from other movies about corrupt government and opression? \nWhy is this movie IMPORTANT to our society?\nWhat is it trying to say?
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I see it's the story of everything\nAll people have hope and see corruption but they do nothing\nThe ones who do something are the real leaders who have nothing to lose and they look forward to their revenge\nVendetta gave the example and the hope for the people. They loved him and they won't allow him to die in vain. \nThey chose his side and took the risk because they knew that whatever the risk they take it's nothing compared to vendetta's risk. Notice that most people who faught and took decisions are the ones without families (V and Evey and Her Uncle)\nThey have no fear, and if they have they laugh at it.\n\nEveryone knows what's wrong. they just need a leader they can trust.
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Just saw the movie today. I am a Christian and wanted to see it so I knew more to answer the questions that I have been asked by friends. The hardest thing I find to comprehend is why are people being so blown away with it, when it is clear that it is a work of fiction? It is a fiction book, that has just been made into a fiction movie. Dan Brown himself states that the book was fiction and is not based on fact.\n\nJust goes to show how cunning and conniving the devil can be.\n\nAs for the movie, didnt really enjoy it. A bit over the top.
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Well, to me the comparison is clear, not saying it's valid or that I agree. When you watch the original movie, and listen to Marlen Brando's monologue about sending his "only son" so save the human race and that all we need is the "light" to show us the way. \n\nSpecifically, what they are referring to is that monologue. A supernatural being coming to earth to save us, really.  Supposedly, they are using old footage of Brando from the original in this new film, and the words are stunningly biblical. \n\nCheck it out!
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The film is not told in the actual order that events happen. Watch it again and think about it. \n\nWhat is in the briefcase is kept hidden from the audience as it is more artistic to make people think about it and wonder for themselves. \n\nGreat film though!
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Whew-- Here's a question to all those who post about religious folks and non-religious folks... Are we ever going to settle this? Yeah didn't think so.\nStill I commend Wrathpuppet and the more thoughtful responders by espousing their beliefs in as clear a manner as possible, and Schneb- That's got to be one of your shorter replies, kudos on the mutual respect.\n\nI'm going to shy away from a grandiose analogy, for a simpler one that might still fit.\n\nEver went to see a movie the day it came out, was blown away by it, and when you told your friends they needed to see it, and right away, they blew you off? Ya know like they'd heard bad reviews, or just didn't think the material was something they were interested in. But it's killing you because you love and respect these people and you wish them to share in this wonderful cinematic experience... and you're sure if they would just take the time and go, they'd thank you for it later? ** to carry this theme out... it's not that you believe these folks (that you're trying to tell about this great movie) have never seen a good picture before or that they couldn't discover it on their own, it's just that it was SO good for you, SO moving, SO vital, that you really believed if they never saw it, their life would not be as rich as if they had.\n\nShortest answer possible, they think they're doing you a favor or a kindness, you may already have an interesting life that has happiness in it, but they fear for your eternal happiness. \n\nI for one will leave each to their own, and only try an help the ones who say they are unhappy or in some need, and the answer from me rarely will have religious overtones. \n\nMy God is just love. Wrath, judgement, the need to be worshipped and obeyed are the attributes of other's Gods. \n\nThe afterlife does not hold auditions.
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i think the mood of this movie is very distraught as well as ironic in some points. it was a very good movie several moods come to mind as well as depressed, oppressed, very good choice of movie too. good luck on your report
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its about being imprisoned by society.
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It brought women together for the first time to discuss these issues under the leadership of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. These women had been active in the fight against slavery and were aware of women's second grade status - there is an interesting parallel with second wave feminism a century later. It used the rhetoric of the Declaration of Independence to appeal to American ideas of political participation.\n\nGood luck with the documentary.
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I love that movie.  I think it was Sylvester Stallone's best, even better than Cliff Hanger and the Rocky Series.\n\nAs for living in a Big Brother society, you should definitely worry but you aren't the only one.  We (here in the United States) are in a similiar situation.  But UK is definitely worse than we are (yet).  V for Vendetta is a better example of what is going on.  The rulers are becoming totalitarian.  Whatever we have today (in the UK and the US) is definitely not democracy.  It is more like rule by a handful few who think that they are better than others and they know what is better for everyone.  We here had federal agents pull put a 14-year old girl from school and interrogated because she wrote "I hate Bush" on her myspace account.  Today, in my state, it was just announced that kids in Elementary school (class grades 1-5) will actually be fingerprinted.  I am sure that little kids in KG classes are a real national security threat and BUSH feels that he needs to protect himself from them.\n\nThose people who tell you not to worry are either lying outright in your face or have something to gain from this (such as politicians who will/are rule over you).  Damn it, I for one am not taking this lightly.  If anything, just think of your forefathers who fought and died for these freedoms.  This reminds us that we take these freedoms and ideas for granted and we will only value them once we have lost them.  Our forefathers have done their part and now it is our turn to fight and protect them.\n\nRemember, politicians are your servants.  YOU are supposed to elect them to serve you, not the other way.  If they try to convince you to not to worry because you are a "good" person, then ask them who defines what is "good".  Who decides whether you have been "good" or not?
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Annie, the issue really doesn't appear to be if global changes are happening but why. The movie has some truths to it but the alarmist nature of the movie is a bit over the top in my view and that of many others who have seen it. No doubt we must do what we can within reason to stop adding to a problem, but we also have to be able to reasonably show that us making a change would have an effect and not make decisions in haste that will negatively affect other unless they will make a difference. Not good to go off running and shouting about the sky falling unless it really is falling.\n\n\nedit: I applaud you thinking for yourself in this matter. Gather all the information you can find, check it out and make up your own mind rather than just fall in line.
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This is my FAVORITE movie! Lots of irony in it. I think its a masterpiece. Of course, the movie is not for everyone. I didnt understand it the first time I watched it, but I figured it out. It's definately film noir, and I bet most people who watch it don't really see how funny and pathetic military and groupthink can be. \n\n'has he got a chance?? hell ye........'
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I really loved the one (I think they put it in that Michael Moore 9/11 film) that went along the lines of:\n\n"we've got to do everything we can, use all our power, never rest never sleep, lets devote all our time towards stopping these terrorist killers... now watch this drive"\n\nthat was fucking classic\n\nhe's such a moron.\n\nP.S. the kansas guy who wrote stuff two above me is clearly a pompous fool.\n\nYou Yanks may not have had the most able folk in office over the years but the man Bush Jr rivals his dad and even(dare I say it, oh i think I will) Ronald Reagan in the stupid rich prick that everyone with more than half a brain (so obviously that excludes all those in the bible-bashing right club) will have nothing except a absolute disdain for.
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I saw this title on digital cable featured on On Demand. I wasn't sure if I wanted to watch it so late at night. But your feelings towards this movie has intrigued me enough to actually watch it this time! I have a book about gay rights and equality which I have yet to read. May even mention Paragraph 175...When I find out the name of the book I'll post here
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I think it is more about the main guy living with his past and his past coming back to haunt him.  \n\nThe `who is doing the filming` part is just a distraction and isnt really what the movie is about.\n\nI think it is that the main guy is a b*stard in life.  \n\nIt also touches on racism and racial segregation in France.\n\nThere may be a subplot going on between the 2 sons - did you see them chatting outside the school at the end?
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Crash the movie??\n\nIt's about racism and how no matter what you think even you are against someone.\n\nEveryone was racist against white, or black, or arabian, or anyone not american, or asian, whatever. Even people who thought they weren't automatically made assumptions about another race.
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Umm i read that book last year.... but maybe this can help \n\nWilliam Golding presented numerous themes and basic ideas that give the reader something to think about. One of the most basic and obvious themes is that society holds everyone together, and without these conditions, our ideals, values, and the basics of right and wrong are lost. Without society's rigid rules, anarchy and savagery can come to light.\n\nGolding is also showing that morals come directly from our surroundings, and if there is no civilization around us, we will lose these values.\n\nOther secondary themes include the following:\n\nPeople will abuse power when it's not earned. \n*When given a chance, people often single out another to degrade to improve their own security. \n*You can only cover up inner savagery so long before it breaks out, given the right situation. \n*It's better to examine the consequences of a decision before you make it than to discover them afterward. \n*The fear of the unknown can be a powerful force, which can turn you to either insight or hysteria. \n\n\nummm this is yahoo india, they read that book in india?
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It's a totalitarian government - i.e. the citizens have no voice in the government, the government controls everything the people do.  Much of what the government does is to brainwash the citizens into thinking that the what the government is telling them to do is really their choice.  \n\nI really suggest that you read "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley after this one.  Many writers have taken on the idea of how to portray a government that has removed people's abilities to make choices in their lives without it being apparent that it has happened.