"cry for anarchy?"
About the new "V for Vendetta" movie, Harry Knowles wrote:
Okay, two things:
First--"A Clockwork Orange" is not a "cry for anarchy". "A Clockwork Orange" is about violence and fascism and the ethics of punishment. It makes a case that oppression is a terrible thing by taking the most unredeemable character conceivable and showing that, even in the case of a sadistic, violent thug, oppression is a terrible thing.
I honestly can't even figure WHY Knowles would think "A Clockwork Orange" was a "cry for anarchy". Where's the part that makes a case for anarchy? When it shows the anarchic behavior of Alex and his droogs as they rape, rob, brutalize and murder? Wow, what a compelling case! "If we have anarchy, we can also rape, rob, brutalize and murder!" I really don't follow. It seems that Knowles is just another one of those kids who thought Alex was a cool, awesome sympathetic hero because he's so charismatic and colorful. He probably wishes there was an ongoing "Rorschach" spinoff from WATCHMEN because "Rorschach is cool, man".
And second--I'll reserve judgment about my own opinion on the "V for Vendetta" movie til I see it, but I think Alan Moore is a little more qualified to judge whether he thinks it's worth bitching about. He only CREATED the fricking thing.
Everything that'd been adapted of Moore's for the movies has been turned into complete crap, and the advance word on this movie certainly didn't sound faithful to the original story--apparently it is set in a world where Germany has conquered Britain and THAT'S why it's a fascist country? The entire point of the original "V for Vendetta" story was that England was becoming more fascistic in the REAL world and that this was a natural progression of its policies.
I like the Wachowski Brothers, but I'm withholding judgment until I see it.
Jeff
This is the most intense cinematic cry for Anarchy since A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. They made the comic. Alan Moore is a bitch for even thinking of bitching about this.
Okay, two things:
First--"A Clockwork Orange" is not a "cry for anarchy". "A Clockwork Orange" is about violence and fascism and the ethics of punishment. It makes a case that oppression is a terrible thing by taking the most unredeemable character conceivable and showing that, even in the case of a sadistic, violent thug, oppression is a terrible thing.
I honestly can't even figure WHY Knowles would think "A Clockwork Orange" was a "cry for anarchy". Where's the part that makes a case for anarchy? When it shows the anarchic behavior of Alex and his droogs as they rape, rob, brutalize and murder? Wow, what a compelling case! "If we have anarchy, we can also rape, rob, brutalize and murder!" I really don't follow. It seems that Knowles is just another one of those kids who thought Alex was a cool, awesome sympathetic hero because he's so charismatic and colorful. He probably wishes there was an ongoing "Rorschach" spinoff from WATCHMEN because "Rorschach is cool, man".
And second--I'll reserve judgment about my own opinion on the "V for Vendetta" movie til I see it, but I think Alan Moore is a little more qualified to judge whether he thinks it's worth bitching about. He only CREATED the fricking thing.
Everything that'd been adapted of Moore's for the movies has been turned into complete crap, and the advance word on this movie certainly didn't sound faithful to the original story--apparently it is set in a world where Germany has conquered Britain and THAT'S why it's a fascist country? The entire point of the original "V for Vendetta" story was that England was becoming more fascistic in the REAL world and that this was a natural progression of its policies.
I like the Wachowski Brothers, but I'm withholding judgment until I see it.
Jeff
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