[Chiapet]

Alan Moore wrote the original comic. The article is less about the movie, and more about him.

[Rummyfan]

To him, the movie adaptation of "V for Vendetta," which opens on Friday, is not the biggest platform yet for his ideas: it is further proof that Hollywood should be avoided at all costs. "I've read the screenplay," Mr. Moore said. "It's rubbish."

Even the NY Times pannned the flick. Said it should have been titled 'Natalie Portman gets a haircut'!

[muawiyah]

We went to see "V" with an expert in the genre. His conclusion was that most of the political tripe was filtered out of the movie, the special effects were spectacular, and left unexplained is why "V" happened to have immediate access to one of the Grand Chancellor's underground torture chambers.

Also, all (not some, but all) of the principal characters were identified at one point or the other as being homosexual.

[JamesP81]

V sucked. It was pro-terrorist, pro-Gay, and anti-Christian. 'Nuff said.

[billbears]

So the truth is out. It's not as much that he disagrees with the movie (which he never states) but that he feels DC took the rights from him and he's going to badmouth anything about any movies that come from his comics.

[tallhappy]

"I've read the screenplay," Mr. Moore said. "It's rubbish."

But his comic isn't? Oh yeah right.

And look, representative and symbolic, the NY Times does a serious long article on what? Comic book garbage.

Typical mindset. They take comic books seriously but think they can muckrack about Abu Grahb or other things and control events with their influence and power and bring down a president (as they plan).

Idiots.

[Thrusher]

Why does the NY Times neglect to explain why Moore thinks the screenplay is "rubbish"?

The story notes that he is not shy about expressing his opinion, but then only alludes to his negative feelings towards "V for Vendetta" without providing any specifics...

[TET1968]

Portman should have retired after The Professional & Heat.
Knightly on the other hand, exhibits great range and shows lots of promise. IMHO

[Chewie84]

I thought the movie was okay, other than the anti- Christian bias. Even then, though, I'd agree that physically FORCING a person to become Christian (As it suggests that the film's government did) is not a good idea, people should be allowed to accept Christ of their own free will. The acting was very good, especially Hugo Weaving as V, there was a certain scene in it that I thought was funny as hell (You'll know what scene I'm talking about when you see it, it contains an obvious reference to a legendary British comedy show), and a lot of the fight scenes (Especially the final one with V against those guards) were really cool. I hope they come out with a "V" mask to sell, that would make an awesome Halloween costume.

[new cruelty]

B for Bump

[finnman69]

I saw V for Vendetta in Imax in NYC and was a little bored, in fact depressed. This is a heavy heavy movie, not an exciting action flick. For the record the Upper West Side NYers clapped at the end of this movie, but I dont see it playing very well across America. Imax usually makes any movie 20% better in my book. in this case, it made the movie tolerable.

The over the top totalitarian society depicted is somewhere between that of George Orwell's 1984 and your typical LW moonbats current vision of America. I found zero resemblance to our current America, and in fact the London depicted in 2020 seemed much more like Soviet Russia circa 1980 or more accurately, Saddam Hussein's Iraq in the 80's and 90's, or Castro's Cuba.

The ending was pathetic and unbelievable, I wont get into it and spoil the anticlimatic ending, but it was just plain ridiculous. All of a sudden everything is better?! Yeah right. This was not the Matrix trilogy, the Matrix was entertaining.

The references to blowing up buildings as a legitimate method to affect change for an idea very unnerving. I dont think it played very well, and sensed the NY audience was uneasy with the blatant 9/11 references. I also think there was an intentional hit on memorials as propaganda devices. In fact one scene were the grand conspiracy is revealed is within a memorial to 100,000 dead, featuring a circle of dancing children. Subtle huh?

Any sex you ask? There was one gratutitous lipstick lesbian kissing scene to balance out the films closeted unattractive gay tv host, who has a secret art vault of banned items including a Koran and Maplethorpe graphic photographs. BTW, in this universe you get killed not for insulting the president in a comedy satire on television, but for owning a Koran.

The 9/11 conspiracy theorists will love this movie. THAT alone says a lot about V for Vendetta.


BTW

the best part of seeing thr movie was seeing the previews for Poseidon and Superman Returns in Imax.

Superman will be great and be a traditional good vs. evil family movie.

[Heatseeker]

"It is important to me that I should be able to do whatever I want," he said. "I was kind of a selfish child, who always wanted things his way, and I've kind of taken that over into my relationship with the world."

Spoken like a true baby-boomer.

[steve-b]

Mr. Moore says he was objecting to language in his contracts that would give him back the rights to "Watchmen" and "V for Vendetta" when they went out of print — language that he says turned out to be meaningless, because DC never intended to stop reprinting either book.

Why on earth was he stupid enough to agree to language that would cause the rights to revert to him if, and only if, the market for them had dried up (why else would a rational company stop printing them)?

It's hardly DC's fault that he agreed to a crappy contract.

[wallcrawlr]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1599470/posts?page=67#67

[Shqipo]

I found it amusing that in The Constant Gardner (horrid book & movie) the female lead is ranting about American imperialism in Iraq when the book it was based on was written in 2000. Hollyweird just can't help its pitiful self.

[Disturbin]

I just saw this tonight, and agree it was total rubbish. They managed to sneak in Islamic AND homosexual propoganda. The premise was that the US collapses due to the government's mismanagement of the war in Iraq AND the Chicken flu. Unreal. Of course, the entire UK is on curfew and the evil conservative dictator is in power.