I still think, that they robbed Hugo Weaving of an Oscar for this. Considering we never see his face he put a truly astonishing amount of emotion and expression into the character.
its because he actually didn't do the whole movie, parts were filmed with another actor and when Hugo Weaving was brought in they just had him dub his own voice over the scenes that were already filmed without him, to save time and money.
"They took Ruth while she was buying groceries" What for? For her race, or religion. Oh my sweet, dear summer children. They were taken because they were gay. As Valerie said "It wasn't long until 'different' meant 'wrong.'"
and in the eighties when this was written, being gay actually was still illegal, and we went through decades of that being controversial and only changing slowly. This beautifully mocks that controversy.
@@ralphar We are still illegal, all over the world. All that changes is to what extent. As long as religions continue to vilify and demonize us, we always will be.
to answer your question, the domino scene, where V tips over black and red dominoes to form a giant letter V its real, it involved 22,000 dominoes. It took four professional domino assemblers 200 hours to set it up
And the one domino that was left standing was not intentional. Just a fluke but then the Hugo went and picked it up and the director loved that so much they made it plot in the movie. Like the famous helmet kicking scene in lord of the rings. Just a happy little accident as bob ross would say.
Unless I'm gravely mistaken, V wasn't wearing a bulletproof vest per say when he was shot, but rather the chest piece from the suit of armor in his Shadow Gallery. While that wouldn't have realistically stopped the hail of bullets he was struck with, given that his treatment had evidently given him super human endurance, strength and reflexes, the armor plate could have bought him enough time to keep from being immediately mortally wounded by all those bullets, allowing him to complete his intended mission.
@@Dreamfox-df6bgExactly. V was a monster created by that facility. He knew he was just as deserving of death as those he killed. For his revolution to mean something, he needed to die with it. Rid the land of the monsters and let Evey light the match that lit the new day.
bulletproof vests are not just kevlar, many vests have steel plates in them just like the one v used. I didn't think about the suit of armor theory which is cool but realistically a steel plate bulletproof vest could stop that hail of bullets for the most part considering all of those guns were using pistol caliber bullets.
The building V destroyed in the beginning was Old Bailey - site of the highest criminal division court in England. In its´s symbolical importance it can be compared to the Supreme Court in the US.
And they kind of talked over the most poignant lines that were spoken by V. I still love your reactions, but we have to pause sometimes and listen to the dialogue. Especial with this movie. Everything that V says is important and relevant.
There is so much more symbolism when V started playing Beethoven's 5th when he was with Creedy. Apart from 5 of course being V in Roman numerals, the fist four notes were used in the Second World War for radio broadcasts from the UK to Europe. This is because the opening notes are da da da dum or dot dot dot dash and that represents the letter v in Morse code. This was part of the V for Victory campaign during the war and was also painted on buildings etc to represent defiance against the Germans. Thank you both for the reaction, I'm pleased that you liked the film. I don't watch many superhero type films but this one is excellent.
Not to mention that he was drawn to Evey as soon as he heard her name. E-Vee, also the letter E is the fifth letter (Nov. 5th) and in roman numerals five is V. Brilliantly written. Sadly the creator of the graphic novel V for Vendetta as well as Elektra, and subsequent Daredevil: Born Again, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, Sin City, and 300. He didn’t like the Hollywood version of his story and refused to have his name attached to the film.
@@IAMCAVE Most of those other books were from Frank Miller. V For Vendetta was Alan Moore, best known for Watchmen, Swamp Thing, and Batman: The Killing Joke.
No one ever catches it, but you saw V's hands that were burned and pink earlier in the movie. Now look at the face of the guy that abducts Evey at 25:09. Even though the twist comes pretty fast, the directors had the balls to show that and no one ever notices it. I didn't notice it either, but it eventually clicked. Also, Natalie Portman's hair was actually shaved in the movie and they only had one take to get it right.
People keep saying she should stay under the bed, as if they would not immediately search the entire house. Your only option in a situation like that is to leave as soon as you can, while there is still chaos.
What V is quoting, in his initial fight scene, is selections from Act I, Scene 2 of 'Macbeth'. In which a messenger tells King Duncan of Macbeth's skill on the battle field.
Manipulation, lies, and fearmongering are the weapons of control for the tyrant. This movie has so many disturbing similarities to certain current politicians and political movements. At the time it seemed like an interesting thought experiment. Now it seems like prophecy through fiction. Alan Moore wrote a great story, but it was tied to the Thatcher era. I know Moore didn't like it (but then, he never likes adaptations of his work), but I love what the Wachowskis did with his ideas and his story.
@lykelrae what?! The current administration has a mandatory curfew system in place? They have authorized plain clothes thugs to beat up and rape anyone they feel like for any reason? People are black bagged for simply not agreeing with the President? Oh, here's a rich one for you... the current administration is rounding up LGBTQ people and executing them?! The country is being denied information and access to the entire outside world via complete info lockdown? I know you're going to bring up COVID and the magical cure... except it was Operation War Speed under Trump when the vaccine was created. Not to mention the fact that you all refusing to get vaccinated because it wasn't real kind of disproves your entire claim. In V that was a very real virus that killed 100,000 in the first week alone. In London. Your entire claim is specious at best, grasping at straws and attempting to draw conclusions with no evidentiary basis in logic, reason, or reality.
@@theoneandonlykk86It's clearly not made to be taken literally. It's about who ultimately has to stand up for their own rights. Politicians like their jobs. Many will do what it takes to get reelected. Many trade secrets. Some deal under the table. There are indeed honest amd truly good politicians. History has shown us just how rare this is though. A greater chance of finding a unicorn. Guy Fawkes may have gone in to commit a terrorist act, but he wasn't lying about it a d he did it to actually serve the people.
Indeed. Which is why that plot is remembered throughout the old Empire on Guy Fawkes, and why protest is such a key built in aspect of Westminster style Parliament.
No, he didn't hate himself for what he did to Eve. He hated himself for being the Count of Monte Christo. A man caring more for his revenge than anything else. A man that had a chance to be with the love of his live, but destroyed that chance for his revenge. And he knows he is even worse off than Edmond Dantes, because in that story Dantes could still live a happy life in the end, something V didn't see for himself any more. Yes, the experiments done to him changed him, gave him better reflexes, made him a little stronger and being burned all over made him feel no pain. He is not exactly superhuman, but he is faster and stronger someone of his build should be.
He clearly became superhuman after that experimentation, which was meant to create a "super-soldier". Somewhat a success, if you discount all the side-effects, memory loss and stuff.
The relationship part made no sense to me. V was in the government building; thus we can conclude he was homosexual. His role with Evey was mentor/father from day 1. Even his present of the train was an acknowledgement they were from different generations. I would've thought him to see her as more of a daughter than a lover.
@@HopeIsForbiddenHere it wasn't just gay people that were imprisoned in that building... anyone that didn't fit the government ''ideals'' could be in that camp. 'V' was locked up because he was an anarchist
@@Mant111 Nah brah, Larkhill was used to create a deadly pathogen for biological warfare, not create super soldiers. They used "undesirables" as test subjects for the pathogen, and someone the pathogen resulted in Vs strange genetic mutation by accident not purpose.
My favorite quote from this movie is " No what you have is bullets and the hope that when your guns are empty I'm no longer standing because if I am you all will be dead before you've reloaded"
When Evey comes back for the dance at the end,V's body expression after she says "whatever you did to me" was his shame he still felt for puting her through it
I enjoy many things about this film especially the character of V but one of my favorites is that John Hurt plays the chancellor when he played the protagonist in 1984.
I love this movie as a November rewatch. not one for conspiracy theory but got to be honest, rewatching V's explanation to the detective during covid just hit's very differently 😅
You are looking in the wrong direction if you are from the USA. The US government makes sure that there is always an enemy to fear, because if there wasn't, people would start to question the US military budget, which is larger than the next 10 military budgets in the world combined.
@@Dreamfox-df6bg NATO membership requires at least 2% of GDP be spend on military maintenance, training, and readiness. The US GDP for 2023 was $27.36 trillion. 2% of that is $547.2 billion. The US DoD budget for FY 2023 was $877 billion. The over spend is largely due to the large number of forward deployed bases around the world and recent inflation.
This is one of my two favorite movies (they always trade places based on whichever I saw more recently). But the scene between V and the Coroner is probably my favorite scene in any movie. Hugo Weaving does an incredible job without even needing his face which...damn. That's a hard constraint for any actor.
For a bit of trivia, the actor playing the Chancellor - John Hurt, played a victim of an ultra-totalitarian state 21 years prior to this, in 1984's Nineteen Eighty-Four.. Bit of a role switch up!
The coroner's journal does describe some of what happened too - Delia talks about V's abilities and speed, and that he can no longer remember his own name.
Nice reaction, in the end u noticed that there where people u saw die through the movie. Take a look again and u realize that there is every single person who got abducted or directly died as victim over the course of the entire movie. Thats because the movie is not meant as pure entertainment, it has a message, one that is these day even more important then it was as the movie got released (And the comic).
Over generations of royals, catholics and protestants were alternatingly oppressed, robbed, tortured, and killed at the whim of extremist aristocrats. Although Guy Fawkes himself wanted to oppress and put away protestants, I think he is seen today as a protest against religious oppression.
Every reasonably old culture has a fire or light festival of some kind when the long nights close in. Britain has had it far longer than the November 5th plot. It just became a dominant theme.
Just a bit of background...V for Vendetta was originally a comic book series from the early 1980's. The story seems so relevant today, but it is actually over 40 years old at this point. It began as a serialized story in the British comic anthology magazine "Warrior", but "Warrior" stopped publication before 'V for Vendetta' was completed and it was eventually picked up by DC comics and the story was able to be finished. It was written by Alan Moore and drawn by David Lloyd. Alan Moore is one of the most respected writers in comics and several of his works have been adapted to films (although I don't think any of the films have Moore's stamp of approval) among them Watchmen, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and From Hell. You mentioned the Constantine movie - Constantine was also a character that Moore created, originally as a supporting character in the Swamp Thing comic book.
You are the sweetest couple. Laughing in sync! 😁 thank you for this. As a Brit, we were taught this poem in school. Chanting it whenever we went to an organised bonfire. ‘Remember remember, the 5th of November”. It was one of my favourite times of the year as a kid. Thanks for this ❤️
Vertigo wasn't around yet when V was published. It was started in 1993, and V was 88-89. But the collected graphic novel later released was under that line.
The director James McTeague was the first assistant director on The Matrix franchise. Because he worked so closely with The Wachoskis, they tapped him with the job of directing this. They felt James had what it took to direct a film. The original graphic novel by Alan Moore (who demanded his name be taken off of the film) was a response to Margaret Thatcher's government in Great Briatin in the 1980s. Moore despises every film version of his work, which is why he took his name off of the film. The graphic novel is very different than the film, but is well worth reading. Technically, there are several scenes that Hugo Weaving is NOT playing V. Originally, James Purefoy (Prince Edward in A Knight's Tale) was cast as V. Purefoy worked for 6 weeks on the film, but creative differences caused him to leave the project forcing a re-cast with Hugo Weaving.
Some of the time it's not that he despises the film. For this movie his issue was that they changed the overall message and all of the characters are different so even though the names are the same the movie is very much a different story from his version so he doesn't wanna take credit for something he didn't create. It's more accurate to say his work inspired the world that the film takes place in.
Based on your comments I think I got a different message from this than you two did. I don't think the idea was about the evils of government (which, at the end of the day is just a group of people) but how the people just let that group get away with it. The main message V gives on the tv is mostly about why the normal people put that current regime in power, we never meet a normal person who even like it really, the end of the flashback scene points out how sticking out made you a target, etc.
Very true. Governments only acquire their legitimacy from the consent of the governed, and are staffed by people from the society they govern. The knee-jerk reaction to see the very concept of government as the evil, instead of the behavior of officials, has unfortunately been deeply ingrained in people. It's convenient for those in power to be able to redirect blame.
In the scene where the Inspector is talking to his partner about everything that's happened and everything he thinks is going to happen, and we get flash cuts from earlier in the film and a few from the end.... there's a flash cut of a scene that isn't technically in the film proper. We see Evee at a mirror for a split second, and the Inspector is sitting down in the reflection. It sorta implies that Evee and the Inspector wind up together after the events of the film.
This is my absolute most favorite movie of all time, and the lessons it has for us to learn are more important than most. "How did this happen? Who is to blame? Certainly there are some that are more responsible than others, and they should be held accountable, but again truth be told. If you are looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror."
V was always the good guy. Evey needed to experience what happened to V & hundreds of thousands more. She needed to understand. V was a bit super human due to the experiments done to him at Larkhill.
I'm generally overly cold as a human being but it's nice to know that any time I need to remind myself that I'm human that sequence can mind me of what being a human really feels like.
nowdays batman is a wimp... compared to what he originally was... all those reboots everytime adding another set of skills and gimmicks totally ruined the charackter...
28:56 It’s dark, it’s psychotic and wholly unforgivable, but it’s also in response to something just as dark. It’s a throwaway line, earlier in the film where the police are looking into Evey’s past. After he father is shot and her mother dies in prison, she is sent to a child reclamation camp and "re-educated.” In other words, she as brainwashed to be a good citizen. You can see the anxiety in Evey, portrayed beautifully by Portman, when she wants to do the right thing. She maces the detective and panics, she wants to escape from V and appeals to authority (the priest). In the end, she was stuck in a private prison. So you can see, it’s the most fucked up way he can think to help, but V was trying to help her, using brainwashing against brainwashing. Instead of reconstructing her after, he broke her down and let her go. As you so eloquently put it: a baptism. She was reborn, as V was reborn by fire. The new generation born not in rage but in hope, with God in the rain.
3:22 It's really funny because Iirc it's set in 2020, which considering the topic of the movie and what was happening during real 2020 makes this movie 100x more interesting interesting to me. They almost simpsoned it tbh.
@@CedricBassman A global pandemic in 2020 causing social unrest vs. a global pandemic in 2020 causing social unrest but also an oppressive government takes over. Yes, it is very different. Not compareable in any way. Also, whoever* movie* and pandemic*
@@Blaze5x5x5 Yeah, very different because a) In the Movie they had an Epidemic, not a Pandemic. Maybe learn that difference first, before you correct someone on minor spelling mistakes in their second language to boost your fragile ego. b) as much as the Nutjobs who compare this Movie to real life want to believe it, there was no oppressive government pulling the strings in our reality.
"In the future"? Nah, already seeing it, and everybody is slowly catching on. This movie is just way ahead of its time, and I'm surprised it hasn't been cancelled yet.
From what I know all of the characters had fairly large changes to their personality's and V was far more of an anarchist in the original. In this he comes off as being okay with government existing but the leaders of this one need replaced so he is by definition not an anarchist.
I love how John Hurt's character is the "Big Brother" figure. Considering in one of his most famous roles was as Winston in the movie version of "1984" the famous dystopia by George Orwell. This movie is a great tongue in cheek take on that movie is great.
25:13 I watch this movie several times a year (since it came out), and only recently realized you can tell it is V who grabbed her in this scene, as you can see the burns on his face thru the balaclava's eye holes.
I never understood why the constable was more concerned about the bomb and not his job. During the takeover of the TV station, It was his best opportunity to catch him. Still one of my favorite movies, after all, all movies have errors.
The question of whether or not V was a good guy is the conundrum of the whole movie. I watched it in Sociology class to analyze that question in general
That’s why our society is so fucked up, because it takes a sociology class to even ask or even contemplate such a stupid question. All those sociology classes, education systems and universities over decades following communist doctrines have created the irrational, collectivist thinking in today world. Resist the brainwashing.
There’s has indeed been a rise in christo-fascists who want to ban homosexuality, other religions and anyone not like them. As Valerie said “different became dangerous”
V says, "Blowing up a building can change the world." This movie came out in 2005, and 2001 had proven that to be the truth. Some people at the time found that part of the movie distasteful because it was released only 4 years after 9/11... but I think it was inciteful for anyone who understood that sometimes governments or politicians can and will do evil things for power. I'm not a conspiracy nut, just a realist.
They spent a total of around 200 hours setting up dominoes for that scene. If a random dude on reddit 12 years ago can be believed (claimed to have been on the film crew), it was actually only 2 takes (because the director didn't like the first one) but they used 3 camera angles.
V’s test was extreme but if you think about it, it is the same test each and every human goes through. Try to imagine what your life would be like if you lived without the fear of death. Please replace your fear with love and see what happens.
One thing that I think gets lost about this film is that it came out at the apex of the US War on Terror. The absolute guts of the filmmakers (and the studio) to put out a film in 2005 that sympathizes with, and even valorizes, terrorism cannot be overstated.
This isn't just possible as you said of how Suttler took control. It has happened throughout history. A charismatic leader, someone good at using words to stoke fear a lottle at a time. Let it build day by day... give the people scapegoats at whom to direct their fear. With a name and a face that fear becomes hate. Blame those who are different for all of your problems. Dehumanize them by calling them vermin, infestation. Impute every evil of society to them. And in a time far shorter than you want to believe, the people will wholeheartedly support and cheer for the mass detention and murder of those people. Almost every time there is a firebrand moment that lights the powder keg of fear and hate. In this movie it was the virus. Creedy was sick, but a genius for suggesting it be used on their own people. Watching their friends and family die after a diet of fear and scapegoating... you dont even have to tell the people what to do any more. They will demand that the chatismatic leader save them. He will say he needs to suspend freedoms and rights to do so. "Please, anything, just save us from this." And lo, the miracle cure after he rid the country of its enemies. Hailed as a savior. It was an act of God. From there it is a matter of months before EVERYONE becomes a suspect. Because dictatorships have to treat every single person, even their closest friends, as threats. Curfews. Enforced propaganda. Harsh and brutal punishment without legal recourse. Enough corruption that the people don't even bother trying any more. This is not a long process either. 5 to 10 years is all it takes. We've seen it happen. Repeatedly. Fairly recently, the following was said: "Stick with us, and we will GIVE you the truth." Emphasis added. Not we will present a case and allow you to decide if we are correct or lying. Instead, just believe what we tell you. We will give you what you are to believe. We will give you the truth we want you to have. Insidious, effective.
Finch is my low key fave character. Old school police officer, most likely started before Sutler's party ever rose prominence. Time when Justice and Law meant something and weren't tools for dictator or a party to remain in power. Just like all, he bowed down his head to keep job till awakens and does the right thing eventually. To me, he is common folk. We who are common folk, usually only care our own daily routines, getting daily bread. Its easy to shout freedom, liberty, justice but to stand behind them when government is stamping those out... This movie is magnificent, more than one way. Its true when they say: "When empire is built on lies, truth becomes weapon of revolution"
When the doctor talks about the man from room 5, she said he became stronger and faster. This explains Vs physical abilities. There is a fan theory that he was also impervious to pain, which explains his not being killed by being so horribly burned and how he was able to fight after being shot so many times.
They imprisoned the actress and her partner because they were lesbians. The girl did not die. That part was what the police officer imagined was going to happen when so many people put on the mask. At least I interpreted like that. They experimented on him and yeah he was an enhanced human. He has the hole body burn
Just because she Implied you smoke and you said yes super softly, I have now subbed because a fellow smoker deserve a bit extra help ;P lol that last part is a joke don't take it too seriously XD
I do appreciate the scene with the doctor. It shows that V understands that she was the only one on his list who was trying to accomplish something for the greater good as opposed to self-serving. He was gentle and respectful with her, even though he was there to kill her for what happened to him. And the fact that she wanted to die makes it seem more out of mercy than anything else.
Evey as pronounced EV is a play on words as numbers. Since E is the fifth letter from the start or the Alphabet and V is the fifth letter from the end, so when written as Roman numerals it a reference to V.
V's body was totally burned thus destroying his pain receptors. If you lack the ability to feel pain, you can do some very strong feats because your brain will not be holding you back. No pain, no need to slow down or pull back. Hence why he was able to stand even after all those bullets hit him in the end. He was fueled by his wrath and pure adrenaline. PLUS, the doctor DID say he had natural immunity to the plague they cooked up so odds are he had a natural vitality that made him even more potent. However, I don't see him as "super human", just very driven and a bit mentally unstable.
In the end, V was the Moses of his time. It's said Moses was meant to shepherd the Israelites to the Promised Land, but not meant to enter it. The reason is that a conquered people cannot ever be free; they just re-create the oppression they are familiar with. Forty years wandering in the wilderness allowed the last generation of slaves to die out, so the first generation of free people had a chance to start the Hebrew nation to begin again strong. V understood he could kindle the revolution, but would not be able to allow it to blossom unshackled. He like Moses and MLK Jr, he could anticipate the 'new world', have visions of what it would be, but that he carried the corruption that would be that innocent time's undoing. To be free is to be without fear, and V knew he carried fear in himself. But there is poetry in the final act of rebellion using V's physical body as a funeral pyre.
One of the most beautiful, and profound pieces of revolutionary art of the modern era. Unfortunately, we live in a society where revolutionary ideas are used to create entertainment, instead of revolutionary action.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I rewatch it periodically. It also contains my favorite speech of all time, V’s alliterated speech at the beginning.
They actually used the real Parliament in this film. After the explosion, they had to rebuild it overnight so no one would notice. I think I read this somewhere on the Internet ... it must be true. Nice reaction.
It would do you well to watch the 2002 The Count of Monte Cristo with Guy Pearce, Henry Cavill and Jim Caviezel, its a brilliant adaptation with brilliant acting.
Of course, The Matrix universe (trilogy, Animatrix, etc.) is a recommended (needed?) watch. Looking beyond some CGI not holding up to today's standards, 25 years later, The Matrix is very much crucial in understanding our current world. Go for it!
The two main differences between the fraphic novel and the film: Evie is V's daughter in the novel The inspector takes acid at Larkhill to "understand the terrorist"
This is one of my favorite movies. Being part of the LGBT community it means even more to me with Valerie and Ruth's story in there. I try to watch this once a year on the 5th of November. I could very much see something like this happening at some point but it is so inspiring seeing the people eventually rise up like they do because they have had enough.
USA liberals used to have this energy, then they were influenced to become pro government, pro regulation, and pro establishment while the real rebels (current USA conservatives) have been branded as domestic terrorists (which is a lie). It's sad, but the evil government is winning.
This has been one of my favorite movies ever since it first came out, but more and more when I rewatch it as time goes on, it gets closer and closer to our reality which is terrifying.
Erie, how similar this movie was to real life. Didn't notice it until i watched your reaction. Cov1d was identified and selected for modification in 1965. SARs 2002 was a direct result of Cov1d modification. 7 months before patient 1 in China, the patent for the vaccine was modified to include the words "accidental" or "intentional release of a respiratory pathogen". In the 1990s, the early 2000s, the N1H had announced they had "successfully created highly contagious defective replicating clone of Cov1d". Does that sound like protection of public health? This was presented to the EU Parliament in May 2023. The video had since been taken off RUclips. Thankfully, i downloaded it onto a literal physical disk drive for this exact reason. There's so much information, untrue, and true online and throughout the media in general. You just have to sift through it and determine what you are going to believe. I would love for you two to react to Dwight D Eisenhower's Presidential Farewell Address from January 17th, 1961. If you've not seen it. It directly addresses what we seem to be going through globally at this moment in time. Cheers! Loved the reaction. Wish nothing but the best for you and those you love! May your channel continue to grow for years to come. Peace!
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I still think, that they robbed Hugo Weaving of an Oscar for this. Considering we never see his face he put a truly astonishing amount of emotion and expression into the character.
Was he even nominated?
then weavings role in Hacksaw ridge would have been worth two oscars...
its because he actually didn't do the whole movie, parts were filmed with another actor and when Hugo Weaving was brought in they just had him dub his own voice over the scenes that were already filmed without him, to save time and money.
A movie that shows how politicians, journalists and artists really work and make the world worse would never get an oscar.
This movie exposes them !
"They took Ruth while she was buying groceries" What for? For her race, or religion.
Oh my sweet, dear summer children. They were taken because they were gay. As Valerie said "It wasn't long until 'different' meant 'wrong.'"
Exactly. And it was Gordon’s secret as well.
Their story is always hard to watch. Those lines in particular and the way they are delivered, it's just viscerally unsettling.
and in the eighties when this was written, being gay actually was still illegal, and we went through decades of that being controversial and only changing slowly. This beautifully mocks that controversy.
@@ralphar We are still illegal, all over the world. All that changes is to what extent.
As long as religions continue to vilify and demonize us, we always will be.
@@Ykoz2016 Is it actually said so in comics, or do people just assume since he's played by Stephen Fry?
to answer your question, the domino scene, where V tips over black and red dominoes to form a giant letter V its real, it involved 22,000 dominoes. It took four professional domino assemblers 200 hours to set it up
dam....
Thank you!
There are professional domino assemblers? That's cool.
And the one domino that was left standing was not intentional. Just a fluke but then the Hugo went and picked it up and the director loved that so much they made it plot in the movie.
Like the famous helmet kicking scene in lord of the rings. Just a happy little accident as bob ross would say.
Must have taken V all year... 😄
Unless I'm gravely mistaken, V wasn't wearing a bulletproof vest per say when he was shot, but rather the chest piece from the suit of armor in his Shadow Gallery. While that wouldn't have realistically stopped the hail of bullets he was struck with, given that his treatment had evidently given him super human endurance, strength and reflexes, the armor plate could have bought him enough time to keep from being immediately mortally wounded by all those bullets, allowing him to complete his intended mission.
Yep, and the brief moment in which we see the breastplate, it is indeed riddled with holes and covered in blood.
@@c_n_b "All I deserve is on the end of that tunnel"
All he wanted was to finish his work, not survive it. The chest plate was good enough for that.
@@Dreamfox-df6bgExactly. V was a monster created by that facility. He knew he was just as deserving of death as those he killed. For his revolution to mean something, he needed to die with it. Rid the land of the monsters and let Evey light the match that lit the new day.
bulletproof vests are not just kevlar, many vests have steel plates in them just like the one v used. I didn't think about the suit of armor theory which is cool but realistically a steel plate bulletproof vest could stop that hail of bullets for the most part considering all of those guns were using pistol caliber bullets.
Also, comic book movie.
The building V destroyed in the beginning was Old Bailey - site of the highest criminal division court in England. In its´s symbolical importance it can be compared to the Supreme Court in the US.
“Ideas are indeed bulletproof” so many unforgettable and super relatable quotes in this masterpiece of a film
My favorite is “Artists use lies to reveal the truth, while politicians use lies to hide it”
And they kind of talked over the most poignant lines that were spoken by V.
I still love your reactions, but we have to pause sometimes and listen to the dialogue. Especial with this movie. Everything that V says is important and relevant.
'People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.'
V be dropping bars.
There is so much more symbolism when V started playing Beethoven's 5th when he was with Creedy.
Apart from 5 of course being V in Roman numerals, the fist four notes were used in the Second World War for radio broadcasts from the UK to Europe. This is because the opening notes are da da da dum or dot dot dot dash and that represents the letter v in Morse code. This was part of the V for Victory campaign during the war and was also painted on buildings etc to represent defiance against the Germans.
Thank you both for the reaction, I'm pleased that you liked the film. I don't watch many superhero type films but this one is excellent.
Not to mention that he was drawn to Evey as soon as he heard her name. E-Vee, also the letter E is the fifth letter (Nov. 5th) and in roman numerals five is V.
Brilliantly written. Sadly the creator of the graphic novel V for Vendetta as well as Elektra, and subsequent Daredevil: Born Again, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, Sin City, and 300. He didn’t like the Hollywood version of his story and refused to have his name attached to the film.
Thank you for sharing the context/ background for playing Beethoven’s 5th, I had no idea!
@@IAMCAVEAlan Moore hasn't liked ANY adaptations of his stuff.
@@IAMCAVE Most of those other books were from Frank Miller. V For Vendetta was Alan Moore, best known for Watchmen, Swamp Thing, and Batman: The Killing Joke.
@@stevensauer8539 i was like "there is no way v for vendeta and dark knight is the same had the same creator"
No one ever catches it, but you saw V's hands that were burned and pink earlier in the movie. Now look at the face of the guy that abducts Evey at 25:09. Even though the twist comes pretty fast, the directors had the balls to show that and no one ever notices it. I didn't notice it either, but it eventually clicked. Also, Natalie Portman's hair was actually shaved in the movie and they only had one take to get it right.
When evey gets "kidnapped" in the comics there's a similar couple frames. Probably a nod to the original media.
Hugo Weaving's finest performance, and all without him showing his face.
nope, his performance in Hacksaw ridge tops this one by far...
People keep saying she should stay under the bed, as if they would not immediately search the entire house. Your only option in a situation like that is to leave as soon as you can, while there is still chaos.
Precisely, use the chaos to your advantage. Slip away in it.
“People Should Not Be Afraid Of Their Governments. Governments Should Be Afraid Of Their People.”
Possibly my favorite quote from the movie, delivered perfectly by Hugo Weaving 👌
Well no one should be afraid. Governments consists of people, if the people are afraid the government will also be afraid.
Why is it no one still pays attention to that?
How we need him today
They are, it's what leads them to totalitarianism and fascism; the desire for control on a national scale.
What V is quoting, in his initial fight scene, is selections from Act I, Scene 2 of 'Macbeth'. In which a messenger tells King Duncan of Macbeth's skill on the battle field.
Manipulation, lies, and fearmongering are the weapons of control for the tyrant. This movie has so many disturbing similarities to certain current politicians and political movements. At the time it seemed like an interesting thought experiment. Now it seems like prophecy through fiction. Alan Moore wrote a great story, but it was tied to the Thatcher era. I know Moore didn't like it (but then, he never likes adaptations of his work), but I love what the Wachowskis did with his ideas and his story.
Yeah, they were faithful to the intent and created what would work well visually instead of written.
The similarities with the current US administration is unnerving and people are too afraid to fight. smh
@lykelrae what?! The current administration has a mandatory curfew system in place? They have authorized plain clothes thugs to beat up and rape anyone they feel like for any reason? People are black bagged for simply not agreeing with the President? Oh, here's a rich one for you... the current administration is rounding up LGBTQ people and executing them?! The country is being denied information and access to the entire outside world via complete info lockdown?
I know you're going to bring up COVID and the magical cure... except it was Operation War Speed under Trump when the vaccine was created. Not to mention the fact that you all refusing to get vaccinated because it wasn't real kind of disproves your entire claim. In V that was a very real virus that killed 100,000 in the first week alone. In London. Your entire claim is specious at best, grasping at straws and attempting to draw conclusions with no evidentiary basis in logic, reason, or reality.
Guy Fawkes was the only man in history to enter the House of Parliament with honest intentions.
@@theoneandonlykk86It's clearly not made to be taken literally. It's about who ultimately has to stand up for their own rights. Politicians like their jobs. Many will do what it takes to get reelected. Many trade secrets. Some deal under the table. There are indeed honest amd truly good politicians. History has shown us just how rare this is though. A greater chance of finding a unicorn.
Guy Fawkes may have gone in to commit a terrorist act, but he wasn't lying about it a d he did it to actually serve the people.
He didn't enter the House of Parliament. He was just some random dude who (badly) guarded the gunpowder.
Indeed. Which is why that plot is remembered throughout the old Empire on Guy Fawkes, and why protest is such a key built in aspect of Westminster style Parliament.
I dunno, I think the cleaners are pretty honest in their intentions…
@@mycroft16No he didn't, he did it to turn the UK into a theocratic state under vatican rule and the pope.
No, he didn't hate himself for what he did to Eve. He hated himself for being the Count of Monte Christo. A man caring more for his revenge than anything else. A man that had a chance to be with the love of his live, but destroyed that chance for his revenge. And he knows he is even worse off than Edmond Dantes, because in that story Dantes could still live a happy life in the end, something V didn't see for himself any more.
Yes, the experiments done to him changed him, gave him better reflexes, made him a little stronger and being burned all over made him feel no pain. He is not exactly superhuman, but he is faster and stronger someone of his build should be.
He clearly became superhuman after that experimentation, which was meant to create a "super-soldier".
Somewhat a success, if you discount all the side-effects, memory loss and stuff.
The relationship part made no sense to me. V was in the government building; thus we can conclude he was homosexual. His role with Evey was mentor/father from day 1. Even his present of the train was an acknowledgement they were from different generations. I would've thought him to see her as more of a daughter than a lover.
@@HopeIsForbiddenHere It was a concentrarion camp, being homosexual is only one of the many reasons why you could be sent there.
@@HopeIsForbiddenHere it wasn't just gay people that were imprisoned in that building... anyone that didn't fit the government ''ideals'' could be in that camp.
'V' was locked up because he was an anarchist
@@Mant111 Nah brah, Larkhill was used to create a deadly pathogen for biological warfare, not create super soldiers. They used "undesirables" as test subjects for the pathogen, and someone the pathogen resulted in Vs strange genetic mutation by accident not purpose.
My favorite quote from this movie is " No what you have is bullets and the hope that when your guns are empty I'm no longer standing because if I am you all will be dead before you've reloaded"
When Evey comes back for the dance at the end,V's body expression after she says "whatever you did to me" was his shame he still felt for puting her through it
I enjoy many things about this film especially the character of V but one of my favorites is that John Hurt plays the chancellor when he played the protagonist in 1984.
This movie reminds me of the saying Human nature is to make monsters. Monster's nature is to kill their maker.
I love this movie as a November rewatch. not one for conspiracy theory but got to be honest, rewatching V's explanation to the detective during covid just hit's very differently 😅
You are looking in the wrong direction if you are from the USA. The US government makes sure that there is always an enemy to fear, because if there wasn't, people would start to question the US military budget, which is larger than the next 10 military budgets in the world combined.
@@Dreamfox-df6bg NATO membership requires at least 2% of GDP be spend on military maintenance, training, and readiness. The US GDP for 2023 was $27.36 trillion. 2% of that is $547.2 billion. The US DoD budget for FY 2023 was $877 billion. The over spend is largely due to the large number of forward deployed bases around the world and recent inflation.
A Revolution Without Dancing Is A Revolution Not Worth Having ❤️🔥
I love emma goldman but she never said that.
@@karlajaeger2082 It's someone elses paraphrase of a longer story she told in Living My Life.
@@Painocus so hearsay and hearsay. Have you even read "my disillusionment with russia"?
This is one of my two favorite movies (they always trade places based on whichever I saw more recently). But the scene between V and the Coroner is probably my favorite scene in any movie. Hugo Weaving does an incredible job without even needing his face which...damn. That's a hard constraint for any actor.
Movies like this are proof that we don't need to see actors' faces for them to give an incredible performance.
Hugo Weaving conveying so much humanity through that mask is a testament to the amazing actor behind it.
For a bit of trivia, the actor playing the Chancellor - John Hurt, played a victim of an ultra-totalitarian state 21 years prior to this, in 1984's Nineteen Eighty-Four.. Bit of a role switch up!
The coroner's journal does describe some of what happened too - Delia talks about V's abilities and speed, and that he can no longer remember his own name.
between 1984 and V the Alien chestbuster incident really did a number on him ;)
Nice reaction, in the end u noticed that there where people u saw die through the movie. Take a look again and u realize that there is every single person who got abducted or directly died as victim over the course of the entire movie. Thats because the movie is not meant as pure entertainment, it has a message, one that is these day even more important then it was as the movie got released (And the comic).
Yes. This movie gets more relevant every year. Especially in 2024 💀
I find it hilarious that us brits celebrate November 5th (bonfire night) by setting fires and blowing stuff up. It’s such a dick move 😂
Not if our treasonous Gov and establishment were the guys.
Call me an American, but i love making firecrackers.
Over generations of royals, catholics and protestants were alternatingly oppressed, robbed, tortured, and killed at the whim of extremist aristocrats.
Although Guy Fawkes himself wanted to oppress and put away protestants, I think he is seen today as a protest against religious oppression.
Every reasonably old culture has a fire or light festival of some kind when the long nights close in. Britain has had it far longer than the November 5th plot. It just became a dominant theme.
@@AnonEyeMouse I’m aware
The dominoes were practical. They used 22,000 dominoes and it took 4 professionals 200 hours to set it up.
Just a bit of background...V for Vendetta was originally a comic book series from the early 1980's. The story seems so relevant today, but it is actually over 40 years old at this point. It began as a serialized story in the British comic anthology magazine "Warrior", but "Warrior" stopped publication before 'V for Vendetta' was completed and it was eventually picked up by DC comics and the story was able to be finished. It was written by Alan Moore and drawn by David Lloyd. Alan Moore is one of the most respected writers in comics and several of his works have been adapted to films (although I don't think any of the films have Moore's stamp of approval) among them Watchmen, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and From Hell. You mentioned the Constantine movie - Constantine was also a character that Moore created, originally as a supporting character in the Swamp Thing comic book.
You are the sweetest couple. Laughing in sync! 😁 thank you for this. As a Brit, we were taught this poem in school. Chanting it whenever we went to an organised bonfire. ‘Remember remember, the 5th of November”. It was one of my favourite times of the year as a kid. Thanks for this ❤️
This is from DC Vertigo, which is their branch of stand-alone comics and graphic novels that have a more adult tone, language, violence, etc.
Vertigo wasn't around yet when V was published. It was started in 1993, and V was 88-89. But the collected graphic novel later released was under that line.
The director James McTeague was the first assistant director on The Matrix franchise. Because he worked so closely with The Wachoskis, they tapped him with the job of directing this. They felt James had what it took to direct a film.
The original graphic novel by Alan Moore (who demanded his name be taken off of the film) was a response to Margaret Thatcher's government in Great Briatin in the 1980s. Moore despises every film version of his work, which is why he took his name off of the film.
The graphic novel is very different than the film, but is well worth reading.
Technically, there are several scenes that Hugo Weaving is NOT playing V. Originally, James Purefoy (Prince Edward in A Knight's Tale) was cast as V. Purefoy worked for 6 weeks on the film, but creative differences caused him to leave the project forcing a re-cast with Hugo Weaving.
Some of the time it's not that he despises the film. For this movie his issue was that they changed the overall message and all of the characters are different so even though the names are the same the movie is very much a different story from his version so he doesn't wanna take credit for something he didn't create. It's more accurate to say his work inspired the world that the film takes place in.
5:13 answer: there is exactly 55 “V” words in the speech, planned out because the Roman number for five…
55 = LV
Based on your comments I think I got a different message from this than you two did. I don't think the idea was about the evils of government (which, at the end of the day is just a group of people) but how the people just let that group get away with it. The main message V gives on the tv is mostly about why the normal people put that current regime in power, we never meet a normal person who even like it really, the end of the flashback scene points out how sticking out made you a target, etc.
Very true. Governments only acquire their legitimacy from the consent of the governed, and are staffed by people from the society they govern. The knee-jerk reaction to see the very concept of government as the evil, instead of the behavior of officials, has unfortunately been deeply ingrained in people. It's convenient for those in power to be able to redirect blame.
" The people shouldn't be scared of their government .. The Government should be scared of the people. "
In the scene where the Inspector is talking to his partner about everything that's happened and everything he thinks is going to happen, and we get flash cuts from earlier in the film and a few from the end.... there's a flash cut of a scene that isn't technically in the film proper.
We see Evee at a mirror for a split second, and the Inspector is sitting down in the reflection. It sorta implies that Evee and the Inspector wind up together after the events of the film.
fun fact guy fawkes didnt die from being hanged before they had a chance he dived head first from the gallows breaking his neck
22:25 not a recording device but a jammer so they could speak without being recorded
To catch mosquitoes on the fly, the best technique is to make your hand shoot towards the insect and squeeze your fist tightly.
This is advice is greatly appreciated haha
This is my absolute most favorite movie of all time, and the lessons it has for us to learn are more important than most. "How did this happen? Who is to blame? Certainly there are some that are more responsible than others, and they should be held accountable, but again truth be told. If you are looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror."
15:41 - "Would you prefer a lie or the truth?" Seems to be a theme of the movie...as well as The Wachowski's "The Matrix"...
Yes, Edmund Dantes is the main character in The Count of Monte Cristo. A very good story that's been made several times. The book is really good
V was always the good guy. Evey needed to experience what happened to V & hundreds of thousands more. She needed to understand. V was a bit super human due to the experiments done to him at Larkhill.
The toilet paper message wrecks me every time
I'm generally overly cold as a human being but it's nice to know that any time I need to remind myself that I'm human that sequence can mind me of what being a human really feels like.
"It could be anyone behind the mask" 7:55 . Yup. You just explained batman in 1 sentence.
nowdays batman is a wimp... compared to what he originally was... all those reboots everytime adding another set of skills and gimmicks totally ruined the charackter...
25:00 Evey had to leave immediately, the secret police was about to search every single corner of that house.
28:56 It’s dark, it’s psychotic and wholly unforgivable, but it’s also in response to something just as dark. It’s a throwaway line, earlier in the film where the police are looking into Evey’s past. After he father is shot and her mother dies in prison, she is sent to a child reclamation camp and "re-educated.” In other words, she as brainwashed to be a good citizen. You can see the anxiety in Evey, portrayed beautifully by Portman, when she wants to do the right thing. She maces the detective and panics, she wants to escape from V and appeals to authority (the priest). In the end, she was stuck in a private prison.
So you can see, it’s the most fucked up way he can think to help, but V was trying to help her, using brainwashing against brainwashing. Instead of reconstructing her after, he broke her down and let her go. As you so eloquently put it: a baptism. She was reborn, as V was reborn by fire. The new generation born not in rage but in hope, with God in the rain.
3:22 It's really funny because Iirc it's set in 2020, which considering the topic of the movie and what was happening during real 2020 makes this movie 100x more interesting interesting to me. They almost simpsoned it tbh.
Honestly, however compares the events of this Movie to what happened during the Pandemic is straight up delusional.
@@CedricBassman A global pandemic in 2020 causing social unrest vs. a global pandemic in 2020 causing social unrest but also an oppressive government takes over. Yes, it is very different. Not compareable in any way. Also, whoever* movie* and pandemic*
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Yeah, very different because a) In the Movie they had an Epidemic, not a Pandemic. Maybe learn that difference first, before you correct someone on minor spelling mistakes in their second language to boost your fragile ego.
b) as much as the Nutjobs who compare this Movie to real life want to believe it, there was no oppressive government pulling the strings in our reality.
@@Blaze5x5x5 the only comparable between those two are that they are both fictions
@@Henrik_Holst
And let me guess, the Earth is flat?
"In the future"? Nah, already seeing it, and everybody is slowly catching on. This movie is just way ahead of its time, and I'm surprised it hasn't been cancelled yet.
The problem is this is a very old problem and people keep trying to use it to get their way.
It's quite similar to the graphic novel. They mainly changed things so that it would speak to the modern populous. The message remains the same.
From what I know all of the characters had fairly large changes to their personality's and V was far more of an anarchist in the original. In this he comes off as being okay with government existing but the leaders of this one need replaced so he is by definition not an anarchist.
I love how John Hurt's character is the "Big Brother" figure. Considering in one of his most famous roles was as Winston in the movie version of "1984" the famous dystopia by George Orwell. This movie is a great tongue in cheek take on that movie is great.
The domino scene was real. Four domino assemblers used 22000 dominoes and it took them 200 hours!!
As long as humanity exists this movie stands as a warning. Governments should never be trusted.
"Ideas are also weapons"
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25:13 I watch this movie several times a year (since it came out), and only recently realized you can tell it is V who grabbed her in this scene, as you can see the burns on his face thru the balaclava's eye holes.
one of my all time fave films
I never understood why the constable was more concerned about the bomb and not his job. During the takeover of the TV station, It was his best opportunity to catch him. Still one of my favorite movies, after all, all movies have errors.
Or his best opportunity to die, either due to the bomb or to direct confrontation with V.
The question of whether or not V was a good guy is the conundrum of the whole movie. I watched it in Sociology class to analyze that question in general
That’s why our society is so fucked up, because it takes a sociology class to even ask or even contemplate such a stupid question. All those sociology classes, education systems and universities over decades following communist doctrines have created the irrational, collectivist thinking in today world.
Resist the brainwashing.
I may or may not have referred to this movie as "V Is For Vendetta" for a while before being corrected when it came out.
This movie reflects on what's happening today sad to say. If you don't believe me just look at the last few years
There’s has indeed been a rise in christo-fascists who want to ban homosexuality, other religions and anyone not like them. As Valerie said “different became dangerous”
You’re correct. Rightwing authoritarianism is on the rise around the world.
This takes place in 2022 think about that a minute, and alan Moore wrote it 1982
V was what you would call an Anti-Hero. Like Deadpool, but far more well spoken.
We are being buried beneath the avalanche of your inadequacies, Mr. Creedy!
V says, "Blowing up a building can change the world." This movie came out in 2005, and 2001 had proven that to be the truth. Some people at the time found that part of the movie distasteful because it was released only 4 years after 9/11... but I think it was inciteful for anyone who understood that sometimes governments or politicians can and will do evil things for power. I'm not a conspiracy nut, just a realist.
An other Truth is, that the Patriot Act was already written, when 9.11 happened... Coincidence? 🤔😉
Not only would they have to set up the dominoes, but as far as I can see, from the camera angles, they would have had to set it up at least twice
They spent a total of around 200 hours setting up dominoes for that scene. If a random dude on reddit 12 years ago can be believed (claimed to have been on the film crew), it was actually only 2 takes (because the director didn't like the first one) but they used 3 camera angles.
V’s test was extreme but if you think about it, it is the same test each and every human goes through. Try to imagine what your life would be like if you lived without the fear of death. Please replace your fear with love and see what happens.
One thing that I think gets lost about this film is that it came out at the apex of the US War on Terror. The absolute guts of the filmmakers (and the studio) to put out a film in 2005 that sympathizes with, and even valorizes, terrorism cannot be overstated.
This isn't just possible as you said of how Suttler took control. It has happened throughout history. A charismatic leader, someone good at using words to stoke fear a lottle at a time. Let it build day by day... give the people scapegoats at whom to direct their fear. With a name and a face that fear becomes hate. Blame those who are different for all of your problems. Dehumanize them by calling them vermin, infestation. Impute every evil of society to them. And in a time far shorter than you want to believe, the people will wholeheartedly support and cheer for the mass detention and murder of those people. Almost every time there is a firebrand moment that lights the powder keg of fear and hate. In this movie it was the virus. Creedy was sick, but a genius for suggesting it be used on their own people. Watching their friends and family die after a diet of fear and scapegoating... you dont even have to tell the people what to do any more. They will demand that the chatismatic leader save them. He will say he needs to suspend freedoms and rights to do so. "Please, anything, just save us from this." And lo, the miracle cure after he rid the country of its enemies. Hailed as a savior. It was an act of God.
From there it is a matter of months before EVERYONE becomes a suspect. Because dictatorships have to treat every single person, even their closest friends, as threats. Curfews. Enforced propaganda. Harsh and brutal punishment without legal recourse. Enough corruption that the people don't even bother trying any more.
This is not a long process either. 5 to 10 years is all it takes. We've seen it happen. Repeatedly.
Fairly recently, the following was said: "Stick with us, and we will GIVE you the truth." Emphasis added. Not we will present a case and allow you to decide if we are correct or lying. Instead, just believe what we tell you. We will give you what you are to believe. We will give you the truth we want you to have. Insidious, effective.
happened in germany 100 ears ago. happening across the pond right now.
@highstimulation2497 Indeed it didn't. Almost to the letter. Except it wasn't a virus but a literal fire.
Finch is my low key fave character. Old school police officer, most likely started before Sutler's party ever rose prominence. Time when Justice and Law meant something and weren't tools for dictator or a party to remain in power. Just like all, he bowed down his head to keep job till awakens and does the right thing eventually. To me, he is common folk. We who are common folk, usually only care our own daily routines, getting daily bread. Its easy to shout freedom, liberty, justice but to stand behind them when government is stamping those out... This movie is magnificent, more than one way. Its true when they say: "When empire is built on lies, truth becomes weapon of revolution"
This is a film that has scarily increased in relevance over the years.
Let’s show her The Matrix! We can also get your thoughts as a rewatch on things you [ick up you didn’t see before!
When the doctor talks about the man from room 5, she said he became stronger and faster. This explains Vs physical abilities. There is a fan theory that he was also impervious to pain, which explains his not being killed by being so horribly burned and how he was able to fight after being shot so many times.
And lastly......V is for Victory!
Fabulous choice! Thank You
Matrix yes please. 😄👍
They imprisoned the actress and her partner because they were lesbians. The girl did not die. That part was what the police officer imagined was going to happen when so many people put on the mask. At least I interpreted like that. They experimented on him and yeah he was an enhanced human. He has the hole body burn
I think the little girl did die. Whether or not she did, dead people were in the crowd including the actress.
Your recognising Stephen Fry made my day. Happy V Day to the both o'ye.
Just because she Implied you smoke and you said yes super softly, I have now subbed because a fellow smoker deserve a bit extra help ;P lol that last part is a joke don't take it too seriously XD
It's such an underrated movie, Thank you for sharing your reaction ❤
I do appreciate the scene with the doctor. It shows that V understands that she was the only one on his list who was trying to accomplish something for the greater good as opposed to self-serving. He was gentle and respectful with her, even though he was there to kill her for what happened to him. And the fact that she wanted to die makes it seem more out of mercy than anything else.
i love seeing you guys together! also your filming set is wonderful to look at, its so beautiful
Evey as pronounced EV is a play on words as numbers. Since E is the fifth letter from the start or the Alphabet and V is the fifth letter from the end, so when written as Roman numerals it a reference to V.
V's body was totally burned thus destroying his pain receptors. If you lack the ability to feel pain, you can do some very strong feats because your brain will not be holding you back. No pain, no need to slow down or pull back. Hence why he was able to stand even after all those bullets hit him in the end. He was fueled by his wrath and pure adrenaline. PLUS, the doctor DID say he had natural immunity to the plague they cooked up so odds are he had a natural vitality that made him even more potent. However, I don't see him as "super human", just very driven and a bit mentally unstable.
In the end, V was the Moses of his time.
It's said Moses was meant to shepherd the Israelites to the Promised Land, but not meant to enter it. The reason is that a conquered people cannot ever be free; they just re-create the oppression they are familiar with. Forty years wandering in the wilderness allowed the last generation of slaves to die out, so the first generation of free people had a chance to start the Hebrew nation to begin again strong.
V understood he could kindle the revolution, but would not be able to allow it to blossom unshackled. He like Moses and MLK Jr, he could anticipate the 'new world', have visions of what it would be, but that he carried the corruption that would be that innocent time's undoing. To be free is to be without fear, and V knew he carried fear in himself. But there is poetry in the final act of rebellion using V's physical body as a funeral pyre.
One of the most beautiful, and profound pieces of revolutionary art of the modern era. Unfortunately, we live in a society where revolutionary ideas are used to create entertainment, instead of revolutionary action.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I rewatch it periodically. It also contains my favorite speech of all time, V’s alliterated speech at the beginning.
They actually used the real Parliament in this film. After the explosion, they had to rebuild it overnight so no one would notice. I think I read this somewhere on the Internet ... it must be true. Nice reaction.
It would do you well to watch the 2002 The Count of Monte Cristo with Guy Pearce, Henry Cavill and Jim Caviezel, its a brilliant adaptation with brilliant acting.
This one time, at bandcamp, i set up some dominoes and knocked them down without recording it.....
I sure would hate to have been one of the set crew who had to reset all of those red and black dominos for another film take.
You should totally have her watch the matrix that’s such a great movie series
Of course, The Matrix universe (trilogy, Animatrix, etc.) is a recommended (needed?) watch. Looking beyond some CGI not holding up to today's standards, 25 years later, The Matrix is very much crucial in understanding our current world. Go for it!
The two main differences between the fraphic novel and the film:
Evie is V's daughter in the novel
The inspector takes acid at Larkhill to "understand the terrorist"
I wonder if Eleven from Stranger Things was thinking of that shaving scene Natalie did
This is one of my favorite movies. Being part of the LGBT community it means even more to me with Valerie and Ruth's story in there. I try to watch this once a year on the 5th of November. I could very much see something like this happening at some point but it is so inspiring seeing the people eventually rise up like they do because they have had enough.
USA liberals used to have this energy, then they were influenced to become pro government, pro regulation, and pro establishment while the real rebels (current USA conservatives) have been branded as domestic terrorists (which is a lie). It's sad, but the evil government is winning.
it's not a movie, it's a prophesy ... that's coming true ... right now
Human suffering is a cycle and as long as humanity exists there will always be those that will
suffer by those with wealth.
Seeing John Hurt's face on a giant screen is brilliant given his role in 1984!
This has been one of my favorite movies ever since it first came out, but more and more when I rewatch it as time goes on, it gets closer and closer to our reality which is terrifying.
V is a revolutionary against a violent regime. Blood being spilled is the language of their conversation.
Now if you wanna better understanding, look at the last 4 years through the lens of this movie.
Erie, how similar this movie was to real life. Didn't notice it until i watched your reaction. Cov1d was identified and selected for modification in 1965. SARs 2002 was a direct result of Cov1d modification. 7 months before patient 1 in China, the patent for the vaccine was modified to include the words "accidental" or "intentional release of a respiratory pathogen". In the 1990s, the early 2000s, the N1H had announced they had "successfully created highly contagious defective replicating clone of Cov1d". Does that sound like protection of public health? This was presented to the EU Parliament in May 2023. The video had since been taken off RUclips. Thankfully, i downloaded it onto a literal physical disk drive for this exact reason. There's so much information, untrue, and true online and throughout the media in general. You just have to sift through it and determine what you are going to believe. I would love for you two to react to Dwight D Eisenhower's Presidential Farewell Address from January 17th, 1961. If you've not seen it. It directly addresses what we seem to be going through globally at this moment in time. Cheers! Loved the reaction. Wish nothing but the best for you and those you love! May your channel continue to grow for years to come. Peace!
There are plot points taken from the comic, but they did basically turn it into another count of monte cristo, only Dantes dies in this one.