V for Vendetta [Archive] - Revision3 Forums

tokenuser

11-10-2006, 04:31 PM

First off, I really enjoyed the movie, but never read the comic/graphic novel.
I loved Watchmen as a graphic novel - so I like Alan Moores style of story.

Question is, is it worth grabbing V for Vendetta and reading it?

If you read the comic first, then watched the movie, I can understand you might be disappointed - but what about going the other way? Will reading the comic add anything to the movie??

squee189

11-10-2006, 04:36 PM

Yes. Read it, it's going to have alot more than the movie. If you read it and then watch the movie again you'll probably not like the movie as much. Just disassociate the movie and the book like Alan Moore did and you'll appreciate it more.

satori

11-10-2006, 05:09 PM

masherscf

11-10-2006, 05:41 PM

The comic is a much more intelligent work than the movie.

The written media, graphic or not, usually is.

abacusand13south

11-10-2006, 06:06 PM

Like everyone else has already said, read the book. I had read the book before seeing the movie and while I thought the movie was ok until the ending, there was just so many things different about the movie that really wernt needed and added nothing to the story. Did I mention the ending is a big piece of spit?

iggystar

11-10-2006, 06:19 PM

while the movie is good there are many symbolic things going on in the comic that simply don't make it to the movie. The movie doesn't really speak to why V is special; and when I say special I mean he's got special powers that completely aren't addressed in the movie. The comic is a much more intelligent work than the movie.

I think this was my favorite movie of 2005. I loved it. But I think mainly because I loved the theme and didn't think an actor could pull off such emotions from behind a mask, but Hugo Weaving did it.

That's so funny you shoud mention special powers...I was literally thinking about that yesterday. Shakespear in Love.

But I haven't read the GN. I think it was hinted that the virus given to V gave him powers. It was hinted at and dropped. Now I'm very curious.

satori

11-10-2006, 07:15 PM

I think it was hinted that the virus given to V gave him powers. It was hinted at and dropped. Now I'm very curious.

in the movie maybe it's hinted at... but special powers that do what exactly? give him great aim to throw knives, because that's all he seems to do in the movie.
In the movie, it's not simply a virus, it's a series of things that they do to him. He becomes the uber menche... he's been exposed to all aspects of bio ware treating his body like a living breather explanation of Darwin's evolutionary theory, but with an addition. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. He then goes on to do this to his protege, and then England as a whole... I didn't really get that with the movie... all I got was a revenge flick... but yes... I did enjoy it too.

iggystar

11-10-2006, 07:52 PM

in the movie maybe it's hinted at... but special powers that do what exactly? give him great aim to throw knives, because that's all he seems to do in the movie.

LOL. :)

See that's what's so intriguing. Like I said, I was in my car yesterday thinking about the movie. Why? I don't know. But I was thinking about the scene where it's explained about V being at the "facility" being experimented on. That's where the hint started and stopped. I kind of got the feeling from the hint that it was kind of "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger", then I assumed maybe it pertained to agility or being impervious to pain (since he was burned so badly and survived)...but since it wasn't brought back up or delved into further that perhaps I was reading too much into it. Nevertheless, something about this incomplete plot point bugged me.

And too, I heard that in the GN, V is much more morally ambiguous . I've got got to get it.