I actually picked up V For Vendatta, as they showed it on one of the movies channels a few days ago, and the little I saw that day aroused my curiosity.
V for Vendatta is a comic book character who lives in Greta Britain in the future. The country is ruled by half mad despot. V fights for justice and to awaken the people against the government.
There are two things I liked about the movie. Though you never see his face, Hugo Weaving's (
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The second thing I liked about the movie is Hugo's excellent dialogue delivery and the writer's use of words in a literally poetic way. For example, when he saves a damsel in distress (Evey Hammond), V introduces himself as follows:
Evey Hammond: Who--who are you?
V: Who? Who is but the form following the function of what... and what I am is a man in a mask.
Evey Hammond: I can see that.
V: Of course you can. I'm not questioning your powers of observation, I'm merely remarking on the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
V: Voil! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis--vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.
If you like English and the play of words, this is a movie worth watching. I am going to see it again a few times to enjoy Hugo playing with words.
Cheers