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清明節傍晚在整裡書桌的時候發現，去年底公司發放的華納威秀電影票竟然4月6日就到期了！10張電影票賣的賣，用的用，就留著最後兩張想等部好片子，沒想到日子過得真快，一轉眼就要到期了。 

假日懶得出門的我們，頂多到附近市場去買買蔬果、散散步，一想到要到市區就全身發懶，但有票不看又可惜，「就隨便選一部吧！」吳老爺說。上網查了正在上映的片子，有冰原歷險記II、決戰異世界II、斷背山、極地長征、絕命終結站III和V怪客等…。凱西屬意絕命終結站III，吳老爺則選擇V怪客。剪刀石頭布，他贏了。

什麼V怪客？光聽片名就很遜好不好！不知道他為什麼選V怪客？我看了電影簡介並不覺得它有什麼特別的看頭。我們匆匆吃完晚餐，穿著T恤短褲拖鞋，騎著高齡13歲冒白煙的Dio小藍一路往大遠百衝去，正好在開演前10分鐘趕到。 呼~

為什麼我要拉拉雜雜講這麼多？你去看了這部片就知道。What a coincidence！(套句電影裡的對白)竟然誤打誤撞在票過期前一天讓我看到了這樣一部片!!! 

我會特別喜歡這部電影的原因是片中以巧妙的手法呈現了英國特有的傳統、政治、文化、社會現象、生活習慣，結合了蓋福克斯、開膛手傑克、歌劇魅影、交響樂、莎士比亞、博物館藝術、玫瑰花、地鐵、私家偵探、同性戀、陰雨天氣、倫敦地標等...獨樹一格的「英國象徵」，嚴肅的革命主題中帶著驚悚、血腥暴力、愛國情操、與英國人最擅長的暗諷和慣有的黑色幽默，許多橋段都會讓人不禁會心一笑，到最後又覺得非常感動與震憾。一百三十多分鐘的片長，劇情的峰迴路轉，令人猜不透的故事發展，是一部值得一再回味的好片。(劇情不在此介紹，才不會影響看戲的心情)


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中文官網：http://wwws.tw.warnerbros.com/vforvendetta/index.html

New from the Wachowski brothers, makers of The Matrix is V for Vendetta in which an anti-hero named "V" models himself after Guy Fawkes. 

Well, it took a long time. It wasn't quite as easy a sell as, say, making Harry Potter into a screen hero, but Hollywood has finally found its way to Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot via Alan Moore's dark and dystopian V for Vendetta. 

In this post-apocalyptic graphic novel (for old-fashioned readers, you might know "graphic novels" as "comic books") about the loss of freedom and identity in a Britain that has become a totalitarian state, "V", a superhuman vigilante who models himself on Guy Fawkes, tries to liberate his homeland. From the trailers, it appears the Wachowski brothers (of The Matrix fame) have stayed pretty close to the story, though obviously injecting it with elements that are relevant today. Stars Natalie Portman, Stephen Rea, and Hugo Weaving, and directed by James McTeigue. 
Info from: Guy Fawkes and Bon Fire Night

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