V for vendetta
Mar. 21st, 2006 12:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
estepheiaI saw V for Vendetta tonight. I wish I could have seen it in English. So much depends on the voice of the main character. Still, the German version was well-dubbed. I thought Natalie Portmann made an excellent Evey, Stephen Rea and Stephen Fry also worked for me. As for V, I thought that the body language was very appropriate.
I came across the comic in 1985, long before Alan Moore reached his current cult status. Back then, V for Vendetta appeared in a magazine called Warrior, together with Miracleman, Warpsmith, Laser Eraser & Pressbutton and several other fabulous stories. In fact, I worked for the comic shop that produced and distributed said magazine (I *was* the mail order department). Unfortunately, I never met Alan Moore, only his editor and a few other people involved in the comic biz. Warrior magazine was cancelled before V's story was complete. When DC comics produced a colored version, I was finally able to read the ending. It's still one of my favorite comic books ever.
I heard that Alan Moore is unhappy with the movie and withdrew his support. That's a shame. The movie is very close to the comic books. Many sequences are frame by frame renderings of comic book panels. On a visual level, V for Vendetta delivers. The casting is good too. After The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (gag me with a spoon!) I'd feared the worst, but I needn't have worried. The political message of the comic was never compromised. On the contrary. Once or twice I thought the script could have been a tad snappier, but all in all the movie was worth the admission price. Definitely.
I came across the comic in 1985, long before Alan Moore reached his current cult status. Back then, V for Vendetta appeared in a magazine called Warrior, together with Miracleman, Warpsmith, Laser Eraser & Pressbutton and several other fabulous stories. In fact, I worked for the comic shop that produced and distributed said magazine (I *was* the mail order department). Unfortunately, I never met Alan Moore, only his editor and a few other people involved in the comic biz. Warrior magazine was cancelled before V's story was complete. When DC comics produced a colored version, I was finally able to read the ending. It's still one of my favorite comic books ever.
I heard that Alan Moore is unhappy with the movie and withdrew his support. That's a shame. The movie is very close to the comic books. Many sequences are frame by frame renderings of comic book panels. On a visual level, V for Vendetta delivers. The casting is good too. After The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (gag me with a spoon!) I'd feared the worst, but I needn't have worried. The political message of the comic was never compromised. On the contrary. Once or twice I thought the script could have been a tad snappier, but all in all the movie was worth the admission price. Definitely.
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Date: 2006-03-21 04:15 pm (UTC)Oh, you're not the only one at all! I went to ljseek and looked up any references to the movie that were going on out there in LJLand, and there were plenty of positive and/or thoughtful blog posts about it.
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Date: 2006-03-21 07:07 pm (UTC)I liked the fact that they kept the alliterations of the comic books. All the chapters start with the letter 'v' and V uses many v-words.
I hope Watchman will be good too.
And one day I hope to see Gaiman's Sandman made into a (good) movie. :-)