Fin for Vendetta
Even though I knew V was about to get what was comin to him, having seen the movie, I still cried while reading the book. :*( . I thought the jail scene was a bit harsh and was a bit of an odd way of saying “I love you” but she did say she wanted to get over her fear of death. The fighting scene was incredible too! I guess seeing the movie first wasn’t all that regretable, because the fighting was a lot easier to picture. I know first hand that describing a brawl between characters is a feat in itself if you make the reader truly understand what’s going on. It’s even more amazing when they can picture it in their heads as it happens. Contrasting a scene from a movie and a few paragraphs in a book for one quick second; while a scene can happen in a matter of seconds or even minutes, reading all that onto a page can make things seem to happen in slow motion. When I read about a fight, I wait untill I can imagine each “frame” if you will and then when I’m done put it all together. When he came back to Evey I thought he was actually going to make it, but then as he proclaimed his love for her I knew he was a goner. The most satisfying part was the downfall of the Chancellor by far, because V finally got what he wanted to do done. He saved Britain (and in the larger picture, the world) from the potentially problematic dictatorship. Fantastic Book overall!!
November 1st, 2006 at 9:05 pm
I guess the whole mock prison scene was a bit harsh, and it definetely was like, “tough love.” His main reason for doing this was to help her to understand his reasons for killing certain people and committing other crimes. Obviously, she needed to understand since what V was doing is naturally, inhumane.
I also completely agree with the idea of imagining the fight, instead of just seeing it on the movie screen. It is a lot more intense when reading, because you can add so much more, from a swagger to a thrust, it is so much better.