If I remember correctly, the first scene with V defending Evey against the Fingermen was filmed with a different actor behind the mask with Weaving redubbing the voice later. The original actor, James Purefoy was far more animated in his portrayal, which you might notice in that first scene compared to later scenes. Purefoy left after a couple weeks of filming because he hated the mask. I think it worked out for the best because Weaving's performance was phenomenal, conveying so much emotional nuance with just his voice.
@@EricSarahReact Guys react to Gone girl (2014) starring rosamund pike and ben affleck its an masterpiece you guys should definitely watch it. It was directed by same director of seven,zodiac (David fincher)
In the UK we still celebrate Guy Fawkes night on the 5th of November. In Scotland we revere him as the only man who entered parliament with honest intentions. Well, at least I do lol
Seems they have hidden a lot of info around that period i suspect Cromwell and Savile families were Key figures in keeping the Backstage curtains hidden from masses Very Bad families with a lot of others just look around right now disease shutdowns control same has film just Most are blind to it seems our collective history is Not one they want us to understand because before our Crown was hijacked collectively with our Irish and Welsh with Some Norwegian and Scottish and Lancashire and Yorkshire brothers and sisters we stopped Empires they Learnt the Hard way thanks to Ancestors that they had to take over using Insurgency and that is Just what happened All that time ago that is why Those above are Not going along with public will
If you're looking for the guilty you need only look into a mirror,...he promised you order, he promised you peace and all he demanded in return was your silent obedient consent. So many great lines with so much relevance to today's world
One of my favorite films of all time, I believe when V was crying there 2 explanations for me. He's crying because he feels terrible for what he did to Evey and probably thought she wouldn't actually come back to see him one last time, for she had described him as a monstrous creation and him removing his mask is probably for him seeing that monster hence breaking the mirror and crying. It could also have been that V at this point had already fallen in love with Evey, and he had probably already planned his fate to die and him realizing what he's become after what he put her through and seeing his face, he wants to be more than that and have a future with Evey, but he can't. That's what I think.
Good analysis on V. It may possibly be both. He never saw himself as a living, loving person, but as a monster of revenge against those who murdered hundreds of innocent people who are different from “normal” people and innocent children from a hospital all for the sake of power and control by one man.
V crying in the mirror was because of what Evey said about the count of Monte Christo, that Edmund Dantes cared more about his revenge than he did about his love. V took those words to heart and so, when the time came, he gave Evey what she wanted, to live without fear, knowing that he would lose her, that the act of giving her what she wanted would make her hate him. Yet, he did it anyway, because he loved her. What she wanted was more important than what he wanted (to be with her), so he wept at the damnable unfairness of it all, but he only wept after she was gone, thus offering her no guilt. A truly selfless act. It's written so well that it's almost poetic.
His sacrifice was necessary. They didn't do a good job explaining it in the movie but he was just as much of a monster as the men he killed to create a new world. It's also why he left the choice of blowing up the building to her. She had just as much reason to become a monster as he did at that point but she was able to move on and grow. It was her resilience that set her apart from him and why she was the real hero of the film
In the boom it was also implied that he was grooming her to lead society out of the I suing chaos so an even bigger asshole didn’t fill the power vacuum.
@@6StimuL84 No, he _was_ a monster. And he knew that, he accepted that. In the graphic novel, he makes it very clear that while he can bring about a new, better world - he cannot exist within it.
For me it's when V says "I didn't" write Valerie's notes. It brings all the emotion of Valerie's story and the recontextualizes the "lie" that V put Evey through simultaneously in an instant along with the realization that he's living in the shadow of Valerie's "I love you with all my heart"
@@ErdTirdMans You're right, that's a great point, and one I had mostly forgotten, because after the first viewing, it's no longer a "surprise." And I bought it when buying DVDs was still a thing 😁, so I've seen it plenty of times, but that's a line that I'd been paying less attention to than others.
if u ever wonder if the domino scene was real than ... yes ... The domino scene, where V tips over black and red dominoes to form a giant letter V, involved 22,000 dominoes. It took four professional domino assemblers 200 hours to set it up.
The movie came out in 2005...but it was based on a graphic novel written by Alan Moore that came out in the mid 1980's. Alan Moore is one of the most respected writers in comics. Many of his stories have been adapted to films (Watchmen, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell) although his name doesn't appear in the films' credits because he does not want to be associated with the adaptations.
This movie is so great in so many ways. Why V has to die is because he is removing all vestiges of the totalitarian government, which he is part of. If you go back through the parts that speak of his past, you will see that he was the source of their power, he was the key to their existence. At the same time, they stripped him of everything he ever was, and he became vengeance personified. He knew he was a monster, equal to them in cruelty and destructive capability. So, he knew that when he destroyed them, he would need to go too. There would be no place for a monster like him in the world he was trying to help create. The one thing he never figured on was falling in love. His crying when she leaves has so many aspects to it. To fulfill her wish of living without fear, he needed to kill the innocence in her. Also, he loved her, but as a monster following a path laid down in a foundation laid by decades of hate, he knew he could never have her. Still, the fact that he loved her proved that they hadn't destroyed all his humanity, so he had to sacrifice his love for her and that shred of humanity left in him to be the monster required to take the government down. So many layers. Even Evey. There is so much that goes into her character and how in almost every way possible V is responsible for everything that made her who she becomes. The illness and cure the government used to give themselves riches and power came from him. The very illness that stole her brother from her and polarized her parents into becoming activists. Activists who were captured by the government using powers he made possible for them, while initially scaring her and instilling her with crippling fear. A fear and loneliness that leads her to such desperation that she leaves her house after curfew to meet a powerful man at the tv station she works for simply because he asked her. From that point, the show adds the rest of the details fairly plainly. Still, in every major way, V had just as much of an impact her her as the government. I think this adds to the pain he feels when she leaves. It was the final nail in the coffin of who she could have been. Just the the government stripped him of who he was, he stripped her of who she was. Ya ya, I know, it's a movie. Still, a movie people put a lot of effort into and writers who really fleshed out the details and consequences of actions.
Cool fun factoid: The Chancellor was played by John Hurt who was also in the movie 1984. Which is a great inside joke and Easter egg. In that movie he was the character that had to be reeducated in correct speak.
I couldn't see anyone else doing the voice of V other than the man who portrayed Agent Smith, Red Skull and an Eleven King. Such gravitas in his dulcet tones heavy with authority and commanding presence in each syllable
Hugo Weaving is an fantastic actor . He worked on the Matrix and Lord of The Rings,and he was the Red Skull in the first captain america movie. Not all actors have opportunities like Hugo Weaving had.
I've watched this movie every Nov 5th since it came out, including many V watching parties. 😁👍 The next time you guys watch it have the text on when V gives his introduction to Evey, to read all the V-words! It's incredible. And watch V's favorite movie someday. It's the first and really good movie of the book "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexander Dumas. Made in 1934 with Robert Donat. One can see why V liked it. If you like scifi I recommend "Contact" (1997) and "Interstellar" (2014), both with Matt McConaughey. Contact is based on Dr. Carl Sagan's scifi novel he wrote shortly after his "Cosmos" science TV series in the 80s. Also stars Jodie Foster as lead. With Interstellar, just get ready for a big ride! The best scifi to date IMO. 🖖😎
Agreed! "Understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you. I love you. With all my heart, I love you." - Cannot get through that sentence without tearing up! That and "Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy. And ideas are bulletproof". The writing is so damn good it just hits me every time!
In regards to smashing the mirror, V was like the beast in Beauty and the Beast and realised that he couldn't have that kind of life with her. Hugo Weaving's face has the most hours of celluloid in screen history due to the Matrix [with all his duplicates]. This time we never see his face at all !
Nov 5 is an important event and holiday in British culture as it celebrates the demise of the conspirators, namely Guy Fawkes, who were caught and stopped in their attempts to blow up Parliament Building. Thus sparing King and Country. Guy Fawke's Night on Nov 5 is celebrated more than Halloween by building an effigy for Guy Fawkes and burning it in front of large crowds. A delightful if not mildly ghoulish occasion.
I think Halloween rivals it now, and there's not many effigies being burned anymore. It's become 'Bonfire Night' and mostly known for fireworks. Even fewer people know the reason *why* they were plotting in the first place, or any other context. 'Holiday' is also sort of misleading.
In July the Tryolians all across the Alps (Germany, Austria, Northern italy, Switzerland) light the mountain tops alight with symbols for the Summer Solstice but also to honor William Tell (Wilhelm Tell) .. we witnessed that this past summer... amazing to witness.
The reason they’re called “fingermen” was because the government was designed similar to a human body. Chancellor Sutler was the head, and the news was the mouthpiece, the police were the hand etc. Aside from the Batman movies, this and Blade will always be my favorite. This movie being my number 1 above all of them because of the content, the story, and the message. Also, I highly recommend “The Count of Monte Cristo.” I like the one starring Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce. It’s not all too different except…well, I’ll let you watch it lol. Great reaction 😊
Valarie's story destroys me every time...I was crying even through this reaction, to detain people because of sexual orientation is a huge moral no no for me.
This movie is UNDERRATED and should get way more attention to viewers. AND YES THIS IS A DC ADAPTION. If you would like to see John Hurt(who played Adam in this movie)in a different role rather than his villainous ones.I would suggest THE ELEPHANT MAN(1980).Alongside Anthony Hopkins.
Every time I see this movie I am terrified and I have to think of all the stories my parents told me about, both grew up in the GDR (German Democratic Republic). The tell from blinking signs the news moderator gave in order to let the people new that the news are fake ore the Stasi (State security service) that spied on people, removed them if necessary and destroy data and records of certain events. The constant fear. There are the crazies story’s out there about the Stasi friend betraying friends, and family family, and lovers lovers. And this I why I love this movie, because I is daunting and can never happen again and if you live in a land that is currently like that, it can give u hope to stand up.
Michael Fassbender starred as Guy Fawkes in the 2004 two-parter Gunpowder, Treason and Plot, a pretty good production based on the actual historical attempt to blow up Parliament.
"Thats hard hitting" As it should be. Here in the UK people are (imo) sleep walking into a dictatorship. Where big corporations back seat drive governments. Todays generation have to wake up and rebel imo, before it's too late. This film resonates with me on so many levels because of that.....
i want to point that there is a reason why V said "of course you are" when she told her name. e is the 5th latter in alphabet and V also used as 5 in roman number. so eve is kinda 555 or vvv, that's why V said "i dont believe concequences".
This movie is more enjoyable to watch every time I do. Reminds me of the movie 'Network'. I really like the Wachowski's writing when they get into the deep soul of People 😃
This is back then when WB had balls and believe in their brands being made mostly dark, brutal and philospical in nature, then 2017 came and they sell out to corporate crap and the disregard artistic value of their brand, becoming a Disney/MCU copy paste for all the wrong reasons.
FYI...I'm 99% sure that "The 1812 Overture" is in the public domain. You needn't have blocked the scene on the rooftop or the destruction of Parlement Bldg at the end due to the fear of a Copywrite claim for that piece of music. Stay safe...be well...
that final fight scene with V in the metro is so awesome! its in slowmo, but you gotta realize how fast V was actually moving. imagine, those guys are highly trained. reloading a pistol takes less than a second for someone who is trained. V also had to close the distance on each and every one of the shooters. i think only 1 of em managed to finish the reload except he didnt get to fire additional shots. V killed all of em in the blink of an eye.
@@Moviegrapevine I wouldn’t expect you too. It’s just jarring. I imagine it’s how Americans might feel when no one knows what “independence day” is, apart from being a film lol
Our own country, the US. Has considered or done these very things. This movie has a very important message. Think of how old it is and how strikingly similar it resembles the last few years. Be careful what you wish for
The original comic strip was written in the early 80s (and set in the late 90s) by legendary British comic writer Alan Moore who also wrote Watchmen, From Hell, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and many more works. He was badly shafted by the comics industry, in particular DC, so he's refused to have his name associated with any of the movies and has asked for his share of the royalties to be given to the artists he worked with rather than to him. In general the adaptions of his comics to movies have been dreadful but V for Vendetta was actually pretty damned good.
This is not a DC creation they bought it from a British comic. Hence it being based in London around an English historical event. It's a great story for this current age and circumstances.. it makes you think as a good film should...
More specifically, V for Vendetta was published under the Vertigo Comics subsection of DC. This is not part of what would be understood to be the DC comic universe canon.
@@DaemonKeido The film's story was adapted from Alan Moore and David Lloyd's graphic novel V for Vendetta; this was originally published between 1982 and 1985 in the British comic anthology Warrior, and then reprinted and completed by DC.
If you study history and you go deep enough down-the-rabbit-hole you realize that everything that happens in this movie similar situations have happened before in history and I fear that such an event may be occurring or at least in the plans as of now. Governments for the most part or run by greedy selfish individuals who see themselves as masters of the people not servants of them
Since seeing this in the theater back in 2005 it's become my favorite film. Why? Because unlike other movies made to entertain this also informs, inspires; it's an IMPORTANT film. As you said it was prescient in how it predicted the coming pandemic and the rise to power of right-wing extremists. It even predicted the U.S. civil war we're now engaged in, the division, the lies and hate that are being fed from the extremist media and greedy politicians. And in the end the good people are wearing masks. It was brave to produce this just 4 years after 9/11 with V blowing up buildings. It's left to the audience to decide whether he's a terrorist or a freedom fighter, just as Evie had to decide. I watch this every Nov. 5th. Guy Fawkes was a real person and there is a day commemorated to him.
Yeah it was right wing extremists that demanded you stay indoors, wear masks, take vaccines, shut down your business 🤦🏼♂️. It must also be right wing extremists that own all the newspapers and 95% of mainstream media (and no Fox News is not a voice for right-wing extremists, it’s tailored for more skeptical and conservative audiences but it draws a distinct line between news and opinion and the Murdoch’s are not ideologically right wing much less extremists).
Hugo Weaving did wonderful acting without showing face/expressions. 10:46 No, you won't. :) 23:5725:3027:00 Haha... ;) 37:21 "That's the most beautiful thing you could have ever given me." :(
I really enjoyed the fact that you two did this movie. This is one of my top ten movies of all time. The only two drawbacks I had while watching this were the editing and the spoilers. The editing, I know, was time restricted. However, it could have come out better with finishing some scenes without hacking them short, i.e. the 'priest' scene. I know editing can present a challenge with time, but it is certainly a most important element. The spoilers. I believe that most are unintentionally done, but the thing that destroys a viewers enjoyment most is when tou are watching a reaction and someone blurts out, 'That's V!' or 'He's gonna die.' When they are true it doesn't make it okay to say. Hold fast until the end and then the review mention it. It is a courtesy for the viewers to enjoy the discovery along with the reactors. Thank you.
All it takes for an explosion is one spark All it takes for a movement is one idea All it takes for a rally is one word All it takes for a revolution is one man
Every time they show the chancellor, look at his pupils... they're so blown out he must be a walking pharmacy. Also, when V visits Creedy and starts the music player... it's the first four notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony... which, in Morse code, spells the letter V. (dot-dot-dot-dash)
The movie was based on an old book called “1984”, there was a movie called “1984” that starred “John Hurt” (the man on the giant screen) who played the hero I believe.
Regarding "Fingermen," its a reference to British slang for when police arrested someone to take them in for questioning, which was called "getting fingered", another more common phrase is getting nicked or as our American cousins say busted.
Guido faux is known as the last honest man in parliament. He actually wasnt even the leader. A team of 4 men were employed by the church to blow up the building to try re take power of the people. Guy was hired at the last minute as he just finished his military term as a demo expert. At the eve before the event, someone in the church got cold feet, sent a note that no one should be at work that day. The guards went to where the powder kegs were and arrested guy. They tourtured him for days before he gave up the other 4 names. Hes the last honest man because at his trial, he freely admitted what he intended to do. He was tortured so fully that he was the only one not to survive the whole treason punishment. His story went on in folktales, later was published in different ways before DC turned it into a graphic novel.
Hugo Weaving's performance is usually applauded for this film, but Natalie Portman matches him, IMHO. Re-name the film Pandemic and it has even more relevance.
Yeah the writer Alan Moore wrote thd story in the 80s during Margaret Thatcher’s conservative administration in the UK. He considered Thatcher and her people fascists and the story is what Moore thought they would do to England if they could.
It's interesting to me how people in the comments have mapped the themes of this movie onto recent events. Even some people implying this is Biden's playbook and some saying it's Trumps or using the pandemic as a real life example of St Mary's in the film. However, the author of the graphic novel - as many have pointed out - wrote it as a reaction to Thatcherite politics of the 1980's. Note the once free country turning into a Christo-fascist state. The party logo - 2 crosses on top of each other, The anti-Muslim, anti-gay and anti-immigration sentiment, The neo-fascist imagery/rallies, the Orwellian use of language, authoritarianism, thought control and a police state. Those in power that have financial interests and are willing to subvert democracy for their own narrow gain. These were some the concerns of the author Alan Moore at the time. He was worried about what Thatcher was doing to Britain in the 1980's. Remove the 'V from the symbol and replace it with an 'A' and you get closer to how V thought he could bring down the corrupt state in the Novel.
We are seeing that our governments do not care about us but sooner or later the populous will wake up to the fact we are poorer than our ancestors during the French revolution
The graphic novel is pretty good as well. The author is definitely a bit of a misanthrope, but he's a highly talented misanthrope. He also has a very dark view of people in general, and IIRC disavowed both this and the watchmen movies as perversions of his artistic vision. That all said, I'd say both comics are worth a read. I happen to like both the comics and the movies derived from them, they can really make you think.
This movie showed just how good Hugo Weaving is as an actor since he did the entire movie with his face hidden.
Agreed!
If I remember correctly, the first scene with V defending Evey against the Fingermen was filmed with a different actor behind the mask with Weaving redubbing the voice later. The original actor, James Purefoy was far more animated in his portrayal, which you might notice in that first scene compared to later scenes. Purefoy left after a couple weeks of filming because he hated the mask. I think it worked out for the best because Weaving's performance was phenomenal, conveying so much emotional nuance with just his voice.
@@EricSarahReact Guys react to Gone girl (2014) starring rosamund pike and ben affleck its an masterpiece you guys should definitely watch it. It was directed by same director of seven,zodiac (David fincher)
Eric looks like his real name is Hugo
He shows his face in the finale, kind of, he’s in the crowd.
In the UK we still celebrate Guy Fawkes night on the 5th of November. In Scotland we revere him as the only man who entered parliament with honest intentions. Well, at least I do lol
It raises a question about Oliver Cromwell -- if he stayed true, if he deviated, or if he never did at all. All interesting interpretations.
Guy killed himself before he was to be hang save executioner the trouble. He became close to complete his mission.
Shame he never succeeded in blowing up that cess pit of corruption
Seems they have hidden a lot of info around that period
i suspect Cromwell and Savile families were Key figures in keeping the Backstage curtains hidden from masses Very Bad families with a lot of others
just look around right now disease shutdowns control same has film just Most are blind to it
seems our collective history is Not one they want us to understand because before our Crown was hijacked
collectively with our Irish and Welsh with Some Norwegian and Scottish and Lancashire and Yorkshire brothers and sisters
we stopped Empires they Learnt the Hard way thanks to Ancestors that they had to take over using Insurgency
and that is Just what happened All that time ago that is why Those above are Not going along with public will
He had a great idea ✊
V’s Voice is just so good. Hugo Weaving is awesome.
If you're looking for the guilty you need only look into a mirror,...he promised you order, he promised you peace and all he demanded in return was your silent obedient consent. So many great lines with so much relevance to today's world
John Hurt (who plays the Chancellor) also starred in the film adaptation of 1984, which was also a dystopian story with similar themes.
and he was the hero in that! V and 1984 are two of my favourite books
One of my favorite films of all time, I believe when V was crying there 2 explanations for me. He's crying because he feels terrible for what he did to Evey and probably thought she wouldn't actually come back to see him one last time, for she had described him as a monstrous creation and him removing his mask is probably for him seeing that monster hence breaking the mirror and crying. It could also have been that V at this point had already fallen in love with Evey, and he had probably already planned his fate to die and him realizing what he's become after what he put her through and seeing his face, he wants to be more than that and have a future with Evey, but he can't. That's what I think.
Good analysis on V. It may possibly be both. He never saw himself as a living, loving person, but as a monster of revenge against those who murdered hundreds of innocent people who are different from “normal” people and innocent children from a hospital all for the sake of power and control by one man.
V crying in the mirror was because of what Evey said about the count of Monte Christo, that Edmund Dantes cared more about his revenge than he did about his love. V took those words to heart and so, when the time came, he gave Evey what she wanted, to live without fear, knowing that he would lose her, that the act of giving her what she wanted would make her hate him. Yet, he did it anyway, because he loved her. What she wanted was more important than what he wanted (to be with her), so he wept at the damnable unfairness of it all, but he only wept after she was gone, thus offering her no guilt. A truly selfless act. It's written so well that it's almost poetic.
NO THAT 2ND ONE MAKES ME WANNA CRY 😭
@@Talban the way you described it, I couldn't have done better.
Yes he was like the beast in beauty and the beast and realised that he couldn't have that kind of life with her.
John Hurt being the guy on the screen after being in the film 1984 is kinda great lol.
From oppressed to oppressor
His sacrifice was necessary. They didn't do a good job explaining it in the movie but he was just as much of a monster as the men he killed to create a new world. It's also why he left the choice of blowing up the building to her. She had just as much reason to become a monster as he did at that point but she was able to move on and grow. It was her resilience that set her apart from him and why she was the real hero of the film
In the boom it was also implied that he was grooming her to lead society out of the I suing chaos so an even bigger asshole didn’t fill the power vacuum.
He did not become a monster....He was literally the hand of true justice......
I felt that bit with him removing that last domino was very symbolic. Like it represented him and it needed to be taken out of the equation.
In the graphic novel that I read, she took his mask off and put it on herself. I like that ending more.
@@6StimuL84 No, he _was_ a monster. And he knew that, he accepted that. In the graphic novel, he makes it very clear that while he can bring about a new, better world - he cannot exist within it.
"Is it meaningless to apologize?"
gets me every time.
"Never."
For me it's when V says "I didn't" write Valerie's notes. It brings all the emotion of Valerie's story and the recontextualizes the "lie" that V put Evey through simultaneously in an instant along with the realization that he's living in the shadow of Valerie's "I love you with all my heart"
@@ErdTirdMans oh. That hadn't occurred to me. Damn.
DAMN I love levels of meaning like this
@@ErdTirdMans You're right, that's a great point, and one I had mostly forgotten, because after the first viewing, it's no longer a "surprise." And I bought it when buying DVDs was still a thing 😁, so I've seen it plenty of times, but that's a line that I'd been paying less attention to than others.
if u ever wonder if the domino scene was real than ... yes ... The domino scene, where V tips over black and red dominoes to form a giant letter V, involved 22,000 dominoes. It took four professional domino assemblers 200 hours to set it up.
The movie came out in 2005...but it was based on a graphic novel written by Alan Moore that came out in the mid 1980's.
Alan Moore is one of the most respected writers in comics. Many of his stories have been adapted to films (Watchmen, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell) although his name doesn't appear in the films' credits because he does not want to be associated with the adaptations.
he gave the proceeds of this film to David Lloyd i believe
This movie is so great in so many ways. Why V has to die is because he is removing all vestiges of the totalitarian government, which he is part of. If you go back through the parts that speak of his past, you will see that he was the source of their power, he was the key to their existence. At the same time, they stripped him of everything he ever was, and he became vengeance personified. He knew he was a monster, equal to them in cruelty and destructive capability. So, he knew that when he destroyed them, he would need to go too. There would be no place for a monster like him in the world he was trying to help create.
The one thing he never figured on was falling in love. His crying when she leaves has so many aspects to it. To fulfill her wish of living without fear, he needed to kill the innocence in her. Also, he loved her, but as a monster following a path laid down in a foundation laid by decades of hate, he knew he could never have her. Still, the fact that he loved her proved that they hadn't destroyed all his humanity, so he had to sacrifice his love for her and that shred of humanity left in him to be the monster required to take the government down. So many layers.
Even Evey. There is so much that goes into her character and how in almost every way possible V is responsible for everything that made her who she becomes.
The illness and cure the government used to give themselves riches and power came from him. The very illness that stole her brother from her and polarized her parents into becoming activists. Activists who were captured by the government using powers he made possible for them, while initially scaring her and instilling her with crippling fear. A fear and loneliness that leads her to such desperation that she leaves her house after curfew to meet a powerful man at the tv station she works for simply because he asked her. From that point, the show adds the rest of the details fairly plainly.
Still, in every major way, V had just as much of an impact her her as the government.
I think this adds to the pain he feels when she leaves. It was the final nail in the coffin of who she could have been. Just the the government stripped him of who he was, he stripped her of who she was.
Ya ya, I know, it's a movie. Still, a movie people put a lot of effort into and writers who really fleshed out the details and consequences of actions.
Def one of my favorite movies of all time, it’s messages only become more important as time passes
That is a fact, especially in the western countries.....
Christ ain't that the truth!! :(
no, only you naz1s say that
Cool fun factoid: The Chancellor was played by John Hurt who was also in the movie 1984. Which is a great inside joke and Easter egg. In that movie he was the character that had to be reeducated in correct speak.
This definitely is a different style of movie. The Count of Monte Cristo is classic book & an excellent movie about betrayal & revenge.
This movie is responsible for a large part of all people studying theaters monologue study, it just has So many great once
I couldn't see anyone else doing the voice of V other than the man who portrayed Agent Smith, Red Skull and an Eleven King. Such gravitas in his dulcet tones heavy with authority and commanding presence in each syllable
It is nice to see a review/reaction that goes deeper than just "I liked it" or "That was cool." Keep up the good work.
Hugo Weaving is an fantastic actor . He worked on the Matrix and Lord of The Rings,and he was the Red Skull in the first captain america movie. Not all actors have opportunities like Hugo Weaving had.
Don’t forget Priscilla, Queen of the Desert!
I've watched this movie every Nov 5th since it came out, including many V watching parties. 😁👍
The next time you guys watch it have the text on when V gives his introduction to Evey, to read all the V-words! It's incredible.
And watch V's favorite movie someday. It's the first and really good movie of the book "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexander Dumas. Made in 1934 with Robert Donat. One can see why V liked it.
If you like scifi I recommend "Contact" (1997) and "Interstellar" (2014), both with Matt McConaughey. Contact is based on Dr. Carl Sagan's scifi novel he wrote shortly after his "Cosmos" science TV series in the 80s. Also stars Jodie Foster as lead. With Interstellar, just get ready for a big ride! The best scifi to date IMO. 🖖😎
contact always has a place with me because it was the fav movie of me and my deceased gf when we first dated,and its a good movie.
I cannot watch this movie and not cry hearing the letter Evey reads in the cell.
Agreed! "Understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you. I love you. With all my heart, I love you." - Cannot get through that sentence without tearing up!
That and "Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy. And ideas are bulletproof". The writing is so damn good it just hits me every time!
Every single time
Interesting. For me it's always the doctor.
Me too - always gets me misty eyed! Fantastic movie.
It's the beautiful writing along with the perfect background music.
In regards to smashing the mirror, V was like the beast in Beauty and the Beast and realised that he couldn't have that kind of life with her. Hugo Weaving's face has the most hours of celluloid in screen history due to the Matrix [with all his duplicates]. This time we never see his face at all !
Until I saw the reactions to this film it never occurred to me and people outside the UK wouldn't know about Guy Fawkes nights.
The only other place I heard of it was in Harry Potter lol
I love how Alan Moore has predicted many events of the present.... in 1985 when he wrote v for vendetta
Nov 5 is an important event and holiday in British culture as it celebrates the demise of the conspirators, namely Guy Fawkes, who were caught and stopped in their attempts to blow up Parliament Building. Thus sparing King and Country.
Guy Fawke's Night on Nov 5 is celebrated more than Halloween by building an effigy for Guy Fawkes and burning it in front of large crowds. A delightful if not mildly ghoulish occasion.
I think Halloween rivals it now, and there's not many effigies being burned anymore.
It's become 'Bonfire Night' and mostly known for fireworks.
Even fewer people know the reason *why* they were plotting in the first place, or any other context.
'Holiday' is also sort of misleading.
Alan Moore is an amazing writer. Most of the best comics I've ever read were by him.
im adding this back to my list in a tie for #1 fav comic/graphic novel movie with watchmen and the crow.
In July the Tryolians all across the Alps (Germany, Austria, Northern italy, Switzerland) light the mountain tops alight with symbols for the Summer Solstice but also to honor William Tell (Wilhelm Tell) .. we witnessed that this past summer... amazing to witness.
She actually shaved her hair for that scene. That scene was 💯 her reaction to having her hair shaved
The reason they’re called “fingermen” was because the government was designed similar to a human body. Chancellor Sutler was the head, and the news was the mouthpiece, the police were the hand etc.
Aside from the Batman movies, this and Blade will always be my favorite. This movie being my number 1 above all of them because of the content, the story, and the message.
Also, I highly recommend “The Count of Monte Cristo.” I like the one starring Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce. It’s not all too different except…well, I’ll let you watch it lol. Great reaction 😊
Love this movie and enjoyed your reactions. For more Natalie Portman I’d recommend Black Swan.
We're glad you enjoyed it! We'll add it to the list :)
I hope the Count of Monte Cristo goes on your watch list. It's SO good.
The Guy Pearce/Jim Caviezel version right?
It will now :) Thanks for the recommendation!
@@EricSarahReact make sure you watch the best version! (There is no bad version..it’s that good of a story)
there are so many film versions, and I think many creators gave it their own ending. Maybe best to read it and see how you feel the ending is.
My favorite movie of all times. It's amazing.
i really like how john hurt is the dictator here when he was the main character in the 1984 adaptaion
- DONNIE BRASCO (1997)
- CARLITO’S WAY (1993)
- A BRONX TALE (1993)
- GOTTI (1996) With Armand Assante
All mob garbage.
Valarie's story destroys me every time...I was crying even through this reaction, to detain people because of sexual orientation is a huge moral no no for me.
If only it was a big no no for everyone.
I've never understood why someone cares who someone else likes. It has no effect on you if Bob likes John, or Mary likes Susan.
Go to the middle east and say your gay and see how that goes for you. You live in a bubble.
Ever since Leviticus was mistranslated…
This movie is UNDERRATED and should get way more attention to viewers.
AND YES THIS IS A DC ADAPTION.
If you would like to see John Hurt(who played Adam in this movie)in a different role rather than his villainous ones.I would suggest THE ELEPHANT MAN(1980).Alongside Anthony Hopkins.
I’m thinking the first movie I saw him in was “Midnight Express” excellent for anyone who hasn’t seen it , thanks again!
Crazy how real this movie has became
Some people think that the last domino, the one that didn't fall, represented Evie. Not me, I think it represented Finch.
Every time I see this movie I am terrified and I have to think of all the stories my parents told me about, both grew up in the GDR (German Democratic Republic). The tell from blinking signs the news moderator gave in order to let the people new that the news are fake ore the Stasi (State security service) that spied on people, removed them if necessary and destroy data and records of certain events. The constant fear. There are the crazies story’s out there about the Stasi friend betraying friends, and family family, and lovers lovers.
And this I why I love this movie, because I is daunting and can never happen again and if you live in a land that is currently like that, it can give u hope to stand up.
Dont forget that an estimation of every 10th person was at the very least an informant. And probably similar to the UDSSR they had quotas to fulfill.
Michael Fassbender starred as Guy Fawkes in the 2004 two-parter Gunpowder, Treason and Plot, a pretty good production based on the actual historical attempt to blow up Parliament.
The power of an idea that crossed over into a movie and came to our world.
The Salt Flats sequence just makes me fish tears every time.
"Thats hard hitting" As it should be. Here in the UK people are (imo) sleep walking into a dictatorship. Where big corporations back seat drive governments. Todays generation have to wake up and rebel imo, before it's too late. This film resonates with me on so many levels because of that.....
Hello 👋🏼 Great Movie 🎥 Hugo uses every ‘V’ word in the Dictionary in his opening monologue.
Nice reaction guys. Keep them coming 👍👍
"Nothing was going to change by just hoping." Remember that. For the rest of your lives, remember that. And remember the power of "No."
i want to point that there is a reason why V said "of course you are" when she told her name. e is the 5th latter in alphabet and V also used as 5 in roman number. so eve is kinda 555 or vvv, that's why V said "i dont believe concequences".
This movie is more enjoyable to watch every time I do. Reminds me of the movie 'Network'. I really like the Wachowski's writing when they get into the deep soul of People 😃
This is like a documentary made with metafors =) I love this movie ..
Nothing better than a good fireworks show on bonfire night
This is back then when WB had balls and believe in their brands being made mostly dark, brutal and philospical in nature, then 2017 came and they sell out to corporate crap and the disregard artistic value of their brand, becoming a Disney/MCU copy paste for all the wrong reasons.
I haven't seen the original but the 2002 version of The Count w/ Jim Caviezel & Guy Pearce was great. Yall should review that as well
I would certainly highly, highly recommend *THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO.*
I love Creedy. "Disgusting" the way he says it, full of loathing lol
FYI...I'm 99% sure that "The 1812 Overture" is in the public domain. You needn't have blocked the scene on the rooftop or the destruction of Parlement Bldg at the end due to the fear of a Copywrite claim for that piece of music. Stay safe...be well...
that final fight scene with V in the metro is so awesome! its in slowmo, but you gotta realize how fast V was actually moving.
imagine, those guys are highly trained. reloading a pistol takes less than a second for someone who is trained.
V also had to close the distance on each and every one of the shooters. i think only 1 of em managed to finish the reload except he didnt get to fire additional shots.
V killed all of em in the blink of an eye.
Watch the newer version of The Count of Monte Cristo. Great movie. Instant Classic.
The 2002 one is without a doubt one of the best movie versions of it.
Great reactions well done - one of my top five films
It always initially confuses me when people don’t know what Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night is 🤣
Heard about it the first time from this movie. From Canada, never learned about it in school
@@Moviegrapevine I wouldn’t expect you too. It’s just jarring. I imagine it’s how Americans might feel when no one knows what “independence day” is, apart from being a film lol
Sesame Street was brought to you today by the letter "V."
William HUrt was awesome in this movie. Thanks for the review.
Jon not William
People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.
This movie was prophetic. Just look around you. It's happening.
Exactly. :(
Our own country, the US. Has considered or done these very things. This movie has a very important message. Think of how old it is and how strikingly similar it resembles the last few years. Be careful what you wish for
The original comic strip was written in the early 80s (and set in the late 90s) by legendary British comic writer Alan Moore who also wrote Watchmen, From Hell, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and many more works. He was badly shafted by the comics industry, in particular DC, so he's refused to have his name associated with any of the movies and has asked for his share of the royalties to be given to the artists he worked with rather than to him. In general the adaptions of his comics to movies have been dreadful but V for Vendetta was actually pretty damned good.
Watchmen is pretty damn good
@@George_Washington_1776 Agreed - that was why I added "in general" - but hoo boy... From Hell and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen...
It's no wonder I like this movie so much. The same director did the matrix.
This is not a DC creation they bought it from a British comic. Hence it being based in London around an English historical event.
It's a great story for this current age and circumstances.. it makes you think as a good film should...
More specifically, V for Vendetta was published under the Vertigo Comics subsection of DC. This is not part of what would be understood to be the DC comic universe canon.
@@DaemonKeido The film's story was adapted from Alan Moore and David Lloyd's graphic novel V for Vendetta; this was originally published between 1982 and 1985 in the British comic anthology Warrior, and then reprinted and completed by DC.
If you study history and you go deep enough down-the-rabbit-hole you realize that everything that happens in this movie similar situations have happened before in history and I fear that such an event may be occurring or at least in the plans as of now. Governments for the most part or run by greedy selfish individuals who see themselves as masters of the people not servants of them
Whats unreal is that ending scene of the explosion.. That was a realistic 5 fifth scale model of the actual building.
Since seeing this in the theater back in 2005 it's become my favorite film. Why? Because unlike other movies made to entertain this also informs, inspires; it's an IMPORTANT film. As you said it was prescient in how it predicted the coming pandemic and the rise to power of right-wing extremists. It even predicted the U.S. civil war we're now engaged in, the division, the lies and hate that are being fed from the extremist media and greedy politicians. And in the end the good people are wearing masks.
It was brave to produce this just 4 years after 9/11 with V blowing up buildings. It's left to the audience to decide whether he's a terrorist or a freedom fighter, just as Evie had to decide.
I watch this every Nov. 5th. Guy Fawkes was a real person and there is a day commemorated to him.
Yeah it was right wing extremists that demanded you stay indoors, wear masks, take vaccines, shut down your business 🤦🏼♂️. It must also be right wing extremists that own all the newspapers and 95% of mainstream media (and no Fox News is not a voice for right-wing extremists, it’s tailored for more skeptical and conservative audiences but it draws a distinct line between news and opinion and the Murdoch’s are not ideologically right wing much less extremists).
The comic came out in 1982, and it's as relevant now, as it was back then.
Really well observed Guys :)
Hugo Weaving did wonderful acting without showing face/expressions.
10:46 No, you won't. :)
23:57 25:30 27:00 Haha... ;)
37:21 "That's the most beautiful thing you could have ever given me." :(
I really enjoyed the fact that you two did this movie. This is one of my top ten movies of all time. The only two drawbacks I had while watching this were the editing and the spoilers. The editing, I know, was time restricted. However, it could have come out better with finishing some scenes without hacking them short, i.e. the 'priest' scene. I know editing can present a challenge with time, but it is certainly a most important element. The spoilers. I believe that most are unintentionally done, but the thing that destroys a viewers enjoyment most is when tou are watching a reaction and someone blurts out, 'That's V!' or 'He's gonna die.' When they are true it doesn't make it okay to say. Hold fast until the end and then the review mention it. It is a courtesy for the viewers to enjoy the discovery along with the reactors. Thank you.
This movie predicted 2020 and 2021. Even the writers were shocked by how accurate it was.
28:01 🤣🤣🤣
tough love ❤️
All it takes for an explosion is one spark
All it takes for a movement is one idea
All it takes for a rally is one word
All it takes for a revolution is one man
Every time they show the chancellor, look at his pupils... they're so blown out he must be a walking pharmacy.
Also, when V visits Creedy and starts the music player... it's the first four notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony... which, in Morse code, spells the letter V. (dot-dot-dot-dash)
V cried because of what he had to do to her, knowing that it would drive her away, but did it for her own good.
wow this movie is still so relevant today
Just a fun fact! The actor who plays V is actually the actor who played agent Smith from the matrix!
I’ve always wanted clear glasses but thought because I’m a dude I thought I would look silly but now I know it can look good! Thank you.
You Do realize that the music v plays when he blows up Parliament isn't copyrighted anymore, right?
V: Revolutionary, visionary, anti-hero, househusband
I like that the bad guy from matrix is the good guy in this movie V.🇸🇪😉🙏😇🙃💚💜❤️❤️.. love from Sweden.
fun fact, the movie took place in 2020, and how closely the movie followed 2020 even tho it was made 15 years earlier
The movie was based on an old book called “1984”, there was a movie called “1984” that starred “John Hurt” (the man on the giant screen) who played the hero I believe.
Regarding "Fingermen," its a reference to British slang for when police arrested someone to take them in for questioning, which was called "getting fingered", another more common phrase is getting nicked or as our American cousins say busted.
Guido faux is known as the last honest man in parliament. He actually wasnt even the leader. A team of 4 men were employed by the church to blow up the building to try re take power of the people. Guy was hired at the last minute as he just finished his military term as a demo expert. At the eve before the event, someone in the church got cold feet, sent a note that no one should be at work that day. The guards went to where the powder kegs were and arrested guy. They tourtured him for days before he gave up the other 4 names. Hes the last honest man because at his trial, he freely admitted what he intended to do. He was tortured so fully that he was the only one not to survive the whole treason punishment. His story went on in folktales, later was published in different ways before DC turned it into a graphic novel.
MLKJ said it best; "when peaceful revolution is made impossible, violent revolution is inevitable."
Did you hear the little line from the Surveillance team in the van while V kills the Vicar. "oohh Allo !!!, Childrens Hour in the Abbey !".
Hugo Weaving's performance is usually applauded for this film, but Natalie Portman matches him, IMHO. Re-name the film Pandemic and it has even more relevance.
The graphic novel source material was released in 1982. This was 40 years ahead of it's time. It is 1984's cousin.
Yeah the writer Alan Moore wrote thd story in the 80s during Margaret Thatcher’s conservative administration in the UK. He considered Thatcher and her people fascists and the story is what Moore thought they would do to England if they could.
Good movie 👊🏼
It's interesting to me how people in the comments have mapped the themes of this movie onto recent events. Even some people implying this is Biden's playbook and some saying it's Trumps or using the pandemic as a real life example of St Mary's in the film.
However, the author of the graphic novel - as many have pointed out - wrote it as a reaction to Thatcherite politics of the 1980's. Note the once free country turning into a Christo-fascist state. The party logo - 2 crosses on top of each other, The anti-Muslim, anti-gay and anti-immigration sentiment, The neo-fascist imagery/rallies, the Orwellian use of language, authoritarianism, thought control and a police state. Those in power that have financial interests and are willing to subvert democracy for their own narrow gain.
These were some the concerns of the author Alan Moore at the time. He was worried about what Thatcher was doing to Britain in the 1980's. Remove the 'V from the symbol and replace it with an 'A' and you get closer to how V thought he could bring down the corrupt state in the Novel.
We are seeing that our governments do not care about us but sooner or later the populous will wake up to the fact we are poorer than our ancestors during the French revolution
V for Vendetta 🤩😍🥰
"You think V's going to try and bust her out?" Lol.
The graphic novel is pretty good as well. The author is definitely a bit of a misanthrope, but he's a highly talented misanthrope. He also has a very dark view of people in general, and IIRC disavowed both this and the watchmen movies as perversions of his artistic vision.
That all said, I'd say both comics are worth a read. I happen to like both the comics and the movies derived from them, they can really make you think.
you guys would have been fine leaveing the music in, its the 1812 overture and its in the public domain