WFiB: April Showers Bring the Apocalypse

[SPS]

Better start this one before the end of April eh?

Welcome to season 2 of WFiB this week our films are two about the apocalypse. They could also be judged in multiple ways, as movies, adaptations, and so on and so forth. So here we go:

1984 (1984 film version)
vs.
V For Vendetta

Now which one is better?

[Elliot Kane]

Well, I've only seen 1984, which was absolutely dreadful and nowhere near as good as the novel it was based on. I never really thought the adapters got Orwell's main points and certainly never conveyed them very well if they did.

V is based on an Alan Moore story and those never live up to what they should be, so that's bound to be bad, too. Dreadful casting decisions don't help here, either (What's Natalie Portman doing in a world where all the Jews have been killed?!?)

Hmmm... I think I'll have to go with V as the 'best', though, having seen and really disliked 1984. V can't be worse! ;D

[Flix]

Apocalypse? Nah, these are definitely dystopia movies. Apocalypse movies I'd say are like Armageddon, Deep Impact, The Core - the world ending is kind of a prereq.

With these, the world's fine, just life really sucks because of a terrible social structure.

I thought V for Vendetta was great, never seen 1984, nor have I read the book.

I'm glad I don't read Alan Moore, because I would apparently hate too many of my favorite movies (From Hell, Watchmen, V for Vendetta are all on my top list)

[Gray Lensman]

I never saw 1984, so I'll go with V by default since I've actually seen it.

That said, V wasn't really that bad of an adaptation overall. They took some liberties with it, but overall it followed the basic structure of the book. It's not nearly as good as the book, but still much better than the vast majority of Moore adaptations. Of course, given that Snyder ruined the ending of Watchmen and the others are even worse, that really is not a compliment.

Thinking on it, comparing Moore adaptation films could be interesting. In a migraine-inducing sort of way. ;D

[SPS]

Apr 27, 2010 15:17:03 GMT Flix said:

Apocalypse? Nah, these are definitely dystopia movies. Apocalypse movies I'd say are like Armageddon, Deep Impact, The Core - the world ending is kind of a prereq.

With these, the world's fine, just life really sucks because of a terrible social structure.

Flix I realize this but April Showers bring dystopia didn't have the same ring ;D

As for which film is better, I'm going to go with V For Vendetta, just because 1984 is my favorite book of all time and they cut a lot of stuff out, even though it is faithful to the book.

[Hand-E-Food]

I've seen V for Vandetta and cannot remember a thing about it. I've read 1984 and loved it, but I've not seen the movie. I won't be surprised if the movie is bad. I'm going to have to abstain from voting on this one.