V is for Visionary - and no spoilers ;)

[profundis]

Now I need to read the comics, that was a pretty cool movie. V is fond of saying there are no coincidences, so I suppose it was no coincidence that Magister Rob knight2monarch and I got to enjoy this alliterative allegory with Lt.J.G. Mark, i.e.: vernal_vices. ;)

Sure, the movie had its flaws like any film, but taken as metaphor and myth (it *is* based on a comic book after all) it works pretty damn well in my opinion. They were very thorough about bringing in the references to real political and historical events, and even though the movie (and comic I'd imagine) are quite anti-conservative in tenor, the "good guys" aren't made out to be saints and V doesn't let the common man (and by extension, the audience) get off without taking some lumps for their complicity in the way things are.

Nice.

This movie reminds me that no government has any moral justification to exist.

There is no cosmic or divine right that gives anyone authority over another - only an agreement to live by certain agreed upon rules rather than live as barbarians. When you take the moral argument out of law or politics, you have the freedom to change your mind, to rescind a failed or flawed decision and try again without shame. You cannot, after all, legislate morality anyway - you can only choose to allow or to compel. And when all is said and done, no matter how well-intentioned or benevolently presented, or patiently applied - every law does ultimately end in the barrel of a gun. Without force (or the threat of it: coercion), there can be no enforcement of law.

Tasty food for thought, something you don't often get at the cineplex.

Comments

[jrcubindy.livejournal.com]

"A government is a body of people notably ungoverned."

[jguy70.livejournal.com]

I agree with your opinion on the movie. I liked that it was more than flashy explosions and graphic fight scenes. It actually asks you to think about what is going on.

I dug it.