lunedì, aprile 24, 2006

V for vaaaaaaaaapid

In the efforts to find something non-snivelly to write about, I saw V for Vendetta. I saw it stoned, on IMAX. And it still sucked. I mean, I wasn't considering getting up and walking out or anything, but it was a waste of Hugo Weaving, John Hurt, and a really topical subject. Adaptations are getting old. Couldn't someone have written thier own bloody kazillion dollar movie script about totalitarianism and why it's a bad thing? Or just re-shot 1984 and tacked on a happy ending about how the proles revolted because they wanted to be middle class?

Geez, it was a big old snore. And alot of the conceits that probably looked great in a graphic novel, like a V-alliterative introductory speech that lasted for about 90 seconds, sounded dumb in a movie. Still, Hugo Weaving pulled it off. Hugo Weaving has a tendency to be the best thing in shit movies these days. I expect it's for the money, but it must feel good too. Proof was a great movie all around, though, and he was still lovely in that.

6 commenti:

The Outer Church ha detto...

Damn shame. I like the graphic novel. I kinda wish they'd stop adapting comics for films actually, especially Alan Moore's (I'm dreading the mess they'll make of Watchmen). Honorable exception: the X-Men series. Good scary fun and the allegorical elements are handled very well indeed...

Cindy ha detto...

I thought it was good, well I enjoyed it, perhaps coz I didn't read the comics. I wouldn't say it's the best movie of the year but I had a good time watching it.

Mistress La Spliffe ha detto...

I didn't read the graphic novel either but I had sky-high hopes nonetheless - all the critics I distrust the most had disliked it and I figured anything wherein anything gets blown up to the 1812 Overture would rock.

I was hoping for the best movie of the year, you see. Silly me.

Does anyone know any blow-shit-up anti-totalitarian films worth watching stoned?

Mistress La Spliffe ha detto...

If . . . has a sequel and I NEVER KNEW?! You're the man, Mess!

The Outer Church ha detto...

Well, it's *kind of* a sequel. It was directed by Lindsay Anderson, it features Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis and has most of the other cast members from If..., albeit in different guises. There's also a THIRD installment entitled Hospital Britannia, which is completely nuts, and plays like Carry On Sociopolitical Satire.

Mistress La Spliffe ha detto...

They shall all be mine.