Wednesday, June 29, 2005
V For Vendetta
Via Ian Hamet, by way of AICN, the new poster for one of my most looked forward to movies ever: V for Vendetta. I find it amazing that it’s even being made.
I bought the set of Alan Moore comics when it came out back in the eighties. Having learned my lesson after letting several people read my first printing of Dark Knight Returns, damaging it and seriously reducing its value, I bought a second copy of “V” for loaning aggressively. Which didn’t end up happening much, because who cared about a long standalone set of comics featuring characters and settings nobody ever heard of. I did, despite the book’s inspiration being fear of Thatcher, Reagan, and conservatism. I thought that was just silly, but fighting totalitarianism is always a worthy theme.
I think Natalie Portman makes a good Evey. I am not sure what I think about Hugo Weaving as V. On some level my reaction is “yeah, that works.” On another level I am thinking “but I never stopped seeing him as anything but Agent Smith when he played Elrond.” Perhaps it will have been long enough for my mental typecasting to have faded.
I agree with Ian on the poster. Sweet! It’s completely in keeping with the comic source.