I always love that they used Rookwood for the name of this informant. Ambrose Rookwood was one of the original Gunpowder Plot planners in 1605. Nice touch.
Even more obscure, V quotes Macbeth, and in Act 3, Scene 2 Macbeth calls for night to come to hide his impending murder of Banquo. Macbeth observes that night is falling by pointing out that "the crow makes wing to the rooky wood." The alter ego, Rookwood, meets with the men who work in daylight to bring to light dark deeds, and he promises to soon help them, which lulls them into complacency. However night will soon fall, and when it does, V's truest self will deal much death. As Macbeth says in that same scene: "Good things of day begin to droop and drowse; Whiles night’s black agents to their preys do rouse."
@@thewingedhussar4188 it’s Alan Moore, honestly there’s no film that could be done about one of his pieces that he could like, the closest was To the Man has everything episode off LJU
Can we all take a moment and appreciate the acting of Hugo Weaving in this movie? His face was never revealed yet he has impacted this movie and this character with the pure power of his lines! Amazing!
+Leticia Jaure He may have been gay in his past life for all we know but he clearly wasn't black. His burned hand was clearly a white hand, just burned. And the "soldier" that captured Evey had that same look. Not to mention in the last of Evey's days of interrogation, the silhouette of the guard at the door looked like Hugo Weaving. And lastly, we do sometimes see the underside of Hugo's chin in some scenes. So the character was probably white, if only because the actor was and you happen to sometimes catch a glimpse of it. Now I wouldn't put it past V to constantly wear tons of make-up... but it feels like that may be a bit inconvenient.
Some characters don't need a 'face' to be interesting characters. You find it more in horror movies like Jason and Michael Myers in Friday the 13th and Halloween respectively. Those characters are, themselves, more so ideas than people, as it were. Hugo Weaving didn't need to show his face because he is a great enough actor to convey the idea through body language and action. He could've been silent through the film and it still would've worked imo.
@Vault Door LOL no, the totalitarian is basically trump. Moron. And you do realize that this movie is about blowing up buildings, very similar to our timeline, right?
@@linusmlgtips2123 How is Trump an Authoritarian ? There are 3 key tabs to align before Trump can do anything. The left are the ones pressing and wanting to press more and more brainwashed ideologues and rules and restrictions on people. I'm a centrist because I there are bits and bobs from both sides I like, but its the left and lefty media that have completely lost their mind and swung 200 degrees left.
"For you, inspector. I needed you." I feel like this is one of the most important lines in the movie. Anyone, even with a meagre amount of power, can be a changes the course of 1000's of people's lives.
The inspector doesn't have a "meagre amount of power" he's literally the head of the entire police force. Your point is still valid, just not in this context.
At the same time it was also people like him who caused this issue. People merely voting for an authoritarian politican is only the first step. Having organisations that follow the command of the politicans is the second step (in opposition to having not political but societal forces that provide tools to tackle such issues).
"I needed you inspector" I feel like that was an honest answer. He wanted someone who "V" felt would be impartial and follow the bread crumbs if they were laid out. Even though v had years of work to clear the tracks, accumulate the materials for the train bomb and train himself (let alone put his "shadow gallery" together) he needed a head inspector who if the facts were presented he'd follow to the logical conclusion..... Which, well v was right. He put it all together and let happen, what needed to happen
There's a bit more to it than leading someone by the nose so they'd connect the dots left for them, his role was to be a curator for the information until such time it was safe to reveal to the world, so that ppl would know why their friends and family died, disappeared, lived in constant fear and oppression. It's a bit like how someone would imagine if the Nazis were overthrown from within by the ppl they oppressed.
Finch just oozes integrity. Sure he's a party member but ultimately a man who wants to do the right thing regardless of what it means for him or his party. And V basically tells him as much - for you inspector, i needed you. Great scene.
It also exposes his single-mindedness. He thinks morally, so he thinks everyone else does. Most of what he was told he could have discovered on his own.
No matter how many times i watch this movie it still gives me chills. The cruelty, the tortures, the larkhill footage, the secret behing v and his idenity, the script, the lines, the acting, the dark side of politics everything is truly impeccable about the film The whole darkness and violence and how its shot is one outstanding thing about this movie. The shot where V is standing in the fire right after the larkhill explosion on 5th of july with the doctor's narrative on backround saying ,,and he looked at me but not with his eyes, there were no eyes'' as V was standing in fire and screaming. That shot has to be one of the most frightening, hauting, chilling and well-made shots in the film industry. Either way the whole V character was incredibly well-portrayed and well-played. Hugo Weaving gave an oustanding performance. The character was so iconic...the mask, the intelligence, the vengence, the vocabulary even. What a masterpiece of a movie.
I once analyzed basically every scene in the original graphic novel and I can confidently say that the movie is way better at storytelling. My only qualm with it is that the Truther narrative it taps into was grossly irresponsible, even though it made for a great twist.
3:02 _"But the end result, the true genius of the plan was the FEAR. Fear became the ultimate tool of this government"_ Sounds like a real-life government I know.
+Stephen Byrne The point of this scene is to show how easily entire populations can be manipulated by a small number of people. Villains don't always twirl their mustaches or operate out of volcano island lairs. Fear is a great way for a small number of people to motivate a large number of people to act against their own best interests. We can look back through history at things like the Nazis or Pol Pot and say, "nobody would be stupid enough to fall for THAT again" but the depressing fact is that you can easily convince people to give up their freedoms and their rights for the illusion of safety. It continues to happen today.
On an artistic note: I think Hugo Weaving has one of the most incredible voices and line readings ever. The man could read a phone book and I'd be fascinated. On a political note: I wish I could find the idea that a government would do that to its citizenry to be too far fetched....but history proves otherwise. Including our history.
I loved the inspector as a character. Actually does his job, has a good moral compass and was the only one to see the actual attack on parliament coming, only to be ignored by men too arrogant to believe him. Very strong scene where he predicts the course of events that led to the shooting of the masked girl all the way up to complete uprising.
@@robertbektas1810 the best way to control the masses is to give them the illusion that they have a say in what happens. That’s why we dropped names such as fascism and nazism and replaced them with democracy, to give people the illusion of choice and power when in fact they’re all sheep being pushed around.
@@thegreatkingofevilganondor1500 remember the dictators are completely fictional and actions are fabricated don't use fiction to argue as evidence for real life (Not taking his side I just think the assertion is silly)
Just here to say, I recall watching this film in theaters as a lad and it still grips me. For all the spectacle and effects and budgets Marvel and DC are throwing on screen these days, there's something about these pre-MCU comic book films (Blade, The X-Men, V for Vendetta, 300, etc) that just feels so much more authentic to their roots. Everything is so formulated and sanitized now, they're soulless.
Because the MCU learned all the wrong lessons from these movies. Take this movie, for example. What did we learn from it? That you don't need a face to have a good character; that verbiage most verbose can make some damn compelling lines; that a sacrifice to eliminate the threat is compelling. What did Marvel learn from it? That masked characters are cool; that quippy one-liners are cool; that a sacrifice to eliminate the threat earns you redemption for your sins. I'll draw the parallel between V and Iron Man, as its the easiest. V and Iron Man are both masked badasses with great lines. The difference is this: V is consistently a well-intentioned extremist that you can't help but root for even as he commits massive acts of terrorism. He never is redeemed for the terrorism he commits, though; in fact, it ultimately winds up killing him. It's a noble sacrifice to kill a fascist pig, sure, but ultimately it's something he was going to do no matter who Creedy was personally, be he a snake or an angel. Iron Man started as a businessman selling weapons. This fucked him over and you only root for Iron Man because now he's working for the Good Guys against the Bad Guys. He's a lovable character, sure, with nice quips and whatnot, but instead of staying true to what superheroes actually are--instead of being the Ultimate Firefighter--Iron Man becomes the ultimate cop, and his redemption is to save half the world by sacrificing himself as atonement for his past sins that he's already been redeemed for a thousand times over, but Marvel can only redeem someone in death for some fucking reason.
Because Marvel IS from Disney and they want they POLITICS And they copy 1 thing from the comic ignoring the rest pick any example like Gorr the Butcher Blade Xmen Avengers EMH Spectacular Spiderman and Spiderman 80 all products of Stan Lee WRITING not some IA or mental insane writer from Disney Who hates all
its so sad how well this movie aged for hte uk like dayum... no wonder they had to leave the eu when they plaster "dont dissent the state" on their fucking busses
This is such an underrated movie. This is more than just a film, it's an idea. Ideas are the means to meaning, and for those voracious enough, enunciation of truth.
You're right, it's an idea, but incredibly naive simplistic idea of good vs evil, freedom vs tyranny... and how it all could be cancelled if only people rose up. Just a friendly reminder, real word doesn't work like that. In that sense it's no better than ideocracy or Harry Potter.
@@somedud1140It's not good VS. evil, at least not in the movie. V himself fully admits that he is a monster, a phantom who lives for vengeance, it's just that the best way to take vengeance against a goverment is to instigate a revolution. Hell, he indirectly led for that girl with the glasses to her death, and if he didn't take care of Creedy at the right time, the soldiers would've massacred the masked crowd (probably), and let's not forget he tortured Evey. The movie never framed what V did as purely good, but rather a necessary evil the people needed to create something better, hence when he accomplished his goal he dies, the last evil of the regime dead. Could go on for longer, but I think I made my point
@@joshuaesposito5409 crazy inflation rates with the excuse of whatever virus is happening, they want us all bankrupt where our only option is to bow down to the government...
Alan Moore, the guy who created the story, once said in an interview that whenever someone tells a story about a dystopian future, it's not about the future but rather than you're talking about the present. This is why you could feel this movie feels close to the real world of 2020
@@lazgmr4746 It has literally never been a better time to be alive boomer. You just started reading the news that profit from putting the fear into you.
@@lazgmr4746 Unpleasantness creates distortions in the mind. It was exactly this bad when we were sending people to overthrow the government of Iraq. It was even the same people supporting the government's decision to do so that are now threatening civil war again. Americans haven't changed, only our awareness of the conflicts between them.
Something that I don't think is mentioned enough about this scene is the score. The almost understated melody, the tension, the vague accompanying noise to the terror which may or may not be true. To put it into musical terms, the 'resolutions' of the harmony are fairly obvious given some thought. And to me, that intentionally matches the scene. "Give this some thought" God I love this film
The only they got wrong was which party would be behind the bio-weapon attack and the agenda behind it. They always accuse you of what they themselves are doing.
The one thing we didn't predict was that it would be the "Liberal" parties doing this and the "conservatives" fighting it. Definitely not Orwell himself, who was a strong believer in socialism. Of course, that was back before socialism had even been tried. Now we know it doesn't work the way intended but in fact works to make the future he predicted in 1984 a reality 😔
Yes, but where it stops, in the movie, disease was used to promote a party by using fear, where in real life, governments are shaken, fragilised by the virus.
Dam... You know...... After everything that has happened in the last 13 years. I watch this scene and sit dumbfounded. Think about it. Look back until now and ask yourself how the fuck we came to this point in time. It's surreal.
Seems like we are living it out, all of us on earth. Only thing we need is a man like V. We got everything else. The power of the media, when used against people, it's a vicious, violent destructive force, for people's intellect. Im from Denmark and here the media name it's content ( in Danish Underholdning ) if translated purely into english, it translate into "Under Opinion" it's just whos Opinion we are Under :P
***** The problem in the movie is that represent V as the man tha frees everyone. However the comic book in the end leave the choice of freedom to the people! In the comic book V was an anarchist and tried to give people an opportunity to change the world by providing the truth and destroy the old system. You have to understand that if people dont move noone will ever save humanity. People need to beleive in their own power and take control of their lives. They have to offer in the society and give time to the commons. We do not trully need a V or a superman or some magic. We need to be fully responsible for our own lives and change it!
@@kessakuinoue8488 what do you think was happening in China? they knew about the virus,they broke every human right Posible in their already failed attempt to hide the virus people got disappeared and "found dead" if it wasn't because America was already cracking down on their plans,they would've had way more power and the lock down would've cemented our fates
Something I noticed about the memorial statue... It's the classic kid's game of Ring Around the Rosie, wherein the last line is 'Ashes, ashes, all fall down.' Appropriate that a rhyme originating in the Black Death should be applied to the St. Mary's Virus incident of this story.
"The end result, the true genius of the plan, was the FEAR." Indeed, how true it has been in real life... (He kind of hit the nail on the head with that assessment, if you ask me...)
A report by The Rebecca Project for Human Rights states that Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Pfizer, Planned Parenthood, USAID and the UN contributed to a 4 billion contraceptive campaign using the vaccine Depo-Provera (DMPA). The Guttmacher Institute states that a 2yr study of over 5,000 woman receiving injections at Planned Parenthood of Rocky Mountains reported “of the initial 5,178 women who received an initial injection, only 57% returned for a second administration. Another third dropped out after the 2nd shot. Reasons for not returning? “Difficultly tolerating side effects”. FDA labelling and/or reported in studies: “Loss of bone mineral density, may lose significant bone density” “Cardiovascular events - syncope, tachycardia, thrombophlebitis, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolus - which can lead to cardiac arrest and stroke. Do not re administer if sudden, partial or complete loss of vision” Breast and cervical cancer - Hormone sensitive breast cancers occur twice as often in woman under 35 who have used DMPA in the previous four years. Ectopic pregnancy - increased risk of life threatening ectopic pregnancy. The Gates Foundation have given millions to PATH, who conducted large scale clinical trials in Africa and South Asia. According to Vera Sharav who is part of Alliance for Research Protection, in 2010 PATH administered the HPV vaccine was given to 23,000 girls between 10-14yrs old to guard against cervical cancers as part of a “demonstrational study”. 7 adolescent tribal girls died after receiving the vaccine. 1,200 girls experienced extreme side effects of developed auto-immense disorders, according to Indian Physicians who state no follow up examinations or medical care were offered to the victims. Further investigations revealed persuasive violations of ethical norms: vulnerable village girls were virtually press-ganged into the trials, their parents bullied into signing consent forms they couldn’t read by PATH representatives, who made false claims about safety and efficacy of the drugs. Many signatures were formed. An Indian Parliamentary Committee determined the Gates-funded vaccine campaign was in fact a large scale clinical trial conducted on behalf of the pharmaceutical firms and disguised as an “observational study” in order to outflank statutory requirements. The committee found that PATH had “violated all les and regulations laid down for trials by the government in a clear-cut violation of human rights and a case of child abuse”. www.newdemocracyworld.org/culture/gates.html m.economictimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/controversial-vaccine-studies-why-is-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-under-fire-from-critics-in-india/articleshow/41280050.cms
"Before the crisis, no one would have predicted the results of the election that year. No one. Then not long after the election lo and behold, a miracle."
@@christiankarlkarganilla2763 You beat me to it. I was going to say much the same; Fear being used to attain Complete control. New World Order / One World Government (totalitarian dictatorship) is on its way!
I honestly believe we are simply living through a rerun of previous events. It is said that life repeats itself and I do believe this has been done before. V for vendetta is not predicting the future but simply recounting the past. Of course very few of us would remember these events as most of us were not born then. And if you aren't convinced then consider how long humans have had to learn about viruses and consider how many pandemics have already happened in the last century, from ebola to swine flu to the Spanish influenza. These are likely all the results of experiments, which in fact went completely according to plan, its simply they are testing the effects of genetic manipulation and how it translates to viral effects. I believe coronavirus has almost perfected what they are looking for. Something which doesn't kill too much but spreads immensely. Because the goal isn't death but fear.
@@goob1136 hey goober.. its in THE GOOD BOOK.. the Bible.. a 2000 year old book.. the guy just told you, and most christians will tell you the same.. do you think they make this up?.. Its in the damn book.. maybe you should take a look.
It's always been like this like it is now, two years after your comment. There always is someone tightening the screws and looking for to profit from it. World is always led by bunch of assholes, which we are supposed to look up to. There always is something after us and they always come out with an aid or cure or stupid catch phrase. There always is some sort of reason to monitor us closer and eventually situations like in V will become neolithic memory due to society being run by an mechanism, actual autonomous algorithm. Back in 1980s when Moore authored the comic, cold war was on and started to get new directions from technology based surveillance. AIDS came out from nowehere and started to spread horror. Nothing seems to have changed and things are like they were before that too. The only thing changing is the way how people react to the current status quo, which is exactly what Moore made V to try to do.
@@adamquirke6024 If they could convince you that dystopia only exists on TV, history books and novels- then they can easily impose one onto you in plain sight, and you even won't realize it.
@@adamquirke6024yeah it’s real except it’s controlled by corporations, Wall Street, big pharma, military industrial complex and their mouthpieces (all politicians) - they give the illusion of choice but there really isn’t any. It’s total corporate hegemony and if Raytheon, Pfizer, etc want you gone they’ll do it.
Nice touch with his name. Ambrose Rookwood was one of the conspirators in the original 1605 Gunpowder plot and was executed accordingly after the plot was uncovered.
I honestly believe we are simply living through a rerun of previous events. It is said that life repeats itself and I do believe this has been done before. V for vendetta is not predicting the future but simply recounting the past. Of course very few of us would remember these events as most of us were not born then. And if you aren't convinced then consider how long humans have had to learn about viruses and consider how many pandemics have already happened in the last century, from ebola to swine flu to the Spanish influenza. These are likely all the results of experiments, which in fact went completely according to plan, its simply they are testing the effects of genetic manipulation and how it translates to viral effects. I believe coronavirus has almost perfected what they are looking for. Something which doesn't kill too much but spreads immensely. Because the goal isn't death but fear.
@Hikki NEETU covid exists, there's no debate about that. You clearly disagree with being given advice on how best to not spread it to people who are more likely to die due to it. I can watch this movie plenty of times (which I have) and see more of a relation to current global politics than believing in any covid conspiracy.
"Remember Remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot" That's tomorrow!
This movie was posted many years ago..this is 2023 I'm posting this in now and this movie is more reality than fiction now. Shame we didn't see the warning in it then.
I watched this movie again last night for the first time in a while cuz it seemed fitting considering what's been going on both recently and over the last 4 years. "Artists use lies to tell the truth"
The most powerful movie *_ever_* made, by far. Every time I get pissed at the world's largest crime syndicate (the US legal system), which is nearly every day, I think of scenes from this movie and live vicariously through them. Very Best Regards, Tom Scott Author ● Speaker ● World's Leading Expert on the Corrupt U.S. Legal System _Our American Injustice System_ _Stack the Legal Odds in Your Favor_
John Hurt going from playing Winston in 1984, to playing The Chancellor in V For Vendetta is just supreme poetry.
I wonder if the irony of it amused him. If it were me, *I* certainly would be. 😂
It shows the man's range. He was one of my favorite actors.
Like Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained and Inglorious Basterds
He came full circle. Beautiful work.
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain
I always love that they used Rookwood for the name of this informant. Ambrose Rookwood was one of the original Gunpowder Plot planners in 1605. Nice touch.
Even more obscure, V quotes Macbeth, and in Act 3, Scene 2 Macbeth calls for night to come to hide his impending murder of Banquo. Macbeth observes that night is falling by pointing out that "the crow makes wing to the rooky wood." The alter ego, Rookwood, meets with the men who work in daylight to bring to light dark deeds, and he promises to soon help them, which lulls them into complacency. However night will soon fall, and when it does, V's truest self will deal much death. As Macbeth says in that same scene:
"Good things of day begin to droop and drowse;
Whiles night’s black agents to their preys do rouse."
also the hair style and beard is very similar to the paintings of Guy Fawkes
You mean the Jesuit plot to blow up the Protestant parliament?
@@Khryptic It's actually supposed to look like Alan Moore himself.
Wish they would of mentioned Sir Robert Catesby he was the real hero of the plot.
"Fueled by the media" is an often overlooked quote.
V for Vendetta was so ahead of its time!
It’s rare to see a movie with such an amazing plot and paced so well throughout the entire movie.
Should we talk about this more?
The irony is the guy who wrote the book hated the movie
@@thewingedhussar4188 it’s Alan Moore, honestly there’s no film that could be done about one of his pieces that he could like, the closest was To the Man has everything episode off LJU
It was the end of an era.
In so far as "ahead of it's time" perhaps, but nothing like it came when we needed it most.
I remember seeing it in theaters. Main stream media did not market this movie at all. Went on opening weekend and there was maybe 10 people
Can we all take a moment and appreciate the acting of Hugo Weaving in this movie? His face was never revealed yet he has impacted this movie and this character with the pure power of his lines! Amazing!
I think he was gay and black but dont remember hes old life.
LinkSoul2 yes. Great actor.
+Leticia Jaure
He may have been gay in his past life for all we know but he clearly wasn't black.
His burned hand was clearly a white hand, just burned. And the "soldier" that captured Evey had that same look.
Not to mention in the last of Evey's days of interrogation, the silhouette of the guard at the door looked like Hugo Weaving.
And lastly, we do sometimes see the underside of Hugo's chin in some scenes.
So the character was probably white, if only because the actor was and you happen to sometimes catch a glimpse of it.
Now I wouldn't put it past V to constantly wear tons of make-up... but it feels like that may be a bit inconvenient.
Some characters don't need a 'face' to be interesting characters. You find it more in horror movies like Jason and Michael Myers in Friday the 13th and Halloween respectively. Those characters are, themselves, more so ideas than people, as it were. Hugo Weaving didn't need to show his face because he is a great enough actor to convey the idea through body language and action. He could've been silent through the film and it still would've worked imo.
And I oop- 😶
Never thought this film could be so close to our reality til now.
@Vault Door LOL no, the totalitarian is basically trump. Moron. And you do realize that this movie is about blowing up buildings, very similar to our timeline, right?
@@linusmlgtips2123 I'm pretty sure he knows that either that or he's just a dumbass
@@linusmlgtips2123 How is Trump an Authoritarian ? There are 3 key tabs to align before Trump can do anything. The left are the ones pressing and wanting to press more and more brainwashed ideologues and rules and restrictions on people. I'm a centrist because I there are bits and bobs from both sides I like, but its the left and lefty media that have completely lost their mind and swung 200 degrees left.
@@realMaverickBuckley 😂😂😂 you're kidding me right?
LinusMLGTips it’s the blm and antifa you got to worry about friend. Not Trump. They’re the ones burning it down.
"For you, inspector. I needed you."
I feel like this is one of the most important lines in the movie. Anyone, even with a meagre amount of power, can be a changes the course of 1000's of people's lives.
The inspector doesn't have a "meagre amount of power" he's literally the head of the entire police force. Your point is still valid, just not in this context.
At the same time it was also people like him who caused this issue. People merely voting for an authoritarian politican is only the first step. Having organisations that follow the command of the politicans is the second step (in opposition to having not political but societal forces that provide tools to tackle such issues).
He needed someone with a spine to stand up to the fascists.
@@chrismath149People that follow the rules can unfortunately blindly 'follow the rules' thoughtlessly.
"I needed you inspector" I feel like that was an honest answer. He wanted someone who "V" felt would be impartial and follow the bread crumbs if they were laid out. Even though v had years of work to clear the tracks, accumulate the materials for the train bomb and train himself (let alone put his "shadow gallery" together) he needed a head inspector who if the facts were presented he'd follow to the logical conclusion..... Which, well v was right. He put it all together and let happen, what needed to happen
There's a bit more to it than leading someone by the nose so they'd connect the dots left for them, his role was to be a curator for the information until such time it was safe to reveal to the world, so that ppl would know why their friends and family died, disappeared, lived in constant fear and oppression. It's a bit like how someone would imagine if the Nazis were overthrown from within by the ppl they oppressed.
In the book he goes to the abandoned prison camp, takes LSD and visualises everything that happened.
Finch just oozes integrity. Sure he's a party member but ultimately a man who wants to do the right thing regardless of what it means for him or his party. And V basically tells him as much - for you inspector, i needed you. Great scene.
From the beginning you can see Finch have doubts in the inner party members meetings.
@@kazuhachi952 You can tell by the way he slumps in his chair and mutters "prevail" in the end.
It also exposes his single-mindedness. He thinks morally, so he thinks everyone else does. Most of what he was told he could have discovered on his own.
y'all have never read the source material. finch has to take acid just to understand what V is talking about
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Even in this disguise, V looks like the real Guy Fawkes
Yup.
That was V.
Or Alan Moore.
I think they intended to resemble Alan Moore, more like a compliment his visualisation of his extended ideas (the film).
So this old guy is v ?
"The people should not be afraid of its government, but the government should be afraid of its people."
No matter how many times i watch this movie it still gives me chills. The cruelty, the tortures, the larkhill footage, the secret behing v and his idenity, the script, the lines, the acting, the dark side of politics everything is truly impeccable about the film
The whole darkness and violence and how its shot is one outstanding thing about this movie.
The shot where V is standing in the fire right after the larkhill explosion on 5th of july with the doctor's narrative on backround saying ,,and he looked at me but not with his eyes, there were no eyes'' as V was standing in fire and screaming. That shot has to be one of the most frightening, hauting, chilling and well-made shots in the film industry.
Either way the whole V character was incredibly well-portrayed and well-played. Hugo Weaving gave an oustanding performance. The character was so iconic...the mask, the intelligence, the vengence, the vocabulary even.
What a masterpiece of a movie.
5th of November
The only side of politics
I once analyzed basically every scene in the original graphic novel and I can confidently say that the movie is way better at storytelling. My only qualm with it is that the Truther narrative it taps into was grossly irresponsible, even though it made for a great twist.
@@friskjidjidoglu7415 the comic was far more black and white it was a diatribe
3:02 _"But the end result, the true genius of the plan was the FEAR. Fear became the ultimate tool of this government"_
Sounds like a real-life government I know.
+Catzilla Many real-life government today or in the past... Sadly.
What was the point of this scene?
+Stephen Byrne The point of this scene is to show how easily entire populations can be manipulated by a small number of people. Villains don't always twirl their mustaches or operate out of volcano island lairs. Fear is a great way for a small number of people to motivate a large number of people to act against their own best interests. We can look back through history at things like the Nazis or Pol Pot and say, "nobody would be stupid enough to fall for THAT again" but the depressing fact is that you can easily convince people to give up their freedoms and their rights for the illusion of safety. It continues to happen today.
+Catzilla you are so right. just look at any cult or extremist group to see how right.
+Catzilla you are so right. just look at any cult or extremist group to see how right.
On an artistic note: I think Hugo Weaving has one of the most incredible voices and line readings ever. The man could read a phone book and I'd be fascinated.
On a political note: I wish I could find the idea that a government would do that to its citizenry to be too far fetched....but history proves otherwise. Including our history.
Today in "comments that aged well."
@@disgustingweeabootrash1542 The implication being?
Try me. I'm in a foul mood and need a stooge to tapdance around to lift my spirits.
@@JackSilver1410 It was a joke about the lockdowns. Chill out man.
@@disgustingweeabootrash1542 More than a joke, my friend. You were right on the money.
Welcome to 2023, where viruses are manufactured and fear is widespread
This was the film that cemented for me that Hugo Weaving is an incredibly talented actor. His performance in this scene is perfect.
I loved the inspector as a character. Actually does his job, has a good moral compass and was the only one to see the actual attack on parliament coming, only to be ignored by men too arrogant to believe him. Very strong scene where he predicts the course of events that led to the shooting of the masked girl all the way up to complete uprising.
You better start believing in authoritarian dystopian stories, you’re in one.
its happening faster and faster now
It is here.
We need a V
Why? Tell me exactly why I’m in a totalitarian society despite the fact that millions of people can have this opinion.
@@robertbektas1810 the best way to control the masses is to give them the illusion that they have a say in what happens. That’s why we dropped names such as fascism and nazism and replaced them with democracy, to give people the illusion of choice and power when in fact they’re all sheep being pushed around.
Oh how well this has aged...
aged like fine wine id say
It just keeps getting better
@mufodao stfu. a year until we lose all freedoms? smh
@mufodao 2020 actually
@mufodao 2020 is when V for Vendetta takes place
Hugo Weaving really brings out both Elrond's eloquence and Smith's cold delivery in this scene.
Hugo is one of my favorite actors!
thats john hurt
understand that Hugo Weaving's voice carries this entire film
This scene hit differently in these difficult times.
Moral of the story: politics is deadly enough, mix it with extremist or fanatics and you'll see dozens of bodies piled up into a hill.
And what about all the suffering caused by capitalist centrist politics?
Bob Lemmin so more extremism?
Dan Pro We need guidance if it means extremist action then so be it for the preservation of Britain
Curiously, this is the same motive the dictators in V for Vendetta have. What does that tell you about your beliefs?
@@thegreatkingofevilganondor1500 remember the dictators are completely fictional and actions are fabricated don't use fiction to argue as evidence for real life
(Not taking his side I just think the assertion is silly)
Just here to say, I recall watching this film in theaters as a lad and it still grips me. For all the spectacle and effects and budgets Marvel and DC are throwing on screen these days, there's something about these pre-MCU comic book films (Blade, The X-Men, V for Vendetta, 300, etc) that just feels so much more authentic to their roots. Everything is so formulated and sanitized now, they're soulless.
Because the MCU learned all the wrong lessons from these movies.
Take this movie, for example. What did we learn from it?
That you don't need a face to have a good character; that verbiage most verbose can make some damn compelling lines; that a sacrifice to eliminate the threat is compelling.
What did Marvel learn from it?
That masked characters are cool; that quippy one-liners are cool; that a sacrifice to eliminate the threat earns you redemption for your sins.
I'll draw the parallel between V and Iron Man, as its the easiest. V and Iron Man are both masked badasses with great lines. The difference is this: V is consistently a well-intentioned extremist that you can't help but root for even as he commits massive acts of terrorism. He never is redeemed for the terrorism he commits, though; in fact, it ultimately winds up killing him. It's a noble sacrifice to kill a fascist pig, sure, but ultimately it's something he was going to do no matter who Creedy was personally, be he a snake or an angel.
Iron Man started as a businessman selling weapons. This fucked him over and you only root for Iron Man because now he's working for the Good Guys against the Bad Guys. He's a lovable character, sure, with nice quips and whatnot, but instead of staying true to what superheroes actually are--instead of being the Ultimate Firefighter--Iron Man becomes the ultimate cop, and his redemption is to save half the world by sacrificing himself as atonement for his past sins that he's already been redeemed for a thousand times over, but Marvel can only redeem someone in death for some fucking reason.
Because Marvel IS from Disney and they want they POLITICS
And they copy 1 thing from the comic ignoring the rest pick any example like Gorr the Butcher
Blade Xmen Avengers EMH Spectacular Spiderman and Spiderman 80 all products of Stan Lee WRITING not some IA or mental insane writer from Disney Who hates all
THIS HITS HARD AF IN 2023....
HOLY SHIT MAN
its so sad how well this movie aged for hte uk
like dayum... no wonder they had to leave the eu when they plaster "dont dissent the state" on their fucking busses
As a Russian, it also hits me hard because it's about 1999 apartment bombings
This is such an underrated movie. This is more than just a film, it's an idea.
Ideas are the means to meaning, and for those voracious enough, enunciation of truth.
And Ideas are bulletproof
Not underrated anymore. It’s getting it’s notoriety now.
You're right, it's an idea, but incredibly naive simplistic idea of good vs evil, freedom vs tyranny... and how it all could be cancelled if only people rose up. Just a friendly reminder, real word doesn't work like that. In that sense it's no better than ideocracy or Harry Potter.
@@somedud1140It's not good VS. evil, at least not in the movie. V himself fully admits that he is a monster, a phantom who lives for vengeance, it's just that the best way to take vengeance against a goverment is to instigate a revolution. Hell, he indirectly led for that girl with the glasses to her death, and if he didn't take care of Creedy at the right time, the soldiers would've massacred the masked crowd (probably), and let's not forget he tortured Evey. The movie never framed what V did as purely good, but rather a necessary evil the people needed to create something better, hence when he accomplished his goal he dies, the last evil of the regime dead. Could go on for longer, but I think I made my point
@@joshuaesposito5409 crazy inflation rates with the excuse of whatever virus is happening,
they want us all bankrupt where our only option is to bow down to the government...
Alan Moore, the guy who created the story, once said in an interview that whenever someone tells a story about a dystopian future, it's not about the future but rather than you're talking about the present.
This is why you could feel this movie feels close to the real world of 2020
It was real long before 2005.
@@vivianraw I've been alive for 37 years and never noticed it was as terrible as it has been the last 2 years
@@lazgmr4746 It has literally never been a better time to be alive boomer. You just started reading the news that profit from putting the fear into you.
1984 wasn't about a future. He had to hide what he seen
@@lazgmr4746 Unpleasantness creates distortions in the mind. It was exactly this bad when we were sending people to overthrow the government of Iraq. It was even the same people supporting the government's decision to do so that are now threatening civil war again. Americans haven't changed, only our awareness of the conflicts between them.
I'm convinced that some movies were just teaser trailers for the future
It's called predictive program, take any show from 60s-90s you'll see some connections including from books, music, and games.
@@tairabanzu your probably right
Something that I don't think is mentioned enough about this scene is the score. The almost understated melody, the tension, the vague accompanying noise to the terror which may or may not be true.
To put it into musical terms, the 'resolutions' of the harmony are fairly obvious given some thought.
And to me, that intentionally matches the scene. "Give this some thought"
God I love this film
This movie is pure genius. Gave me chill on my spine for being so accurate after all these years.
Ages better and better every Nov 5th I watch it
The only they got wrong was which party would be behind the bio-weapon attack and the agenda behind it. They always accuse you of what they themselves are doing.
It's scary that Britain is actually going this way with how many crackpot politicians there are in downing street these days
Anyone else watching this in 2020 looking at the coronavirus outbreak?
Exactly
I Shared this to my facebook mentioning that this sounds awfully familiar with what's going around the world with the coronavirus
Lol been sharing it also
If you think of this is deja vu look up Natalie Portman between two ferns lmao
Yep
At this point this is just prophetic for modern day.
The one thing we didn't predict was that it would be the "Liberal" parties doing this and the "conservatives" fighting it. Definitely not Orwell himself, who was a strong believer in socialism. Of course, that was back before socialism had even been tried. Now we know it doesn't work the way intended but in fact works to make the future he predicted in 1984 a reality 😔
1984 wasn't about the democratic party, it was about a party that had the exact same ideals.
The reality of this scene during covid 19 scared me to death
really pissed me off
well the top companies have amassed their wealth during the pandemic
Yes, but where it stops, in the movie, disease was used to promote a party by using fear, where in real life, governments are shaken, fragilised by the virus.
@@anatoleleconte723 Yes.. to make way for one global government..
@@tonilavey1128 one global government? While our borders are strengthen and the benefits of globalization doubted ?
Well played...
Dam... You know...... After everything that has happened in the last 13 years. I watch this scene and sit dumbfounded. Think about it. Look back until now and ask yourself how the fuck we came to this point in time. It's surreal.
Seems like we are living it out, all of us on earth. Only thing we need is a man like V. We got everything else.
The power of the media, when used against people, it's a vicious, violent destructive force, for people's intellect. Im from Denmark and here the media name it's content ( in Danish Underholdning ) if translated purely into english, it translate into "Under Opinion" it's just whos Opinion we are Under :P
Agreed.
Allegory for 9 11.
"he was all of us"
***** The problem in the movie is that represent V as the man tha frees everyone. However the comic book in the end leave the choice of freedom to the people! In the comic book V was an anarchist and tried to give people an opportunity to change the world by providing the truth and destroy the old system.
You have to understand that if people dont move noone will ever save humanity. People need to beleive in their own power and take control of their lives. They have to offer in the society and give time to the commons. We do not trully need a V or a superman or some magic. We need to be fully responsible for our own lives and change it!
'Can you prove any of this?'
'Why do you think I'm still alive'
God, this movie has a banger of a script.
One of the best movies I've ever seen.
@@catey62 15 year later we nearly done exactly what this movies is all about .
That's the wachowskis for ya.
@@LeVieuxFini nearly? If things are happening like in this movie, most of us wouldnt even realise it until Creed comes to our house.
@@kessakuinoue8488 what do you think was happening in China?
they knew about the virus,they broke every human right Posible in their already failed attempt to hide the virus
people got disappeared and "found dead"
if it wasn't because America was already cracking down on their plans,they would've had way more power and the lock down would've cemented our fates
Klaus Schwab *taking notes*
Ja, this is a good plan!
Something I noticed about the memorial statue... It's the classic kid's game of Ring Around the Rosie, wherein the last line is 'Ashes, ashes, all fall down.' Appropriate that a rhyme originating in the Black Death should be applied to the St. Mary's Virus incident of this story.
i think it's a reminder of "Barmaley Fountain" ..
They used the black death on Europe and America ( Native ) population. The Vatican , should review those aswell under a new light
"The end result, the true genius of the plan, was the FEAR."
Indeed, how true it has been in real life...
(He kind of hit the nail on the head with that assessment, if you ask me...)
A report by The Rebecca Project for Human Rights states that Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Pfizer, Planned Parenthood, USAID and the UN contributed to a 4 billion contraceptive campaign using the vaccine Depo-Provera (DMPA).
The Guttmacher Institute states that a 2yr study of over 5,000 woman receiving injections at Planned Parenthood of Rocky Mountains reported “of the initial 5,178 women who received an initial injection, only 57% returned for a second administration. Another third dropped out after the 2nd shot. Reasons for not returning? “Difficultly tolerating side effects”. FDA labelling and/or reported in studies:
“Loss of bone mineral density, may lose significant bone density”
“Cardiovascular events - syncope, tachycardia, thrombophlebitis, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolus - which can lead to cardiac arrest and stroke. Do not re administer if sudden, partial or complete loss of vision”
Breast and cervical cancer - Hormone sensitive breast cancers occur twice as often in woman under 35 who have used DMPA in the previous four years.
Ectopic pregnancy - increased risk of life threatening ectopic pregnancy.
The Gates Foundation have given millions to PATH, who conducted large scale clinical trials in Africa and South Asia. According to Vera Sharav who is part of Alliance for Research Protection, in 2010 PATH administered the HPV vaccine was given to 23,000 girls between 10-14yrs old to guard against cervical cancers as part of a “demonstrational study”.
7 adolescent tribal girls died after receiving the vaccine. 1,200 girls experienced extreme side effects of developed auto-immense disorders, according to Indian Physicians who state no follow up examinations or medical care were offered to the victims.
Further investigations revealed persuasive violations of ethical norms: vulnerable village girls were virtually press-ganged into the trials, their parents bullied into signing consent forms they couldn’t read by PATH representatives, who made false claims about safety and efficacy of the drugs. Many signatures were formed.
An Indian Parliamentary Committee determined the Gates-funded vaccine campaign was in fact a large scale clinical trial conducted on behalf of the pharmaceutical firms and disguised as an “observational study” in order to outflank statutory requirements. The committee found that PATH had “violated all les and regulations laid down for trials by the government in a clear-cut violation of human rights and a case of child abuse”.
www.newdemocracyworld.org/culture/gates.html
m.economictimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/controversial-vaccine-studies-why-is-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-under-fire-from-critics-in-india/articleshow/41280050.cms
@@searchterminatorseed2301 depo ruined my ex wife
At least you're not afraid to tell us the whole truth and nothing but the truth
@@coolrank12 so help us god
so true. the more fearful, the easier ppl are to manipulate
1984 and V for Vendetta were both warnings............
That really does sound like Hugo Weaving cosplaying as Alan Moore...
Love this scene. Just wish it were recorded with a higher volume
You do have volume controls on your device I take it?
i do and a new pc. Sounds pretty darn good actually. LOL..
I mean the real scene is kinda low since they are talking quitely
@@bilal0072003 my phone is doing better than you then, lol.
They tried to warn us
1984 + V + What just happened = One hell of a coincidence
The only difference is the one is far-left totalitarian while the other one is Far-Right
and now you all see it with your own eyes .
" No such thing as coincidences,only the illusion of coincidences"...V
it's crazy how much closer we are to this fictional reality here in 2022, when the movie came out in 2005
No we're not you fucking muppet. Literally the best time to be alive, just stop being an internet rat that's stuck on a diet of shit infested fear.
It's a story always relevant in times of fear we give up our freedom
every scene is my favorite scene. the most powerful movie ever produced. so many meanings on so many levels.
Amen. I hope people wake up soon.
@@LoveisaLie3494 lol
@@adamquirke6024 Yes. Hilarious.
@@LoveisaLie3494 yeah wasn't meant that way bud but whatever makes you happy
@@adamquirke6024 Have a great day.
"Before the crisis, no one would have predicted the results of the election that year. No one. Then not long after the election lo and behold, a miracle."
Kinda like some retarded potato that got 81 million votes.
Everyday this film gets closer to reality
2020 Election year...Corona virus...ALL OUT FEAR....Government Control...This scene is almost fitting for what's going on in the USA.
Time to buy ammo
The difference is it’s not the Conservative party. Democrats want govt to control everything.
It's almost fitting to Pretty much the whole world
@@christiankarlkarganilla2763 You beat me to it. I was going to say much the same;
Fear being used to attain Complete control.
New World Order / One World Government (totalitarian dictatorship) is on its way!
Paul Edmonds bullshit, I livr in Germany and we have the Situtaion contained and are already planning to remove emergency restrictions lol
A movie from 2006 based on a book from 1989 somehow predicted 2020.
I honestly believe we are simply living through a rerun of previous events. It is said that life repeats itself and I do believe this has been done before. V for vendetta is not predicting the future but simply recounting the past. Of course very few of us would remember these events as most of us were not born then. And if you aren't convinced then consider how long humans have had to learn about viruses and consider how many pandemics have already happened in the last century, from ebola to swine flu to the Spanish influenza. These are likely all the results of experiments, which in fact went completely according to plan, its simply they are testing the effects of genetic manipulation and how it translates to viral effects. I believe coronavirus has almost perfected what they are looking for. Something which doesn't kill too much but spreads immensely. Because the goal isn't death but fear.
@@PaulGoux read the Bible my friend. God prophesied all of these things, Jesus is coming back.
@@chrismarple Yes but no
*2005
@@goob1136 hey goober.. its in THE GOOD BOOK.. the Bible.. a 2000 year old book.. the guy just told you, and most christians will tell you the same.. do you think they make this up?..
Its in the damn book.. maybe you should take a look.
Good thing that this is only a work of fiction. 🗿
*twitch…
Scarily spot on given the last couple of years….and the ones to come….🤔
So guys we meet here again? This movie never gets old and I watch it every November 5th
All that was said IS actually happening.
Another case of predictive programming thrown in our faces with zero fear of any consequences.
This is why this film is a documentary.
This is why old people collect aged wine. Just keep's getting better and more relevant as time continues on.
Watching this in January 21. Jesus Christ.
This is starting to look familiar in 2021.
Starting?............. it's already happening
It's familiar to Russia in 1999 - 2000: Buynaksk, Guryanova Street and Kashirskoe Highway in Moscow and Volgodonsk
What a performance by Hugo
This aged well
The scary part is this movie took place in 2020....
This has always been my favorite movie.. Now I realize why.
One of my most favourite films
Wow.
Im writing this 12/18/2020
Life imitating art doesnt even begin to cover it. Chilling.
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🥀
Only chilling if you don’t believe predictive programming
SET IN 2020 omg
The sheer genius of this moment cannot ever be overstated.
"The true genius of the plan was fear."
I love that he looks kind of like Alan Moore. The man that wrote V for Vendetta.
In 2021 this scene really hurts.
I must watch this movie again. 👍
A great movie which foretold the future.
This was a masterful scene, excellently acted by Hugo Weaving.
It’s like Alan Moore was able to see what was going to come in the future
More like he was able to see what has happened in the past, and knows that humanity frequently repeats it's sordid history.
Of course he does. He's an anarchist. Nobody understands authoritarianism more than people who despise it with every inch of their body.
It's always been like this like it is now, two years after your comment. There always is someone tightening the screws and looking for to profit from it. World is always led by bunch of assholes, which we are supposed to look up to. There always is something after us and they always come out with an aid or cure or stupid catch phrase. There always is some sort of reason to monitor us closer and eventually situations like in V will become neolithic memory due to society being run by an mechanism, actual autonomous algorithm.
Back in 1980s when Moore authored the comic, cold war was on and started to get new directions from technology based surveillance. AIDS came out from nowehere and started to spread horror. Nothing seems to have changed and things are like they were before that too.
The only thing changing is the way how people react to the current status quo, which is exactly what Moore made V to try to do.
The scariest phrase on earth "the end justifies the means"
There are no coincidences...
If you don't see the Parallel to todays global climate in this clip , V himself would consider you a Party member
This is an accurate depiction of the reality we're living in.
No it's not.
@@adamquirke6024 Because you're just too dumb to see it.
@@adamquirke6024 If they could convince you that dystopia only exists on TV, history books and novels- then they can easily impose one onto you in plain sight, and you even won't realize it.
@@jmwoods190 no they won’t. Because they do it in fictional books doesn’t mean it must be in reality
@@adamquirke6024yeah it’s real except it’s controlled by corporations, Wall Street, big pharma, military industrial complex and their mouthpieces (all politicians) - they give the illusion of choice but there really isn’t any. It’s total corporate hegemony and if Raytheon, Pfizer, etc want you gone they’ll do it.
Deadly thanks. I great way to reflect on these past couple years
Watched the movie twice, but the second time it wasn’t happening on a screen but outside the window…
Nice touch with his name. Ambrose Rookwood was one of the conspirators in the original 1605 Gunpowder plot and was executed accordingly after the plot was uncovered.
'Oh, I'm sure you would'. My favourite line of the entire film
This is a little too close to home at the moment
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this is home
How do you feel now after "15 days to slow the spread".
I honestly believe we are simply living through a rerun of previous events. It is said that life repeats itself and I do believe this has been done before. V for vendetta is not predicting the future but simply recounting the past. Of course very few of us would remember these events as most of us were not born then. And if you aren't convinced then consider how long humans have had to learn about viruses and consider how many pandemics have already happened in the last century, from ebola to swine flu to the Spanish influenza. These are likely all the results of experiments, which in fact went completely according to plan, its simply they are testing the effects of genetic manipulation and how it translates to viral effects. I believe coronavirus has almost perfected what they are looking for. Something which doesn't kill too much but spreads immensely. Because the goal isn't death but fear.
Home was in Russia in 1999 - 2000
turns out it doesn't matter what party or ideology you have, unaccounted power corrupts the highest no matter what
Its scary how accurate this story is to today...
@hikkineetu9730 Even despite the overwhelming evidence showing Covid exists - grow a brain ffs.
@Hikki NEETU covid exists, there's no debate about that. You clearly disagree with being given advice on how best to not spread it to people who are more likely to die due to it. I can watch this movie plenty of times (which I have) and see more of a relation to current global politics than believing in any covid conspiracy.
It's politically relevant
@Hikki NEETU That's what I thought
I don't know why, but I really like the way he says "Oh, I'm sure you would"
You were not the only one.
need to watch this again
I adore this film the more I see it.
This continues to age well considering current events.
Corona virus brought me here.
Watch it in its entirety , if you haven't.
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Croklcus City Hall and stories about Ryazan sugar brought me here as a Russian
"Remember Remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot"
That's tomorrow!
This movie was posted many years ago..this is 2023 I'm posting this in now and this movie is more reality than fiction now. Shame we didn't see the warning in it then.
I watched this movie again last night for the first time in a while cuz it seemed fitting considering what's been going on both recently and over the last 4 years. "Artists use lies to tell the truth"
2:43 we are currently here.
So many perfectly executed long montages in this movie
It's a little scary That so many of the broad strokes of this scene match up with our Current events.
The most powerful movie *_ever_* made, by far. Every time I get pissed at the world's largest crime syndicate (the US legal system), which is nearly every day, I think of scenes from this movie and live vicariously through them.
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God I love this movie. Top 5 all time for me.
The fact that this movie was set in 2020 of all years😱