V for Vendetta
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From: Vancouver
"This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. 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 vis-
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From: Letchworth
As a Brit I thought this was an excellent movie as a piece of creative filmwork and political theatre. The original comic may pre-date our current climate but it certainly resonated with some changes in British life today e.g.
National ID cards - on their way
National DNA database - World's Biggest! (we have not got so many of these World-beating claims these days
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National monitoring of all vehicles with GPS/ANPR - my local top cop leads the national Police Steering Committee on this
Attempted 90 days detention without charge under Terrorism Bill and updates to Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 contained within it
Section 132 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (makes it a criminal offence to demonstrate without police approval outside designated areas, ironically in the context of the film, one of which is the Houses of Parliament)
Summary justice for those who plead guilty minor crimes - raised again this week by the Lord Chancellor
Attempted removal of juries from complex fraud trials
All of them individually innocent enough but collectively it is more of a judgement call as to how our relationship with the state is changing.
The words on the trucks in the film "For your protection" is the undercurrent for the majority of these changes.
John Hurt was good as the High Chancellor but the title Lord Protector would have tied in to our history more I thought considering that was the last time we had a formal dictatorship albeit run by the military instead of a party. The portrayal echoed Ian McKellen's brillant Richard III in the film adaptation of the same name. Overall thumbs up for all the actors involved
I feel the terrorists who attack us at home can never destroy Britain, they can only seek to get us to do it for them which I also thought, in some way, lay in the message of the movie particularly when V addresses the nation in the TV broadcast and says he understands their fears and why they let this state of affairs come to pass.
Not sure about the whole pro-Gunpowder Plot/Guy Fawkes sentiment, rooted as the original plot was in the sectarian wars of its time.
National ID cards - on their way
National DNA database - World's Biggest! (we have not got so many of these World-beating claims these days
)National monitoring of all vehicles with GPS/ANPR - my local top cop leads the national Police Steering Committee on this
Attempted 90 days detention without charge under Terrorism Bill and updates to Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 contained within it
Section 132 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (makes it a criminal offence to demonstrate without police approval outside designated areas, ironically in the context of the film, one of which is the Houses of Parliament)
Summary justice for those who plead guilty minor crimes - raised again this week by the Lord Chancellor
Attempted removal of juries from complex fraud trials
All of them individually innocent enough but collectively it is more of a judgement call as to how our relationship with the state is changing.
The words on the trucks in the film "For your protection" is the undercurrent for the majority of these changes.
John Hurt was good as the High Chancellor but the title Lord Protector would have tied in to our history more I thought considering that was the last time we had a formal dictatorship albeit run by the military instead of a party. The portrayal echoed Ian McKellen's brillant Richard III in the film adaptation of the same name. Overall thumbs up for all the actors involved
I feel the terrorists who attack us at home can never destroy Britain, they can only seek to get us to do it for them which I also thought, in some way, lay in the message of the movie particularly when V addresses the nation in the TV broadcast and says he understands their fears and why they let this state of affairs come to pass.
Not sure about the whole pro-Gunpowder Plot/Guy Fawkes sentiment, rooted as the original plot was in the sectarian wars of its time.
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From: SIN CITY - Las Vegas
Originally Posted by doridori_mys2k,Mar 21 2006, 05:13 PM
great movie.
its weird that my parents live in the same situation as the citizen of london did in the movie. early 80's in the philippines under a dictatorship and cerfews, every citizen of the philippines revolted and marched to the capital and over threw the president. the revolution started because one senator (ninoy aquino) came back from exile to help overthrow the govt. and he was assassinated on the airport. just like the kid that got killed with the v mask then everybody stood up and fought back
its weird that my parents live in the same situation as the citizen of london did in the movie. early 80's in the philippines under a dictatorship and cerfews, every citizen of the philippines revolted and marched to the capital and over threw the president. the revolution started because one senator (ninoy aquino) came back from exile to help overthrow the govt. and he was assassinated on the airport. just like the kid that got killed with the v mask then everybody stood up and fought back
