Posted on 03/20/2006 12:10:52 PM PST by PJ-Comix
Columnist Don Feder has viewed the new shaved-Natalie Portman movie, "V for Vendetta," and he is not a fan, as he reports for Front Page Magazine:
"V for Vendetta," which opened on Friday, combines all of the celluloid left’s paranoid fantasies – Christian conservatives in charge of a brutal regime, the war-on-terrorism as an excuse for the suppression of civil liberties, homosexuals harassed and killed by conservative Christians, a pedophile priest (who works miter-in-hand with the regime) and an attack blamed on terrorists that’s really a right-wing conspiracy.
All that’s missing is a Halliburton connection. For that, we’ll have to wait for "V – The Return."
"V" opens in Britain circa 2020. America has succumbed to plague, civil war, and chaos. (Bush’s fault, no doubt.) The UK is ruled by a fascist regime with strong Christian overtones – the party’s slogan is "Strength through Unity; Unity through Faith." Its symbol is a stylized cross, and its enforcers are a quasi-religious police.
As the film opens, Britain’s most popular commentator is explaining how America’s fall was ordained by its embrace of "degeneracy," as flecks of saliva fly from his mouth.
The Brit Reich is headed by Chancellor Sutler – played by a cadaverous John Hurt (who looks like a cross between Hitler and Kate Moss). Hurt is incapable of delivering his lines unless he’s: A) Screaming B) Sneering or C) on the verge of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Feder is appalled that one character explains to Bald Natalie that the Koran is a book that inspires him with its beautiful illustrations and poetry: The only reference to Islam has to do with beauty and poetry. "V" has other targets on its radar screen. In terms of bashing the Right and demonizing Christians – with "V," Hollywood is completely in character. Need a clichéd bad guy? Call central casting for a stock lecherous priest, hypocritical evangelical, repressive preacher or sadistic nun. Whether now or in the past, committed Christians are regularly portrayed as characters who should be committed – fanatical, hypocritical, cowardly, avaricious and lustful. Think "Kingdom of Heaven," "King Arthur," "Saved," "The Magdalene Sisters," "Priest," The Order," "Dogma," "Stigmata," and the movie version of "The DaVinci Code," coming out in May. As much a staple as the evil Christian is the unprincipled, power-mad conservative politician, general, or businessman. Starting with "Dr. Strangelove" and "Seven Days In May," proceeding to "The Manchurian Candidate" (both the ‘60s original and the recent remake), "Dreamscape," "The American President," "The Contender" (with Gary Oldman doing his Bob Dole impression), "Bulworth," "The Day After Tomorrow" (where the destruction of America in a global climate catastrophe is blamed on a conservative vice president opposed to the Kyoto Treaty) – well, you get the picture. "V for Vendetta" is distinguished by envelope-pushing, combined with an unapologetic glorification of terrorism. The title character (who begins the movie by blowing up the Old Bailey and ends with the demolition of Parliament) is a noble soul – a courageous, long-suffering, philosophical bloke, who appreciates jazz, Renaissance paintings, weepy old movies, and high-cholesterol cooking. This is Hollywood’s romanticized take on terrorists – far removed from the reality of Koran-happy sadists who plant nail-packed bombs in restaurants frequented by families with young children. Feder goes on about Hollywood's inability to lecture credibly about terrorism or tyranny. That's for sure.
But of course.
"V for Vendetta" is distinguished by envelope-pushing, combined with an unapologetic glorification of terrorism.
The DUmmies are having Wet Dreams over this movie. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me a bit if one of those idiots is inspired by this dopey flick to partake in terrorism...if they can ever break away from the computer screen in Mommy's basement.
I'll watch this movie for research (I always like to research my DUmmie Ants) but I don't want to give the producers of this flick any of my money so I'll just buy a bootleg DVD copy of it in a few days.
Better yet, borrow it from somebody.
The only thing is that the regular DVD won't be out for months. However, it shouldn't be tough to get the bootleg DVDs of it right now.
He should have posted the FULL title. See, when I do an FR search before posting I take a word out of the title to see if it was already posted. In this case, "celluloid." However since that poster did NOT post full title, I didn't catch it in my search.
Contrast that with current day Saudi Arabia, where they really have a religious police. If the producers had any intestinal fortitude they'd make a movie about oppression in the Muslim world, instead of this fantasy peddled by Time Warner and the whacked-out Wachowski bros, one of whom is undergoing a sex change so that they'll be the Wachowski siblings soon.
That part is believable, although probably not in the way the film's producers imagined!
That's because Alan Moore is a very good writer. I've read Watchmen. This isn't kiddie Spider-Man stuff.
It made $25.6 million its opening weekend, a whole $1 million more than last weekend's top movie, Failure to Launch, a fluffy romantic comedy that opening to awful reviews. Which just goes to show you, no matter how much pimping a movie gets and how much controversy surrounds it, nobody really cares. I personally feel that Vendetta will flop not because of its inane politics, but because of how truly awful the last two Matrix movies were. Woo-hoo, the new movie from the makers of Matrix Revolutions! Pass.
When did it become "conservative" to steal others property?
There was nothing "conservative" or "Christian" about the fascist regime portrayed in the movie.
A sarcastic vexillologist randomly comments: "Oh Noz! the symbol of the UK is a stylized cross. That's crazy.”
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