Um..have any of you seen the MTV V for Vendetta ad?

Interspersed between clips are pertinent questions about torture and the government control. There's a website at the end but I've gotta go find it. I'll post it downthread if the edit time expires.
Hope does come in small doses....

This movie is fascinating, detailed, a haunting and unforgettable allegory that will make you think -- and perhaps, give you hope.

Natalie Portman, John Hurt, Stephen Rea and other members of this cast are excellent.

My only regret is that British English is sometimes truly undecipherable for those of us whose ancestors came to America. ::sarcasm::

(Underlying meaning: This movie will definitely be improved by 'closed captioning' on DVD!)

However, my advice is to go and see it for yourself. I gave "V for Vendetta" an "A" on my Entertainment Report Card.

Here are some other reviewers' opinions:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/v_for_vendetta/

Opens wide on Friday, March 14, 2006.

In peace,

Radio_Lady

I have not seen it and probably won't see it this weekend, but I'd like to do a cartoon next week around V. I know the general story, but I need some well known lines the movie produces, to see if I can construct a cartoon around it.

Got anything for me, RL?

You might check the quotes page at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434409/quotes

http://www.us.imdb.com

Another site (might be the same quotes as given formerly at imdb.com)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JOE8/103-3484384-9886254?v=glance&vi=quotes-trivia

I didn't check these two:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com

http://www.metacritic.com

GOOGLE SEARCH possibly tomorrow (when the movie opens) "V for Vendetta" movie quotes

That might show if any of the on-line or print reviewers have anything else you can use.

RL

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Actually, I'm doing an "ad lib" review of it Friday. These are my husband's and my ideas. No actual quotes. Sorry...

Governments should be afraid of their people."

It's a great and necessary flick, an amazing entertainment for this juncture in American history/collapse.

...it's just too good to be a simply movie line, but I haven't been able to find an earlier source than "V for Vendetta".

If you find an earlier source, let us know!

A is for Avian Flu. Whenever England's populace begins to stir from the sheepish slumber and question authority, the government alerts the British Television Network to lead the nightly news with fictional, fear-inducing stories. The avian flu is a perennial favorite.

Q is for Quarantine. Action taken by Norsefire's secret police whenever a particular neighborhood or street resists complete obedience. Those placed in quarantine are rarely heard from again.

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-0603160013mar16,0,7123476.story?coll=mmx-movies_heds



If anything, the film is more notable for what it hasn't changed. Twenty-five years ago, Moore and artist Lloyd were responding to the Thatcher government and the populace that continued to elect it. Here, producer/screenwriters Andy and Larry Wachowski and director John McTeigue — who served as their first assistant director on the Matrix trilogy — are clearly thinking about the Bush administration, 9/11 and the PATRIOT Act. At one point, we glimpse a poster for “The Coalition of the Willing” with a swastika on it. The vocabulary, the techniques, the spin — all suggest the Bush/Cheney regime taken to its logical extreme. When the story brings up the possibility that the Sutlerites created the plague as a pretense for establishing ironfisted control, is it possible to avoid thinking of the darkest notions some people entertained after 9/11?

http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/article.php?id=3192&IssueNum=11



“V For Vendetta” is audacious filmmaking, wry political commentary, and provocative pulp fiction rolled into one. It is both entertaining and fueled by potent and timely ideas. Instead of hiding their ideas behind the cloak of sci-fi, the filmmakers take great pains to connect the events in their film to our everyday reality. What makes it especially provocative is that the film’s hero is such an appealing yet sinister character with noble intentions who lectures the citizens about the perils of surrendering their liberties to a government that promised to protect them from terrorism but has instead systematically murdered and lied to a nation. “V For Vendetta” brings to mind a number of compelling films that have explored issues of censorship, fascism, conformity, and oppression, while applauding those who had the courage to follow their convictions. “If,” “Fahrenheit 451,” “Clockwork Orange,” “1984,” and more recently, “Good Night, Good Luck,” “Syriana,” and “Last Days of Sophie Scholl” come immediately to mind. This film is bound to stir controversy for the thought-provoking questions it raises and leaves the audience to answer. Kudos to Warner Brothers for having the courage to release it.

http://www.moviesonline.ca/movie_review_detail.php?id=1559