A few notes before we get into the current topic, first of all, this week we're going to cover films and shows that take place in dystopian worlds! I thought about it a bit yesterday and I think I can come up with five things to cover under that theme. Meanwhile, over on My Arcade, we'll be covering some overpowered things I've found in games, not like, things that make PVP unfair, just things that make games a lot easier than they're supposed to be.
Secondly, I've found myself a bit distracted from my blog for the time being because FNaF World recently launched and I've been watching MatPat on Game Theory play it! Alongside some other games released this year (Pony Island!). Not much in the way of cinema distracting me though...unless you classify Youtube as cinematic- Oh! Got my theme for next week!
A final note, Blogger has approved my AdSense application! So there'll be some ads on the side of and bottom of the blog soon. Just, kind of noting that because I've been a little disappointed by the lack thereof! Anyway, onward!
TITLE: V for Vendetta
DETAILS:
DIRECTOR: James McTeigue
LEAD ACTRESS: Natalie Portman
ANTAGONIST LEAD: Tim Pigott-Smith
SUMMARY:
In a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman.
PERSONAL CRITIQUE:
This is actually one of those movies that makes my top fifty list, that's a list of generally unnamed and unranked movies that I really, really like. It's hard to ever say that a movie is my favorite, or that they're even top five, there are just so many good movies out there! But yeah, this movie's up there in my list, and with good reason, look at who wrote the screenplay! The Wachowskis! Before they went downhill! (I think)
Anyway, yeah, so I said the theme for this week was dystopias, and V for Vendetta takes place in a future Britain that is basically overall peaceful, but it doesn't take long to find that corruption lurks in every corner of this society, starting of course, with the police. We get a really detailed alternate universe here where a set of central tragedies that are revealed throughout the movie have shaped a new government that heavily restricts the masses, from control of religion, to set curfews, even to extreme literary and artistic restrictions. The movie does an excellent job of conveying this overarching gloom as well. We're introduced to a cast of characters that feel utterly perfect for the roles they portray, and one fanatic who truly dominates the stage (set?).
I don't feel like I really need a spoiler section here, I'm not going to say much except that I really loved some select scenes in the movie, where characters were misled and then ultimately came out stronger for it, despite some mistrust that was bred here and there. There are these touching moments that really reach out of the gloominess and a soft side to the terrorist that took me by surprise. Not to mention, V is one of my favorite masked protagonists ever, right next to Lelouch vi Britannia of course!
The movie is amazing, from a jaw dropping opening with a verbose introduction for a virtuous hero, right down to the entire movie ending with a big, satisfying, bang.
RATING:
Nine out of Ten women force to ally with a terrorist would give this movie Four Violet Carsons, out of Five.
Seriously, go check out this movie if you haven't seen it somehow.
Remember, remember,
The fifth of November
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot
I can think of no reason
That the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
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