Comments on: V for Vendetta http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html seanobrien.org Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:13:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: :: Year in Consumables: 2006 Movies :: seanobrien.org // OB1og http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-1338 :: Year in Consumables: 2006 Movies :: seanobrien.org // OB1og Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:23:51 +0000 http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-1338 [...] V For Vendetta: Thought this would be numero uno, but Bond kicked V’s arse. You can read my review in the archives. [...] [...] V For Vendetta: Thought this would be numero uno, but Bond kicked V’s arse. You can read my review in the archives. [...]

]]> By: The Ed Zone » Blog Archive » My Favorite Things - ‘Top 5 Comic Book Flicks’ http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-234 The Ed Zone » Blog Archive » My Favorite Things - ‘Top 5 Comic Book Flicks’ Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:46:17 +0000 http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-234 [...] Back in April, I posted a comment on Sean’s V for Vendetta review, where I listed my Top 5 Comic Book movies. That lists stands with one noticeable omission that I have rectified here. Remember – feel free to post your own faves or join in a discussion in the Comments below. [...] [...] Back in April, I posted a comment on Sean’s V for Vendetta review, where I listed my Top 5 Comic Book movies. That lists stands with one noticeable omission that I have rectified here. Remember – feel free to post your own faves or join in a discussion in the Comments below. [...]

]]> By: :: Superman Returns :: seanobrien.org // OB1og http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-227 :: Superman Returns :: seanobrien.org // OB1og Sun, 09 Jul 2006 07:27:40 +0000 http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-227 [...] Overall, I think the film is excellent. In the comments of my V for Vendetta review, Ed left a little list of his favorite comic book movies and I echoed them with a small change and the hope that Superman Returns would crack the list. Well, it did and here’s my new list: [...] [...] Overall, I think the film is excellent. In the comments of my V for Vendetta review, Ed left a little list of his favorite comic book movies and I echoed them with a small change and the hope that Superman Returns would crack the list. Well, it did and here’s my new list: [...]

]]> By: Ed http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-163 Ed Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:39:13 +0000 http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-163 Oh, here's two more flicks that I beg people to watch: David Cronenberg's adaptation of The Dead Zone and John Carpenter's remake of The Thing. Carpenter really knew how to use Kurt Russell. No Herb Brooks here. It's all about MacCreedy and of course, who can forget, Snake Plissken. Oh, here’s two more flicks that I beg people to watch:

David Cronenberg’s adaptation of The Dead Zone and John Carpenter’s remake of The Thing. Carpenter really knew how to use Kurt Russell. No Herb Brooks here. It’s all about MacCreedy and of course, who can forget, Snake Plissken.

]]> By: Ed http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-162 Ed Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:35:40 +0000 http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-162 I used to think the Burton Batmans were the shiznit - then Chris Nolan showed us how it's done. Now the Burton Batmans are one step removed from Schumacher. I used to think the Burton Batmans were the shiznit – then Chris Nolan showed us how it’s done. Now the Burton Batmans are one step removed from Schumacher.

]]> By: Sean http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-159 Sean Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:00:44 +0000 http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-159 That's a tough top 5 to crack. No Burton Batmans, interesting. So, I think my top 5 is the same but I'd flop 4 and 5. I'm hoping <em>Superman Returns</em> breaks in there though. As for spoilers, don't worry about that here my friend. I'll do my best to spoil everything for everybody! :evil: Evey and the letters are straight out of the comic version. Pretty much word for word too. I agree, great stuff and very powerful. That’s a tough top 5 to crack. No Burton Batmans, interesting. So, I think my top 5 is the same but I’d flop 4 and 5. I’m hoping Superman Returns breaks in there though.

As for spoilers, don’t worry about that here my friend. I’ll do my best to spoil everything for everybody! :evil:

Evey and the letters are straight out of the comic version. Pretty much word for word too. I agree, great stuff and very powerful.

]]> By: Ed http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-155 Ed Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:47:50 +0000 http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-155 V for Vendetta is on my short list of favorite comic book films. Currently it is my favorite film of the year - there's something about it that really touched me. Two sequences in particular possessed great power. Without going into heavy spoilers, I found the whole Valorie sequence (Evey reading Valorie's letter) to be truly heartbreaking. And then (and I have to be real careful here) - the 'passive resistance' on display at the end of the film - was thunderous. V may have been short on traditional 'action' but it was no less riveting. This film has joined that pantheon of flicks that I plead with people to check out. It settles in alongside Miller's Crossing, Dark City, True Romance, A Simple Plan, the Evil Dead series and The Big Lebowski as one of those films that is just so perfect in execution - in taking me away. There are others on my short list of faves and while they may not make the AFI's Traditional 100 Great Moments in Cinema - for me, these films are pure bliss. Oh - as for that list of favorite comic books films - here goes: 5. Blade 4. X2 - XMen United 3. Spiderman 2 2. V for Vendetta (this may eventually tie the #1 spot) and my all time favorite comic book film... 1. Batman Begins V for Vendetta is on my short list of favorite comic book films. Currently it is my favorite film of the year – there’s something about it that really touched me. Two sequences in particular possessed great power.

Without going into heavy spoilers, I found the whole Valorie sequence (Evey reading Valorie’s letter) to be truly heartbreaking. And then (and I have to be real careful here) – the ‘passive resistance’ on display at the end of the film – was thunderous.

V may have been short on traditional ‘action’ but it was no less riveting. This film has joined that pantheon of flicks that I plead with people to check out. It settles in alongside Miller’s Crossing, Dark City, True Romance, A Simple Plan, the Evil Dead series and The Big Lebowski as one of those films that is just so perfect in execution – in taking me away. There are others on my short list of faves and while they may not make the AFI’s Traditional 100 Great Moments in Cinema – for me, these films are pure bliss.

Oh – as for that list of favorite comic books films – here goes:

5. Blade
4. X2 – XMen United
3. Spiderman 2
2. V for Vendetta (this may eventually tie the #1 spot)

and my all time favorite comic book film…

1. Batman Begins

]]> By: JFCC http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-151 JFCC Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:06:57 +0000 http://www.seanobrien.org/2006/06/v-for-vendetta.html#comment-151 <em>ToyFare</em> #106 had a really funny "Twisted ToyFare Theater" gag where Alan Moore fights Oscar Wilde. It was completely out of the blue and had nothing to do with the main storyline...very bizarre. But yeah, Moore has very much become the cranky old reclusive genius. A cranky old reclusive genius who occasionally emerges to write comics like the current <em>Albion</em> for Wildstorm. ToyFare #106 had a really funny “Twisted ToyFare Theater” gag where Alan Moore fights Oscar Wilde. It was completely out of the blue and had nothing to do with the main storyline…very bizarre.

But yeah, Moore has very much become the cranky old reclusive genius. A cranky old reclusive genius who occasionally emerges to write comics like the current Albion for Wildstorm.

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