The movie that made the mask. Review on V for Vendetta Movie

This is one of my all time favorite movies. Not because of the plot or the screen play, but for the pleasure of listening to some of the best English monologues and dialogues.

I am not going to explain the whole movie on a review here.

Significant Characters:

V - Hugo Weaving

Evey - Natalie Portman

Inspector Eric Finch - Stephan Rea

High Chancellor Sutler - John Hurt

and a bunch of others.

Lets be honest here, without this movie not many people would know about Guy Fawkes and nobody would've used the iconic mask for protests. I believe this movie already left a lasting impression on society just like Blood Diamond and the original TRON.

The Plot: Well the plot isn't something new or revolutionary (pun intended). It's the same well used and loved good guy versus the bad guy along with people opposing tyranny. Come on accept it, these two plots are the best money makers in the world. The story goes on the line of a all round normal guy who is tortured and experimented on escapes the detention center and attempts revenge in the process of empowering chicken heart-ed people of future England. This movie touches most sensitive issues like gay rights, religious extremism, atheism and government censorship. The plot runs in tune with November the 5th since the good guy wants to blow up the parliament just like Guy Fawkes. That's pure genius in my personal opinion.

The good guy: The good guy is something more like Zorro. He calls himself V which is his cell number in the detention camp. He can't be really called a good guy though. This movie doesn't emphasize on a single savior of human kind. But it rather portrays an idea as a good guy. It worked pretty well I suppose. V doesn't have an identity in this movie. He's just this guy who escaped a detention center and nothing more is revealed. The one thing I loved about V is his literary proficiency and the way he speaks. Hugo Weaving, I love you mate!. Yep V is Agent Smith from the Matrix movies.

The Bad Guy: As usual the bad guy is a megalomaniac, religious extremist and genocidal freak. He has to be that bad ya know! The bad guy rides on people's fears to grab power and promises peace and prosperity in return for complete obedience. He somehow reminds me of our famous Adolf Hitler . They have a lot in common too. They both massacred people, had plain clothes spies, had concentration camps and probably have just one testicle too.

The Movie: The general atmosphere of the movie is grey and gloomy. I suppose it has to be that way to showcase the misery of Londoners ruled by the bad guy. There are some very nice cryptic meanings in this movie. For example when V meets Evey for the first time he says "who may I ask am I speaking to?", she says "I am Evey". V says "E V. Of course you are!" . Well it just looks pretty straight forward on the first glance, but technically "Evey" is similar to "Exit V" phonetically in Latin (read it on wiki). See what I mean? Isn't it brilliant? At least I thought so. The story moves in a way to portray that every incident and every person in England is somehow linked to the finale of blowing up the parliament. It did mesh well I should say.

I have to talk about the monologues and dialogues! simply one of the best in modern times. The way V speaks a mix of Shakespeare and Milton in a Victorian style with the ever so sweet Hugo Weaving's voice. If you love a good voice and a better dialogue like me, you shouldn't miss this movie. It kind of creeps into you after watching it a couple of times. There is one touching side story in this movie about a lesbian girl who was V's neighbor at the detention camp. I won't explain to you how deeply written it is, but you have to listen to it yourself. It definitely made my heart a lil heavy even for a fraction of a minute. The monologue ends with

But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do not know you, and even though I may not meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you: I love you.

That takes care of the emotional part, now for the charismatic monologue. The self introduction by V is simply amazing. It is definitely a tongue twister and nobody else other than Hugo Weaving can make it sound so wonderful. His introduction goes along like this

Voila! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously 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 by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding 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 (giggles), this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V.

Now that's what I call an introduction! see what I mean by Victorian style?

Overall, why are you reading this when you should be watching this movie now? I should say there isn't something outstanding about this movie. It's a good entertainer, but unfortunately it might leave an emotional mark due to the "Valerie's letter" like it did to me. Also it might make you think of the social evils in society in general if you are the kind that can be influenced by movies and their messages.

P.S. I can't stop myself from adding a youtube link to Valerie's letter part of the movie https://youtube.com/watch?v=k2W0-z8EnaM