I’m looking forward to the release this week of the V for Vendetta movie. For those who aren’t familiar with the story, it was originally a comic book written in the early 80’s by Alan Moore. Not wanting to spoil too much about the plot, but it is about a society that has embraced totalitarianism in the name of safety, a government which has justified all sorts of progressively worse actions in the name of national security, and an insane man (or terrorist, if you will) who has determined that drastic measures are needed to wake the people of society up and cause them to remember what their lives used to be like before it is too late.
It’s a pretty good story, which will hopefully be translated well onto the big screen. I’m not sure whether the people behind the translation are trying to make a political point relevant to our time (as with the recent, excellent Good Night and Good Luck), or whether they’re just trying to cash in on the recent comic book movie craze, and found a good, dark story to do it with, but either way, I think it will be good.
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V review
So we (Nathan, Dan, and I) saw V for Vendetta last night, so here is my customary review.
I really liked it. I had read the original story the movie was based on (in it’s original comic/graphic novel form) back in the early 90’s. It actua…
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seems to be a new spiritual theme, the noble individual against the big bad greedy government.
When are we going? Tomorrow night? What time, the latest showing? JasonB and Nathan?
What’s wrong with an earlier showing? 7,8,9?
The latest show on Friday would be best for me, since I will probably be working with the kids on their science fair projects until they go to bed.
I rather wait for the kid and Sara to go to bed as well.
Jason: you need to get ready for the orb anyways.
So 930 or 1030. Doesn’t matter to me.
i think 930, but am fine with 1030.
So, how was it?
good.