V for Vendetta
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Were you surprised by the V for Vendetta movie adaptation?
Ethan
Sep 23, 2015 02:15PM
Thought I'd ask this, as I read the book/watched the adaptation again recently.
Obviously, the movie isn't a patch on the graphic novel, and makes some very big changes which I (and many, it seems) didn't agree with.
That being said, what surprised me more were the things the film DID manage to get right - for instance, visually, I thought it was very good (the way it interpreted many of the scenes onscreen matched how I would've expected them).
How did you feel about it? Loved it? Hated it?
Obviously, the movie isn't a patch on the graphic novel, and makes some very big changes which I (and many, it seems) didn't agree with.
That being said, what surprised me more were the things the film DID manage to get right - for instance, visually, I thought it was very good (the way it interpreted many of the scenes onscreen matched how I would've expected them).
How did you feel about it? Loved it? Hated it?
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Loved it. One of my new favorite movies. It's quite close to flawless.
Now I am going to commit, publicly, one of the cardinal sins of reading: I liked the movie better.
Granted, I am not a huge fan of graphic novels, so I only read it because I loved the movie, and have no skill or experience judging. So I can say that two of the things the movie does well that made the book (to me) lackluster, are these: (1) It takes the villain from black to grey. There simply are no "good guys" in the book, so several characters were played up as beneficent for the sake of the movie. (2) Evey became fully developed, rather than a personalityless damsel in distress.
I know, I know... BLASPHEMY!
Now I am going to commit, publicly, one of the cardinal sins of reading: I liked the movie better.
Granted, I am not a huge fan of graphic novels, so I only read it because I loved the movie, and have no skill or experience judging. So I can say that two of the things the movie does well that made the book (to me) lackluster, are these: (1) It takes the villain from black to grey. There simply are no "good guys" in the book, so several characters were played up as beneficent for the sake of the movie. (2) Evey became fully developed, rather than a personalityless damsel in distress.
I know, I know... BLASPHEMY!
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