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V for Vendetta
I was in Edmonton for the weekend, trying to take in the Oilers/Red Wings game, and my cousin and I went to see “V for Vendetta” Friday night at the West Edmonton Mall IMAX theatre.
I must mention something first. You might remember I wrote a PHP script to generate a graph based on a rating out of 10, and I only used it once (which I just noticed isn’t working after upgrading to Wordpress 2.0). Well, I’m abandoning that rating system in exchange for a thumbs up/thumbs down system. I could go through the trouble of giving movies an exact rating, but it’s too much work. Essentially, it’s all about whether I would recommend a movie or not. So there.
On to the review. Based on a comic book series of the same name, it’s the story a dystopian future Britan where people have become complacent to the totalitarian government that rules them. V, disguised in a Guy Fawkes costume, represents the rebellious force against this regime. I won’t go too much more into the synopsis, when a more detailed one is available on Wikipedia.
I enjoyed the movie. I like a story that portrays a plausible near-future much more than a distant-future with fantastical events. It feels more real; like it could actually happen. I’ve not read the original story, but I’ll have to check it out when I find it. I’ve not read Orwell’s 1984 either, but I’ll have to do that , too.
My only possibly complaint is that it felt a bit long. However, that could be due to the crappy seating in the IMAX theatre in the WEM. The Kramer IMAX here in Regina has much better seats.
Spoiler: At least the main character dies in the end, so hopefully the Wachowski brothers won’t be able to Matrix-ize it by creating two crappy sequels.
Following up on Kent’s post, I thought I’d provide you with this little gem.
It didn’t like the cut of my jib, so it breathed fire at me.
In line to see Five For Vendetta and a dragon flew up behind me.