Joshua Malbin » Natalie Portman http://joshuamalbin.com Sat, 19 May 2012 08:08:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Try to Remember the Something of Something http://joshuamalbin.com/2009/11/remember-remember-the-something-of-something/ http://joshuamalbin.com/2009/11/remember-remember-the-something-of-something/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:16:58 +0000 Josh K-sky http://joshuamalbin.com/?p=765 In honor of Guy Fawkes Day, I present my biggest problem with the ill-fated Alan Moore film adaptation V for Vendetta:

For starters, the titular terrorist V wears a Guy Fawkes mask through the whole movie. On the page, the frozen smile of the mask is iconic and haunting, depersonalizing the revolutionary ardor of V into a free-floating cloud of question and dissent that gets inside Evey and fuels her transformation. On the screen, however, it’s as if Natalie Portman has to fight, love, and hide alongside King Friday from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood for two hours. He doesn’t really give a lot back, and he’s a bad kisser.

The rest of the review can be found at the Sky K Studios Movie Blog, where I posted for a few years under the name “Phoebe Evergreen.” I may put up a couple other greatest hits as a substitute for writing new things.

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