V for Vendetta

job,

i originally saw the actual transmission on TV, and assumed by the fact BBC state on the webpage "extended interview" that it would be longer than the TV transmission. Just got round to watching it at the link, and it's shorter by about 5 minutes :mad:

In the original broadcast Alan Moore went on to talk about the poor attempts at others trying to recreate his work for a film audience, and how they were never written for that medium, so they shouldn't try. He seemed pretty bitter about it. He also stated he had refused to have anything to do with VforV the movie, because of the travesty that was League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (movie), and insists that he is not mentioned in movie credits, or use of a pseudonym.

i'm sitting with the Graphic Novel for VforV at the moment (mate lent it to me), but not sure whether to read it before seeing the movie, or vice versa... bit of a conundrum.... if the book is so superior would it spoil an OK movie, or if movie is OK would I enjoy the book more?

anyway... shame on BBC for heavily promoting how good their broadband service is, and then only showing half the interview :(
 
There was a 40 minute interview with Alan on a BBC radio show where he talked about his beginnings in comics and how he reacted when some idiot was suing him over the originality of LOEG.
I thought the link was in this thread, but it's not. I think its in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen thread, but that thread is long gone.
Maybe someone could bump it?
 
Alan er... withdrew a project from DC because of a few untruth's said by Joel silver concerning Alan's involvement.

Another more likely reaon for the delay of the film is that in the comic a bomb goes off on an underground train.
 
I know its not out untill the 17th of March which is just over 2 weeks away. Most of the reviews I have read have been postive so I am really looking forward to seeing V For Vendetta now!
 
Well... its here! Finally!

Its a good movie definitely the best Moore adaptation so far. The time spend in the cinema did not drag.

I have to say that when the movie started there was a voice in my head which kept saying "Mr Moore, doesn't like this! Mr Moore doesn't like this!..." But it turned out okay and although I'm giving it a thumbs up, I'd say read the comic book first! There were lots of stories that the film was obviously unable to fit in, but they are golden nuggets that can be appreciated in the book. :)

A very good movie! :) I'm giving it a B.

Ok, what to rave about now? Oh yeah, that guy who wears a cape and fly's around.... :cool:
 
The trailer for this does look really good but it is a pity that it has been delayed untill March 2006 as it does seem like a long wait for this film but I am sure it will be worth it!
 
Joel Silver has recently been talking about the delayed release for V for Vendetta. He said "The V for Vendetta story was written in the late 80's and takes place in a society in an alternate world and the recent events in London does not affect this scenario. At first, we wanted to release the movie in November but the principal shooting was finished just a few weeks ago and considering all the post-production work which is to be done, especially the special effects, we decided to postpone the release until March 2006"
 
:cool:

Stephen Rea on V For Vendetta
Source: Edward Douglas October 1, 2005

Irish actor Stephen Rea first got noticed when he received an Oscar nod for playing Fergus in Neil Jordan's The Crying Game, a film about Irish revolutionaries. After thirteen years and seven more movies with the director, he's back for Jordan's latest ode to transvestites and revolutionaries, Breakfast on Pluto, starring Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins) as Irish transvestite "Kitten" Braden.

Rea's next movie also deals with terrorism and revolutions being fought by guys in outlandish outfits, as he will play Finch, a policeman, in the upcoming adaptation of Alan Moore's V For Vendetta. While doing press for "Pluto," Rea told Superhero Hype! about his part in the film.

"He's a nice policeman," he told us when asked about where his character stanRAB on the government oppression at the core of the film's plot. "There comes a point where you stop playing rebels and start playing policemen, and you stop playing madmen and start playing shrinks. I'd much rather be the madman, but this is a very interesting cop in that there's the government, and there's the terrorists, and he's in between them. He doesn't like the government any more than he likes the terrorists, but he is working for the government."

"It's the Wachowski brothers, so how interesting is that?" he continued. "It's a wonderful, fantastic experience to work with those guys. I read the graphic novel when it became apparent that I was going to do the movie. It's a very interesting response to Thatcher's Britain
 
V is number one in the US with $26,135,000. :) Knocking 'Failure to Launch' off the top spot. Not bad for a budget rumoured to be just over $50 million.

Read the full report HERE
 
I enjoyed it, but it is quite a strange film and overlong by about twenty minutes IMO. It is kinda like a cross between 1984, Batman, Phantom Of The Opera and a giant Dr Who episode.
 
All the constituent parts were there for a great movie - script, performances (except Portman), feel. But somehow it failed in execution for me. Portman was unconvincing and unsympathetic, the pacing didn't sweep you in the drama, and (unlike source material) it was far too 'black and white' as to who was "good" and who was "bad". What we ended up with was bitty, badly directed, unsubtle and ultimately rather dull.

Shame.
 
So is this film ' One i will wait for on DVD ' ? I have heard many bad reviews of the movie so far, and from what i have seen it doesn't look too good either.
 
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