V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta

“9.5 out of 10”

“No one escapes their past; no one escapes fate.”  This is an ironic quote and is just one small example of one of the governments ‘faith’ in their government and how in a fascist state how they have one faith, one government, one people, and most of all one idea. The irony is that they believe in whatever higher power is for them, but on the other hand a fascist state tries to downplay religion so you will only believe in the government.

In this movie there are two big roles that of Evee and V. Evee is played by Natalie Portman and V which is played bye Hugo Weaving. They both were very believable in their roles in the movie almost as if it were real life (In a crappy time period in England). The overall plot of the movie was really cool because it reminded me of like a modern day Hitler type thing. Just how in crisis he rose up and eliminates all other competition so he can stay in power. Another thing is his secret police of “Finger Men”

I noticed in this movie there was a lot of oppression. Which made me just think about how some people can be just beaten down and restricted so much that they think what they have is a good life, when all they have is their little hamster cage of a house and their dead end job. Again with the Nazi thing, I feel like Chancellor Sutler slowly took away peoples liberties until they expected nothing from their government and they feel that they as a people have no power.

There were a ton of symbols in this movie that I noticed. The chancellors’ small group of brain washers there was 5 of them which is ironic because he has five men after “V” which is the roman numeral 5. There is also a thing called a iambic pentameter which stresses a specific word every 5 words which Shakespeare used in his plays. I know this is very obvious about how he got his name in the movie because he was in cell number “V”. In the movie when both V and Evee were cleansed away from their fear they had the exact opposite. V was cleansed at the Hospital through fire and Evee was cleansed with the rain. Earlier in the movie she said “My mother told me God is in the rain.”

I gave this movie a strong 9.5 out of 10 because it has strong actors, strong plot, and its message is right on for what things would be like. This is actually my favorite movie and I’m glad I got a chance to review it. Thank you for your time.