Say it Ain't So! (V for Vendetta movie news)

[xmanii]

Old thread.

Yea, I seen it, was pretty good. Can't say I have read the comics though.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Ick. Ham-fisted, and the mask made me feel like I was watching a two-hour Burger King commercial. Nicely filmed, though.

 

[Umbran]

Ick. Ham-fisted, and the mask made me feel like I was watching a two-hour Burger King commercial. Nicely filmed, though.

The comic was ham-fisted, too, so that suggests it was a decent adaptation

The mask, I thought, was wonderful, and made me appreciate Hugo Weaving as an actor. In a comic book, character faces don't move - so, in the comic, the mask had no real effect. In the movie, though, the fact that Vs face is so unreadable stands out. And Weaving does a wonderful job with his body language and voice to fill the role.

I wound up liking the movie more than I did the comic, honestly.

 

[Villano]

Seems like Villano's fears havn't quite become true.

Bye
Thanee

Which is odd for a Hollywood film, isn't it?

Although, they did change things. Enough so that I don't really want to watch it (I love the original comic). I'll probably catch it when it airs on TV, but I'm not going to waste money renting it.

 

[Aaron L]

The comic was ham-fisted, too, so that suggests it was a decent adaptation

The mask, I thought, was wonderful, and made me appreciate Hugo Weaving as an actor. In a comic book, character faces don't move - so, in the comic, the mask had no real effect. In the movie, though, the fact that Vs face is so unreadable stands out. And Weaving does a wonderful job with his body language and voice to fill the role.

I wound up liking the movie more than I did the comic, honestly.

I as well.

 

[Jdvn1]

The movie? Or the date of the thread?

I just saw it, liked it, and wondered what fellow EN Worlders thought about it. After a quick Search, I couldn't find discussion on the movie after it came out.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

I liked the movie and only became aware of the comic becuase of the movie. I thought this movie did a good job of translating the material to the screen. As compared to Leage, which was bad, even with the source material, Connery and a big honking sub, it was still bad. But V was a thrill of icewater down the back.

Remember, remember...

 

[Starman]

While there are elements of the adaptation that I disliked, I thought that overall it was a decent movie. I didn't mind paying money to see it on the big screen.

 

[noretoc]

I saw the movie first, and really like it. I got the graphic novel afterword and thought it stunk. First case where I thought the movie was better.

 

[Kax Tuglebend]

i've never read the graphic novel, and had no interest in seeing the film ~ i wound up watching it round a friends and immediately came to the conclusion its one of the best movies ever made.. i know at least half a dozen others who had the same experience (i've not met anyone in real life whose seen it and not loved it)