"people shouldn't be scared of their governments, governments should be scared of their people"-V "Behind this mask is more than flesh behind this mask is an idea Mr Creedy and ideas are bulletproof"-V Love this film it's one of my favourites V is such a great character played by Hugo Weaving aka Agent Smith and Lord Elrond Great reaction Magy and Laura 👍😄
@@Hiraghm yes I'm aware(I don't know whom they are specifically so thank you for Jefferson 👍) most of V's philosophical lines are quotes from the books he's managed to save from the gov purges
Ladies, understand many of the lines and points he was making were all historical. Many famous people said those lines or close to it, these themes have always played out in human history and still are. Governments become corrupt and find excuses to gain more power until you live in a constant state of fear and depression. Many Founding Fathers of the United States had famous quotes for much of what was said.
Ideally no one should have to live in fear right? Neither people or government. Bulletproof ideas in peoples heads can be an issue as well I feel. Alot of those on the internet, flat earth, moon landing, etc, etc
When V breaks into Creedy's home, we hear Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 play in the background. A fun fact about the 5th (V) Symphony: the iconic 4-note opening pattern (ba-ba-ba-bum), coincidentally, happens to match the Morse code sequence for the letter...yes, "V." A series of 3 short dots followed by a long dash, ". . . _" or "dot-dot-dot-dash."
This is the best fun fact I've ever read. Never even realized the fact that of course the 5th Symphony can also be written as "Vth". And the morse code, Wooow!!! Mind blown!!! 🤯🤯🤯
Hugo Weaving is such a great actor. To emote all those emotions behind a mask is amazing. Not many could do it. But, what else would you expect from the guy who played Elrond in LOTR and Agent Smith in The Matrix. Great reaction to a great film ladies!
I believe if anything hiding most of face behind sunglasses most of the time probably helped prepare him for this roll. You can see a lot of the same head gestures in agent Smith.
One day I just said to myself "hmm I want to go to cinema, what they are showing now? V for Vendetta? Strange name .. better be good" I was totally blown away xDD It is one of my favourite movies ever.
I wanted to see this movie just because I was following the Wacheski's after the Matrix. But I didnt realize how powerful this movie REALLY was. SO relevant to this day. On my Go-to rotation of movies .So underrated.
@VectorBlaze from what I've seen of, and comparing to the Killing Joke, this movie was just blatantly one sided politically that it completely misses Moore's original point to V. V was aimed at the Thatcher goverment, per his political view, but It wasn't overt
Moore definitely disagrees (he blows up when they mention eggy in the basket lol) and thinks the movie should've been something original to suit what was going on in America at the time instead of using his work. This movie a direct calling out of the USA and the governments reaction to 9/11. Not so much going after Bin Laden, but all the domestic laws passed like the Patriot Act, as well as some of the language at the time: You are either with us, or with the terrorist. It was the Wachowski's using an established work at the time (not well known but not completely unknown) to get that base to build up a little hype to it, and then spinning the narrative to suit the mid 2000s political clime of the US. This was also a time when the left and right wing REALLY became focused on spinning a political narrative through the media and it never has recovered since then. Fox has become super right, CNN has become super left. Both border on propaganda. Very little non political leaning news today, which is why I think they focused on the "state" news in the film. I saw the movie first before the comic and prefer the movie by a country mile, but it also was also more relevant to me personally as someone who was a teen in that era in the USA. I understand why people from England might not appreciate the change in politics from the Thatcher era in the comics.
It came in response to Bush and Dick Chaney kidnapping people and waterboarding them. Everything in the Patriot Act after 9/11 was against this countries founding ideals and was passed without a second thought after a terrorist act. It's message is always relevant. People just have short memories.
The best part of that is that both sides of the political spectrum agree how relevant it is, but they also both think they're on V's side. It's the same with 1984.
Of course the politics in the movie were updateted to reflect the "war on terror"-climate of the 2000s, while the comic was dealing with the Thatcher era... one of the reasons Moore was very displeased with the adaptation.
"I suddenly had this feeling that everything was connected. It was like I could see the whole thing, one long chain of events that stretched all the way back before Larkhill. I felt like I could see everything that had happened, and everything that was going to happen. It was like a perfect pattern laid out in front of me, and I realized that we were all part of it, and all trapped by it." Such a fantastic cinematic sequence to compliment the dialogue.
One of the best sequences in movie history. Everything is prologue, pivots to prediction, builds to a tragedy, ends in a crescendo, and sets up the stakes for the finale.
Hugo Weaving's voice was perfect for V. Can't imagine anyone else in that role. Note that they really did shave Natalie Portman's head in that prison scene. That was real. Oh, and yeah, this is one of my favorite movies of all time. I was really impressed with how much of the movie you caught on the first watch. I've seen a lot of stuff fly over the heads of other watchers so kudos for that!
my favorite role of Hugo Weaving was in Hacksaw ridge where he played a world war veteran severly traumatized and completly eaten up by survivors guilt... he was the father to the main character...
The scene where they shave Evey was made in one shot, because Natalie Portman refused to wear a wig. The scene is real, which shows the commitment she had to the role.
I make it a point to watch this movie on every 5th November if I find the time. It's just so good and so important. Forget the Matrix, THIS is the Wachowski's real masterpiece.
Me and my dad do the same thing. We have movies we watch at certain times every year, and V for Vendetta is our annual November 5th watch. (And The Crow on October 30th, One or more Halloween movies on Halloween, Planes, Trains and Automobiles for Thanksgiving, Gremlins, Die Hard and Scrooged on Christmas Eve/Christmas Day, etc.
@@BubblyRainbows I watch E.T. on Halloween. The best one was, I believe 2 years ago, because in that year full moon actually fell on that date, just like in the movie.
@@ReeN1995 V is so much deeper than the Matrix cause it touches everyone... the Matrix if you think about it really is just a confirmation of the freedom of identity that someone like the Whachowski brothers/sisters/trans or whatever they wanna identify as want... Just like Keanu becomes Neo who is essentially his "true identity" V is way way waaaaay deeper...
17:00 "Is it _meaningless_ to apologize?" Consider the moving poignance of this scene. Dr. Surridge is staring death in the face, quite _literally._ She _knows_ it. But she's not afraid. She not pleading to be spared. She's not even _asking_ to be spared. She's not conveying a _trace_ of _fear._ She's resigned herself to her fate. The emotion she's conveying is _remorse._ She's participated in _terrible experiments._ She was in denial about it at the time, but she's come to _face_ it since then. She's gone through a certain measure of _guilt_ over her actions in those days. Her main fear, since then, has been that she might die before getting the chance to _apologize_ to V.
Something rarely conveyed in action movies: an enemy filled with remorse and regret, to the point of apologizing while dying for their sins. It's a beautiful scene, it comes off as genuine and honestly sad. The Wachowski's did a great job of imbuing the film with a lot of moral grey area.
I love the point V makes in the start of the film in his broadcast. If you want to know who is guilty you need only look in a mirror. WE allow these sorts of things to happen. We stand idly by, say it's someone else's problem, someone else will stand and fight it. We all do that and no one fights. Every single day is precious and every single ounce of freedom must be fought for continuously. Or we risk it all. This film is deeply inspired. Full of timeless truths that will make it as valuable now and 40 years from now as it was the day it was written. The letter she reads in the cell... those are painful sequences to watch but they're starting to happen now. We're facing that world more and more every day. It's insane.
I saw this at the theater. I felt the same way you guys did. People didn't credit Natalie Portman enough for how awesome she was in this. Great stuff ladies. 😘
I think she was still getting out from under the shadow of bad writing left by the Star Wars prequel trilogy at this point. Which sucks, because she was definitely one of the best actors there.
Ah this movie stirs something deep inside me. I feel like we've forgotten where the real power lies, with the people. Another great reaction girls! I like when you team up.
I remember this movie didnt do nearly as well as expected and so many people have never seen it until history repeated itself and everything became so relevant. This is such a great movie and a message that should be on everyone's mind to not be easily manipulated, think for yourselves and dont let different be dangerous, especially if it doesnt effect you.
"We have GUNNNSSS" "No, what you have are bullets and the hope when your guns are empty, i'm no longer standing because if i am, you'll be dead before you've reloaded" SHIIIIIIVERS DOWN MY SPINE EVERY TIME
It's eerily familiar, the message of the movie, the similarities with the current times - frightening how a movie from 18 years ago could predict so closely what will happen in the future. You girls did an awesome job and the reactions are priceless ❤ Thank you!
Yep. Even in Britain, often considered one of the most liberal of democracies in modern times, we've moved so far to the right that we're not too far away from the sort of government we have in this film. The character of Protheroe in this film is very close to American talk show hosts like Alex Jones, and we now have GB News in the UK which is effectively spouting the same sort of rhetoric. John Hurt's character would probably be what it would be like if we elected someone like Nigel Farage as prime minister, which thankfully seems quite a long way off, although there are plenty of people in the Conservative party who would probably very easily fit into that role. We live in depressing times. It's a shame there are no real "V" characters around.
@@bujin1977 LOL moved to the right? The UK government is leftist, that is the sad reality, a move to moderate leftism is now considered radical right. Everyone you mentioned would have been considered either a moderate leftist or a fanatical leftist when Thatcher was PM. You have to realize the Overton window has moved so far to the left in Europe that what just 20 or 30 years ago would have been classified as a moderate leftist is now considered a radical fringe right winger. You have no real freedom of speech, that was stripped away 10 years ago. There is no freedom of thought and students in universities are no longer learning but being indoctrinated into leftism so radical they think Stalin was a right wing dictator. The fascist authoritarian you fear is looking you in the mirror. Those you support are the ones who will this this dystopia a reality.
@@bujin1977 such an interesting take on Britain, you think it's moved more right?.. Conservative policies seem more instep with left wing ideology, mainstream media and TV programmes all contain the message of left wing bias. GB News being a direct result of that bias. Alex Jones is a nut. Are you suggesting that anyone who doesn't share your world view should be silenced? Seems a little fascistic especially when every corporation waves the rainbow flag, Universities are socialist training camps and the police bend the knee.
"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having" is a paraphrase of famous anarchist Emma Goldman. Just thought I'd let that little info.
In 1949 George Orwell's book 1984 was published about a dystopian future. In 1988 the comics "V For Vendetta" by Allan Moore were published, taking a lot of inspiration from the book but with a much more anarchistic view. The 2005 film takes the basic story from the comics but is a lot less anarchistic and takes a lot of inspiration for 1984 too. I love all three and recommend taking a look at all of them.. even the 1984 movie "1984" which has William Hurt as the main character.. instead of the Arch Chancellor that he plays in this movie.
@@jonasfermefors The movie is way better than the Comic Book... the Comic Book will speak to some but only to pure anarchists... the movie's message is global, authentic and it allows all people to be part of it... your ideas are more powerful than the oppression they force on you but I'm not telling you what your ideas should be... I let you think for yourself... This movie is a masterpiece... and the fact that Allan Moore doesn't like the movie shows why anarchists are annoying idiots that talk out of their ass... they don't want freedom, they want everyone to be thinking like them... which is another form of fascism by the way... the movie keeps itself as far away from telling you what to think as possible... TRUE FREEDOM... which is why in my opinion makes the movie miles better than the comic book...
I only mention this because other reactors have been a bit confused with the ending and seeing Gordon, Valerie, her partner and the little girl, all of whom had been killed previously, it was imagery used to highlight the "all of us" sentiment, not an indication that they were alive, well and free. Highly recommend checking out, Equilibrium, with Christian Bale and Sean Bean, it came out the same year as The Matrix, so it got overshadowed, but it's very much akin to both this and The Matrix and definitely worth a watch.
He disowned it as well which is typical for him because a bunch of the core concepts were changed to the point he didn't feel like it was really his own work anymore. His actual belief is that fascism in any form is dangerous and anarchism is the only truly ethical way for people to live. Fascist tend to be a negative force on everybody eventually. The insane belief you can actually control people is the beginning of policies that on their face seem good or to work but are constantly failing to achieve their goals or even worse destroying the lives of people that aren't even the target of that policy but are forced to go along with it anyway because the policy is forced on everyone "equally" even when it makes to no sense by people to stubborn or ignorant to know what the policy was for in the first place.
The author of the comic book is an anarchist. The story was meant to promote anarchism as an answer to thatcherism. The Wachowki sisters altered the story and subtext to change it into a critique of George Bush II instead of Thatcher, which made the author angry. Anyway, this updating of the story is why it is still very much applicable to what's going on in the world right now.
Finally, someone else understands that this movie is about the Bush/Blair administrations. I swear, every other comment is some dullard saying "hurr durr, this movie predicted big government giving us COVID. Virus in movie just like virus in real life."
V was played by two actors, the 1rst is uncredited, they put the name of Hugo Weaving (agent Smith on The Matrix) on the poster, the other was James Purefoy
The reveal with V as her torturer was always a shocking and heartbreaking scene, and carefully I point out may have been necessary. It was implied that after Evey was taken from her parents she was placed in a correctional facility and brainwashed as she grew up. He basically put her to the brink of death as a hard reset. It's fucked up, not denying that. In the extreme world of this movie, the extreme solution was the call of the day in V's mind. Not that we have to agree with that, or tout it as genius, but there is a wide grey area in this vile "future" Britain. As Joseph Campbell points out in the symbolism of birth (and rebirth, by extension), it is often messy, scary, terrifying. Every death and rebirth is full of that strangling echo from our physical birth. With that threshold passed, the heroine can move into the next phase on her journey.
This movie is entertaining and so SO important to keep people enlightened about what is happening in the world. It was valid in 2005 and this is even more valid now. Question everything and never believe that the government is on your side. It never is.
I saw this movie in the theater when it was released. I think I have 3 legit copies of the DVD as I would loan them to people back in the day. This is the human journey and will ALWAYS be relevant. Truth. 😄
One of the often overlooked factoids of this movie is that they cast John Hurt as the oppressive Adam Sutler who was Winston Smith (the oppressed) in the legendary "1984" by George Orwell which shares the same messages about authority and government. :)
This movie was my favorite movie of all time for a while (only recently topped by The Batman), and I still watch it every year on the 5th of November, so it makes me very happy to see you two watching this masterpiece!
Can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen this movie, yet every time I watch it, it makes me as excited as the first time I’ve watched it. Such an amazing film.
and his best role to date, the father in hacksaw ridge.. what he portrait there really made you hate and pity that person.... while it hurt to watch... he was so brilliant....
its funny the more tyranical gov gets the more this movies message hits home, and its like its in a cycle, forever going, forever turning this move gets better every cycle
Given the things happening in this world today, regardless of where you call home, there's a very real sense that something is very wrong. If this film is to teach us anything it is that the individual people of any nation, any state, any city, or town are what matters, not those who exist within government for the purposes of oppressing the people. It's the people who matter. The governments have become too powerful, too abusive, too authoritarian, and too destructive to the people they were supposed to be supporting. As V said, if you want to know who's guilty, one need only look in a mirror. We've all been so busy with our chaotic lives that we let other people with untoward intentions work on our behalf in government and we're seeing now, all over the world, how wrong that choice has been. People should not be afraid of their governments, but we are right now. Fail to follow their orders and you'll lose your job, your income, and potentially your freedom. This isn't what the human spirit needs or desires, it's the exact opposite. If the internet has taught us anything, it's that we all have a lot more in common than we have differences. Sure, we can argue about our favorite snacks, ice cream flavors, or what ought to be on a pizza, but we ought to embrace those differences as the spice of life and know that we're all basically the same. This movie teaches that. We all need to learn that lesson now more than ever regardless of where we call home.
Some reactors love the "governments should be afraid of their people," I don't. Fear breeds paranoia, mistrust, resentment, and desperation. These are not things a nation can weather having between a people and their leaders. For a nation to succeed, there must be mutual cooperation and trust. A government fearing its people will tighten its control more and more until everything shatters. It will lash out. It will increase surveillance. It will manipulate more.
I love this movie simply because of how it presents reality in many ways and how one person...one decition can change the course of history forever. The actor that plays V is Hugo Weaving also known as Mr.Smith in the Matrix movies. He originally didn't want the part because he didn't want to be with the mask all the time but as you can see they eventually convinced him to take the part in the end. Natalie is and always will be an amazing actress and in here it just proves how good she really is.
A great performance from Hugo Weaving . This is one of my favourite movies watch it every November the 5th also a bit disturbing after what we all just been through the last few years
This was adapted from the series of comics by Alan Moore. Another film adaptation of his work is Watchmen. The actor playing the Chancellor, John Hurt, played the protagonist in the film adaptation of the George Orwell novel 1984
It was an interesting movie and raises some very good points, particularly on the way government is constantly screwing up people while always taking a big slice. That phrase of "People shouldn't be scared of their governments. Governments should be scared of their people" is SUPERB! Great reaction, gorgeous Magy! Kiss to you both beauties :) MWAK!
I will join patreon if you two say the lines from the movie "In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V."
Portman, Hugo and the cop were the best. Absolutely one opf the great performances of all time. V was written by Alan Moore as a graphic novel, same guy that wrote Watchmen. Another great adoptation that he himself doesnt apprive of and wasnt appreciated by ppl as well as it should be. Snyders's best film.
This movie is phenomenal masterpiece it's like beauty and the beast type of storyline almost between the two characters but such an awesome movie Natalie Portman did a phenomenal job in this character❤ I love watching this on November 5th every year That's a tradition Greatest line in movie history for this era The government should be afraid of their people
@@Metzwerg74 Please don't watch this movie translated... not hearing Hugo Weaving's voice and Natalie Portman's performance is a crime... I don't think anyone could ever voiceover them competently in any language...
This movie plays with many themes. It's close to the original graphic novel written by Alan Moore, who wrote the story, but with some changes - incidentally not approved by Alan. Alan wrote this story during the days of Margret Thatcher in the 1980's. He was reacting to the conservative governments emphasis on nationalism, religion, authoritarianism and anti-immigration ideology. Hence the vision of a dystopian Britain with a neo-Christian authoritarian state in power. This film is interesting as - depending on your pre-existing political ideology - you dear reader, will interpret it in your own way and by looking at the comments section, I see some of you have mapped it onto your political beliefs. If you're critical of authoritarianism, theocracies and religious power, suspicious of scientific research, concerned about state power overreach, control of the media narrative, anti-liberal values, this film has it all. But it is also a deep love story. A unity of minds - true love.
I would like to point out a lot people miss the idea that the problems in this movies' world aren't new. Guy Fawkes was dealing with this group of problems in 1605. Time and time again "strong men"/authoritarians get into power and try to control every action, every word, and every thought that people have under the guise of "keeping people safe" while trying to achieve their true goal of making themselves the most powerful person in the world/country.
Related media: The Count of Monte Cristo. One of the greatest revenge stories of all time, referenced several times in this movie. There's a pretty decent 2002 film adaptation, too!
I hope that the world turns and that things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you 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. -Valerie
9:27, yeah it looks like a museum cause it is, the goverment banned all of those things, movies books, even the Coran which is the muslim holy book. All those things were retrieved by V before they were destroyed. This movie is heavily inspired on the book ''1984'' by george orwell and on the concept of distopy.
If your willing to die for your beliefs it doesn't matter what they do to you you can not befeated, v wasn't out to stop the tyrany cause he didn't his goal wasn't even revenge for what happend to him, goal was to give power back to the people
This was a good movie. The acting was spot on. Great seeing Hugo Weaving as the title character and enjoyed Natalie's performance. Too bad there's not a sequel.
I like watching reactions to this film, because the reaction gives interesting insights about the viewer. Some are made quite uncomfortable, because of their own tendencies to defend the system, but a corrupt, brutal system should not be defended. Yours is one of the best reactions I've seen. I'm glad to see there are a couple more people in the world who can see that there are values greater than just protecting the status quo.
This might be in my top 3 movies of all time? Absolutely love it and I am so glad to see you did too. The magnitude of full body chills at various points in this movie are unmatched by any other. So perfect! And Natalie! I could watch this over and over!
And here we are, eighteen years after this magnificent film, this apocryphal film, this prophetic film was made, what madness we have endured, what madness we still endure! The extreme which exist, both on the political left and the political right, squeeze us, crush us, divide, conquer and punish us! For their own sake, for their own gain, for their own glory, and we elected them. The irony is clear, in the end, all they want, the Government, the Politicians, the Bureaucrats and the Oligarchs, is power, for themselves and no one else. In the end, they actually agree. Sleep well, little children, sleep well.
My favourite adaptation of a graphic novel. The thing I like most about V is he's the hero, but also the monster. An unstoppable monster determined to destroy those who created him, but also deeply human. V understands that the world he wishes to see has no place for a monster like him. His hope is also his death.
A lot of these stories resonate with everyone from all sides. Just like George Orwell's "1984", everyone sees the world as slowly becoming more like a dystopia every single day. "Animal Farm" was another one of his works, made into a good animated feature, you guys should check that out. V's fate at the end makes sense when you realize people like Castro, Mao, Stalin, and Hitler were considered revolutionaries at the helm of violent change in their countries, but it came down to who they became after they made that change. It wasn't good, to say the least. V didn't want that ("You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain") but I wonder if he thought about the chaos to follow as, perhaps, some wanted democracy while others might have been content under Suttler's authority and many more with their own ideas. It might take a whole generation for a country like that to get back to anything resembling its former self and that path itself tends to be a violent one as well. This is a movie that really goes to the brain like a lightning bolt but it also does things to the heart as well. Times goes by and I think about that line, "We had three years of roses and I apologized to no one", whenever times get dark for me. Keep that light alive. We may one day see roses again.
It’s strange how people relate this with today? When the government of the UK is so weak and powerless for the 60 years (save for the Thatcher years). We have had spineless leads and government now most of my life. A country that is force to obey foreign laws. A country that cannot defend its own borders or warm its own homes without foreign aid.
According to legend, Guy Fawkes actually leapt from the gallows to kill himself before the hangman dropped him so as to keep his tyrannical oppressors from executing him. Pretty badass move, even if it didn't really change anything.
@@anthb3377 Yeah, it's so petty but I love it. Noose around his neck, seconds from being executed, and he's just like, "Nah, fuck you. I'll do it myself."
The movie is an adaptation of a story from the 80s about Margaret Thatcher’s UK but when it released in 2005, it was meant to comment on post-9/11 America - the rise of Fox News, the Patriot Act, the paranoia of the US government and the people. This movie hit HARD at the time.
"people shouldn't be scared of their governments, governments should be scared of their people"-V
"Behind this mask is more than flesh behind this mask is an idea Mr Creedy and ideas are bulletproof"-V
Love this film it's one of my favourites
V is such a great character played by Hugo Weaving aka Agent Smith and Lord Elrond
Great reaction Magy and Laura 👍😄
The first quote is attributed to Thomas Jefferson, and even if it was not his creation, it's certainly older than this story.
@@Hiraghm yes I'm aware(I don't know whom they are specifically so thank you for Jefferson 👍) most of V's philosophical lines are quotes from the books he's managed to save from the gov purges
Ladies, understand many of the lines and points he was making were all historical. Many famous people said those lines or close to it, these themes have always played out in human history and still are. Governments become corrupt and find excuses to gain more power until you live in a constant state of fear and depression. Many Founding Fathers of the United States had famous quotes for much of what was said.
@@Hiraghm That's false.
Ideally no one should have to live in fear right? Neither people or government.
Bulletproof ideas in peoples heads can be an issue as well I feel. Alot of those on the internet, flat earth, moon landing, etc, etc
This movie is a timeless masterpiece.Everyone should watch it.
When V breaks into Creedy's home, we hear Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 play in the background. A fun fact about the 5th (V) Symphony: the iconic 4-note opening pattern (ba-ba-ba-bum), coincidentally, happens to match the Morse code sequence for the letter...yes, "V." A series of 3 short dots followed by a long dash, ". . . _" or "dot-dot-dot-dash."
This is the best fun fact I've ever read. Never even realized the fact that of course the 5th Symphony can also be written as "Vth". And the morse code, Wooow!!! Mind blown!!! 🤯🤯🤯
It's amazing how many clues to V you can find everywhere. It's almost like spotting the Bad Wolf throughput Doctor Who.
Ok thats very cool
Hugo Weaving is such a great actor. To emote all those emotions behind a mask is amazing. Not many could do it. But, what else would you expect from the guy who played Elrond in LOTR and Agent Smith in The Matrix. Great reaction to a great film ladies!
And Red Skull in Captain America
I believe if anything hiding most of face behind sunglasses most of the time probably helped prepare him for this roll. You can see a lot of the same head gestures in agent Smith.
@@parker469a makes sense! 👍
I really like him as Sergeant Farrat in The Dressmaker.
Aussie represents
One day I just said to myself "hmm I want to go to cinema, what they are showing now? V for Vendetta? Strange name .. better be good"
I was totally blown away xDD
It is one of my favourite movies ever.
Same... I watched 10 times... never bored.
I wanted to see this movie just because I was following the Wacheski's after the Matrix. But I didnt realize how powerful this movie REALLY was. SO relevant to this day. On my Go-to rotation of movies .So underrated.
same thing happened to me with Sucker Punch!!!
I love this movie. One of the best comic book adaptations. Vertigo DC is SOOOOO underrated.
Alan Moore probably disagrees.
@30noir I think he'd be more disappointed with the movie Killing Joke.
@VectorBlaze from what I've seen of, and comparing to the Killing Joke, this movie was just blatantly one sided politically that it completely misses Moore's original point to V. V was aimed at the Thatcher goverment, per his political view, but It wasn't overt
@@andrewlopez1906 Well loved it. I think it was well done.
Moore definitely disagrees (he blows up when they mention eggy in the basket lol) and thinks the movie should've been something original to suit what was going on in America at the time instead of using his work. This movie a direct calling out of the USA and the governments reaction to 9/11. Not so much going after Bin Laden, but all the domestic laws passed like the Patriot Act, as well as some of the language at the time: You are either with us, or with the terrorist.
It was the Wachowski's using an established work at the time (not well known but not completely unknown) to get that base to build up a little hype to it, and then spinning the narrative to suit the mid 2000s political clime of the US. This was also a time when the left and right wing REALLY became focused on spinning a political narrative through the media and it never has recovered since then. Fox has become super right, CNN has become super left. Both border on propaganda. Very little non political leaning news today, which is why I think they focused on the "state" news in the film.
I saw the movie first before the comic and prefer the movie by a country mile, but it also was also more relevant to me personally as someone who was a teen in that era in the USA. I understand why people from England might not appreciate the change in politics from the Thatcher era in the comics.
Scary how timely this story (written in the 80s) is for what’s happening today.
It came in response to Bush and Dick Chaney kidnapping people and waterboarding them. Everything in the Patriot Act after 9/11 was against this countries founding ideals and was passed without a second thought after a terrorist act. It's message is always relevant. People just have short memories.
The best part of that is that both sides of the political spectrum agree how relevant it is, but they also both think they're on V's side. It's the same with 1984.
Of course the politics in the movie were updateted to reflect the "war on terror"-climate of the 2000s, while the comic was dealing with the Thatcher era... one of the reasons Moore was very displeased with the adaptation.
@@WolfHreda You're not wrong...
@@simon_lukas you could literally change nothing in a Moore story and he'd be pissed it's adapted at all
"I suddenly had this feeling that everything was connected. It was like I could see the whole thing, one long chain of events that stretched all the way back before Larkhill. I felt like I could see everything that had happened, and everything that was going to happen. It was like a perfect pattern laid out in front of me, and I realized that we were all part of it, and all trapped by it."
Such a fantastic cinematic sequence to compliment the dialogue.
One of the best sequences in movie history. Everything is prologue, pivots to prediction, builds to a tragedy, ends in a crescendo, and sets up the stakes for the finale.
how I felt when I said to my friends in may of 2019 lets go on a eurotrip while we still can
One of the all-time best montages, they do an amazing job of telling the story in this film.
"Aww he's going to save her" that line made me laugh knowing he was the one doing the torture lmao
I mean he did save her. Just not in the expected way.
@@chaosmastermindDefinitely, she got saved from her own fear.
LMFAO i literally bust out laughing as well
Hugo Weaving's voice was perfect for V. Can't imagine anyone else in that role.
Note that they really did shave Natalie Portman's head in that prison scene. That was real.
Oh, and yeah, this is one of my favorite movies of all time.
I was really impressed with how much of the movie you caught on the first watch. I've seen a lot of stuff fly over the heads of other watchers so kudos for that!
my favorite role of Hugo Weaving was in Hacksaw ridge where he played a world war veteran severly traumatized and completly eaten up by survivors guilt... he was the father to the main character...
The entire cast in this film are phenomenal. So many incredibly talented actors.
"If you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror" goosebumps
... he was you, he was me...
Around of applause for Hugo and Natalie 👏
The scene where they shave Evey was made in one shot, because Natalie Portman refused to wear a wig. The scene is real, which shows the commitment she had to the role.
This is a film that has eerily become more relevant as it has gotten older. It also popularized the Guy Fawkes mask as a symbol of anarchy.
more like a form of resistance....
I make it a point to watch this movie on every 5th November if I find the time. It's just so good and so important. Forget the Matrix, THIS is the Wachowski's real masterpiece.
Me and my dad do the same thing. We have movies we watch at certain times every year, and V for Vendetta is our annual November 5th watch. (And The Crow on October 30th, One or more Halloween movies on Halloween, Planes, Trains and Automobiles for Thanksgiving, Gremlins, Die Hard and Scrooged on Christmas Eve/Christmas Day, etc.
@@BubblyRainbows I watch E.T. on Halloween. The best one was, I believe 2 years ago, because in that year full moon actually fell on that date, just like in the movie.
The First Matrix is my #1 movie and V is #2 for me
@@ReeN1995 V is so much deeper than the Matrix cause it touches everyone... the Matrix if you think about it really is just a confirmation of the freedom of identity that someone like the Whachowski brothers/sisters/trans or whatever they wanna identify as want... Just like Keanu becomes Neo who is essentially his "true identity"
V is way way waaaaay deeper...
17:00 "Is it _meaningless_ to apologize?"
Consider the moving poignance of this scene. Dr. Surridge is staring death in the face, quite _literally._ She _knows_ it. But she's not afraid. She not pleading to be spared. She's not even _asking_ to be spared. She's not conveying a _trace_ of _fear._ She's resigned herself to her fate. The emotion she's conveying is _remorse._
She's participated in _terrible experiments._ She was in denial about it at the time, but she's come to _face_ it since then. She's gone through a certain measure of _guilt_ over her actions in those days. Her main fear, since then, has been that she might die before getting the chance to _apologize_ to V.
Something rarely conveyed in action movies: an enemy filled with remorse and regret, to the point of apologizing while dying for their sins. It's a beautiful scene, it comes off as genuine and honestly sad. The Wachowski's did a great job of imbuing the film with a lot of moral grey area.
I love the point V makes in the start of the film in his broadcast. If you want to know who is guilty you need only look in a mirror. WE allow these sorts of things to happen. We stand idly by, say it's someone else's problem, someone else will stand and fight it. We all do that and no one fights. Every single day is precious and every single ounce of freedom must be fought for continuously. Or we risk it all. This film is deeply inspired. Full of timeless truths that will make it as valuable now and 40 years from now as it was the day it was written. The letter she reads in the cell... those are painful sequences to watch but they're starting to happen now. We're facing that world more and more every day. It's insane.
I saw this at the theater. I felt the same way you guys did. People didn't credit Natalie Portman enough for how awesome she was in this.
Great stuff ladies. 😘
I think she was still getting out from under the shadow of bad writing left by the Star Wars prequel trilogy at this point. Which sucks, because she was definitely one of the best actors there.
This movie it's ment to be seen in the theater or in a big screen, when i watched it, it was a whole different experience
@@WolfHreda Leon The Professional showed she had good acting skills so I knew she good even back then. Star Wars could never take that away from her.
@@parker469a True, but it was only a cult hit in the US. V FOR VENDETTA reminded us of her range.
Well, that and her SNL rap. :)
Ah this movie stirs something deep inside me. I feel like we've forgotten where the real power lies, with the people. Another great reaction girls! I like when you team up.
"Is it meaningless to apologize?"
"Never..."
I LOVE this scene
I remember this movie didnt do nearly as well as expected and so many people have never seen it until history repeated itself and everything became so relevant. This is such a great movie and a message that should be on everyone's mind to not be easily manipulated, think for yourselves and dont let different be dangerous, especially if it doesnt effect you.
I think it has since been seen many times more on streaming and DVD than at the cinema
10:54: “People should not be afraid of their governments.
Governments should be afraid of their people.”
No movie moves me to tears like this one does. So powerful every single time.
Valerie's story brings me to tears every time.
@@daved2352 that's the part
@@J4ME5_ Yep. Such a beautifully-wrought, heartbreaking and still uplifting sequence.
Really?
@@elfodd35 really
"We have GUNNNSSS"
"No, what you have are bullets and the hope when your guns are empty, i'm no longer standing because if i am, you'll be dead before you've reloaded" SHIIIIIIVERS
DOWN
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I love that one
One of the most underrated movies ever in my opinion.
An old Japanese saying: "If you intend to die, you can do anything."
I never get tired of seeing this movie. It is timeless.
It's eerily familiar, the message of the movie, the similarities with the current times - frightening how a movie from 18 years ago could predict so closely what will happen in the future.
You girls did an awesome job and the reactions are priceless ❤ Thank you!
Yep. Even in Britain, often considered one of the most liberal of democracies in modern times, we've moved so far to the right that we're not too far away from the sort of government we have in this film. The character of Protheroe in this film is very close to American talk show hosts like Alex Jones, and we now have GB News in the UK which is effectively spouting the same sort of rhetoric. John Hurt's character would probably be what it would be like if we elected someone like Nigel Farage as prime minister, which thankfully seems quite a long way off, although there are plenty of people in the Conservative party who would probably very easily fit into that role. We live in depressing times. It's a shame there are no real "V" characters around.
The graphic novel it's based on is from the 80's, I believe, so it goes even further back actually.
@@bujin1977 LOL moved to the right? The UK government is leftist, that is the sad reality, a move to moderate leftism is now considered radical right. Everyone you mentioned would have been considered either a moderate leftist or a fanatical leftist when Thatcher was PM.
You have to realize the Overton window has moved so far to the left in Europe that what just 20 or 30 years ago would have been classified as a moderate leftist is now considered a radical fringe right winger. You have no real freedom of speech, that was stripped away 10 years ago. There is no freedom of thought and students in universities are no longer learning but being indoctrinated into leftism so radical they think Stalin was a right wing dictator.
The fascist authoritarian you fear is looking you in the mirror. Those you support are the ones who will this this dystopia a reality.
@@bujin1977 such an interesting take on Britain, you think it's moved more right?.. Conservative policies seem more instep with left wing ideology, mainstream media and TV programmes all contain the message of left wing bias. GB News being a direct result of that bias. Alex Jones is a nut. Are you suggesting that anyone who doesn't share your world view should be silenced? Seems a little fascistic especially when every corporation waves the rainbow flag, Universities are socialist training camps and the police bend the knee.
@@bujin1977 You mean so far the the *left
Not the right. UK is a liberal nightmare.
From similar films to "V for Vendetta", I recommend "Equilibrium" (2002).
This movie needs it's message to be understood by everyone everywhere
"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having" is a paraphrase of famous anarchist Emma Goldman.
Just thought I'd let that little info.
In 1949 George Orwell's book 1984 was published about a dystopian future. In 1988 the comics "V For Vendetta" by Allan Moore were published, taking a lot of inspiration from the book but with a much more anarchistic view. The 2005 film takes the basic story from the comics but is a lot less anarchistic and takes a lot of inspiration for 1984 too. I love all three and recommend taking a look at all of them.. even the 1984 movie "1984" which has William Hurt as the main character.. instead of the Arch Chancellor that he plays in this movie.
It’s John Hurt.
@@JedHead77 🤣 of course it is. My bad. William Hurt would have made both very different movies.
@@jonasfermefors The movie is way better than the Comic Book... the Comic Book will speak to some but only to pure anarchists... the movie's message is global, authentic and it allows all people to be part of it... your ideas are more powerful than the oppression they force on you but I'm not telling you what your ideas should be... I let you think for yourself...
This movie is a masterpiece... and the fact that Allan Moore doesn't like the movie shows why anarchists are annoying idiots that talk out of their ass... they don't want freedom, they want everyone to be thinking like them... which is another form of fascism by the way... the movie keeps itself as far away from telling you what to think as possible... TRUE FREEDOM... which is why in my opinion makes the movie miles better than the comic book...
I only mention this because other reactors have been a bit confused with the ending and seeing Gordon, Valerie, her partner and the little girl, all of whom had been killed previously, it was imagery used to highlight the "all of us" sentiment, not an indication that they were alive, well and free.
Highly recommend checking out, Equilibrium, with Christian Bale and Sean Bean, it came out the same year as The Matrix, so it got overshadowed, but it's very much akin to both this and The Matrix and definitely worth a watch.
This film was written by Alan Moore as a graphic novel. The Wachowskis adapted it
He disowned it as well which is typical for him because a bunch of the core concepts were changed to the point he didn't feel like it was really his own work anymore. His actual belief is that fascism in any form is dangerous and anarchism is the only truly ethical way for people to live.
Fascist tend to be a negative force on everybody eventually. The insane belief you can actually control people is the beginning of policies that on their face seem good or to work but are constantly failing to achieve their goals or even worse destroying the lives of people that aren't even the target of that policy but are forced to go along with it anyway because the policy is forced on everyone "equally" even when it makes to no sense by people to stubborn or ignorant to know what the policy was for in the first place.
The author of the comic book is an anarchist. The story was meant to promote anarchism as an answer to thatcherism.
The Wachowki sisters altered the story and subtext to change it into a critique of George Bush II instead of Thatcher, which made the author angry. Anyway, this updating of the story is why it is still very much applicable to what's going on in the world right now.
Finally, someone else understands that this movie is about the Bush/Blair administrations. I swear, every other comment is some dullard saying "hurr durr, this movie predicted big government giving us COVID. Virus in movie just like virus in real life."
All superheroes are embodied metaphors. V is just up front about it. Great movie, based on an amazing comic series. Thanks for the reaction!
V was played by two actors, the 1rst is uncredited, they put the name of Hugo Weaving (agent Smith on The Matrix) on the poster, the other was James Purefoy
This movie was made perfectly with dialogue, setting, action, message and music -
Is it meaningless to apologize?
Never.
I love the sentiment of the girl in black.
Nothing can stop an idea whos time has come.
NOTHING!
The reveal with V as her torturer was always a shocking and heartbreaking scene, and carefully I point out may have been necessary. It was implied that after Evey was taken from her parents she was placed in a correctional facility and brainwashed as she grew up. He basically put her to the brink of death as a hard reset. It's fucked up, not denying that. In the extreme world of this movie, the extreme solution was the call of the day in V's mind. Not that we have to agree with that, or tout it as genius, but there is a wide grey area in this vile "future" Britain.
As Joseph Campbell points out in the symbolism of birth (and rebirth, by extension), it is often messy, scary, terrifying. Every death and rebirth is full of that strangling echo from our physical birth. With that threshold passed, the heroine can move into the next phase on her journey.
This movie aged... uncomfortably well...
This movie is entertaining and so SO important to keep people enlightened about what is happening in the world. It was valid in 2005 and this is even more valid now. Question everything and never believe that the government is on your side. It never is.
I saw this movie in the theater when it was released. I think I have 3 legit copies of the DVD as I would loan them to people back in the day. This is the human journey and will ALWAYS be relevant. Truth. 😄
One of the often overlooked factoids of this movie is that they cast John Hurt as the oppressive Adam Sutler who was Winston Smith (the oppressed) in the legendary "1984" by George Orwell which shares the same messages about authority and government. :)
I could be wrong, but the setting of this story was 2020.
Read that again.
Let that sink in.
Nothing like a great movie with a timeless message. Love this movie!!!
This movie was my favorite movie of all time for a while (only recently topped by The Batman), and I still watch it every year on the 5th of November, so it makes me very happy to see you two watching this masterpiece!
Can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen this movie, yet every time I watch it, it makes me as excited as the first time I’ve watched it. Such an amazing film.
Mags, V was played by Hugo Weaving. You know him as Agent Smith from The Matrix, Lord Elrond from LOTR, and Red Skull from the first Captain America.
He's also MEGATRON
@@tonyyul703 But she hasn’t seen any of those, so she might not have any context of what you mean. Look at my wording.
and his best role to date, the father in hacksaw ridge.. what he portrait there really made you hate and pity that person.... while it hurt to watch... he was so brilliant....
One of the most quotable movies. And one of the most relevant in this age.
its funny the more tyranical gov gets the more this movies message hits home, and its like its in a cycle, forever going, forever turning this move gets better every cycle
Given the things happening in this world today, regardless of where you call home, there's a very real sense that something is very wrong. If this film is to teach us anything it is that the individual people of any nation, any state, any city, or town are what matters, not those who exist within government for the purposes of oppressing the people. It's the people who matter. The governments have become too powerful, too abusive, too authoritarian, and too destructive to the people they were supposed to be supporting. As V said, if you want to know who's guilty, one need only look in a mirror. We've all been so busy with our chaotic lives that we let other people with untoward intentions work on our behalf in government and we're seeing now, all over the world, how wrong that choice has been. People should not be afraid of their governments, but we are right now. Fail to follow their orders and you'll lose your job, your income, and potentially your freedom. This isn't what the human spirit needs or desires, it's the exact opposite. If the internet has taught us anything, it's that we all have a lot more in common than we have differences. Sure, we can argue about our favorite snacks, ice cream flavors, or what ought to be on a pizza, but we ought to embrace those differences as the spice of life and know that we're all basically the same. This movie teaches that. We all need to learn that lesson now more than ever regardless of where we call home.
Agenda 30
Some reactors love the "governments should be afraid of their people," I don't. Fear breeds paranoia, mistrust, resentment, and desperation. These are not things a nation can weather having between a people and their leaders. For a nation to succeed, there must be mutual cooperation and trust.
A government fearing its people will tighten its control more and more until everything shatters. It will lash out. It will increase surveillance. It will manipulate more.
Side note.. even now when I have to play Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture this end movie scene is stuck in my head while sitting in the orchestra
I love this movie simply because of how it presents reality in many ways and how one person...one decition can change the course of history forever. The actor that plays V is Hugo Weaving also known as Mr.Smith in the Matrix movies. He originally didn't want the part because he didn't want to be with the mask all the time but as you can see they eventually convinced him to take the part in the end. Natalie is and always will be an amazing actress and in here it just proves how good she really is.
A great performance from Hugo Weaving . This is one of my favourite movies watch it every November the 5th also a bit disturbing after what we all just been through the last few years
This was adapted from the series of comics by Alan Moore. Another film adaptation of his work is Watchmen. The actor playing the Chancellor, John Hurt, played the protagonist in the film adaptation of the George Orwell novel 1984
Amen and bravo, ladies! I am so glad this film hit you both in the feels and in your minds. Great film, timely, important message.
I judge people by how they feel about this movie. :D People who don't feel things at certain points in this movie need serious help.
It was an interesting movie and raises some very good points, particularly on the way government is constantly screwing up people while always taking a big slice. That phrase of "People shouldn't be scared of their governments. Governments should be scared of their people" is SUPERB! Great reaction, gorgeous Magy! Kiss to you both beauties :) MWAK!
I will join patreon if you two say the lines from the movie "In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V."
you guys should react to The Count of Monte Cristo!! the 2002 version!
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Portman, Hugo and the cop were the best. Absolutely one opf the great performances of all time.
V was written by Alan Moore as a graphic novel, same guy that wrote Watchmen. Another great adoptation that he himself doesnt apprive of and wasnt appreciated by ppl as well as it should be. Snyders's best film.
Hello from France
The ending is one of the best final scene of a movie i had ever seen and that what i call great funeral.
This movie is phenomenal masterpiece it's like beauty and the beast type of storyline almost between the two characters but such an awesome movie Natalie Portman did a phenomenal job in this character❤ I love watching this on November 5th every year That's a tradition
Greatest line in movie history for this era
The government should be afraid of their people
This movie will stand the test of time. Its messages will always resonate. Great reaction!
Or it will be on a banned list at some point in the future.....
@@originalbadboy32 I wonder if it's banned already in Florida, Handmaid's Tale is...
Since covid we all now see this movie has more relevance
5:23: That’s Fox News’ job.
I love the alliteration in the opening rescue scene.
It's truly astonishing that they were able to integrate so many V-words and not have it feel forced in any way.
@@bigdream_dreambig and they even got it translated that way, without losing the meaning... (german speaking)
@@Metzwerg74 Please don't watch this movie translated... not hearing Hugo Weaving's voice and Natalie Portman's performance is a crime... I don't think anyone could ever voiceover them competently in any language...
A population can survive without a government.
But by definition, a government cannot exist with the governed.
#resist ✊🏼
This movie plays with many themes. It's close to the original graphic novel written by Alan Moore, who wrote the story, but with some changes - incidentally not approved by Alan.
Alan wrote this story during the days of Margret Thatcher in the 1980's. He was reacting to the conservative governments emphasis on nationalism, religion, authoritarianism and anti-immigration ideology. Hence the vision of a dystopian Britain with a neo-Christian authoritarian state in power.
This film is interesting as - depending on your pre-existing political ideology - you dear reader, will interpret it in your own way and by looking at the comments section, I see some of you have mapped it onto your political beliefs.
If you're critical of authoritarianism, theocracies and religious power, suspicious of scientific research, concerned about state power overreach, control of the media narrative, anti-liberal values, this film has it all. But it is also a deep love story. A unity of minds - true love.
I would like to point out a lot people miss the idea that the problems in this movies' world aren't new. Guy Fawkes was dealing with this group of problems in 1605. Time and time again "strong men"/authoritarians get into power and try to control every action, every word, and every thought that people have under the guise of "keeping people safe" while trying to achieve their true goal of making themselves the most powerful person in the world/country.
“If you’re looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror”
Related media: The Count of Monte Cristo. One of the greatest revenge stories of all time, referenced several times in this movie. There's a pretty decent 2002 film adaptation, too!
Natalie Portman did an amazing job in this Movie!
Almost 20 years old and still relevant. Likely always will be because of how governments behave.
It's been relevant for 2000 years, and will be for 2000 more.
i´d say even more relevant theese days....
I hope that the world turns and that things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you 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. -Valerie
9:27, yeah it looks like a museum cause it is, the goverment banned all of those things, movies books, even the Coran which is the muslim holy book. All those things were retrieved by V before they were destroyed. This movie is heavily inspired on the book ''1984'' by george orwell and on the concept of distopy.
If your willing to die for your beliefs it doesn't matter what they do to you you can not befeated, v wasn't out to stop the tyrany cause he didn't his goal wasn't even revenge for what happend to him, goal was to give power back to the people
This was a good movie. The acting was spot on. Great seeing Hugo Weaving as the title character and enjoyed Natalie's performance. Too bad there's not a sequel.
That was so powerful and still relevant today. This is one of my all time top favs!
The people have the power 🎶
Both of you should watch 2002 The Count of Monte Cristo. It is the newer version of the film they referenced in this one. A very good film as well.
This is happening to lesser degrees in many countries but China is almost exactly like this right now.
I like watching reactions to this film, because the reaction gives interesting insights about the viewer. Some are made quite uncomfortable, because of their own tendencies to defend the system, but a corrupt, brutal system should not be defended. Yours is one of the best reactions I've seen. I'm glad to see there are a couple more people in the world who can see that there are values greater than just protecting the status quo.
There's another v word that describes him: Vigilante
Now time to see "Equilibrium" :)
This might be in my top 3 movies of all time? Absolutely love it and I am so glad to see you did too. The magnitude of full body chills at various points in this movie are unmatched by any other. So perfect! And Natalie! I could watch this over and over!
And here we are, eighteen years after this magnificent film, this apocryphal film, this prophetic film was made, what madness we have endured, what madness we still endure! The extreme which exist, both on the political left and the political right, squeeze us, crush us, divide, conquer and punish us! For their own sake, for their own gain, for their own glory, and we elected them. The irony is clear, in the end, all they want, the Government, the Politicians, the Bureaucrats and the Oligarchs, is power, for themselves and no one else. In the end, they actually agree. Sleep well, little children, sleep well.
My favourite adaptation of a graphic novel. The thing I like most about V is he's the hero, but also the monster. An unstoppable monster determined to destroy those who created him, but also deeply human. V understands that the world he wishes to see has no place for a monster like him. His hope is also his death.
your friend was a great addition to the channel
A lot of these stories resonate with everyone from all sides. Just like George Orwell's "1984", everyone sees the world as slowly becoming more like a dystopia every single day. "Animal Farm" was another one of his works, made into a good animated feature, you guys should check that out.
V's fate at the end makes sense when you realize people like Castro, Mao, Stalin, and Hitler were considered revolutionaries at the helm of violent change in their countries, but it came down to who they became after they made that change. It wasn't good, to say the least. V didn't want that ("You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain") but I wonder if he thought about the chaos to follow as, perhaps, some wanted democracy while others might have been content under Suttler's authority and many more with their own ideas. It might take a whole generation for a country like that to get back to anything resembling its former self and that path itself tends to be a violent one as well.
This is a movie that really goes to the brain like a lightning bolt but it also does things to the heart as well. Times goes by and I think about that line, "We had three years of roses and I apologized to no one", whenever times get dark for me. Keep that light alive. We may one day see roses again.
It’s strange how people relate this with today? When the government of the UK is so weak and powerless for the 60 years (save for the Thatcher years). We have had spineless leads and government now most of my life. A country that is force to obey foreign laws. A country that cannot defend its own borders or warm its own homes without foreign aid.
We need more V people in this world right now 😢😭
"He's going to save her... Right?" Ooof
According to legend, Guy Fawkes actually leapt from the gallows to kill himself before the hangman dropped him so as to keep his tyrannical oppressors from executing him. Pretty badass move, even if it didn't really change anything.
Least he went out on his terms not someone else's
@@anthb3377 Yeah, it's so petty but I love it. Noose around his neck, seconds from being executed, and he's just like, "Nah, fuck you. I'll do it myself."
"Ideas are bulletproof."
There is so much more in the graphic novel.
"everyone has o watch this movie" True, everyone at some point should watch this. This movie is part of life
The movie is an adaptation of a story from the 80s about Margaret Thatcher’s UK but when it released in 2005, it was meant to comment on post-9/11 America - the rise of Fox News, the Patriot Act, the paranoia of the US government and the people.
This movie hit HARD at the time.