Stacie-5 Reviews

V for Vendetta (2005)

Sensuality Sets it Apart

[10/10 · 2 April 2006]

In our present Hollywood time of overwhelming sexualized imagery I really loved the relationship in this movie. The sensual images of the dancing a formal distance apart but arms entwined, the gentle hand on the back and the intimate exchange of breath. No humping butts and naked boobies and yet more erotic. Along these same lines, Hugo Weaving, who played V has an incredible voice and it gave a lot of power to a faceless character which fed into the eroticism.

I would have liked to have known more about V - that part of the story felt unsatisfying but all in all, this was a very good Swashbuckling Zorro Meets Phantom of the Opera Meets A Few Other Things But With A More Sensual Love Story film.

P.S. I saw the film again and I am just entranced by Hugo Weaving's powerful voice for V.

Grey Owl (1999)

I found this film to be intriguing.

[8/10 · 19 May 2000]

I know some people think the movie is boring but I disagree. It is a biography of a very complex and extraordinary person. I liked the characters in the film and think that leaving parts of Archie's life a mystery captured his humanity. I don't think the purpose of a good biography should be the detailing of someone's life but rather the complexities and relationships that make them interesting. And what is more fascinating than someone so successfully reinventing themselves? "Men become what they dream - you have dreamed well." Good job to Lord Attenborough. I also wanted to mention that Nathaniel Arcand really stood out to me as a charismatic actor and I hope to see him in more films.