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Ravenbomb:
I just thought it was funny that they got John Hurt of all people to play the totalitarian dictator

Trollstormur:
well... if the shoe ain't broke, wear it.

KharBevNor:

--- Quote from: Leonidas ---
So whilst I would have criticisims of the movie from a comic fanboy point of view (where's FATE? Where are Prothero's dolls? The change in sequence of the bombings), taken on it's own merits as a movie it is one I thought was fantastic. The fact I thought it could have been better is only the comic book fan in me speaking.
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They took the detail out of all of the murders, possibly to make V seem less cruel, (He didn't do the poisoned communion wafer thing with Lilliman, at least not on screen: the dialogue suggests he poisoned him though. Deleted scene?), FATE would have been one sub-plot too many, I think, and a bit too 'sci-fi' for the feel they were giving the whole movie: the idea of moving Evey to be an employee of BTN was actually pretty neat, I thought, in view of making the plot more concise.

I think the major changes were the sanitation (V is slightly less malicious, Evey isn't a prostitute, Gordon isn't a petty criminal, Finch doesn't take LSD at Larkhill) which you'd expect but I think harm it, and also, mainly, the way they changed or largely damped down the political side: The V of the film is campaigning for Democracy, not anarchy. There's no mention, for example, of the Land of the Do as You Please.

Art direction and acting were great though. There were also some changes I like: for example, making it a possible future rather than an alternative future by updating the events, changing it from a nuclear war to a chemical war, and implicating Islamic extremism, which could have been much more clumsily done, though that bit about the Quran was an obvious stab for political relevance. I also liked the fact that they still managed to keep in little elements like Storm Saxon.

ozphactor:
Did anyone else think they used the word "bollocks" a bit too much? I mean, I know it's England, but still. If it's just me, I'll shut up. (Seriously, though. Do Brits really say "bollocks" that much?)

Anyway. Having never read the comic, my general impression of the movie was that is was "pretty good." As has already been mentioned, the art direction and acting were superb. Things that could've been improved? Pacing I thought was a little off. They could've lost that cheesy overhead shot of the rain falling on Evey (and miss their special effects quota, I suppose). The final V fight scene was a fairly obvious concession to Matrix fans, but it wasn't as bad as it could've been, even with the crazy blood spurting stuff. So yeah.

Also, Cat Power and Antony and the Johnsons playing on the jukebox FTW.

Leonidas:
I appreciate that bringing in Fate into the story would have been one sub-plot too many. I just feel however that it would have explained how V was able to use the government postal system to his advantage, and also how he was able to access the government speakers and cameras on every street corner. As it was the movie never made that clear.

Not an important issue in the grand scheme of things. Just the fanboy talking.

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