http://www.boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=changes&p=.htm
Nooo... November to March 17th cry
Re: V for Vendetta
Originally posted by cal31
Anybody else looking forward to this film? The Wachowski Bros. are writing the script based off of the graphic novel of the same name and the story is about an alternate timeline where Germany won World War II and a rebel known as "V" wages war against them. With the Wachowskis writing and also having Natalie Portman in the film, I think this will be one of the best of 2005.
It is such a corny nale.
Originally posted by DeVi| D0doActually, it was set for release November 4th. The 5th of November is actually the 400th anniversary of Guy Fawkes:
"Remember, remember the 17th of March."? 😬
V FOR VENDETTA is set for a November 4th release, the very weekend the 400th anniversary of Guy Fawkes is celebrated (November 5th, of course -- but for those unfamiliar, history lesson to come).
As of last night, principal photography has officially wrapped. For those who know of Guy Fawkes, this last day saw him being hung -- an actual event that took place some 399 years and a bunch of months ago. Filmed an hour north of London, it was recreated to its smallest detail. James McTeigue directed this window on 17th century dust and gallows pitch perfect. Nobles, corsets, and a crowd of ogling onlookers, the scene was terrifying in its reality. Thankfully, we no longer have public hangings with cheering crowds. Times change.Or do they?
Under the news section at: www.vforvendetta.com.
So the 5th of November still stands, at least in the idea of Guy Fawkes, though the release will have to wait until March, sadly.
Yeah, that really sucks. This was my most anticipated movie of the fall. The reason they gave was bull crap too, a movie should not need four extra months of post-production, that's insane. The real reason is that there was too much competition that was coming out around Nov. 5th, so they moved it to fair better at the box office. Guess you can't blame them for that.
Look again then. The Family Stone, The Matador, National Lampoon's Pledge This, and Jarhead all come out on the 5th of Nov., The Legend of Zorro comes out a week before as does Saw II, plus the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is coming out a couple weeks later and Chicken Little is being released around Nov. 5th as well, so I don't know what you were looking at.
The problem with V for Vendetta is the best we can hope for is a 1984, Brazil type story. Reason - Moore was writing about Thatcherite Britain taken to its furthest possible conclusion. When Thatcher stopped being leader of the Conservative party and the Conservatives lost the election it became an artifact of a future that could be no "Moore". lets see Miracleman as a movie instead.
Originally posted by JKozzyI'm not saying I'm going to like them either, I'm just saying that's a lot of potentially big movies coming out around the same time, so it makes sense for them to move it.
Zorro could be okay, but I didn't like the last one. Harry Potter, yes, might be the only good movie. Not interested in Chicken Little. Saw II is October. Stone, Matador, Pledge This, not really looking forward to. Just a difference of opinion.
Re: Re: V for Vendetta
Originally posted by Darth JLRTENJAC
It is such a corny nale.
It was a parody of extreme Thatcherism/ Conservatism . Thatcher lost and with her loss went V's social relevence.
A good quote taken from elsewhere -
V for Vendetta takes place in an alternate future in which Germany wins WWII and Great Britain becomes a fascist state. A terrorist freedom fighter known only as "V" begins a violent guerrilla campaign to destroy those who've succumbed to totalitarianism, and recruits a young woman he's rescued from the secret police to join him.
The “Germany wins WWII” thing is, frankly, old hat and misses the point of V for Vendetta, which is about home bred fascism. Author Alan Moore believed that Britain would be capable of fascism damn it – and with Margaret Thatcher running things who could really blame him?