"V" for Vendetta Review
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There are a lot of things right about the movie, that said.
That a singular person might buck the system and his actions dismissed
by propaganda... this is right.
That an idea is more important then a person... this is not right, but
the general concept is well explored.
The entire person of "fawkes" as a hero is in poor taste, but at the
same time... as a symbol the symbol is itself so completely ludicrous
that the movie does explore the limits of symbolism and power in the
world in an interesting way.
The leftist political overtones in the movie were disgusting. The great
sin of a homosexual victim and hero in the film was that he had a copy
of the Koran. I sincerely do not think the author of this series was
even cognizant of the irony of this... that a homosexual would prize a
religion which demanded his death. (And this that homosexual did do in
this movie.)
This was just one of the many issues I had with the films horridly
disguised leftist overtures.
I was left feeling that the creators of this film were themselves
propagandists of a fifth reich themselves... rather then preachers of
salvation from totalitarianism.
Once again, of course, Islamic terrorism and terrorism in general were
celebrated... while Christianity and Judaism were skewered as the
wicked enemies.
(Literally, some of the victims of the totalitarian government were
"homosexuals" - okay - "diseased" - okay - and, literally, direct
quote, "terrorists".)
If anyone wishes to see a singular fighter against a future
totalitarian government... if they wish to see such heroics... sadly,
this film took the subject unto themselves and destroyed it to push
forth their own version of propaganda.
But, how many such good movies do we have on the subject? The Matrix.
The Star Wars series. The Terminator series. The Mad Max series. Well,
sort of... actually, there are thousands of such movies... '"V" for
Vendetta" was voyeuristic in its' self-indulgence and deplorable in
its' political conceit and deceptiveness.