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The Early Word on "V For Vendetta"

by Jen Yamato | February 13, 2006

Summary

The first few reviews have come out for the upcoming futurist action thriller, "V for Vendetta," and the word so far is that if you like your films dark and philosophical, you'll appreciate its profound thematic morality struggle as much as the explosive set pieces. Some of you might like Natalie Portman as well. Back to Article

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Paul_Is_Drunk writes:
on Feb 13 2006 09:12 PM

I actually have high hopes for this film, despite the possibility of it disappointing me.

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dylan21484nj writes:
on Feb 13 2006 09:13 PM

[b]looking forward to this one...[/b]
from the stellar early reviews i've read for this film, it looks like there might actually be an Alan Moore graphic novel adapted into a GOOD film.

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cowsfan writes:
on Feb 13 2006 09:19 PM

I have high hopes. I also had very high hopes for Matrix 2&3. So we'll see.

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insanemansam5 writes:
on Feb 14 2006 06:19 AM

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yeah but Matrix 2 & 3 never got any good reviews to speak of

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synergyred writes:
on Feb 14 2006 07:04 AM

Wow! I'm really excited about this now!

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elziard writes:
on Feb 14 2006 08:23 AM

I sympathize with moore as his prose are far richer than can be translated to film.
However, 'From Hell' was a decent movie with an EXCELLENT cast; this also has a great cast and portman appears to be able to do 'evey' well (very key for success that she does).
I predict a better reception to 'V' than any of his other adaptions and will be successful (critically and commercially). despite the changes that will be made, it will covey moore's message and intrigue many to read the source; 'from hell' did that for me and i was blown away by the source's richness and completely different take on the story's core from the film.
moore should be happy more people will actually read his source. possibly a whole new generation will be exposed to his works; not bad for a 20 year old book.

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lovelykeira writes:
on Feb 14 2006 11:13 AM

It definitely makes me happy that the early buzz is good. I can't wait.

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Bane Of Anubis writes:
on Feb 14 2006 12:00 PM

[b]Kurt Loder[/b]
Credible source -- well, then again, all critics are worth their weight in dung (which I'm sure they believe is rosily redolent).

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WeirdArchives writes:
on Feb 15 2006 07:49 AM

[b]I have grave doubts about this project.[/b]
This sucker is a hardcore anti-facist film and the source material didn't pull any punches about the two extremes of civilization. If the film makes it in the box office and the critics' circle, that'll be great for the producers and cast. Personally, I think this picture has a few strikes against it. I'll have to see the film to decide whether or not Alan Moore was right to cut ties with the project.

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zachdybs writes:
on Feb 15 2006 09:34 AM

I think its going to be one very cool movie.

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Cindy_Lou_Who writes:
on Feb 16 2006 09:41 AM

I actually thought that From Hell and the Matrix trilogy weren't as bad as they were made out to be. Especially when you consider the overated crap that's up for best picture this year.

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kubrickfan writes:
on Feb 16 2006 10:18 AM

I loved all the Matrix Movies. They all maintained the intellegence of the original, they just went in a different direction than most people expected. Which is fine with me, it shows a lot more creativity that way. They could have very easily made two all out action sequels where Neo goes around destroting the rest of the machines, but instead they still kept the movies very dialogue and idea heavy, and there was a lot going on beneath the surface. They reminded me a lot of older sci-fi movies where a lot of things were implied or mentioned, but not unrealisticly explained to the audience like an episode of CSI. And whoever said Matrix 2 didn't get good reviews, it got a whole lot of good reviews, hense the 75%. I'm also excited to see Hugo Weaving in the lead of this movie. Very seldomly do you get an action star who is also a good actor. Wesly Snipes was always a good actor, but most of his best scripts were Dramas. So hopefully this one has some good content fro Weaving.

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jeremyf1977 writes:
on Feb 16 2006 03:33 PM

I think this should be a rather impressive film. Hugo Weaving is one of my favorite actors. And I was only disappointed with Matrix 3. Martix 2 got Decent reviews and made a lot of money.........But the critics really destroyed the third.............can't say I blame them, V has a plot in which what would've happened if the Nazi's would have won WW II. But Natalie Portman.......Sorry she's pure cardboard saw too many of her films she's totally unwatachable..........Sorry guys you can have her.

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hellhole writes:
on Feb 17 2006 04:36 PM

It's no accident that The Matrix Reloaded got a 75% and The Matrix Revolutions got a 36%. I personally would argue that although there is a significant step down in quality from Matrix film to Matrix film, the reason critics slammed Revolutions so bad is because they gave Reloaded decent reviews and then there was a massive fan backlash. The same thing happened with Star Wars Episodes I and II--Episode I got some great reviews, but fans bashed the hell out of it and the critics adjusted their ratings for Episode II accordingly. The numbers have little to do with the quality of the films themselves and more to do with the critics hoping to somehow appease the masses, when doing such is not their job.

Anyway, I'm not familiar with the V For Vendetta comic, but Moore's other work strikes me as pretty overrated. I am, however, a fan of the talent involved, so I will likely go see this film anyway.

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