I just finished V for Vendetta. What an intriguing and thought-provoking movie. From the makers of the Matrix, it is reminiscent of both the Bush and Hitler regimes. "The Wachowskis' [screenplay has] updated the evil empire to the U.S. under the Bush Administration, though there is not specific reference to Bush. However, the plot could have taken place in other countries, both West and East. The filmmakers intend the film to serve as an allegory, not unlike the latest chapter of George Lucas' "Star Wars," which also contains political overtones and timely issues. In the story, England is ruled by fascists that control the media and suppress free speech. Homosexuals are rounded up and shipped off to concentration camps. Citizens are executed for owning copies of or reading the Koran. Numerous people die out of biological attacks in the water supply. Indeed, tackling many scared cows, state-sanctioned torture, wiretapping, homosexuality, bio-terrorism, avian flu, Iraq war, pedophile priests, may turn "V for Vendetta" into one of the most subversive film to come out of mainstream Hollywood." {
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Well I'm ready for my my 5 city tour.
I just finished V for Vendetta. What an intriguing and thought-provoking movie. From the makers of the Matrix, it is reminiscent of both the Bush and Hitler regimes. "The Wachowskis' [screenplay has] updated the evil empire to the U.S. under the Bush Administration, though there is not specific reference to Bush. However, the plot could have taken place in other countries, both West and East. The filmmakers intend the film to serve as an allegory, not unlike the latest chapter of George Lucas' "Star Wars," which also contains political overtones and timely issues. In the story, England is ruled by fascists that control the media and suppress free speech. Homosexuals are rounded up and shipped off to concentration camps. Citizens are executed for owning copies of or reading the Koran. Numerous people die out of biological attacks in the water supply. Indeed, tackling many scared cows, state-sanctioned torture, wiretapping, homosexuality, bio-terrorism, avian flu, Iraq war, pedophile priests, may turn "V for Vendetta" into one of the most subversive film to come out of mainstream Hollywood." {Source}
I just viewed the film Goodfellas with Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci. It's a Martin Scorsese film made in 1990. I was listening to the Adam Corolla show the other day and he had one of the cast on the show. He said that if you say you love movies and you've never seen Goodfellas than you're really missing out. So I rented it from Netflix. What a great film. Probably one of my top ten favorites. Lots of use of the f-word though. Joe Pesci won best supporting actor for his role. One of the most quoted lines from the movie is "Now go home and get your f-ing shine box." If you haven't seen it you should. It's an f-ing good movie.
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