Omegavegeta wrote:
I'll agrea that it wasn't conveyed as well as it could've been, but there were hints of it.
They never showed the audiance of "the voice", but the frequent cheers you heard were evidence of support of the governments views/policies, even if it was propaganda.
There was a lot of apathy. Reason being? Most of the dissenters were "black bagged". It wasn't shown onscreen, but there was alsomention of "record arrests" and such, with "the ears" listening in on just about everyone anyway.
Think about the first scene with Evy. She was apologetic that she was caught out after curfew. She didn't think it unreasonable at all that "the fingers" would detain her
for breaking curfew. Their society had accepted the way things were, even if they didn't like it, until V made his little TV appearance.
I just reread your first post, and I think that maybe I fell into this crowd:
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The people I were with didn't get the referances to "the fingers", which means the tools of this totalitarian government (which in the novel are eyes, voice, ears, fingers etc.) weren't properly fleshed out. I got it, but if you hadn't read it, you may not have.
I definitely didn't pick up on those, so maybe that's why I didn't get the real feel of the ever-present totalitarian rule.
Sir Exodus wrote:
I think Moe said it best when he said that he "veggies out" for movies. You maybe right on your point, Eske, but you have to ask the really good question...
"Who cares?"
It's just a movie. Movies tend to have little "mistakes" here and there...why be so nit picky? Just sit down and enjoy the movie. It's not a documentary (unless otherwise specified), so don't analyze it so deeply.
I suppose I'm just used to the idea that every complete discussion on media should touch on both pros and cons, no matter the ratio. I'll consent that paying a little too much lip service to minor faults could potentially damage the movie experience. That part probably only bothered me because I've seen it done better in similar movies (See "Equilibrium" the
greatest movie ever).
Also, I think that because of the political commentary in the movie, the way that the government was illustrated was pretty important. But its also true that yes, it wasn't exactly a documentary, either.
Err...I lost my train of thought. Anyway, point conceded.
P.S: Man, I AM a buzz-kill!