Oh Wow! I watched V for Vendetta last Friday night and I got to tell you this: It was wonderful!!! You just couldn’t miss it for life.
Vendetta means blood feud. The word is Italian, and originates from the Latin vindicta, “vengeance.”
The moment I saw the mask face on the newspaper I knew something wonderful is in stored for this movie. The mask is not scary at all…why it’s the most beautiful mask that I have ever seen. It had a nice ‘knowing’ smile and red cheeks.
The mask man(Guy Fawkes’ mask) or better known as V was played by Hugo Weaving(Elrond of LOTR, Agent Smith of The Matrix). Weaving played his character ‘V’ very well. V are charismatic, caring, cool, swift, skilled in combat and etc and etc…I guess he’s a guy anyone can fall in love with(including you guys out there :-P). Both V and Hugo are an enigma. Come to think of it, thoughout this movie Hugo didn’t showed his face at all. It was his great, strong and compelling voice that is doing the work. I was amazed.
Evey was played by the beautfiul Natalie Portman and she looked beautiful even with her head shaved. Great job Natalie! The jail scene was so intense. Oh WOW!!! I think I’m becoming to like her more. Let’s just say she gain a new fan that Friday night.
My verdict ? A++ =D>
Trivia:
1. Natalie’s hair was shaved in just one take(of course). No computer wizardly involved.
2. The film is set in 2020(how ironic!!!)
3. Being huge fans of the original comic series, The Wachowski brothers (Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski) wrote a draft of the script in the ’90s before they worked on The Matrix (1999), which shares several similar themes with “V for Vendetta”.
For more trivia, head over here.
For some cool soundtrack, head over to their official site. You can actually hear it online for a few moment. Hmm I am thinking of buying the soundtrack as I love most of the songs.
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Wuching Says:
March 27th, 2006 at 11:13 amVisit Wuching
film critic also now hor! don’t want to lose to that jeremy c!
Jacky Says:
March 27th, 2006 at 12:39 pmVisit Jacky
Thanks for the short review.
Che-Cheh Says:
March 27th, 2006 at 12:50 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Wuching, yeah wanna fight with Jeremy :-P Jacky, welcome. You won’t regret watching this movie.
Jeremy C Says:
March 27th, 2006 at 3:05 pmVisit Jeremy C
hehe, no need to fight with moi - we fight together, to quote V, “Strength Through Unity, Unity Through Strength”. see, I told you the movie was really that good :)
paul Says:
March 27th, 2006 at 3:16 pmVisit paul
wassup just visitin while searching for v for vendetta reviews. awesome, i’ll definitely watch! check this review out, also convinced me to watch: http://www.think.com.my/review.cfm?rev_ID=203
Che-Cheh Says:
March 27th, 2006 at 3:24 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Jeremy C, Let’s fight the parlimen…let’s wear chicken little’s mask…:lol: Yeah you are SO RIGHT! ;)
moz monster Says:
March 27th, 2006 at 6:15 pmVisit moz monster
Sounds interesting … if I can only convince someone to watch this with me …
Che-Cheh Says:
March 28th, 2006 at 7:31 amVisit Che-Cheh
Paul, ohh I had checked it out. cool! Moz Monster, good luck then. ;)
cccp Says:
March 28th, 2006 at 9:52 amVisit cccp
yeah this is a wonderful film. i can’t remember how many times i got chicken bumps during the film, and your emotion does change minutes to minutes. a must watch, and also a good own! a++ for me too.
Che-Cheh Says:
March 28th, 2006 at 10:17 amVisit Che-Cheh
cccp, yes my emotion was over-whelming throughout the movie. A rare kind of movie if I must say.
Ren Says:
September 18th, 2006 at 1:19 amVisit Ren
this is a super late review, but I just saw the movie last night. Absolutely AMAZING movie.. V is a genious and the actor couldnt have done a better job with his poetic prose. Definately a MUST see!!!
Che-Cheh Says:
September 22nd, 2006 at 7:34 amVisit Che-Cheh
Ren, glad that you like it. Yes V have charisma.