V for Vendetta (possible SPOILERS)

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I think Gwyneth Paltrow is one of the best to pull off a British accent. I heard Natalie used the same vocal coach that Gwyneth used.........but I didn't think the accent was nearly the same.
 
I was on vacation last week, so I just now picked up the DVD today. I got the special edition which was also a limited edition..........the cover is awesome.....plus the graphic novel was included with it.

I haven't had time to watch any of it yet though or read the novel.

What did you guys think of the extras?
 
I am really looking foward to the film, the trailer was good and I'll watch anything if its by the Matrix people :lol: Natalie being in it makes it even better of course :D its going to be fun seeing it and then going out to watch the fireworks on the 5th.
 
Coolness! Gotta support Nat's films. The trailer looks pretty amazing. It'll be cool to see Nat with a British accent. ;)

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I think it's amazing....but, it's one that not's for everyone....just depends on what you like.
 
What makes V (the film) work is it has a lot of subtext and layers to it and it isn't just a mindless action/comic book movie.

Besides the obvious political overtones, it touches on fear, prejudice, hope, overcoming impossible odds (the Lesbian woman next to V at Larkhill) and how man can be destroyed, but his/her ideas ultimately cannot as long as someone else remembers them and gives them the same meaning.

A lot of the themes are also present in "Batman Begins" which is why I think these two films are much more than "action films" because they do have a lot more depth below the surface of all the fights and action sequences.
 
Okay I rented this movie and it's just sitting by my TV and I haven't watched it. I saw a bit of the beginning and I'm not sure if I want to see the whole thing.

Is it really that good?
 
What do you guys think about the theory that V -- the character -- Was ultimately Gay as far as how he was portrayed?

Pickles4Dawson, and I had this discussion on the Natalie Portman board, but I thought I would broche the subject here as it is fascinating on a lot of levels... The main one being if V is Gay then he is one of the few, mainstream Gay Action-Heroes/Comic Book heroes in existence even if his supposed sexual preference isn't a big part of who he is and what he does.

The evidence to suggest V may be Gay is:

1) He was sent to Larkhill prison/gulag as were most "undesirables" -- Including the Lesbian woman whom his cell was next to and he exchanged letters with (the same letters he lets Eve read during her "imprisonment").

2) Eve's friend, Gordon, is a closet-homosexual in the film and he mentions something about how his mother taught him how to flip eggs just as V mentions and demonstrates when he and Eve first meet after he resuces her fron the Fingermen.

If you recall, they even had Eve make this very same comment -- That she knows someone (V) who does the exact same thing with the eggs -- when she is at Gordon's and he fixes her breakfast.... Therefore, this was not just a "throwaway" scene and was put there to bridge the two scenarios for a possible result that Gordon and V may have been lovers before London collapsed and the totalitarian regieme started.

3) V eventually falls in love with Eve toward the end of the film... But one can argue it was more of a plutonic love and he was just happy to have found someone like Eve whom he could pass "the future" on to as not only does he give her the train with explosives, more importantly he also says it is up to her do with it what she pleases. One can interpet this as he was in love with the idea of finding a Tablua Rasa in Eve more than a romantic interest... Especially, if he was Gay.

What do you guys think?

I think it is a facinating theory and while it does have its holes, you can see how the pieces fit together one way if you choose to intepret them meaning V may be Gay and that is why I thought it was an interesting discussion as the same thing is said about the subtext of X-Men being "Society hates me because I am Gay" instead of "Society hates me because I am a Mutant".
 
I bet they are saving commentary for a later release or a 'special edition' or something.
 
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