Lol wut?
Are you implying that the movie is terrible?
Obviously because I enjoy the movie and because I want to share my annual watching ritual with her đ
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I don't like or dislike those scenes any more or less than the rest of the movie. When concerning the movie's plot - the torture you mentioned has a function that builds the character further in a certain direction. It also determines what will happen next. Just like what any other scene would do.
I also point out just in case that I don't approve torture.
... I'm trying to remember what my gripe was. It's not anarchist enough? Too much vendetta not enough revolution? Book V had a vision for the future, Movie V only had revenge?
Fuck me guess it's time to reread and rewatch and remind myself why I thought that.
@elbarto777 I felt the same way as @Xariphon . For me the book is anti fascism so it's a critique of the ideology of fascism but it's also nuanced and critical of aspects of the V character who is quite problematic.
The movie is more about "fascism we don't like" (with clear US political references) and V is made more unambiguously heroic and even romantic, with Evie falling in love with him and the crowds on his side (i.e crypto-democratic leader).
[The movie] has been turned into a Bush-era parable by people too timid to set a political satire in their own country. ... It's a thwarted and frustrated and largely impotent American liberal fantasy of someone with American liberal values standing up against a state run by neoconservatives â which is not what the comic V for Vendetta was about. It was about fascism, it was about anarchy, it was about England.
Hmm. Depends probably on do you leave the knives out, have paper/cardboard/plastic knives or real fighter knives with the costume!
An easier Halloween costume is Ghostface. No trousers and a shirt/jacket but a robe.
My friend drew the outline of the knife he uses in the movie in cardboard and I added many layers, getting a nice, thicker cardboard knife!
My friend Anne Kalgesch recently uploaded a film essay on V for Vendetta, specifically on the portrayal of women in the film. It's a really good analysis, and she would welcome more feedback, she's only had 165 views in 2 days.