V for Vendetta

omg! watched "V for Vendetta" today. absolutely love it. so glad that sumi brought me along to watch it. *warning spoilers*

V for Vendetta runs parallel to the guy fawkes plan to blow up the british parliment on the 5th of november. In this movie, masked terrorist V also plans to blow up parliment on the 5th of november. he wears a guy fawkes mask throughout the film. meanwhile, evie, is suspected of being part of the plot because she was with him when he first blew up the bailey building. it follows the 2 of them (or rather, mostly evie) through the year, running up to 05/11. spectacularly ending in the blowing up of parliment.

specific moments i like. i love the way V does the "conducting" and climaxes at the "crescendo" which is the huge explosion. i like the entertainment when his speech at the beginning consisted mainly of words starting with V. i absolutely love the end part, when the citizens all don the guy fawkes mask and march through london, and the military just let them through. and the final scene where people all remove the masks...that so reflects the domino effect V was doing. symbolic too.

anyway, what i like about this film is that, it could be a weak action packed film, but it's not. it has a real story line and real ideas behind it that are very relevant today. as i watched it, i kept thinking about the EN's ideology and hegemony. the film is the perfect embodiment of that. every government uses this concept to hold power. won't say too much here, cos i'm thinking of using this film for my EN essay.

but, i rate it 4.7 out of 5 stars rating. i have not seen a movie that is as thought-provoking as this. i would like to give it 5, but i think that it's ideas are very very very politically challenging. it could be dangerous in that sense because it is forcing people to rethink about how their governments are run, whether or not they are under this false impression that everything the government says is true.

right. all for now.



mood: busy
listening to: nothing.