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V for Vendetta Going to Hollywood
gludington writes "Alan Moore's "other" early masterpiece, V for Vendetta, is in early pre-production. Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers will produce for Warner Brothers, and Natalie Portman will play Evey Hammond. The rest of the movie is as yet uncast (and unwritten), so release dates on the article and the imdb entry should be taken with a sizable grain of salt."
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Hm....
On the one hand, this is one of my all-time favorite graphic novels. I would love it if more people became aware of it.
But on the other hand, I just know it's going to get butchered. The Wachowskis had a chance to tell a subtle and ponderous story in The Matrix and they completely blew it.
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At least this time they're up front that it's an adaptation. That should be good enough for the /. crowd to forgive them.
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Natalie Portman is Evey is unexpected but perfect casting.
She actually played a similar role in her first movie, the brilliant Leon (aka The Professional). Both Evey in V and Mathilda in Leon are young girls forced to grow up before their time by the harsh world they live in, and who form an intimate relationship with a cold blooded but sympathetic killer.
a world in progress...
I wonder if it will be released before Bush gets out of office.
On a similar thread, I wonder if the political/philosophical background will be changed to suit mass audience demographics. Telling the public they are responsible for their own problems usually doesn't go over too well with them.
The problem I see with this movie is that the original storyline may not seem particularly amusing for the current political and moral environment.
Right now the preview says: "a mysterious man in a white porcelain mask who fights political oppressors through terrorism and seemingly absurd acts", but this description doesn't fit the darker spirit of the original.
While the description does mention terrorism, V is much more complex than that, as described in several reviews and analysis, like this one. Thus I'm expecting that along the road, V will be transformed into some kind of "masked avenger" or Batman-like superhero, better suited for the post-9/11 era.
I don't expect the movie to portrait V blowing up government buildings, killing policemen and a priest, questioning Justice and promoting Anarchy, like in the original. So, what's the point of adapting it? If these Wachowski guys want some story about oppression, they'd be better off adapting Cinderella for that matter.
If it's changed in such a way, it will be ironic that a story that shows a world of totalitarianism and lack of freedom won't be translated verbatim into another medium because of issues with "political correctness".
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There was a time when these movies had not been made. There was just you and the comics. And life was good.
After these movies are made, there will still be you and the comics. Life will still be good.
There was a time when there was a bad movie in the theaters, but you did not go see it, and you did not suffer. Life was good.
There was also a time when there was a bad movie, and you did go see it, and you did suffer. But then the movie was over, and life was good again.
These movies can't "ruin" anything, since the comic still exists, and your enjoment of it was uninformed by the yet-unmade movie you fear so much.
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