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V for Vendetta

Hollywood is well known for bring to “life” almost anything it wants, in this case, a comic book. For some, V for Vendetta is just another futuristic movie about the anger of the people against the government, but for others “ Vendetta is richly satisfying entertainment the way movies are at their best, when they prod you to think.”

In the first place, the script and dialogs were cleverly written and displayed. The use of different intellectual’s quotes is clearly evident throughout the movie starting with Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the Gunpowder Plot verses. When such references are used, you simply can’t go wrong. Then there are the well delivered political speeches by the main character. If your name is “V” why not spend 2 minutes on a scene using mainly words that start with a “v”.

In the second place, movies are more interesting if they are polemic. It tries to turn a terrorist into a hero. Destroying historical buildings and hacking systems is the only way to have a peaceful and descent living rather than remaining quiet to a controlling government. The movie proclaims that people shouldn't be afraid of the government; it’s the other way around. Another debatable subject addressed is sexual orientation. It criticizes anti-gay attitudes by narrating a short story, leaving the audience to decide whether the government’s actions were correct or not.

Lastly, the moderate use of special effects. Being in the middle of a revolution means violence is just around the corner. One word: gore. Some battle sequences are displayed in slow motion to show in detail how blood sprouts out of the enemies’ necks or how a knife spins dramatically towards a man’s chest; Matrix style. There are also the computer generated demolitions of the Old Bailey and the United Kingdom Parliament.

All of this comes to make a movie which can be considered as entertaining, thoughtful, angering, sometimes funny and other times jaw-opener. If you’re up to a movie that can make you feel all that at the same time, then this is the one for you.