A wonderful movie :) Gotta love it!
What I didn't realise is the amount of critique it would lead to..
Things like ..
"In addition to being entirely anti-Christian, it tries to portray Evey, V, and the lesbian woman as being "Godly." The lesbian said that "God was in the rain," something repeated by Evey later on. V said that he, like God, doesn't believe in coincidences. How they could possibly even claim to believe in God and still think that it's okay for effeminate men to cuddle next to each other in bed was what disgusted me the most. It would have been better if I could just dismiss the movie as having been made by atheists (which it probably was), instead of seeing God painted with the face of Satan." (Source)
and further from there..
"However, like all movies coming from Hollywood in recent years, it soon became the typical pro-homosexual, anti-Christian garbage that the American public is being indoctrinated with." (“V for Vendetta” Pro-Homosexual, Anti-Christian Garbage)
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The reason I "googled" (omg I hope they don't add this one to the dictionary :/) this is because of the incredible speech at one moment. I wanted to read it to see if it was applicable to the lack of political (or any) activity that appears to be typical for my generation! My generation seems to take Anything up the arse, without any protest at all. The student protests that drove our parents to the streets are unimaginable these days. My generation simply Does NOT care enough to stand up to what is shoved up their throats. And I am certainly one of those. I simply don't believe in protest. I do not believe that my to protesting anything will have change for result! And this is not an active belief, it just comes .. natural. Conviction might be the right word.. The only explanation is that I simply grew up seeing everyone protest and nobody caring a hoot about it. (They didn't stop Vietnam because of the hippies - and now those hippies are now following along the same lines)
anywho, here s the speech.. I thought it would be applicable to what I am talking about here.. But it isn't so entirely!
"Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat
There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, think, and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillence coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well, certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now High Chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence.
Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you, then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot." (Wikiquote)
I also have to say.. that I realise that I am quite wrong in my behaviour. Things are being decided, decisions that affect me. I do not agree with a lot of them. And even tough I do not believe my protest will make any difference.. I owe it to myself and my friends to try and do something about the things I (and many others) believe wrong!
I can only hope that this meek generation will decide to finally stand up. Or all we will have left in a few years will be people saying "yes" to anyone and zealots (religious or other) forcing their deranged and extreme ideas up to anyone. (although I doubt it will be "forcing" since the others will be taking it volountarily)
But hasn't this been said many times before? And might our current state (condition) not be a fear once uttered by a now old man? In fear of losing any credibility - 1984!
Politics degraded to extremists fighting over which insane doctrine is best.
It might come to that. And it IS up to us
