Very nice, y'all. The only thing you missed was the *next* line, "Gunpowder, treason, and plot", which comes after what Weaving says and before Ben's "I see no reason"
It looks good. So far. (I am a little tense about the switch of Norsefire's colours--I didn't remember them being nearly so Nazi red--but okay.)
The scenes with Evey look about right. So does the rose. And the inspector. And the doctor, and the gun in the Bible...
It's amazingly opulent; the colours and the flow and the fabrics look like something I'd expect to see in a /3 Musketeers/ movie. This is okay, especially since it comes most strongly with V.
It does, but I never really found that V *had* that much of a comic-book feel. Its colours are almost mellow--they look like they're on wartime rationing, faded prints instead of full-bodied.
Plus, there's an absolutism that tends to be found in comics, and which I find is evoked by four-colour glory. Right and Wrong. Jut-jawed heroes of the resistance versus craven/perverse oppressors. Quick and simple solutions. Dick Tracy. Captain America punching out Hitler.
I really don't think that suits V--I find Moore did some of his best characterization in it, and he manages to express radically diverging points of view without overwhelming the reader with a sense of which in his opinion is right. I don't agree with the Leader, but think I can I understand where he's coming from. I think V is doing some essentially constructive things, but I don't agree with him either. (I'm not sure I agree with the perspectives of any of the characters, actually.) No-one is presented as fundamentally and exclusively right or wrong, and while a rich palette could work, I think a rich one that isn't muted (which, to be fair, does seem to be what's present most of the time--the bright strong colours are largely confined to Norsefire, which does not seem to be subject to considering relative perspectives) could clash subtly with the story.
But hey, it's an overthought analysis of a very short trailer. {:)
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Date: 2005-07-24 04:36 pm (UTC)Here:
"Remember, remember, the 5th of November
Gunpowder treason and plot.
I see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot."
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Date: 2005-07-24 04:53 am (UTC)I really hope it doesn't suck.
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Date: 2005-07-24 04:07 pm (UTC)It looks good. So far. (I am a little tense about the switch of Norsefire's colours--I didn't remember them being nearly so Nazi red--but okay.)
The scenes with Evey look about right. So does the rose. And the inspector. And the doctor, and the gun in the Bible...
It's amazingly opulent; the colours and the flow and the fabrics look like something I'd expect to see in a /3 Musketeers/ movie. This is okay, especially since it comes most strongly with V.
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Date: 2005-07-24 04:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-07-24 05:07 pm (UTC)Plus, there's an absolutism that tends to be found in comics, and which I find is evoked by four-colour glory. Right and Wrong. Jut-jawed heroes of the resistance versus craven/perverse oppressors. Quick and simple solutions. Dick Tracy. Captain America punching out Hitler.
I really don't think that suits V--I find Moore did some of his best characterization in it, and he manages to express radically diverging points of view without overwhelming the reader with a sense of which in his opinion is right. I don't agree with the Leader, but think I can I understand where he's coming from. I think V is doing some essentially constructive things, but I don't agree with him either. (I'm not sure I agree with the perspectives of any of the characters, actually.) No-one is presented as fundamentally and exclusively right or wrong, and while a rich palette could work, I think a rich one that isn't muted (which, to be fair, does seem to be what's present most of the time--the bright strong colours are largely confined to Norsefire, which does not seem to be subject to considering relative perspectives) could clash subtly with the story.
But hey, it's an overthought analysis of a very short trailer. {:)