Several months ago, Astro was showing the movie ‘V for Vendetta’ and the trailer showed this weird character with a mask and I immediately assumed it was a cheap B-grade horror movie so I never did bother watching it until I stumbled upon it in one of those lazy afternoons when I have nothing better to do.
I was hooked the moment I realised it was not a horror movie. It was more than a mere fantasy movie (which originated from a graphic novel by Alan Moore) set in the future where the threat of bird flu and worldwide terrorism is very real. It was a really meaningful and great movie! And the dialogue and phrases are good too.
The ‘hero’ of the movie who calls himself ‘V’ is treated like a terrorist by the government as he made his existence known by bombing a public building and then going around killing individuals from the government. At first it seemed like he was out to kill all the government’s people but then later, it was revealed that he was killing those who have wronged him.
Anyway, what I find most fascinating about this show is that it reminds me too much about the state of affairs of our federal government. There were too many similarities and though not as extreme as the government in the movie, ours is heading that way. Just take this quote for example:
From V for Vendetta:
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, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance 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.
It touches a familiar chord and it certainly rang true. And yes, how did the tyranny of Umno and BN happen? Well, aren’t we, the voters, the ones who turned them into the monsters they are today by voting for them year in year out for the past five decades? I especially find the phrase which is in bold fits very well with our government and their beloved ISA.
Other wonderful quotes from the movie:
That the world needs more than just a building right now. It needs hope.
Yes, hope shall keep us all alive but we sure do lack hope…And this quote is what Makkal Sakthi is all about:
People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.
The movie has quite a lot of wonderful quotes. If I was to rate this movie, I’d give it 8/10 at the very least.
Hey… I NEVER once voted BN… in 1999 and 2004 I even voted PAS
Guess I’ve just been ahead of the times! Well,
some of us are enslavers and some are liberators. Leave it to you to figure out what sort of PM we had for 22 long years – more than an entire generation. That’s what happened to Malaysia… it was Mahathirized! Slowly recovering… Maaaaa…Maaaaa….. Haaaaa…Haaaaa……. TAHI!!!
Antaress last blog post..HOW TO SING LIKE A PLANET ~ by Mark Morford
Hope is in our hands
Yet we voted the government
For the last 5 decades
Maybe the people love pain
Only this year
Something good happened
The pulling effect on the BN
The leaders woke up for awhile
Then they go back to their arrogant selves
Of course we can’t go killing
The leaders making the people suffering
It is through democratic processing
It is here we could make the change
Now we have to wait
For the opportunity to change
This time the people shouldn’t waste it
Does the right way; let the changes begin?
About the leaping frogs
They still take their croaking game
Soaking wet in the green pond
Popping heads studying the place
Victory will be there
Let BN enjoy those few months
Then when we wake up
Rainbow colors across the sky
[...] V for Vendetta is very good as a movie but we can’t be going around killing those who have wronged us. I don’t believe in letting it end so easily for people like that. It is better to let them suffer on in live than to release them with the mercy of death. [...]