So. I bought V for Vendetta yesterday and, well, loved every second of it. A really entertaining movie to say the least. In the opening... ten minutes or so of the movie, there is a rather long and memorable string of alliteration, which I shall now quote for all you lovelies.


"Voila! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran cast viacariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance, a vendetta, held as a votive not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose. So let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V."


So.. safe to say that kicked me right in the face. So! This thread shall serve two mighty purposes, one to discuss the awesome-ness that was (Or wasn't, for you heathen fools) V for Vendetta, and moreso to see what sort of interesting strings of alliteration the rest of you can come up with. Anyone who can pull up a longer string (That makes -some- sort of sense) than the quoted one totally gets ten credits

And if something along these lines exists already.. well, I'm sorry - I did a search first, but didn't notice anything. (( Also really hoping I spelled everything correctly ))

<-- Points at the avatar.

It veers most verbose vis-a-vis an introduction.

I just recently saw V and I quite enjoyed it. However, I felt they did not discuss him enough in the movie.

Agreed.

If they'd focused more on character development it would have been a better film.

Sadly, they were caught up in what seems to be an increasing fad for recent films, and felt the need to make a point about real politics.

The fact that the motive for the nazis-like state's complete facism is christanity, for example. The guantanamo bay-esque orange jumpsuits. The fact that people are persecuted for possessing copies of the Koran.

MI:3 fell into this trap too, though only briefly, in the explanation of the collaborator's motives at the end. Planting the rabbitsfoot and receiving reliable intel that it was in a middle-eastern country et cetera et cetera.

Yeah, I agree, (To what Charune said) it makes me want to hunt down the comic and give it a read. I just got done watching the "making of" feature and they even say that; in the end they decided to focus more on the relationship between V and Evey... which was kind of a downer. Though, it does grant him that lovely mysterious aura. Never see his face, don't know anything about him really, etc... it helps you understand Evey's perspective on the whole deal, which was good.

I'm given to understand that the comic is significantly better.

I'm going to see if I can find it somewhere myself.

I can't judge the movie, the comic is definately good and the allitteration fits better in that medium.

Alan Moore's work should be judged in print/graphic form only. His movies make for good films, but they get distorted in the process.

You can't compare the comic and the movie. For instance, Evey is an underage prostitute in the comic, heh. It would be like reading The Count of Monte Cristo and then watching the movie expecting it to be loyal... which just isn't going to happen.

The comic is more about V's struggle to sway a single person, with the idea that, if his belief can sway a single mind, then it can sway an entire population given enough time. The movie is distinctly different, in that he really doesn't care until the very end whether or not Evey is with him or against him.

Buut, the comic does retain the same fascist government, so, if you're not looking for a political commentary, the comic won't change that. It was written in response to Margaret Thatcher's reign, I believe. So it was a political commentary. It was just altered to fit more the current political atmosphere rather than one already passed, which I think was a good idea.

So, yeah... read the comic if you're interested in a good (though vastly different) story. V is even a different character, you could argue (much more insane and.. maniquin-esque, was a good word I heard for it). So, while I advocate those who liked the movie to read the comic.. I'd just advise you take a step back and judge them as completely seperate projects. Like the Batman series

Look here! In light, a living locale of lucid dreams and limitless potential. This land, no mere legion of mortal life, linked by fate and led by Lords and Ladies of lofty stature as they lead their lives, looking to claim lordship over their litigants and league their legacy in the lineage of time, all while under lasting peril from a latent and loathsome Logos that seeks the liquidation of all life. But alas, this loquacious monologue of lengthy proportions grows lean. Allow me to lay on the last word.

You may call me Lusternia.

Unfortunately, I cannot demonstrate my own abilities for alliterative discourse because the letter V is taken.

Tekora, your sig is freakin' hilarious.

I saw the movie first, and thought it very good. After reading the comic, and realizing how much was cut or changed, I have to say that I really prefer the comic, though the movie is still very well done. And I can't never think of either without the 1812 overture in my head, and the comic felt less for not having that as a soundtrack.

I dont get it o.o

Hrm,

Near the end of the movie, did it seem to everyone else that V was smiling at the last?

...V is always smiling.

Actually, we don't know that. He wears a mask the whole time.

Also, that alliteration isn't in the comic, not that I remember, and definitely not in that scene. It's a nice touch to add though.

Rather, the person behind the mask. It seemed that he was still alive at the end and died in the blast rather from bullets.

That's what I meant by 'always smiling'. His mask is.

Just saw this movie -

It's about the BEST HOLIDAY IN THE WORLD. It is also my birthday.

It's a holiday that says, "Screw with Britian, and we will hang you, vivisect you, burn you alive, and then for the next FOUR HUNDRED years, we will burn you in effigy while singing and dancing to your deminse."