V for Vendetta

[bethnoir]

Wow, what a cool and unexpectedly moving film! Who else has seen it? I heard it was disappointing, why?

Comments

[dedbutdrmng.livejournal.com]

Lovely isn't it?

I think a lot of comic fans were expecting the comic. Which it isn't but it stands as a great film in my book.

[bethnoir.livejournal.com]

ah, thank you, that would be it then. Having not read the comic I had no expectations. Glad you agree :-)

[wolfy-codex.livejournal.com]

Well I haven't seen it, but had heard many critics say it was disappointing. Most adaptations of Alan Moore comics haven't really gone done very well with many people though, and especially Alan Moore himself from what I've heard him say! Admittedly some of the hollywood treatments like 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' were pretty dreadful but I did really like 'From Hell' which Moore also disdained. Still Moore's relationship with Hollywood has long been a turbulent and antagonistic one so I guess that may have added to the usual proprietorial criticisms people when favourite works are adapted into different mediums. Not that I've seen 'V for Vendetta' though, so anything I have to say on the subject is meaningless! Hee. Be interesting to see how 'Watchmen' gets received though.

Alan Moore

[bethnoir.livejournal.com]

Yes, I expect he's disowned that one as well! Like you I thought 'From Hell' was excellent, 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' had potential but was awful and I'm looking forward to 'Watchmen'. I am a bit scared of reading the originals though, as my experience with comics is Neil Gaiman good, The Preacher good (but occasionally a bit ew), everything else I've tried not as good and/or offensive to me in some way. Especially as Alan Moore has done some rather, ahem, challenging graphic novels involving small girls, I have read. My protective friend Rob said he thought I wouldn't like the violence in From Hell and I expect he's right.

You read any?

Re: Alan Moore

[wolfy-codex.livejournal.com]

No I've not read any of his. To be honest I've never really been that captivated by the whole graphic novel genre. Not that I can't see some merit in them but I suppose though I've always been rather more naturally drawn to words than to pictures. I suppose too that I prefer being able to frame and imagine the images myself rather than have them have them imagined for me, artistic and interesting as those images may be. Not that I've really perused that many to begin with though so mayhap my view might be a bit unfair. Still, I'be never really found the graphic novel as naturally easy to enter into as a book.

Re: Alan Moore

[bethnoir.livejournal.com]

I realised the other day that the way I always read Neil Gaiman's graphic novels is to read the text and then go back and look at the pictures. I respect the medium, but like you prefer words :-)