Viewing a Vast Vocal and Visual Variation

[Captain Booty]

...and Vivid Hearty Vardy Regarding the Value of a Venerable Visage of Validation

And verily so indeed.

I quote:

Who was he?

He was my father

He was my mother

He was my brother

He was you

He was me

He was all of us.

Oh my fucking God, what a movie.

With the exception of Revenge of the Sith, it has been years since I'd walked out of a theater nearly breathless. I need to see it again ASAP.

I am, of course, referring to V for Vendetta. Natalie Portman delivered the best performance of her entire career. Hugo Weaving gave one of his greatest performances, even though you never see his face the entire film.

At first it's troubling to find you have to accept the concept of terrorism to identify with the main character, until you learn that this future state is closer to Nazi Germany than any modern day goverment. I don't share the views of those who say that this poked at Bush and current day British politics; I didn't see it (though I am not versed on British politics at all I must say) like that. I have heard that it is very close to the graphic novel on which it is based (which I have yet to read). But if you have not read the graphic novel, and you think you know how this film ends by the previews and early viewing intuition, you find yourself quite surprised by not only how the film ends, but by how it has made you feel by the last frame. (and in fact I have learned that the film ends differently from the graphic novel as well.)

I quote again:

"Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V."

and for kicks and giggles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc_oJxfQtoc...0for%20vendetta

I have been sick all week with some kind of nasty virus or flu or something that I can't shake off, and Saturday was the first day in 5 that I felt well enough to shower and shave (and God did I feel and smell nasty) and venture out of the house to grab and human breakfast and catch this movie finally. To be honest, if I hadn't felt so lousy again today, I would have seen this film again making it 2 days in a row for me. I can't wait to see it again, it was that riveting.

If you have yet to see this spectacular film, read no further, for the end of the film I am about to discuss...

I'm sure everyone who has seen it has felt some striking similiarities between V and the Phantom of the Opera, but am I the only one who, regardless of who played the co-starring role in the film I am about to mention, noticed a striking similarity between V's final (and 2nd to final) speech to Evey, and Leon's final speech to Mathilda in "Leon" (The Professional)? I don't have the wording solid in my memory, but in both speeches there was something about her giving him hope and a reason to enjoy life, before he died from gunshot wounds.

Discuss if you see fit.