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"people shouldn't be scared of their governments, governments should be scared of their people"-V "Behind this mask is more than flesh behind this mask is an idea Mr Creedy and ideas are bulletproof"-V Love this film it's one of my favourites V is such a great character played by Hugo Weaving aka Agent Smith and Lord Elrond Great reaction Magy and Laura 👍😄
@@Hiraghm yes I'm aware(I don't know whom they are specifically so thank you for Jefferson 👍) most of V's philosophical lines are quotes from the books he's managed to save from the gov purges
Ladies, understand many of the lines and points he was making were all historical. Many famous people said those lines or close to it, these themes have always played out in human history and still are. Governments become corrupt and find excuses to gain more power until you live in a constant state of fear and depression. Many Founding Fathers of the United States had famous quotes for much of what was said.
Ideally no one should have to live in fear right? Neither people or government. Bulletproof ideas in peoples heads can be an issue as well I feel. Alot of those on the internet, flat earth, moon landing, etc, etc
I remember this movie didnt do nearly as well as expected and so many people have never seen it until history repeated itself and everything became so relevant. This is such a great movie and a message that should be on everyone's mind to not be easily manipulated, think for yourselves and dont let different be dangerous, especially if it doesnt effect you.
This movie was my favorite movie of all time for a while (only recently topped by The Batman), and I still watch it every year on the 5th of November, so it makes me very happy to see you two watching this masterpiece!
I saw this movie in the theater when it was released. I think I have 3 legit copies of the DVD as I would loan them to people back in the day. This is the human journey and will ALWAYS be relevant. Truth. 😄
This is a movie worth watching, discussing, and debating. Then recommending to someone else and discussing and debating it with them... The discussion/debate is important. When the discussion/debate becomes impossible.... Worry for your safety and that of your loved ones
For all younger fellows, the advertisment for this film had been quit impressiv, as there where V´s posted all over the place, but didn´t show why or what it´s about.
When V breaks into Creedy's home, we hear Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 play in the background. A fun fact about the 5th (V) Symphony: the iconic 4-note opening pattern (ba-ba-ba-bum), coincidentally, happens to match the Morse code sequence for the letter...yes, "V." A series of 3 short dots followed by a long dash, ". . . _" or "dot-dot-dot-dash."
This is the best fun fact I've ever read. Never even realized the fact that of course the 5th Symphony can also be written as "Vth". And the morse code, Wooow!!! Mind blown!!! 🤯🤯🤯
Hugo Weaving is such a great actor. To emote all those emotions behind a mask is amazing. Not many could do it. But, what else would you expect from the guy who played Elrond in LOTR and Agent Smith in The Matrix. Great reaction to a great film ladies!
I believe if anything hiding most of face behind sunglasses most of the time probably helped prepare him for this roll. You can see a lot of the same head gestures in agent Smith.
While Natalie Portman won an Academy Award for Black Swan, she should have been nominated and win for this performance, this is one of her best if not the best from her career.
Agree, her performance in this film is outstanding. The same year she also did Star Wars Episode III Revenge Of The Sith, which she was good enough in, but not close to the same level as this film. Then if you go back a few years to Attack Of The Clones is 2002, she was not good in that. Goes to show what differences in directing and script/dialog can make for very different results. As a 10yo she was very good in Leon: the Professional.
One day I just said to myself "hmm I want to go to cinema, what they are showing now? V for Vendetta? Strange name .. better be good" I was totally blown away xDD It is one of my favourite movies ever.
I wanted to see this movie just because I was following the Wacheski's after the Matrix. But I didnt realize how powerful this movie REALLY was. SO relevant to this day. On my Go-to rotation of movies .So underrated.
It came in response to Bush and Dick Chaney kidnapping people and waterboarding them. Everything in the Patriot Act after 9/11 was against this countries founding ideals and was passed without a second thought after a terrorist act. It's message is always relevant. People just have short memories.
The best part of that is that both sides of the political spectrum agree how relevant it is, but they also both think they're on V's side. It's the same with 1984.
Of course the politics in the movie were updateted to reflect the "war on terror"-climate of the 2000s, while the comic was dealing with the Thatcher era... one of the reasons Moore was very displeased with the adaptation.
Hugo Weaving's voice was perfect for V. Can't imagine anyone else in that role. Note that they really did shave Natalie Portman's head in that prison scene. That was real. Oh, and yeah, this is one of my favorite movies of all time. I was really impressed with how much of the movie you caught on the first watch. I've seen a lot of stuff fly over the heads of other watchers so kudos for that!
my favorite role of Hugo Weaving was in Hacksaw ridge where he played a world war veteran severly traumatized and completly eaten up by survivors guilt... he was the father to the main character...
@VectorBlaze from what I've seen of, and comparing to the Killing Joke, this movie was just blatantly one sided politically that it completely misses Moore's original point to V. V was aimed at the Thatcher goverment, per his political view, but It wasn't overt
Moore definitely disagrees (he blows up when they mention eggy in the basket lol) and thinks the movie should've been something original to suit what was going on in America at the time instead of using his work. This movie a direct calling out of the USA and the governments reaction to 9/11. Not so much going after Bin Laden, but all the domestic laws passed like the Patriot Act, as well as some of the language at the time: You are either with us, or with the terrorist. It was the Wachowski's using an established work at the time (not well known but not completely unknown) to get that base to build up a little hype to it, and then spinning the narrative to suit the mid 2000s political clime of the US. This was also a time when the left and right wing REALLY became focused on spinning a political narrative through the media and it never has recovered since then. Fox has become super right, CNN has become super left. Both border on propaganda. Very little non political leaning news today, which is why I think they focused on the "state" news in the film. I saw the movie first before the comic and prefer the movie by a country mile, but it also was also more relevant to me personally as someone who was a teen in that era in the USA. I understand why people from England might not appreciate the change in politics from the Thatcher era in the comics.
The scene where they shave Evey was made in one shot, because Natalie Portman refused to wear a wig. The scene is real, which shows the commitment she had to the role.
"I suddenly had this feeling that everything was connected. It was like I could see the whole thing, one long chain of events that stretched all the way back before Larkhill. I felt like I could see everything that had happened, and everything that was going to happen. It was like a perfect pattern laid out in front of me, and I realized that we were all part of it, and all trapped by it." Such a fantastic cinematic sequence to compliment the dialogue.
One of the best sequences in movie history. Everything is prologue, pivots to prediction, builds to a tragedy, ends in a crescendo, and sets up the stakes for the finale.
17:00 "Is it _meaningless_ to apologize?" Consider the moving poignance of this scene. Dr. Surridge is staring death in the face, quite _literally._ She _knows_ it. But she's not afraid. She not pleading to be spared. She's not even _asking_ to be spared. She's not conveying a _trace_ of _fear._ She's resigned herself to her fate. The emotion she's conveying is _remorse._ She's participated in _terrible experiments._ She was in denial about it at the time, but she's come to _face_ it since then. She's gone through a certain measure of _guilt_ over her actions in those days. Her main fear, since then, has been that she might die before getting the chance to _apologize_ to V.
I make it a point to watch this movie on every 5th November if I find the time. It's just so good and so important. Forget the Matrix, THIS is the Wachowski's real masterpiece.
Me and my dad do the same thing. We have movies we watch at certain times every year, and V for Vendetta is our annual November 5th watch. (And The Crow on October 30th, One or more Halloween movies on Halloween, Planes, Trains and Automobiles for Thanksgiving, Gremlins, Die Hard and Scrooged on Christmas Eve/Christmas Day, etc.
@@BubblyRainbows I watch E.T. on Halloween. The best one was, I believe 2 years ago, because in that year full moon actually fell on that date, just like in the movie.
@@ReeN1995 V is so much deeper than the Matrix cause it touches everyone... the Matrix if you think about it really is just a confirmation of the freedom of identity that someone like the Whachowski brothers/sisters/trans or whatever they wanna identify as want... Just like Keanu becomes Neo who is essentially his "true identity" V is way way waaaaay deeper...
In 1949 George Orwell's book 1984 was published about a dystopian future. In 1988 the comics "V For Vendetta" by Allan Moore were published, taking a lot of inspiration from the book but with a much more anarchistic view. The 2005 film takes the basic story from the comics but is a lot less anarchistic and takes a lot of inspiration for 1984 too. I love all three and recommend taking a look at all of them.. even the 1984 movie "1984" which has William Hurt as the main character.. instead of the Arch Chancellor that he plays in this movie.
@@jonasfermefors The movie is way better than the Comic Book... the Comic Book will speak to some but only to pure anarchists... the movie's message is global, authentic and it allows all people to be part of it... your ideas are more powerful than the oppression they force on you but I'm not telling you what your ideas should be... I let you think for yourself... This movie is a masterpiece... and the fact that Allan Moore doesn't like the movie shows why anarchists are annoying idiots that talk out of their ass... they don't want freedom, they want everyone to be thinking like them... which is another form of fascism by the way... the movie keeps itself as far away from telling you what to think as possible... TRUE FREEDOM... which is why in my opinion makes the movie miles better than the comic book...
Ah this movie stirs something deep inside me. I feel like we've forgotten where the real power lies, with the people. Another great reaction girls! I like when you team up.
I saw this at the theater. I felt the same way you guys did. People didn't credit Natalie Portman enough for how awesome she was in this. Great stuff ladies. 😘
I think she was still getting out from under the shadow of bad writing left by the Star Wars prequel trilogy at this point. Which sucks, because she was definitely one of the best actors there.
I love the point V makes in the start of the film in his broadcast. If you want to know who is guilty you need only look in a mirror. WE allow these sorts of things to happen. We stand idly by, say it's someone else's problem, someone else will stand and fight it. We all do that and no one fights. Every single day is precious and every single ounce of freedom must be fought for continuously. Or we risk it all. This film is deeply inspired. Full of timeless truths that will make it as valuable now and 40 years from now as it was the day it was written. The letter she reads in the cell... those are painful sequences to watch but they're starting to happen now. We're facing that world more and more every day. It's insane.
"We have GUNNNSSS" "No, what you have are bullets and the hope when your guns are empty, i'm no longer standing because if i am, you'll be dead before you've reloaded" SHIIIIIIVERS DOWN MY SPINE EVERY TIME
Valerie's letter has got to be one of the more powerful sentiments I've seen in a movie. I've watched this film probably 20 times now and I cry every single time.
The way it is delivered is masterful... every word is meant to pain the picture of her story so vividly that at the end you're unable to hold back the tears... what she says is the ultimate truth of being a human being... "I had roses for 3 years and apologized to no one"... as humans we are in the constant pursuit of happiness and when we find it we don't apologize for it... when we truly find it... has nothing to do with sexuality, race, age, gender or any of that kind of bullshit politics agendas... happiness is happiness... for each of us it has a different meaning but for all of us it's equally powerful . Plus that "I truly love you with all my heart" at the end it's just one big ass knife in the gut... not crying at that point makes you a psychopath or something... lol
He disowned it as well which is typical for him because a bunch of the core concepts were changed to the point he didn't feel like it was really his own work anymore. His actual belief is that fascism in any form is dangerous and anarchism is the only truly ethical way for people to live. Fascist tend to be a negative force on everybody eventually. The insane belief you can actually control people is the beginning of policies that on their face seem good or to work but are constantly failing to achieve their goals or even worse destroying the lives of people that aren't even the target of that policy but are forced to go along with it anyway because the policy is forced on everyone "equally" even when it makes to no sense by people to stubborn or ignorant to know what the policy was for in the first place.
its funny the more tyranical gov gets the more this movies message hits home, and its like its in a cycle, forever going, forever turning this move gets better every cycle
Given the things happening in this world today, regardless of where you call home, there's a very real sense that something is very wrong. If this film is to teach us anything it is that the individual people of any nation, any state, any city, or town are what matters, not those who exist within government for the purposes of oppressing the people. It's the people who matter. The governments have become too powerful, too abusive, too authoritarian, and too destructive to the people they were supposed to be supporting. As V said, if you want to know who's guilty, one need only look in a mirror. We've all been so busy with our chaotic lives that we let other people with untoward intentions work on our behalf in government and we're seeing now, all over the world, how wrong that choice has been. People should not be afraid of their governments, but we are right now. Fail to follow their orders and you'll lose your job, your income, and potentially your freedom. This isn't what the human spirit needs or desires, it's the exact opposite. If the internet has taught us anything, it's that we all have a lot more in common than we have differences. Sure, we can argue about our favorite snacks, ice cream flavors, or what ought to be on a pizza, but we ought to embrace those differences as the spice of life and know that we're all basically the same. This movie teaches that. We all need to learn that lesson now more than ever regardless of where we call home.
It's eerily familiar, the message of the movie, the similarities with the current times - frightening how a movie from 18 years ago could predict so closely what will happen in the future. You girls did an awesome job and the reactions are priceless ❤ Thank you!
Yep. Even in Britain, often considered one of the most liberal of democracies in modern times, we've moved so far to the right that we're not too far away from the sort of government we have in this film. The character of Protheroe in this film is very close to American talk show hosts like Alex Jones, and we now have GB News in the UK which is effectively spouting the same sort of rhetoric. John Hurt's character would probably be what it would be like if we elected someone like Nigel Farage as prime minister, which thankfully seems quite a long way off, although there are plenty of people in the Conservative party who would probably very easily fit into that role. We live in depressing times. It's a shame there are no real "V" characters around.
@@bujin1977 LOL moved to the right? The UK government is leftist, that is the sad reality, a move to moderate leftism is now considered radical right. Everyone you mentioned would have been considered either a moderate leftist or a fanatical leftist when Thatcher was PM. You have to realize the Overton window has moved so far to the left in Europe that what just 20 or 30 years ago would have been classified as a moderate leftist is now considered a radical fringe right winger. You have no real freedom of speech, that was stripped away 10 years ago. There is no freedom of thought and students in universities are no longer learning but being indoctrinated into leftism so radical they think Stalin was a right wing dictator. The fascist authoritarian you fear is looking you in the mirror. Those you support are the ones who will this this dystopia a reality.
@@bujin1977 such an interesting take on Britain, you think it's moved more right?.. Conservative policies seem more instep with left wing ideology, mainstream media and TV programmes all contain the message of left wing bias. GB News being a direct result of that bias. Alex Jones is a nut. Are you suggesting that anyone who doesn't share your world view should be silenced? Seems a little fascistic especially when every corporation waves the rainbow flag, Universities are socialist training camps and the police bend the knee.
I only mention this because other reactors have been a bit confused with the ending and seeing Gordon, Valerie, her partner and the little girl, all of whom had been killed previously, it was imagery used to highlight the "all of us" sentiment, not an indication that they were alive, well and free. Highly recommend checking out, Equilibrium, with Christian Bale and Sean Bean, it came out the same year as The Matrix, so it got overshadowed, but it's very much akin to both this and The Matrix and definitely worth a watch.
and his best role to date, the father in hacksaw ridge.. what he portrait there really made you hate and pity that person.... while it hurt to watch... he was so brilliant....
It was an interesting movie and raises some very good points, particularly on the way government is constantly screwing up people while always taking a big slice. That phrase of "People shouldn't be scared of their governments. Governments should be scared of their people" is SUPERB! Great reaction, gorgeous Magy! Kiss to you both beauties :) MWAK!
This movie was shown on CCTV1 when I was in China about 13 years ago. I couldnt believe it. It got all the chinese people I knew very excited. Whoever authorised it to be shown on cctv1 is probably still in a prison camp somewhere...
A great performance from Hugo Weaving . This is one of my favourite movies watch it every November the 5th also a bit disturbing after what we all just been through the last few years
This movie is entertaining and so SO important to keep people enlightened about what is happening in the world. It was valid in 2005 and this is even more valid now. Question everything and never believe that the government is on your side. It never is.
"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having" is a paraphrase of famous anarchist Emma Goldman. Just thought I'd let that little info.
This movie become and more more poignant as each year passes, as our liberties and rights are slowly removed, as our rights to speak freely steadily erode and as national leaders and governments succumb to the dictates of the sinister globalist elite. V !!!
V was played by two actors, the 1rst is uncredited, they put the name of Hugo Weaving (agent Smith on The Matrix) on the poster, the other was James Purefoy
This movie is phenomenal masterpiece it's like beauty and the beast type of storyline almost between the two characters but such an awesome movie Natalie Portman did a phenomenal job in this character❤ I love watching this on November 5th every year That's a tradition Greatest line in movie history for this era The government should be afraid of their people
Can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen this movie, yet every time I watch it, it makes me as excited as the first time I’ve watched it. Such an amazing film.
Hello ladies and Happy Mother's Day for All mother's & possible mother's 👍👍😁 This is A Fantastic Movie indeed you Also might like Tom Hanks ( Inferno ) 😎 The like button 🔘 has been Illuminated 🌞
I like watching reactions to this film, because the reaction gives interesting insights about the viewer. Some are made quite uncomfortable, because of their own tendencies to defend the system, but a corrupt, brutal system should not be defended. Yours is one of the best reactions I've seen. I'm glad to see there are a couple more people in the world who can see that there are values greater than just protecting the status quo.
I will join patreon if you two say the lines from the movie "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 vanguarding 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, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V."
9:27, yeah it looks like a museum cause it is, the goverment banned all of those things, movies books, even the Coran which is the muslim holy book. All those things were retrieved by V before they were destroyed. This movie is heavily inspired on the book ''1984'' by george orwell and on the concept of distopy.
V for Vendetta is a fantastic film of DC's best when you ignore all the garbage Zack Snyder has made you will find some gems like Superman: The Movie which is the only live action Superman film to get the character of Superman right I hope you react to it one day not only is it the greatest Superman movie but it also started the superhero genre Kevin Feige actually models every MCU film after it also Tim Burton's Batman is really good too and there's a lot of great animated shows and films that I think are better than the live action films like Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series I hope you react to more DC stuff because they are really underrated
Portman, Hugo and the cop were the best. Absolutely one opf the great performances of all time. V was written by Alan Moore as a graphic novel, same guy that wrote Watchmen. Another great adoptation that he himself doesnt apprive of and wasnt appreciated by ppl as well as it should be. Snyders's best film.
And here we are, eighteen years after this magnificent film, this apocryphal film, this prophetic film was made, what madness we have endured, what madness we still endure! The extreme which exist, both on the political left and the political right, squeeze us, crush us, divide, conquer and punish us! For their own sake, for their own gain, for their own glory, and we elected them. The irony is clear, in the end, all they want, the Government, the Politicians, the Bureaucrats and the Oligarchs, is power, for themselves and no one else. In the end, they actually agree. Sleep well, little children, sleep well.
It’s strange how people relate this with today? When the government of the UK is so weak and powerless for the 60 years (save for the Thatcher years). We have had spineless leads and government now most of my life. A country that is force to obey foreign laws. A country that cannot defend its own borders or warm its own homes without foreign aid.
I think in order to fully understand this movie you should know '1984', it is, either watch the movie or read the book. This isn't just a movie, it's a great lesson nobody has learnt, yet
I saw bigots react to the movie an the cut the whole lesbian plot from their reaction, im a cis/het man but that story it part of the movie (and I cry seing it)
Was that reaction the one with the southern guy wearing a cowboy hat? Lol I went into that one initially with a weary attitude but tried to give them the benefit of the doubt that just because they are from the south, doesn't mean they are bigoted anti-lockdown conspiracy theorists. Was disappointed when they proved my weariness to be correct lol
Some reactors love the "governments should be afraid of their people," I don't. Fear breeds paranoia, mistrust, resentment, and desperation. These are not things a nation can weather having between a people and their leaders. For a nation to succeed, there must be mutual cooperation and trust. A government fearing its people will tighten its control more and more until everything shatters. It will lash out. It will increase surveillance. It will manipulate more.
@@Metzwerg74 Please don't watch this movie translated... not hearing Hugo Weaving's voice and Natalie Portman's performance is a crime... I don't think anyone could ever voiceover them competently in any language...
One of the often overlooked factoids of this movie is that they cast John Hurt as the oppressive Adam Sutler who was Winston Smith (the oppressed) in the legendary "1984" by George Orwell which shares the same messages about authority and government. :)
If your willing to die for your beliefs it doesn't matter what they do to you you can not befeated, v wasn't out to stop the tyrany cause he didn't his goal wasn't even revenge for what happend to him, goal was to give power back to the people
The reveal with V as her torturer was always a shocking and heartbreaking scene, and carefully I point out may have been necessary. It was implied that after Evey was taken from her parents she was placed in a correctional facility and brainwashed as she grew up. He basically put her to the brink of death as a hard reset. It's fucked up, not denying that. In the extreme world of this movie, the extreme solution was the call of the day in V's mind. Not that we have to agree with that, or tout it as genius, but there is a wide grey area in this vile "future" Britain. As Joseph Campbell points out in the symbolism of birth (and rebirth, by extension), it is often messy, scary, terrifying. Every death and rebirth is full of that strangling echo from our physical birth. With that threshold passed, the heroine can move into the next phase on her journey.
The movie is an adaptation of a story from the 80s about Margaret Thatcher’s UK but when it released in 2005, it was meant to comment on post-9/11 America - the rise of Fox News, the Patriot Act, the paranoia of the US government and the people. This movie hit HARD at the time.
This is such a good film and enjoyed your reaction and it also gives a good msg about the governments should be scared of there ppl doesn't mind what country the ppl are from.
