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fingertrouble) wrote2006-03-07 01:39 am
fingertrouble) wrote2006-03-07 01:39 am
V for Vendetta
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sardonicbear mentioned this film and despite it being based on a *spit* graphic novel* it looks really good (stop sniggering QXbear!).
Interesting things - it doesn't look like the usual sort of Matrix-action-nonsense that you'd expect - the use of the red rose and the phrase 'party members' - the fascist organisation is a Labour government; the anarchic subtext - and according to Greg the female character (Natalie Portman) is a dyke in the novel; the unholy allegiance of religion and politics which is very current.
Throw in some interesting comments from the trailer and 1948 / 1984 (yes John Hurt is in it, casting must've been so hard...) references and it could be very interesting...I want to see it certainly.
* I'm the only graphic designer you'll meet who never 'got' US comics, left UK comics when I was small, and thinks the whole graphic novel thing is for kids who never grew up...it's not big and it's not clever. Unless it really is art, but usually it's not Maus but just an excuse for another Watchmen / Neil Gaiman rip...puhhlease!
sardonicbear mentioned this film and despite it being based on a *spit* graphic novel* it looks really good (stop sniggering QXbear!).Interesting things - it doesn't look like the usual sort of Matrix-action-nonsense that you'd expect - the use of the red rose and the phrase 'party members' - the fascist organisation is a Labour government; the anarchic subtext - and according to Greg the female character (Natalie Portman) is a dyke in the novel; the unholy allegiance of religion and politics which is very current.
Throw in some interesting comments from the trailer and 1948 / 1984 (yes John Hurt is in it, casting must've been so hard...) references and it could be very interesting...I want to see it certainly.
* I'm the only graphic designer you'll meet who never 'got' US comics, left UK comics when I was small, and thinks the whole graphic novel thing is for kids who never grew up...it's not big and it's not clever. Unless it really is art, but usually it's not Maus but just an excuse for another Watchmen / Neil Gaiman rip...puhhlease!
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