I was just thinking on the reason why V for Vendetta didn't do as well as the Matrix Trilogy. Could it be because it is too close to home? To ponder on events in a setting far removed from reality that there could be a world that is pulled over our eyes to blind us to the truth is one thing. It is quite another to graphically spell that out in our world and in terms we understand all too well!

Do you think it is just too troubling for the masses to contemplate? It is not like I can’t understand. Stark images throughout remind us of humanity's not so distant past (and truthfully, our present!) and to the truth of the saying, "Those who do not learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them."

It is we who will be repeating the words of Gandalf to each other in our time, "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All they have to decide is what to do with the time that is given them."

I really liked the movie (esp what it had to say about suffering) and thought it was exceptionally well done. But it was troubling to me overall and very hard to watch in places.

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