My vanished days.: Epic !

Holidays are more about watching movies and stuffing food. It can be a bit more of revelations also. Here is the post about one of the many movies I watched this summer vacation which turned on my senses about language, autocracy, need to revolutionize and ofcourse the faith that movies can set thoughts in motion.

“Remember the idea, not the man,

A man can fail,

He can be caught, he can be killed, he can be forgotton.

But 400 years later, an idea can change the world!”

The movie starts with those words, those lines which venture deep into us with a message, instilling that very thought in us all through the movie. It showcases the power of Ideas. Ideas cannot be kissed, touched or holded on to. It cannot love. But it is the reason why we are battered or punished. It does not feel pain. But, what we all miss, is the MAN.

Revolving around the government of London, this movie is centered on the proposition of revenge and carnage. The plot of the movie might be the same as one of those old hollywood hits where one-man takes on the entire government. But what sets this apart is it’s way of execution. The dialogues, the attitude of the center persona and the way it gives the audience the mix of emotions.

The acquaintance of the lead roles cannot be potrayed better than here. It was a challenge for me to even understand what exactly every sentence, I mean, every word meant. (.srt files helped :p). It is natural that we ask someone unknown, “Who are you?.” But it means a lot more than that when you ask a “masked” unknown man who he is. It’s obvious that he is a man with a mask and so, the question hits directly the character of the persona being questioned and not merely who. He is a vaudevillian veteran, cast as both victim & villain by vicissitudes of fate. Visage, veneer, vestige, vox populi, valorous visitation were the other words that followed the introduction. What tremendous choice of words!. Naturally he was “V!”, the lead character.

Mr. V has an objective. He believes that the government should be afraid of the people and not viceversa. It would be pointless enough to overthrow the idea of watching the movie just by the fact that you son’t believe that violence can bring change because the movie does bring CHANGE, but depending on one’s perspective. Through a incumbent conscientious cop, a decision of a future citizen, a revolution of fate or pure vendetta.. as the movie itself is. There is once epic scene in the movie that showcased the power of oration after the Mark Antony’s speech in Julius Caesar.

“Words will always retain their power,

Words offer the means to meanings,

And for those who listen, the enunciation of truth...

Truth be told, if you are looking for the guilty, you need to only look into a mirror.”

Evey, (the female lead played by Natalie Portman) is taught to fight her fears by a filthy experiment of Mr. V. She undergoes torture, survives death and learns a lesson, that fear blocks reasoning. She also learns that the actions of V are a result of revenge to equalize the loss of thousands of people due to the spread of an epidemic, consciosuly by the action of some government generals. As every second tells her the truth of history, she stands by V, more.

Mr. Creedy, the villain-actually in the picture is a silent salesman. He trades with V, with life and revenge on either sides. Keeping up the promise Creedy kills Mr. Sutler (another rogue) in the eyes of V. Now V is all his. It’s between Creedy and V. With the guns supporting Creedy, V stands with swords and faith. “Mr, Creedy, we both are about to die, with my hands around your neck.” With the climax under the tunnel and a little graphics, V escapes gunshots with his bulletproof clothing and goes for Mr. Creedy, strangling him onto a gate. Begging for life, he hears the words from V, “ Beneath the mask there is an idea Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof!!!.”

Revealing love, facing death, the illusion of V ends and his idea of destroying the parliament becomes true. It was executed by Eevy and the intuitive cop who believes that their country needs change and that can come only through a symbol, symbol of destruction. Symbols are just designs unless it is backed by a thousand people to create a revolution.

The man behind the mask: “Who was he?” “He was all of us!”

The movie really offered what it had to, right or wrong.

V for Vendetta, the movie that Was, Is, Will be one of the best I’ve ever watched.