Audible Nectar Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Out on DVD Tuesday, August 1 (bumped up from the original planned October release). I missed this when in theaters, and have been awaiting this DVD release ever since. Looking forward to this one..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Out on DVD Tuesday, August 1 (bumped up from the original planned October release). I missed this when in theaters, and have been awaiting this DVD release ever since. Looking forward to this one..... Gosh, what a tease, I thought you were doing a review................will have to wait I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Excellent movie. Just bumped it up in my netflix que to see it again. Gets my vote for the best use of the 1812 in a movie. [] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Excellent movie. Just bumped it up in my netflix que to see it again. Gets my vote for the best use of the 1812 in a movie. [] Are you talking about the 1812 overture or the 1812 subwoofer ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Sorry, the 1812 Overture. I have to say, I wasn't expecting the movie to be very good. But 20 minutes in and I was hooked. Hugo Weaving (Mr. Smith) does an excellent job with the main character. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwillwalk Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 i'll be watching it tonight, i'll let you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audible Nectar Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 "Gets my vote for the best use of the 1812 in a movie. []" OH YEAH[] V has very exquisite musical taste. I haven't enjoyed a film this much since the original "Matrix". Given that the Wachowski brothers made this film (along with Joel Silver, who brought us "Demolition Man"), I figured it was "up my alley", but this exceeded my high expectations and hopes. The director/producer trio has that "Fascism" thing down pat. If you have ever wanted to know what a fascist government/society smells and feels like, this film portrays one quite well....in this case, a future fascist Britain.....complete with state run BS peddling TV networks, jackbooted thugs, orwellian messages and billboards, and state officials invested in every state-contracted business in the land....... It is very topical and applicable to events of today.....it will challenge the notion that a "terrorist" is inherently evil....and it is impossible to view this film without understanding that the directors are sending a broader message. I have always wanted some entrepreneuring young directors to redo George Orwell's "1984" - but this just about replaces that need. The lessons are the same. I won't spoil the rest of this for you. I'll simply urge you to rent or buy this film, and find out the rest for yourself. Best movie this decade, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Yes, I seen it in the theaters when it was released. It was a great movie and did make you think about government. How was the audio quality? DTS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audible Nectar Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 This was only offered in Dolby Digital, and while it was good audio quality, it was not as good as many of the DTS tracks I've heard (like The Matrix). I've seen three different versions of this release (single disc, double disc, and double disc with mask and art) and none are DTS. I do wonder a bit if this was due to this film not being a "pushed blockbuster" - IOW, a film that was not heavily promoted, and therefore not seen by large audiences in theaters. Then again, if the DVD sales take off (and it looks like they have), then a DTS release might be forthcoming later - but I wouldn't count on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skonopa Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 Excellent! I've been wanting to see this movie myself, but missed it at the theater (well, actually did not want to put up with the usual theater going nonsense, such as people talking, cell phones ringing, etc). I'll definitly have to pick this one up, probably this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audible Nectar Posted August 3, 2006 Author Share Posted August 3, 2006 "I've been wanting to see this movie myself......" You and apparently a whoooooooooole lotta other people - this is the current #1 selling DVD at amazon.com (double disc widescreen version). The single disc widescreen is #4, and the single disc fullscreen is at #39. I figured this would be a better DVD seller than it was at the theaters (lack of promo didn't help the theater release), but the word has apparently spread since the theatrical release. I was also told that sales at Best Buy were very brisk - the cashier said that better than one of every two customers she serviced that day bought a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry1 Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 I was expecting more action, was mildly disappointed. The concept of the movie was OK, and V had enough of a plot to hold my interest, but I thought the movie was a extremely abbrievated version of the comic book saga. From a comic book action movie standpoint this one is luke warm, I could see why the Wachowski Brothers hadn't released it earlier. Picture and Sound quality was excellent though. Good Explosions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriton Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Hmmm...I just watched it, and I too was mildly dissappointed - First I have always like Hugo Weaving - since his "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" days to the inimitable Agent Smith in the Matrix...HE is a good actor - even with a mask...BUT... I don't get the whole Natalie Portman thing...she was awful in the Star Wars movies, just unbeleivable - and while she is more so here, her accent is shaky at best, and she just doesn't have the chops, she is cute in a tiny slip of a girl sort of way, but just doesn't work for me - I liked her best and last in "The Professional" - and "Jersey State" she was ok, but she did not blow me away - in a manner of speaking... I thought the premise of V was decent...but I expected more...more plot development, more back story about the plague, more development with the police inspector, the friend who disappeared for having a copy of the Koran, more ties to mid-twentieth century fascism, and I expected at least a nod to PF's "The Wall", who did a better job I thought depicting the exact same atmosphere that V was trying to go for and that was a glorified music video...(The Wall still screws with my head sometimes, even now...for what it is, I thought the Wall was a fatally imperfect but fantastic and influential piece of film-making, IMHO). V ended too abruptly, got there too quickly, left too many threads, and the story was too easy to figure out - I cannot beleive that (given the conspiracy theorists that we have grown used to today) that there wouldn't have been a massive underground movement, a (more) brutal oppression of that underground, and a more fanatical ruling class...I didn't get that here...Portman was just too cute and too "normal" and her indignation too minimal for having gone through what she did, given she saw her mother bashed and removed with a bag before her eyes, and she was sent to a "camp" for reprogramming....Also, why did her hair stay short for months after she was shaved? Just a cool look, or what? She leaves V, gets and apartment and her short hair just somehow makes her invisible? In a society like they were trying to convice you existed, wouldn't she have to do a crapload more to "fall off the grid"? AND V just happens to pull a working subway car out of his , um, fanny filled with fertilizer based explosives? Now THAT would be a good stage trick...Just didn't buy it..sorry...I bought the first Matrix far far more than this.... I appreciated the Shakespeare references, but without context, they were just so much filler, I spent more time stopping the disc and going back to hear the monologues and trying to place the play then watching the movie... This was one of those where everyone in the room was saying, "I bet you the government was the one that gassed its own people", and "I bet she is going to get caught and cleansed, but it will be V that does it", and "I bet he is going to use that armored statue in some interesting way before the end"...and most of the predictions were true...Just dissappointed with this one - I was expecting better. Lastly, had I heard that Larry Wachowski was undergoing a "gender reassignment" and that he was calling himself Linda...does that mean that they are the "Family Wachowski" and not the "Wachowski Brothers" anymore? (Not that I have the least bit of problem with the "gender variable", I was just curious - and more so about this than the movie, if that tells you anything). Good sound though, explosions woke the baby... K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 A gal I know bought it the other day and asked to come over and see it at my place (yeah Michael!). Or was she just using that as an excuse to get close to me??? Great movie, I had to crank the dialog channel a bit and found the DTS to be very low in the center channel. There is some very fast dialog on the part of the main character and he's wearing mask so you can't see his lips move. I had some trouble with hearing it on my KLFC7. That being said, I'm usually not a fan of horror/ terror movies because my dreams are bad enough as is. However, I'd classify this as more drama/suspense becasue there's not that much blood and gore (ok except for that ONE scene). Some terrifically good sound effects and the explosions from my THX really made Sarah sit up and take notice. Except she wouldn't let me talk during the movie! LOL Maybe I have a new movie buddy? Root for me fellas! Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arky Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Anything shaking at Colter's movie theater? JT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theryugobuddy Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Great movie--so many disparate elements that work well together. The action scenes are toned down Matrix style but just as lethal, and the political and romance aspects add alot of mystery and tension. Its a futuristic thriller about a mad bomber who wants to blow up Parliament and show all of Orwellian England that their government deserves to be destroyed. Or is he really mad? He recruits a young woman during a TV station takeover to help him-- to sympathize with him? -- he tests her to dramatic effect, and she more than survives it-- The movie has elements that provoke you. The blowing up of Parliament is seen as heroic. The story seeks to justify why a terrorist should follow his dream of destruction for his cause--he is seen strapped in bombs like a suicide bomber, so its very timely. And creepy I was bothered that the government was denigrated as"conservative". But all that makes it that much more disturbing-- Natalie Portman overcomes an inconsistent English accent by playing a victim turning into a heroine--sorry, I have a hard time not enjoying every one of her scenes. She's a soulful, sympathetic little minx--God bless her. Hugo Weaving acts right through his mask and is captivating throughout. Lots of blood and knife fights--V is a force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Just saw it........Kriton summed it up quite well........I have nothing to add to his write up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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