V For Vendetta trailer

varick pyr · Post by **varick pyr** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:11 pm

http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/vfor ... eflect.mov

enjoy. or not.

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:40 pm

Anybody read any articles about Alan Moore's thoughts on this?

I think someone representing this movie (based on an Alan Moore graphic novel) said Alan Moore was excited about the project. However, this couldn't be farther from the truth and Alan Moore got pissed and made it clear he was not excited about the project.

Choke · Post by **Choke** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:10 am

cascarrabias wrote:Anybody read any articles about Alan Moore's thoughts on this?

I think someone representing this movie (based on an Alan Moore graphic novel) said Alan Moore was excited about the project. However, this couldn't be farther from the truth and Alan Moore got pissed and made it clear he was not excited about the project.

Alan Moore seems like the type that will NEVER be happy with any adaptation of any of his works. That could be because they're so fucking good in comic form that noone will ever be able to faithfully re-create it on film. That being said, I would MUCH rather hear that Moore was fully endorsing a movie project than not.

BTW, found the following blurb on some alan moore website:

"Alan Moore, co-creator of the "V For Vendetta" comic, has publicly disassociated himself from the upcoming Warner Brothers movie project based on the comic book and written and produced by the Wachowski Brothers (The Matrix), and, as a result, has cut his remaining ties with DC Comics, which include future volumes of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"."

Jizzy · Post by **Jizzy** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:49 pm

I've just seen it. Not that impressed but any movie with Natalie Portman in is gravy with me.

Big Lurk · Post by **Big Lurk** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 6:06 pm

Choke wrote:
cascarrabias wrote:Anybody read any articles about Alan Moore's thoughts on this?

I think someone representing this movie (based on an Alan Moore graphic novel) said Alan Moore was excited about the project. However, this couldn't be farther from the truth and Alan Moore got pissed and made it clear he was not excited about the project.
Alan Moore seems like the type that will NEVER be happy with any adaptation of any of his works. That could be because they're so fucking good in comic form that noone will ever be able to faithfully re-create it on film. That being said, I would MUCH rather hear that Moore was fully endorsing a movie project than not.

BTW, found the following blurb on some alan moore website:

"Alan Moore, co-creator of the "V For Vendetta" comic, has publicly disassociated himself from the upcoming Warner Brothers movie project based on the comic book and written and produced by the Wachowski Brothers (The Matrix), and, as a result, has cut his remaining ties with DC Comics, which include future volumes of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"."

He's still sore from From Hell... rightly so.

Sankofa · Post by **Sankofa** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 7:44 pm

Didn't dig this trailer nearly as much as I'd hoped.

squ1d · Post by **squ1d** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:47 am

Sankofa wrote:Didn't dig this trailer nearly as much as I'd hoped.

Yup.

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:06 pm

just watched all of the trailers that they have up on their site. I think I am going to like this movie a lot.

The ILLatino · Post by **The ILLatino** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:50 pm

Big Lurk wrote:
Choke wrote:
cascarrabias wrote:Anybody read any articles about Alan Moore's thoughts on this?

I think someone representing this movie (based on an Alan Moore graphic novel) said Alan Moore was excited about the project. However, this couldn't be farther from the truth and Alan Moore got pissed and made it clear he was not excited about the project.
Alan Moore seems like the type that will NEVER be happy with any adaptation of any of his works. That could be because they're so fucking good in comic form that noone will ever be able to faithfully re-create it on film. That being said, I would MUCH rather hear that Moore was fully endorsing a movie project than not.

BTW, found the following blurb on some alan moore website:

"Alan Moore, co-creator of the "V For Vendetta" comic, has publicly disassociated himself from the upcoming Warner Brothers movie project based on the comic book and written and produced by the Wachowski Brothers (The Matrix), and, as a result, has cut his remaining ties with DC Comics, which include future volumes of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"."
He's still sore from From Hell... rightly so.

and the LOE movie, also, I'd imagine.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:17 pm

The ILLatino wrote: and the LOE movie, also, I'd imagine.

can't blame him, LOEG is pretty terrible even when you don't account for how good the book is.

Can't say I have high hopes for this, even though i didn't hate From Hell. The terrorist/freedom fighter argument which is the core of the story is handled very subtly but with a lot of depth in the book. Somehow I doubt the movie will go through all that effort when there's all these explosions of landmarks n'shit to concentrate on.

Moore's work shouldn't be adapted as feature films imo, they should do miniseries on HBO or something.

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:39 pm

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:05 am

as of now, i'm excited.

GMoney · Post by **GMoney** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:17 pm

I got preview tickets for this shit on monday, can't wait, although i'm not expecting a faithful adaption of the comic just a good action flick, you got to give props to the Wachowski brothers for doing a film about a terrorist in the current political climate though...gully!

Patches O'Houlihan · Post by **Patches O'Houlihan** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:39 am

I will see this movie, but fuck LOEG and "From Hell". THose movies are pieces of shit, bad news is that they have elements that are so cool and work well for a time on screen but then quickly fade away as the movies action and bad direction overtake the elements that made them interesting to begin with. Man Nemo was killing it for a while.

GMoney · Post by **GMoney** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:35 pm

OK so i've just got back from seeing this, although it has some cheesy bits (of course V and Evey have to fall in love) but it's not the film you'd expect, the story is much more politically relevent than you could imagine, it asks some big questions, should governments have the powers they do? how far are you willing to let them go in your name? and when your unhappy are you willing to stand up and be counted.
The parallels with the Bush administration are plain to see, the human rights vs national security the strategy of keeping people constantly scared, the control of the media, it's all here, and wrapped up in glossy package. The V monologue alone (almost every word begins with a
V) is worth the price of admission.
If your looking for a big dumb action movie you might want to steer clear of this, but if your looking for an action flick with a brain, which has a political voice and of course Natalie Portman dressed as a china doll, I suggest you go see this!

"People shouldn't be scared of governments, governments should be scared of the people"
Roll on the revolution!

zygmontone · Post by **zygmontone** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:02 am

i'm excited to see this.

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:49 am

I SO CANT WAIT FOR TOMMAROW

AGENT SMITH BABY

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:53 am

definitely excited to watch it this weekend

Kid B · Post by **Kid B** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:56 am

this will be seen

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:11 pm

Kid B wrote:this will be seen

on cable

Jizzy · Post by **Jizzy** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:46 pm

Dont get me wrong I'll be seeing this just for wifey but I've heard this movie is disappointing and dare I say...boring?

ThaJim2 · Post by **ThaJim2** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:01 pm

Michael Medved is up in arms against this movie so that is a good sign that I will enjoy it. Hopefully it will be in the IMAX by me.