It was really sucking me in until I realized she was in the same place that we saw in the flashbacks from the doctor's story and I got distracted by that. Seeing the memorial V made for her got me though. :(
The fact Natalie really allowed them to shave her head for it made it so real and raw. The risk of the one take they had going wrong and the pressure I'm sure some of her tears were real.
This movie hits so hard, and I love that you felt the emotion. Hugo is a master & he managed to evoke so much feeling with just his voice & body language. ❤
_“Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.”_ _“Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.”_
The fact John Hurt was chosen to play the leader or big brother when he played the good guy every man in 1984. Hazel in watershipdown. Has kind of the same themes.
This is such a relevant film these days. “This world will end tonight, and tomorrow a different world will begin that different people will shape and this choice belongs to them.” Love that line and the music.
i dont know why, but i cant help but find the priest funny every time i watch this lol hes just so funny. the face of the actor and the acting, idk hes just funny lol i laugh every single time.
You mention about finding out which other movies John Hurt (the Chancellor) had been in, Spaceballs and Alien amongst them.. but the really relevant one is 1984, which is set in a similar dystopia. The key difference is he's the one being massively oppressed and controlled, rather than in charge of it all. Worth a watch, especially after seeing this :)
So an element I wish they kept, V was grooming Evey to be his successor. In the comic, when he died, he left Evey with a riddle; you must know the face beneath this mask, but you must never remove it from me. Meanwhile, the head inspector was telling everyone that V was shot to death. Cut to Evey dressed as V shouting to the crowd from a rooftop after parliament blows, quoting Mark Twain; "rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated!" To V's thinking, Anarchy has 2 sides, a destroyer who reduces the totalitarian government to rubble and chaos, and a builder, who uses that cleared space to build a new age of self governance. He was the destroyer, and he left it to Evey to build anew.
Frighteningly prophetic. I wasn't a big fan of the movie when it was first released (possibly because I wasn't a big fan of the graphic novel in the first place), but my admiration for it grows with each passing year. Especially after the last few.
Far more relevant than I ever imagined. Idiocracy is another movie, came out a year after V, and it's proving to be prophetic as well. I didn't believe the world could ever become so stupid. But I suppose it already was, and it's just becoming more obvious over time with the proliferation of social media.
This is one of the BEST movies ever, yes there are faults but the (what movie doesn't) but the message is very important, 'Governments should fear the people, People shouldn't fear their government'' & the power of a country is not in it's politics or politicians but in its people. Great reaction, thanks.
@@BritanyBinges Not commented yet (& I don't want to edit my initial comment) so I will add it here; I like the symmetry between V (actually 5 from his room number but V is better) & Evie, both of their names are V, V was born in fire while Evie was born in water (rain), V was a person turned into a monster that never lost his humanity whereas Evie was a person that found herself & her humanity and finally that V started the revolution in anger & Evie ends it in hope.
This movie should be essential viewing for all politicians and broadcast every polling day. A salutary lesson in how parliamentarians serve and are accountable to the electorate rather than self-serving and wallet stuffing.
I definitely was thinking he was doing it to test her loyalty and whether or not he could trust her. I never imagined it would be his way of giving her what she said she wanted.
What i love about Gordon's character is how oblivious he was to how much danger he was in. It's shows us just how good the cover up is. Even in the beginning those who witnessed the blowing up of the old bailey were detained
You saw his face in the fire scene. As the Dr. Said there were no eyes but he could see, and any relationship With Evey would be platonic.The features were all burned off.
I don't think it would've been platonic. He admitted to falling in love with her and she kissed his mask and made it pretty clear she loved him as well.
I agree. But let me put it another way, the fire removed anything to consummate the relationship. He was a sort of super hero in that he had super human strength and will. He had the ability to see without eyes. but he was all scar tissue. Would Evey had loved him anyway? Maybe but he asked her to please not remove the mask. @@BritanyBinges
The Book is a modern classic. Alan Moore's hero triptych (V for Vendetta, Watchmen, and Marvelman/Miracleman) are lessons for our age as poignant and relevant today as they were when they were written in the 80s.
Funny people often say “ people that don’t study the post are doomed to repeat the post” yet here we are in 2024. With a Labour government in the Uk that it’s taking lessons from the government in this movie, and think there are absolutely right in their actions. 🤷🏻♂️🇬🇧🏴🙏🏻
I didn't really get this movie when it came out. Almost 20 years later and now I respect it. It is scary to see certain parts of it reflected in today's real life, but it also gives hope that those times will never last. 😊 If you're looking for inspiration, I highly recommend The Lord Of The Rings. It also features Hugo Weaving (V) and I'd go as far as to say that that trilogy is my favourite of all time.
I have seen the LOTR trilogy and, honestly, I wasn't that into them. My husband loves them so I agreed to watch them if he agreed to give Harry Potter a try. lol I thought they were some of the most visually stunning movies I had watched, but once was enough for me. :(
I saw this in an Australian premiere theatre with reclining comfy chairs, food & drinks to order. I watched this with a couple of beers and pizza. By the end I could swear that they had different versions of the mask with subtly different expressions. The e motions Hugo imparted to the mas were so amazing. Top ten movie of all time for me. Steve
I have seen this movie about 20 times by now and i cry every time still. Natalie and Hugo did such an amazing job. Every scene they have together is just perfection and every word Hugo delivers on his own moves me. My two top favorite movies ever is this and the movie Constantine. With this one edging out the lead because of the performances and music.
Yeah, I could watch an entire movie with nothing but the two of them in a room having a conversation. lol They were both absolutely incredible and captivating.
5th November is a real holiday in England called bonfire night where we have bonfires and set fireworks off its also known as guy fawkes night where we celebrate his failed attempt to blow parliament up in the 1600s we also light a scarecrow that is made to look like him on fire
Prior to watching this, I had heard of Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night, but I didn't know really know anything about either and I didn't l know they were connected.
52:17 John Hurt was in Spaceballs at the end, recreating the scene from Alien when the alien popped out of his chest, hence why the character said "Oh no, not again".
Yeah, I knew him from that when I watched this. I just didn't know at the time who he was or what else he had been in so that's why I made the note in the video about him.
You found something that mattered more to you than life because when they had threaten to kill you unless you gave them what they wanted. you told them you'd rather die 🖤 powerful 🖤
I raec this in the comic when it came out in 1982. I was 12, and the comic is way better and much more intense than this film (though they did a good job). Way back then it blew my tiny little mind. God bless you Alan Moore@@BritanyBinges
I think this movie is the greatest testament to Hugo Weaving's monstrous skill. What he did without his face (technically his work instrument) is something only the great masters of the craft are able to.
Classical music from the classical music era is all copy right free. It’s all in public domain so you don’t have to mute it. That’s why so many movies and tv shows use classical music like Beethoven and Bach because they don’t have to pay anyone for the rights.
@@BritanyBinges I scrolled through for a while and couldn’t find anyone comment it, sorry. The only music related comment I had seen was about singing along.
I randomly decided to watch this during the 2 week lockdown in 2020 because I hadn’t seen it since 2008. My stomach was in knots, it was wayyyy too close to home at that time. Love this movie.
I love 🙂🙂your reaction to a movie I've seen almost three dozen times...... lol but your reaction made me feel like I've watched it for the first time and I really appreciate that. You have a new subscriber 👍
I'm so glad you enjoyed this and I loved this comment. That's exactly what I love about watching reactions and I'm glad I can provide that experience for others!
A detail I don't see mentioned is the white chalk cross Cready is told to put on his front door. As the camera pans over the test subject doors to V's room, the doors of the dead are marked with a white chalk cross. By giving the instruction to Cready V is getting him to mark himself as a dead man. Subtle, symbolic and deliciously petty.
I didn't make the connection about the chalk X being on the subjects' door while I was watching it, but I did notice them while I was editing this video. But, I didn't really think about it from the perspective you mentioned. That's awesome. lol
Find it hard to believe all you want, but those who've been watching my reactions know that I'm always upfront with any spoilers I'm aware of, even if it's disappointing for the viewer. I have multiple rewatches over on Patreon of things I have already seen and they're labeled as such.
This film gets more relevant with every passing day. People in this country need Vs speech more than ever. "How did this happen? Who is to blame? There are of course those who are more responsible than others, and they shall be held accountable, but again truth be told. If you are looking for the guilty, you need only to look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. "
The whole core of this film is in V's one line-"You have no fear any more. You're completely free." And the most breathtaking image is at the end, while the Houses of Parliament are blowing up, and the figures in the crowd pull off their masks, revealing the faces of all the people who have died at the hands of this regime.
Just for the record since you mentioned it, John Hurt WAS in spaceballs also, in that diner scene at the end, he was the one who had the alien burst out of him.
A few tidbits: 1. The most important distinctions from the graphic novel are that A. V is explicitly an anarchist and B. All of the government systems were wired into a supercomputer which V had hacked, explaining why he could run circles around a paranoid police state. 2. The graphic novel was written in the context of the Margaret Thatcher era, thus the references to discrimination against gay people. 3. The dead characters appearing at the end are meant to be symbolic.
I've responded to someone else regarding this, but it's not a quick/easy response so I'm just copy/pasting what I replied to them with: "It's not the song itself. It's using a long clip of audio from a movie that is the problem. Copyright owners submit their works to RUclips so it can be used as reference specifically for copyright violation checks. If too much of my video matches up with too much of their video (aka, the movie or episode I'm reacting to), it gets hit with a copyright claim and the video can be demonetized or outright blocked. So, it's not the song that's the problem, it's the movie. The copyright checking system (aka the Content ID system) is an automated bot, so it frequently gets things wrong or is far more strict than it needs to be. Creators can appeal the copyright claims issued by the automated system and have a real person review it, but that process can take up 30 days. Also, RUclips regularly demonetizes videos for using music creators selected from RUclips's very own "copyright safe" music library. So, they literally penalize creators for putting music in their videos that RUclips specifically told them they could use in the first place. I've also had a copyright claim on a video that was just of me talking. No music, no reaction. Literally just a video of me sitting in my office talking straight to camera the entire time. It's a very flawed automated system. So, dealing with the copyright on things is definitely not as straightforward as it might seem."
The film is adapted from a comic that was started in 1982, then the original comic folded (pun intended) in 1985 and it was republished and completed in 1988/89 by DC Comics. For all that it resonates now it was intended as a critique of Britain at the time. The film was released in 2005 and here we are, another (almost) 20 years later. The comic is well worth your time (the story is different in many details) and is available in a collected edition.
@@BritanyBinges It's one of the important ones, but less famous than many others. The writer (Alan Moore) is hugely influential. 'Watchmen' is his best known work. He collaborated with some great artists (Dave Lloyd principally for 'V' and Dave Gibbons on 'Watchmen'). He has also worked with some artists not called Dave. 🙂
this is my first movie reaction when my attention is for you and not for the movie (that I know, of course). You're a spectacular person who translate feelings in living life. It's normal in living, trust me, not in web. This is the best, beautiful reaction I've ever seen. Love that! 😍🤩🤩🤩
I need to go back and rewatch this. I think it might be when Inspector Finch is talking about his feeling, I recall a brief shot of him living together with Evey in the future.
Fun fact: Then scene immediately after Evey finds out it was V who tortured her and she breaks down with him talking to her was the first scene Hugo and Natalie filmed together
Hugo Weaving was excellent as V. There wasn't one bad actor throughout, even the cheesiest parts were played to the max. But Portman's portrayal of Evey was an absolute masterclass & she carried it over the line - utterly believable from naive fledgling to terrified prisoner to fearlessly decisive maturity. Evey's character is up there with other female roles like Ripley from Alien - being a woman or showing emotion doesn't mean there's no strength to get the job done. Like Sin City, it thankfully never shirks away from its comic book roots in look, action or dialogue. Special nod to Stephen Rhea as the Inspector he's such an underappreciated actor. (I know some of the original writers didn't approve of the changes, but IMO, the comic was politically relevant for it's time & the movie was relevant for ITS time).
No, I couldn't have. The song may be in the public domain, but the movie isn't. If I let the audio play for more than 8-10 seconds without muting it or cutting something significant from it, it gets blocked by RUclips's automated copyright check system.
🧐🤔Ummm… I beg your pardon. is that a photo of you with Jensen Ackles, Supernatural Castiel & Dean dolls, the tablet, the license plate I’m seeing?!... 😲🥰 You, miss, are a reactor after my own heart! Just got yourself a new subscriber!🤗
So glad you enjoyed it! I've actually done reactions for over 100 movies over on Patreon. Starting in March, I'm hoping to release at least one movie reaction a month here on RUclips, but I will be doing it on my second channel that I just set-up like last week (Britany Binges Movies) so I can keep movie and TV show reactions separate.
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Hugo Weaving deserved an Oscar for his performance. To give such performance with so much depth and feeling with just his voice, never seeing his face. Perfection!
Agreed. So did Natalie Portman.
Except, this movie was anti-woke, even at the time -- and not a chance it got the accolades it deserved
"Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An Inch, it is small and it is fragile, but it is the only thing the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must never let them take it from us." - Valerie
Honestly, I feel like pretty much everything V says is quotable. The writing/dialogue in this movie is absolutely phenomenal.
@@BritanyBinges It's great. The original graphic novel (from which a lot of the dialogue comes) was written by Alan Moore, who wrote Watchmen and many other great stories. Very intelligent man.
I cry every time I watch the scenes where Evey reads Valerie's letter.
I'm still surprised I didn't cry at that part, but I think I was too distracted by that whole situation feeling off and then realizing that Valerie's timeline didn't match up with Evey's.
@@Mr_Saxon That scene gets me chopping onions too...
@@BritanyBinges If you liked this movie, you should watch Equilibrium next.
Even after watching this a thousand times.. V still gives me chills.
Well, I haven't seen it a thousand times, but I have probably seen it about five or six times, and I completely agree.
@@BritanyBinges thanks for the response.. I'm used to bots and fake people. I used to be a graff writer.. Number one in my city. Idk why I said that.. Maybe it has 6o do with freedom fighting.
Hugo Weaving crushes it as V, from Agent Smith to Elrond to V, the characters he plays are iconic, and I feel like he doesn't get the credit he deserves for this role, almost every word he says is gold, for a man who you never see the face of, you get to learn so much in the way of words from him.
I didn't realize it was him until someone mentioned it on Patreon after I published the reaction there. I mainly knew him from The Matrix at that time (I had technically seen LOTR, but only once and don't really remember much of it). He really creeped me out in the Matrix so I was shocked when I learned he was V. His performance in this is mind-blowing.
Seems like bullshit that RUclips would demonitize you for music at the end when it's public domain: 1812 overture.@@BritanyBinges
@@paintingcube3853It's not the song itself. It's using a long clip of audio from a movie that is the problem. Copyright owners submit their works to RUclips so it can be used as reference specifically for copyright violation checks. If too much of my video matches up with too much of their video (aka, the movie or episode I'm reacting to), it gets hit with a copyright claim and the video can be demonetized or outright blocked. So, it's not the song that's the problem, it's the movie.
The copyright checking system (aka the Content ID system) is an automated bot, so it frequently gets things wrong or is far more strict than it needs to be. Creators can appeal the copyright claims issued by the automated system and have a real person review it, but that process can take up 30 days.
Also, RUclips regularly demonetizes videos for using music creators selected from RUclips's very own "copyright safe" music library. So, they literally penalize creators for putting music in their videos that RUclips specifically told them they could use in the first place.
I've also had a copyright claim on a video that was just of me talking. No music, no reaction. Literally just a video of me sitting in my office talking straight to camera the entire time.
So, dealing with the copyright on things is definitely not at straightforward as it might seem.
@@paintingcube3853A specific performance can still be copyrighted even if the music they're performing is public domain.
Not to mention Priscilla Queen of the Desert - possibly the most versatile actor of his generation
Finally a reactor that doesn't clean her tears off her face, so human, so honest!!!!
Yeah, it seems pointless to try and hold emotions in during a reaction. That's literally the point of a reaction. lol
Although, it's definitely not a pretty sight for the last 30 minutes or so of my Avengers: Infinity War reaction when I have makeup running all down my face. lol
keep it up i love your reactions@@BritanyBinges
Gordon is our very own national treasure, Stephen Fry.
As far as I recall, this and Bones are the only things I've ever seen him in. (And I find it so funny that his name is Gordon in both of them.) I've really enjoyed his characters in both, though.
@@BritanyBinges he is or at least was, the host of a TV panel show called QI and played as Melchitt in Blackadder. He gets wheeled out from time to time and blows everyone away with how clever he is. He also has a brain condition that makes him unable to recognise faces. Great guy really.
@@Metzwerg74 a bit of fry and Laurie yes. Hugh also plated multiple roles in Blackadder too.
They've pretty much all been hanging out together since meeting at Cambridge where they ended up doing theatre type stuff together. Fawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ben Elton, Rowan Atkinson, ade edmonton, rik mayall... they are all practically family and a couple of them have married.
@@BritanyBingeshe’s also a renowned atheist and supporter of LGBTQ+ rights as a gay man.
@@j9lorna He also played the leader of Laketown in The Hobbit movies.
Hugo Weaving is one of the great actors of our time.
I definitely underestimated him until I saw this.
It always confuses me that Americans don’t know what Nov 5th is. Then I realise it must be how they feel that no one but them cares about July 4th or whenever Thanksgiving is lol
Today, one can't help but draw similarities between the Chancellor Sutcliffe character and Donald Trump..!
And this is 19 years old!
Came out back in 2005 and yet is just as relevent now as ever. Infact sometimes after watching the news I can't help but be reminded of certain scenes in this movie..
It's scary to think about, but I think it's actually even more relevant today than it was back then. Or, maybe I'm just paying more attention to the way things are now than I did when I was just starting college. :-/
The comic came out in 1982. It was originally set in 1997
@@BritanyBinges The amount of parallels with what is happening now are truly bewildering.
I think we all need to stop playing into the hands of the manipulators who divide and rule and just speak to the truth because without truth there is no justice,
As quoted in the movie, there is something terribly wrong with our nations (Europe/US) and we can all feel it, we just blame each other instead of those pulling the strings.
More now than ever.
It's always been relevant, it's just through communication we notice these things more.
The entire sequence with Valerie's letter is my favourite part in a great movie.
It was really sucking me in until I realized she was in the same place that we saw in the flashbacks from the doctor's story and I got distracted by that. Seeing the memorial V made for her got me though. :(
The fact Natalie really allowed them to shave her head for it made it so real and raw. The risk of the one take they had going wrong and the pressure I'm sure some of her tears were real.
This movie hits so hard, and I love that you felt the emotion. Hugo is a master & he managed to evoke so much feeling with just his voice & body language. ❤
_“Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.”_
_“Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.”_
The fact John Hurt was chosen to play the leader or big brother when he played the good guy every man in 1984.
Hazel in watershipdown.
Has kind of the same themes.
Also played Quentin Crisp exact opposite character.
@johnpoile1451 the war dr in dr who. The elephant man. Also Hazel in watership down. Kind of similar to this.
This is such a relevant film these days.
“This world will end tonight, and tomorrow a different world will begin that different people will shape and this choice belongs to them.”
Love that line and the music.
"Eat Pies, kill Demons"
What have demons ever done to you?!?!?!!? 🥺😭😱
It's a reference to my favorite TV show, Supernatural.
@@BritanyBinges then we have something in common. I chose my current car because it's color is called "Winchester-Grey" 😅
Don't worry about the music in the Parliament scene- we're all singing along anyway!
It's not over, in fact it really has yet to begin.
i dont know why, but i cant help but find the priest funny every time i watch this lol hes just so funny. the face of the actor and the acting, idk hes just funny lol i laugh every single time.
John Hurt was is Spaceballs, replaying his chestbuster-scene from Alien.
You mention about finding out which other movies John Hurt (the Chancellor) had been in, Spaceballs and Alien amongst them.. but the really relevant one is 1984, which is set in a similar dystopia. The key difference is he's the one being massively oppressed and controlled, rather than in charge of it all. Worth a watch, especially after seeing this :)
So an element I wish they kept, V was grooming Evey to be his successor. In the comic, when he died, he left Evey with a riddle; you must know the face beneath this mask, but you must never remove it from me.
Meanwhile, the head inspector was telling everyone that V was shot to death.
Cut to Evey dressed as V shouting to the crowd from a rooftop after parliament blows, quoting Mark Twain; "rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated!"
To V's thinking, Anarchy has 2 sides, a destroyer who reduces the totalitarian government to rubble and chaos, and a builder, who uses that cleared space to build a new age of self governance. He was the destroyer, and he left it to Evey to build anew.
Frighteningly prophetic. I wasn't a big fan of the movie when it was first released (possibly because I wasn't a big fan of the graphic novel in the first place), but my admiration for it grows with each passing year. Especially after the last few.
Yeah, I feel like it becomes more and more relevant each year. :(
Extremely prophetic in a mirror image sort of way.
Far more relevant than I ever imagined. Idiocracy is another movie, came out a year after V, and it's proving to be prophetic as well. I didn't believe the world could ever become so stupid. But I suppose it already was, and it's just becoming more obvious over time with the proliferation of social media.
Here's a little something I picked up a few years ago: Evey's name. E-V - the 5th and 5th from last letters of the alphabet.
And to make it even more wonderful, the Latin prefix e- means "out of/from/without". She is e-V - she comes from V and is without V.
This is one of the BEST movies ever, yes there are faults but the (what movie doesn't) but the message is very important, 'Governments should fear the people, People shouldn't fear their government'' & the power of a country is not in it's politics or politicians but in its people. Great reaction, thanks.
So glad you enjoyed the reaction! Thank YOU for watching it! :)
@@BritanyBinges Not commented yet (& I don't want to edit my initial comment) so I will add it here; I like the symmetry between V (actually 5 from his room number but V is better) & Evie, both of their names are V, V was born in fire while Evie was born in water (rain), V was a person turned into a monster that never lost his humanity whereas Evie was a person that found herself & her humanity and finally that V started the revolution in anger & Evie ends it in hope.
This movie should be essential viewing for all politicians and broadcast every polling day.
A salutary lesson in how parliamentarians serve and are accountable to the electorate rather than self-serving and wallet stuffing.
'Why do I feel like he's doing this to test her?' ... and, you know what happens.
I definitely was thinking he was doing it to test her loyalty and whether or not he could trust her. I never imagined it would be his way of giving her what she said she wanted.
Us Die Hard Sci-fi fans are just imagining a DRD when the music is muted
What i love about Gordon's character is how oblivious he was to how much danger he was in. It's shows us just how good the cover up is. Even in the beginning those who witnessed the blowing up of the old bailey were detained
His carefree attitude during that scene is part of why I had such anxiety in that moment. lol
It's a dystopian version of Britain where it's a dictatorship and V is Guy Fawkes perfect combination.
Notice the song when V confronts Creedy in the greenhouse is Beethoven's fifth symphony... or Beethoven V Great reaction, thanks for that
Oooh ... I don't think anyone has pointed that yet. That's brilliant. Thanks for sharing! So glad you enjoyed the reaction!
43:03, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony... the first four notes of which are Morse Code for the letter V...
Oh, that's really interesting! I didn't realize that. Thanks for sharing!
@@BritanyBinges I am a fount of useless information.
@@MarrockV You say useless, I say interesting. :)
The association between the notes and "V for Victory" was popularized by Winston Churchill, the greatest wartime Prime Minister the UK ever had.
I watch this Every Year
You saw his face in the fire scene. As the Dr. Said there were no eyes but he could see, and any relationship With Evey would be platonic.The features were all burned off.
I don't think it would've been platonic. He admitted to falling in love with her and she kissed his mask and made it pretty clear she loved him as well.
I agree. But let me put it another way, the fire removed anything to consummate the relationship. He was a sort of super hero in that he had super human strength and will. He had the ability to see without eyes. but he was all scar tissue. Would Evey had loved him anyway? Maybe but he asked her to please not remove the mask. @@BritanyBinges
no matter what you expect from the movie, you get so much more.
Well, I went in with absolutely zero expectations so, imagine my surprise. lol
And thus I clothe my naked villainy. With odd old ends stol'n out of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
This movie has so many prophetic undertones of what is actually going on in our own country right now.
The Book is a modern classic. Alan Moore's hero triptych (V for Vendetta, Watchmen, and Marvelman/Miracleman) are lessons for our age as poignant and relevant today as they were when they were written in the 80s.
Fun fact, the detective drops acid to "figure it out" in the graphic novel :^)
Oh, really?! I feel like that helps make his explanation of how he realized everything was connected a little more plausible actually. lol
I don’t think anyone who seen this prior to internet recommendations ever thought about rewatching it on Nov. 5th.
We don't need to see his face. He has my face, your face, he is all of us.
We are anonymous we are legion united as one divided by zero
Funny people often say “ people that don’t study the post are doomed to repeat the post” yet here we are in 2024. With a Labour government in the Uk that it’s taking lessons from the government in this movie, and think there are absolutely right in their actions. 🤷🏻♂️🇬🇧🏴🙏🏻
John Hurt WAS in Spaceballs - reprising his role from Alien... (Not Again!)
I grew up watching Spaceballs, but I didn't see Alien until watching this so I didn't make the connection until I was editing this.
In truth, we do see V's face.
In every face, and in the mirror.
This is my favorite movie all time! I'm glad to see you enjoyed it too!
Thanks for watching! :)
I didn't really get this movie when it came out. Almost 20 years later and now I respect it.
It is scary to see certain parts of it reflected in today's real life, but it also gives hope that those times will never last. 😊
If you're looking for inspiration, I highly recommend The Lord Of The Rings. It also features Hugo Weaving (V) and I'd go as far as to say that that trilogy is my favourite of all time.
I have seen the LOTR trilogy and, honestly, I wasn't that into them. My husband loves them so I agreed to watch them if he agreed to give Harry Potter a try. lol I thought they were some of the most visually stunning movies I had watched, but once was enough for me. :(
I saw this in an Australian premiere theatre with reclining comfy chairs, food & drinks to order.
I watched this with a couple of beers and pizza.
By the end I could swear that they had different versions of the mask with subtly different expressions.
The e motions Hugo imparted to the mas were so amazing.
Top ten movie of all time for me.
Steve
I have seen this movie about 20 times by now and i cry every time still. Natalie and Hugo did such an amazing job. Every scene they have together is just perfection and every word Hugo delivers on his own moves me. My two top favorite movies ever is this and the movie Constantine. With this one edging out the lead because of the performances and music.
Yeah, I could watch an entire movie with nothing but the two of them in a room having a conversation. lol They were both absolutely incredible and captivating.
Poor Natalie having her hair shaved on camera. Her reaction breaks me.
This movie is so good.. Can watch every day 😊😊😊
5th November is a real holiday in England called bonfire night where we have bonfires and set fireworks off its also known as guy fawkes night where we celebrate his failed attempt to blow parliament up in the 1600s we also light a scarecrow that is made to look like him on fire
Prior to watching this, I had heard of Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night, but I didn't know really know anything about either and I didn't l know they were connected.
I forgot how much I love this movie. It's so unique, and just as relevant, if not more so, than it was in the early aughts.
V (Hugo Weaving) played the commander of Hydra in Captain America's movie (the first avenger)!
I think the graphic novel was written in the 1980s. Some things never change. History repeats.
best movie ever made.
great wrap up Britany. Thumbs Up.
Why is this becoming so relevant today...
Terrifying, isn't it? :-/
52:17 John Hurt was in Spaceballs at the end, recreating the scene from Alien when the alien popped out of his chest, hence why the character said "Oh no, not again".
Yeah, I knew him from that when I watched this. I just didn't know at the time who he was or what else he had been in so that's why I made the note in the video about him.
You found something that mattered more to you than life because when they had threaten to kill you unless you gave them what they wanted. you told them you'd rather die 🖤 powerful 🖤
It's such an underated movie, thank you so much for sharing your reaction ❤️
I completely agree! I'm so surprised I haven't heard more about it over the years.
Thank YOU for watching the reaction. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I raec this in the comic when it came out in 1982. I was 12, and the comic is way better and much more intense than this film (though they did a good job). Way back then it blew my tiny little mind. God bless you Alan Moore@@BritanyBinges
I think this movie is the greatest testament to Hugo Weaving's monstrous skill. What he did without his face (technically his work instrument) is something only the great masters of the craft are able to.
Before Covid, I saw this movie and it was unthinkable to me that over 100,000 people would die from a pandemic. We know just how wrong I was.
Yeah, it was a pretty eye-opening experience for a lot of us. :/
Classical music from the classical music era is all copy right free. It’s all in public domain so you don’t have to mute it. That’s why so many movies and tv shows use classical music like Beethoven and Bach because they don’t have to pay anyone for the rights.
Yes, I did have to mute it. I've already responded to this topic like 5 or 6 times. Please see one of of my other replies.
@@BritanyBinges I scrolled through for a while and couldn’t find anyone comment it, sorry. The only music related comment I had seen was about singing along.
I randomly decided to watch this during the 2 week lockdown in 2020 because I hadn’t seen it since 2008. My stomach was in knots, it was wayyyy too close to home at that time. Love this movie.
Oh, yeah... watching it during a lockdown makes it a little too real. 😬
It makes you wonder whether this movie is prophetic or governments just decided to use it as a template and guide?
I love 🙂🙂your reaction to a movie I've seen almost three dozen times...... lol but your reaction made me feel like I've watched it for the first time and I really appreciate that.
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I'm so glad you enjoyed this and I loved this comment. That's exactly what I love about watching reactions and I'm glad I can provide that experience for others!
A detail I don't see mentioned is the white chalk cross Cready is told to put on his front door. As the camera pans over the test subject doors to V's room, the doors of the dead are marked with a white chalk cross. By giving the instruction to Cready V is getting him to mark himself as a dead man. Subtle, symbolic and deliciously petty.
I didn't make the connection about the chalk X being on the subjects' door while I was watching it, but I did notice them while I was editing this video. But, I didn't really think about it from the perspective you mentioned. That's awesome. lol
God, I fuckin' love this movie.
Find it hard to believe she sees the plot twist with out pre watching the movie.
Find it hard to believe all you want, but those who've been watching my reactions know that I'm always upfront with any spoilers I'm aware of, even if it's disappointing for the viewer. I have multiple rewatches over on Patreon of things I have already seen and they're labeled as such.
This film gets more relevant with every passing day. People in this country need Vs speech more than ever. "How did this happen? Who is to blame? There are of course those who are more responsible than others, and they shall be held accountable, but again truth be told. If you are looking for the guilty, you need only to look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. "
Sick on November 5? Husband's birthday? That's okay. Days later...
"Remember, remember the 5th of November..." 😮
Hugo Weaving is a Nigerian-born Englishman with US, UK and Australian citizenship.
The whole core of this film is in V's one line-"You have no fear any more. You're completely free."
And the most breathtaking image is at the end, while the Houses of Parliament are blowing up, and the figures in the crowd pull off their masks, revealing the faces of all the people who have died at the hands of this regime.
Just for the record since you mentioned it, John Hurt WAS in spaceballs also, in that diner scene at the end, he was the one who had the alien burst out of him.
This movie is a must see for everyone, especially now
I love this movie it's more important as time goes on. Politicians lie to us all the time and people seem to be fine with it.
Ideas are bullet proof.
A few tidbits: 1. The most important distinctions from the graphic novel are that A. V is explicitly an anarchist and B. All of the government systems were wired into a supercomputer which V had hacked, explaining why he could run circles around a paranoid police state.
2. The graphic novel was written in the context of the Margaret Thatcher era, thus the references to discrimination against gay people.
3. The dead characters appearing at the end are meant to be symbolic.
I knew you would like this! ☺️
It is amazing watching you put all the pieces together.
It's like setting up dominos to reveal a new picture to see.
So glad you enjoyed the reaction! Thank you for watching!
I'm not sure you'd get in trouble with youtube for some of the music.
Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture doesn't have copyright I'm pretty sure.
I've responded to someone else regarding this, but it's not a quick/easy response so I'm just copy/pasting what I replied to them with:
"It's not the song itself. It's using a long clip of audio from a movie that is the problem. Copyright owners submit their works to RUclips so it can be used as reference specifically for copyright violation checks. If too much of my video matches up with too much of their video (aka, the movie or episode I'm reacting to), it gets hit with a copyright claim and the video can be demonetized or outright blocked. So, it's not the song that's the problem, it's the movie.
The copyright checking system (aka the Content ID system) is an automated bot, so it frequently gets things wrong or is far more strict than it needs to be. Creators can appeal the copyright claims issued by the automated system and have a real person review it, but that process can take up 30 days.
Also, RUclips regularly demonetizes videos for using music creators selected from RUclips's very own "copyright safe" music library. So, they literally penalize creators for putting music in their videos that RUclips specifically told them they could use in the first place.
I've also had a copyright claim on a video that was just of me talking. No music, no reaction. Literally just a video of me sitting in my office talking straight to camera the entire time.
It's a very flawed automated system.
So, dealing with the copyright on things is definitely not as straightforward as it might seem."
@@BritanyBinges Ah! That figures.
The film is adapted from a comic that was started in 1982, then the original comic folded (pun intended) in 1985 and it was republished and completed in 1988/89 by DC Comics. For all that it resonates now it was intended as a critique of Britain at the time. The film was released in 2005 and here we are, another (almost) 20 years later. The comic is well worth your time (the story is different in many details) and is available in a collected edition.
I've never read a graphic novel/comic series, but this is definitely one I would consider.
@@BritanyBinges It's one of the important ones, but less famous than many others. The writer (Alan Moore) is hugely influential. 'Watchmen' is his best known work. He collaborated with some great artists (Dave Lloyd principally for 'V' and Dave Gibbons on 'Watchmen'). He has also worked with some artists not called Dave. 🙂
this is my first movie reaction when my attention is for you and not for the movie (that I know, of course). You're a spectacular person who translate feelings in living life. It's normal in living, trust me, not in web. This is the best, beautiful reaction I've ever seen. Love that! 😍🤩🤩🤩
I need to go back and rewatch this. I think it might be when Inspector Finch is talking about his feeling, I recall a brief shot of him living together with Evey in the future.
Merci.
Fun fact: Then scene immediately after Evey finds out it was V who tortured her and she breaks down with him talking to her was the first scene Hugo and Natalie filmed together
That such an intense scene to have to start with, but they absolutely pulled it off.
Gordon was so wrong, those Fundraisers beat his ass !! 😂
Hugo Weaving was excellent as V. There wasn't one bad actor throughout, even the cheesiest parts were played to the max.
But Portman's portrayal of Evey was an absolute masterclass & she carried it over the line - utterly believable from naive fledgling to terrified prisoner to fearlessly decisive maturity. Evey's character is up there with other female roles like Ripley from Alien - being a woman or showing emotion doesn't mean there's no strength to get the job done.
Like Sin City, it thankfully never shirks away from its comic book roots in look, action or dialogue.
Special nod to Stephen Rhea as the Inspector he's such an underappreciated actor.
(I know some of the original writers didn't approve of the changes, but IMO, the comic was politically relevant for it's time & the movie was relevant for ITS time).
@ 6:14 I think Mr. Finch actually says, in a very low voice, "England fails."
One of my fav movies of all time! great reaction!
So glad you enjoyed it!
@58:45 Don't worry, we hear it, it can't be silenced.
The 1812 Overture is public domain so you could have played it but no worries, better safe than sorry. :)
No, I couldn't have. The song may be in the public domain, but the movie isn't. If I let the audio play for more than 8-10 seconds without muting it or cutting something significant from it, it gets blocked by RUclips's automated copyright check system.
@@BritanyBinges Ugggh. This system is...I have no nice words here. Sorry you have to deal with that. :(
I highly recommend the graphic novel by Alan Moore, it's even better! thanks for this x
I've actually never read a graphic novel. This might a good one to start with since I already know I love the characters and story. :)
There are many things that cause vomiting (emesis) prior to death, especially bioweapons.
For example, Sarin is well known for it.
Beautiful
they used the Benny Hill's Show music for that parody!
🧐🤔Ummm… I beg your pardon. is that a photo of you with Jensen Ackles, Supernatural Castiel & Dean dolls, the tablet, the license plate I’m seeing?!... 😲🥰
You, miss, are a reactor after my own heart! Just got yourself a new subscriber!🤗
The movie is based on a graphich novel.
One of my all time favourite movie’s brilliant i try to watch it every November
Ok so I learned this recently that scene where Evee comes out of her cell to find V is the first scene they did together
That such an intense scene for them to have to start with. But, they definitely pulled it off. It's an incredible scene.
Great reaction to a great film! You should do more movies :)
So glad you enjoyed it! I've actually done reactions for over 100 movies over on Patreon. Starting in March, I'm hoping to release at least one movie reaction a month here on RUclips, but I will be doing it on my second channel that I just set-up like last week (Britany Binges Movies) so I can keep movie and TV show reactions separate.
That was a wonderful reaction, thank you for sharing.