"A" for Vendetta

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:22:03 GMT  <== Entertainment ==> 

David Edelstein at New York Magazine - Mr. Edelstein liked V for Vendetta. I saw it yesterday afternoon, in a nearly empty theater. Had a rollicking good time. Good story. Flawed hero (real, in other words), hateable gummint villains, ending to cheer for. And, of course, the lovely Natalie Portman. Some gruesome fight scenes, so not suitable for most small children and others who cover their eyes at onscreen blood. [alisvoice]

With even retired Supreme Court justice (and Reagan appointee) Sandra Day O'Connor warning of the "beginnings" of a dictatorship, it's the perfect moment for the ridiculous but riotously enjoyable revolutionary comic-book thriller V for Vendetta--which will doubtless outrage conservatives and unnerve fuddy-duddys but liberate the rest of us with its magisterial irresponsibility.

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V fo Vendetta

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:21:31 GMT

Watched the film last night. Theatre was about 1/4 full, if that. When I left the movie and was driving home, my radio was tuned to XM176, and you gotta love it, they were playing the 1812 overture...

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