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Hot Pick "Enjoyable, smartly designed and superbly acted thriller that actually gives you something to think about while you're watching stuff get blown up." -- Matthew Turner, VIEWLONDON Cream of the Crop FRESH 65% Avg. Rating: 6.4/10 "A visually sumptuous concoction that combines political allegory, bloody action, and a few stunning cinematic moments into a solid piece of entertainment." -- James Berardinelli, REELVIEWS "[An] enjoyable -- if occasionally irresponsible -- comic-book thriller." -- Jami Bernard, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS [ed: hey Eric, you live in Houston; do you read this paper? ] "As manifestoes go, this one's a beauty: draped like a funeral, smart as a whip and full of black-hearted romantic monologues and dramatically slit necks." -- Amy Biancolli, HOUSTON CHRONICLE "The movie's a handsome piece of work, dramatically powerful even when it backs into silliness." -- Ty Burr, BOSTON GLOBE "V for Vendetta is not a movie of ideas so much as it is an idea mall. By the time you've gotten through it, you feel spent, loaded down and more than a little disoriented." -- Carina Chocano, LOS ANGELES TIMES "V for Vendetta wants to be a thoughtful political allegory, a chaste love story and a high-powered thriller all at the same time. It winds up being a big snooze." -- Randy Cordova, ARIZONA REPUBLIC "Gripping, intelligent and innovative." -- Colin Covert, MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE "This future-shock story about a masked avenger at war with a totalitarian British regime sags when it should zip." -- Manohla Dargis, NEW YORK TIMES "Entertaining and solidly crafted." -- John DeFore, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER "The quarter-century-old disgruntled fantasies of two English comic- book artists, amplified by a powerful movie company, and ambushed by history, wind up yielding a disastrous muddle." -- David Denby, NEW YORKER ( More... ) http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/v_for_vendetta/ -Terry Liberty Parker Please see what I wrote about V for Vendetta in WeekendCall-InTV: 'Terrorizing' Bad Govt at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TerryLiberty/message/244 --- In [email protected], "Terry L Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Eric, your take is totally laughable! > > A wonderful website for seeing MANY movie reviews, pos/neg > from big and small sources: > http://www.RottenTomatoes.com/m/v_for_vendetta/ > > > Prior to my attending this film, I encountered reviews by a few > statists who saw the film as a "defense of terrorism." > > Such a comment reveals more about the reviewers than of the movie > itself. Any kind of resistance to tyranny is bound to strike terror > into the hearts of members of the established order. Thus were the > American colonials and Mohandas Gandhi "terrorists" to the British; > the Warsaw ghetto uprisings and the French underground > movements "terrorist" actions to the German government; and the > organized resistance of Algerians acts of "terrorism" to the French. > > Even today, the Iraqi resistance to the destruction and domination of > their country is regarded as "terrorism" by the invading American > state! > > MoreAt http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer132.html > > > > Also, Google: Box office revenue "V for Vendetta" > > 'Vendetta' captures top spot in strong debut > Cincinnati Post, OH - 2 hours ago > > V for Vendetta tops box office > Toronto Star, Canada - Mar 19, 2006 > > V for Vendetta tops US box office > BBC News, UK - Mar 20, 2006 > > Those were the first three responses of many from www.Google.com > > > Eric, do you just make shit up and then post it to see who may > be stupid enough to just trust your unfounded veracity :) > > > -Terry Liberty Parker > Please see what I wrote about V for Vendetta in > WeekendCall-InTV: 'Terrorizing' Bad Govt > at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TerryLiberty/message/244 > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Eric Dondero Rittberg" > <ericdondero@> wrote: > > > > Not sure I'm going to see it. It's getting mostly poor reviews > from > > movie reviewers and the box office take is a lot less than > expected. > > > > If you really want to see a new libertarian themed movie go > see "The > > Hills have Eyes." Horror flick! Yeah, I know you're > > screaming, "What?! a libertarian horror flick??" > > > > Yeah, a libertarian horror flick. > > > > Identified "Liberal" moppy-haired dude, constantly harangued by his > > Pro-America/Pro-Freedom/Pro-Gun Father-in-law is forced to defend > his > > family and completely change his collectivist views on self- defense > by > > the end of the movie in order for him and his baby daughter to > survive. > > > > Striking message. Unbelievable this one slipped through the > Hollywood > > Leftist Censors. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "hrearden_hr" <HRearden@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I saw V for Vendetta tonight. I highly recommend seeing it. It is > a > > > great movie. When it comes out on DVD I sill purchase it and > watch > > in > > > on the 5th - of November that is. > > > > > > $ > > > > > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
