Whether or not the Wachowski Brothers 'succeeded' with their latest movie, "V", is not on issue. It nevertheless deserves a cursory analysis; a half-hearted attempt at film production deserves only a half-considered response/critique.
Whether or not the Wachowski Brothers 'succeeded' with their latest movie, "V", is not on issue. It nevertheless deserves a cursory analysis; a half-hearted attempt at film production deserves only a half-considered response/critique.
The protagonist, played by a masked Hugo Weaving, is born/produced by the perversities of his society, a victim/result of totalitarian pursuits in the form of bioengineering and genetic manipulation (gone wrong). The prevailing regime desired to create a being replete with all the ideals of fascist ideology, nothing less than an exalted vision of high (in the theocratic sense) anality (in the Freudian sense).
The attempt was doomed to failure from the start as all attempts at total control result in explosive constipation. Fascism has always been identified with excessive toilet training and anal personality production. 'V' becomes the quintessential abused (child) a 'badly done by' human who carries a ton of adolescent appeal and sympathetic attraction for any infantile personality.
'V', now saturated with pubescent rebellion, embarks on a course of revenge and retaliation for all the injustices he has suffered at the hands of an overbearing (monster father figure) society! The viewer is treated to a barrage of alliteration from V early in the sequence, it seems the failed experiment produced an alliterative genius - but the kiddies are not fooled, this is really a display of a superior intellect that most teenagers readily identify with (why is everyone - except me - so tediously stupid?)
V's mission to exact revenge and liberate the oppressed is characterised by a religious zeal indicated by his acute sense of justice, equality and fair play - seasoned with a touch of homicidal maniac! The perpetual conflict between our innate sense of 'good' against the 'evil' of those who do not share our views and beliefs! The viewer is lured to the hiding place of his/her own 'inner child' and inner 'Che Guevara'!
The movie is an awkward attempt to portray a comic book character and deliver 'hidden' symbolic meanings - it fails miserably on both counts.
O! I almost forgot, "V" is masked in order to allow the viewer to readily identify with the character beneath the mask - its an old almost clichéd advertising trick.
But don't forget kiddies, "V" is also portrayed as a superior being in every respect and as such fulfils all the criteria of the fascist ideal - there can be only One!
This is the grossest misunderstanding by anyone I have ever heard of of this film, or the book it was based on.
"V" represents everyone. Where's this "there can be only one!" bollocks come from? I have a hard time believing the author finished watching the movie, or even heard of the comic...
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The protagonist, played by a masked Hugo Weaving, is born/produced by the perversities of his society, a victim/result of totalitarian pursuits in the form of bioengineering and genetic manipulation (gone wrong). The prevailing regime desired to create a being replete with all the ideals of fascist ideology, nothing less than an exalted vision of high (in the theocratic sense) anality (in the Freudian sense).
The attempt was doomed to failure from the start as all attempts at total control result in explosive constipation. Fascism has always been identified with excessive toilet training and anal personality production. 'V' becomes the quintessential abused (child) a 'badly done by' human who carries a ton of adolescent appeal and sympathetic attraction for any infantile personality.
'V', now saturated with pubescent rebellion, embarks on a course of revenge and retaliation for all the injustices he has suffered at the hands of an overbearing (monster father figure) society! The viewer is treated to a barrage of alliteration from V early in the sequence, it seems the failed experiment produced an alliterative genius - but the kiddies are not fooled, this is really a display of a superior intellect that most teenagers readily identify with (why is everyone - except me - so tediously stupid?)
V's mission to exact revenge and liberate the oppressed is characterised by a religious zeal indicated by his acute sense of justice, equality and fair play - seasoned with a touch of homicidal maniac! The perpetual conflict between our innate sense of 'good' against the 'evil' of those who do not share our views and beliefs! The viewer is lured to the hiding place of his/her own 'inner child' and inner 'Che Guevara'!
The movie is an awkward attempt to portray a comic book character and deliver 'hidden' symbolic meanings - it fails miserably on both counts.
O! I almost forgot, "V" is masked in order to allow the viewer to readily identify with the character beneath the mask - its an old almost clichéd advertising trick.
But don't forget kiddies, "V" is also portrayed as a superior being in every respect and as such fulfils all the criteria of the fascist ideal - there can be only One!