[.ca] V for Vendetta [HD DVD]

THE movie for our times!:
This is a very important movie, not just for the fact that it is very entertaining, but it sends an important message too, a message that people need to wake up! The movie illustrates something similar to our current time, namely a time when we are ruled by leaders without conscience. I found the movie really touched me, and made me think very seriously about what is going on in the real world. There are not too many movies out there these days that have something this valuable to say, so I highly recommend this.

A film with a powerful message for our times!:
This is just a Must See movie, as it has a powerful message apt for the times in which we are living. Though V himself is taking personal revenge in the way of killing the leaders in control, his appeal to people is not one of violence. He appeals to people to wake up from their slumber and stand up against the endless lies and brutality of the regime. That this is the message is clearly seen in his speeches as well as the way in which the people respond to it. The scene at the end of the film where thousands of people, young and old march unarmed, hand in hand against the oppressors and the troops, is an extremely powerful message and reminiscent of the power of Gandhi's message of non-violence and civil disobedience. As this non-violent uprising culminates in the film on the 5th of November, it is a timely reminder to go out and buy this video and let the message sink in. As a follow up reading "1984" by George Orwell, is eerily close in describing the fascist society that is shown in the film and sadly also close to the way things are going. The book "Political Ponerology" is another recommendable book that details the process by which a society gets to become a totalitarian state.

Words:
In this day, this time, this place, this illusion that we have no control, no place, no will, no choice and no power we find the flaw in our thinking. We miss the opportunities that are placed before us to see and then do something about it. I know it's hard, that you and I wish or would rather have someone else handle what we see, what we feel creeping in and that fear grips our hearts as each day passes with the situation only getting worse. And then... what to do? Who are we to turn to, if we can't even turn to ourselves? Vanquish that fear by action through words. Words have power behind them because they have feeling, have something that is in a sense unexplainable. Words can have a piece of us and the best parts of us if we let them flow from our hearts. This is for me the power of this movie. Watch it and see and know that words and feeling that we put behind them is the possible power we contain. Love and creativity expressed and by their expression a chance... A chance for each of us to be a kind of a 'Vee', if we only take the chance to make an effort. And you know who doesn't want this. You know who...

Informative & Inspiring:
This is truly a fantastic film from the Wachowski brothers, and everybody must get a copy and watch it. It conveys a stark and terrifying message that is eerily similar to the changes in society and government we're seeing today; though that is one of the main themes: are we truly seeing them, and if so, what are we going to do about it? As the saying goes, all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. As another reviewer said, we need to all find that part of ourselves that is exemplified by "V" and to stop living in a dream world of denial and complacency because these are the very attributes that have been the fertiliser - as well as the innocent lives lost - for totalitarian repressive regimes. Informative and inspiring, and should go hand in hand with psychological literature by authors such as Martha Stout, Robert Hare, Andrew Lobaczewski, etc. It can only stop when we get to the very root of the issue, and that is pathological deviance in all its dark hydra-like forms.

V for Vendetta is a Blast!:
V for Vendetta is the story of one man's fight to right atrocities that were brought down on a future society that is held captive by a corrupt government. V, the masked avenger, was tortured and held prisoner for years, before an explosion and fire set him free. Hiding his scars behind a mask and gloves, he sets out to kill those involved in the mass genocide in his country. One by one, people begin to die. And caught in the middle is Evey, a young woman who is rescued by V, then whisked away to his secret underground lair. She is both terrified and fascinated by the man in the mask, by his plight and firm convictions that those who committed crimes against humanity must die. And when he tells her of his plan to literally bring down the ruling government, she promises to meet him one last time, right before his explosive event. The story ends the only way it can, with fireworks and explosions and death. Part Zorro, part Phantom of the Opera, V is the heroe we all wish to be. This sensational story sends a message about freedom and love. Freedom fighters unite! V for Vendetta is a blast! --Cheryl Kaye Tardif, bestselling author of Divine Intervention, The River and Whale Song