V for Vendetta: The Movie and the Book

Millions of people flock to the movie theater year after year on a quest to be entertained. Even a mediocre movie has the ability to take the audience to another place, escaping the realities of their own life, even if for just a few short hours. Some movies are simply pure entertainment. And then, there are those movies that provoke conversation long after the film has been viewed. Despite the popularity of the recent films The Hunger Games and Divergence, the dystopian theme in film is not a new one. The Matrix shows a society where humans exist without any freedom. The film, not only entertaining but thought provoking as well, paints a world with two different dimensions, a world very much like today’s when the film is closely examined. The Matrix questions the benefit of technology and influence over society.

In the film V for Vendetta, the director, James McTeigue uses symbolism, costume and dialogue to emphasise the idea of everybody having a right to individuality, and the right - and duty – to resist forced conformism.

The film 'V for Vendetta' directed by James McTeigue addresses the idea of governmental authority and control in our society. One key scene where this is portrayed is in the opening, where Evey goes out to visit Gordon Deitrich after curfew. The futuristic landscape of a totalitarian England is displayed here, where the oppressive party in power have created a culture of fear to ensure the conformity of the citizens. However, in contrast, the final scene of the film where a crowd converges to watch Parliament blow up, illustrates a further idea. That when united, it is the people who have the power to change their society, through rebellion and political uprising.

In the movie V for Vendetta, the Social Commentary covers real world problems and totalitarianism. The whole movie was totalitarianism versus anarchism. It wasn’t V’s vision for total anarchy, but a government that didn’t restrict people’s basic rights and freedoms. In the movie, the political party that is in charge is called the Norsefire, which is a totalitarian party with totalitarian views. V represented the rebellion and anarchy within the movie while the government was totalitarian, and led in strict leadership. In the movie they also show xenophobia, which is the fear towards foreigners. Anti-immigration and deportation in the movie can be argued back and forth like how it is in the real world. There’s religious intolerance within the

In V for Vendetta, there are many political views involved throughout this film. In the beginning you will notice that the British government has rule over the people. Many would say totalitarianism as you can observe that the people have a curfew set by the government. Next you see that one of the main characters, Evey, is stopped by “fingerman” who are a secret police force. Then Evey is rescued by V, who later takes her to see a an event of “music” what is later seen as the explosion of the “Old Bailey” done by V. The Old Bailey is a courthouse where major cases and jurisdiction took place. In the next scene, V is seen taking over the Jordan Tower, where the btn news are shown, to get his point across to the people that the country should

In V for Vendetta, Alan Moore and David Lloyd are depicting a dystopian political universe, with the help of a comic book theme to portray this super-hero-like adventure. Like most comic book stories, we have a villain and a hero. The villain is portrayed to be the British government, which we can determine from quotes such as “The only freedom left to my people is the freedom to starve. The freedom to die, the freedom to live in a world of chaos” (38). From this being said, one could deter that the setting of British society is not ideal at the moment.

The film V for Vendetta takes place in an alternate-present world, where a totalitarian, over-controlling government rules over Britain, where their influence of power is prevalent throughout the course of the film. The story mainly focuses on the actions of the vigilante known as "V", a mysterious self-described anarchist. The world in which V and the film portrays, is one that carries many similarities to our present day world, in an exaggerated sense. The British government in the film, rules with an iron fist and very little leniency, the media constantly clogs the airwaves with propaganda, policemen enforce laws with unprovoked violence and no check to their power, allowing them to do as they please without any retribution. V's ultimate

To continue, V for Vendetta was Allan Moore 's response to what he witnessed as a corrupt government under the rein of the late Margaret Thatcher. V for Vendetta is a graphic novel that demonstrates what would happen if humans fully committed themselves to the social contract, the law of nature, as illustrated by Thomas Hobbes. V for Vendetta is set in a

Science fiction is concerned with the exploration of new worlds. It’s weird and wonderful subject matter is fundamentally an examination of humanity and its concerns (Lavender 2011, 7; Jameson 2005, 13). When we apply cultural, political, and economic lenses to science fiction (Jameson; Lavender; Žižek 2008; Dick and Sutin 1995), allegories of humanities deepest concerns are revealed to be at the heart of science fiction. These aspects of science fiction make it an ideal platform to pose the question: Can humanity reach a utopia when it is constrained by its past ideologies?

In the film “V for Vendetta” directed by James McTeigue it is evident that “People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.” This is seen through several characters in the film. In the first place, the government is made up of people, most of them elected by the citizens of the country. As an illustration, midway through V for Vendetta, the character V surmises that Sutler’s career began as “a deeply religious man and a member of the conservative party. He’s completely single-minded and has no regard for political process. The more power he obtains the more obvious his zealotry, and the more aggressive his supporters become.” This shows as the number of his supporter increased and became more aggressive,

The film I focused on for this essay, V for Vendetta, was filmed and produced in 2006 by Warner Brothers.

For the Final Project this project will be focus on the movie The Magnificent Seven. This movie is a compelling movie that show a group of bound hunters caring more about the job more than the money. Some of the characters in the movie went through internet conflict that led them to change throughout the movie. In Magnificent Seven we can see many example of binary opposition and position throughout the plot of the movie. The villain Bogue want to seize control of the town of Rose Creek to dig for gold in the mines. Emma Cullen and some of the townsfolks turn to bound hunters to protect them from the tyranny of Bugue and his gang. The movie director of Magnificent Seven use political agendas in the plot and through the characters because he wants to reveal how the indulgence of money can cause people to be corrupt and to others people money can be less important than life. By trying to reveal this truth the director used the Marxist Literary Theory and the Postcolonial Theory to hope change society outlook on money.

In stating this, V was greatly influenced by Guy Fawkes, but he was not just doing it for rebellion. V’s past had a great deal to do with why he tries to overthrow the Norsefire, but he is also motivated by the people, in whom he believed he would help them take the country into their own hands and rise up against their own government. We see this as the people proceed towards the parliament building in Guy Fawkes masks, completely ignoring the army standing in their way, and watch the celebration of the parliament building being destroyed. This scene demonstrates the influence that V makes, somewhat separating himself from Guy Fawkes. Guy Fawkes never attains the collective support from the people, but V successfully turns the people against their government, helping them realize that the only way to stop the chaos is by doing something about it; in this case, rising up against their own government.

V for Vendetta, is a warning against the complacency and gullibility of the general populace with respect to their governments, and more specifically, those who would seek to control those governments. It is important to realize that the control of a government cannot be wrested from the hand of the people without the compliance of the people. And that it is of the utmost importance to be discerning about what information sources once chooses to believe, as information can very easily be manipulated. Historically, people have been able to wrest back control of their governments, but in this age of information and technology, of computer assisted combat and constant

V for Vendetta is a movie that immediately grasps the viewers attention. It has a tendency to seem twisted and dark. However, after examining the film more closely the themes began to emerge and started to make sense. V for Vendetta seems to align with Plato’s ideals making V’s actions seems less terroristic and begin to shape up to be that of a vigilante.