And of course when there’s a charismatic leader who comes to be in complete control of a fascistic government there’s always shades of Hitler that can be seen. Watching later scenes in this movie where the oppressed citizens stand up against the militarized government shares more than a few shades with the recent protests in Ferguson. But there’s so much more to this movie than that, it has a timeless quality to it that is relatable to so many different situations. He even wears a costume to hide his secret identity. V himself is a superhero of sorts, he has his own origin story where he gains his super powers & his motivation. Even without their direction, it has a lot of visual style to it, so much so that I considered forgoing a written review altogether and just share a collection of the dozen or so screenshots that I took while watching the movie over the past couple nights.ĭeep down, the heart of this movie really is a revenge story, and to a lesser extent a superhero origin story. This was the first work from the Wachowskis after the Matrix trilogy though they only wrote the movie and directed the climactic fight sequence. ![]() It’s been a long time since I’ve seen this movie, but it’s always stuck with me as being one of my favorites. There certainly isn’t mention of lines further down in the poem “A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope, A penn’orth of cheese to choke him, A pint of beer to wash it down, And a jolly good fire to burn him.” Although the pope is never hung nor burned, there is a priest who is killed. And even though fans of this movie still probably don’t know exactly what it means to celebrate Guy Fawkes day, they still know the opening lines of that poem and likely no more of it other than vague references to Guy Fawkes and blowing up Parliament. It’s rare that either a superhero movie or a comic book movie would be the most well remembered for a line of poetry commemorating a holiday that’s not even celebrated in the US.
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