Movies that call for the overthrowing of authoritarian single party governments I would think does not help the CCP who is a authoritarian single party government.

Beijing-based rights activist Hu Jia wrote on Twitter, which is not accessible to most Chinese because of government Internet controls:

That’s where I stopped reading.

“V for Vendetta” is not a great film. It is thinly-veiled, anti-Bush, anti-Fox News propaganda. Nothing more, nothing less.

steebo77 on December 20, 2012 at 4:50 PM

I wholeheartedly disagree. I think it is a great film.

While, I also felt at the time of it’s release that it had an anti-Bush undertone, I also think it would be equally applicable to an anti-Obama tone, if not even moreso. It’s anti-big-government more than anything else. Honestly, I believe the leftist morons that idolize the movie, thinking that it supports their leftist idealism, really don’t understand the movie at all.

The politics aside, what makes it a great film for me is Hugo Weaving’s performance as V. He does not show his face once throughout the entire film, so he can relay none of the character’s emotions through facial expression. And yet through his body language and his voice he manages to convey the full range of emotion of the character in great depth. I actually think it’s one of the most incredible acting performances I have ever seen.

“V for Vendetta” is not a great film. It is thinly-veiled, anti-Bush, anti-Fox News propaganda. Nothing more, nothing less.

steebo77 on December 20, 2012 at 4:50 PM

I don’t agree.

The makers of the film might have imagined the film would have that effect, but it really wouldn’t resonate with American audiences that way, especially viewed now, four years after Bush left office.

The setting of the film is in Britain, and it turns Guy Fawkes, a person who–until this makeover–was ritually mocked every November for his failed attack on Parliament (against anti-Catholic repression) into a heroic figure. That inversion would be obvious to British viewers who would see this as a pretty straightforward anti-establishment message.

And at it’s core, that’s what it is. As a libertarian conservative, I really don’t have much problem with the film and think it has an overall net positive message in that the core message is essentially anti-statist.

Now, why the occupy crowd–who always agitate for more government–finds this figure inspiring is harder to explain.

Some commentators and bloggers think the broadcast could be CCTV producers pushing the envelope of censorship, or another sign that the ruling Communist Party’s newly installed leader, Xi Jinping, is serious about reform.

Maybe he is, or he’ll meet Obama in the middle, as the latter pushes for Chinese gov’t.

In any event, don’t believe either. It’s all deceiving and distracting.

The Chinese masters w/b the most horrific the world has ever had.