Most Relevant Movie For The 21st Century?

chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
edited November 2014 in Off Topic Chat
I don't know if anyone else here is a fan, but IMO V For Vendetta shows the direction we are going in as a global Corporate society, and our only way out of it -not in blowing up stuff, that was OTT cinematic drama- but in banding together in our overwhelming numbers to effect change in whatever non-violent ways possible.
Or does anyone here have a different pick for 'relevant movie'?
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    edited November 2014
    It was made in 1998, but otherwise "The Truman Show" is very relavant for this century. :#
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    It's funny because Alan Moore hates the Film Adaptation of V for Vendetta, even going as far as calling it an 'Abortion'
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    It's funny because Alan Moore hates the Film Adaptation of V for Vendetta, even going as far as calling it an 'Abortion'
    He's an artist... 8-)
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore There -{
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    It was made in 1998
    It's listed as 2005/6... ;)
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  • Smithers500Smithers500 Spectre IslandPosts: 1,347MI6 Agent
    Alan Moore is notorious for hating any of the film adaptations of his works. I recently met David LLoyd, the co-creator of V For Vendetta and he told me he really enjoyed the film and it did justice to the original...
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    It's one of my favourite films {[]
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    It was made in 1998
    It's listed as 2005/6... ;)

    I don't know where The Truman Show is listed as made in 2005/06, but IMDB lists it for 1998:

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120382/
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    edited November 2014
    Oh, I just googled "The Truman Show 2005". The Special Edition came out on DVD that year :))
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    I nominate another 1998 movie: Enemy of the State

    It depicts a society under massive surveilance.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    edited November 2014
    The Bling Ring (2013)

    Media culture, obsession with fame and rampant consumerism.
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    I'd say The Social Network. It provides an expertly-made depiction of the creation of a crucial lichpin of the social networking craze that is becoming increasingly destructive and all-consuming.
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    chrisisall wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    It was made in 1998
    It's listed as 2005/6... ;)

    I don't know where The Truman Show is listed as made in 2005/06, but IMDB lists it for 1998:

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120382/
    Oh, sorry, I thought the 'it' meant V. My bad. 8-)
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    It's one of my favourite films {[]
    It's a near perfect film, and more than that it's inspiration for bravery.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    I think the movies suggested by other members here are very good picks. :)
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Though not a film but a TV series, Patrick McGoohan's The Prisoner remains IMO the most relevant for the 21st century. Not only did McGoohan predict the use of credit cards, electronic surveillance and bland hostility, he also predicted that society would become increasingly Health and Safety obsessed (the penny farthing with a canopy).

    And of course, the whole premise of the show is the increasing marginalisation and sublimation of the individual (gawd I must have swallowed a dictionary today 8-) ) and most importantly- that man's own worst enemy is himself. :o

    Btw, loved the article of Alan Moore - his pseudonyms, Jill de Ray and Curt Vile, are brilliant- thanks for posting, AOS -{
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Charmed & Dangerous wrote:
    Though not a film but a TV series, Patrick McGoohan's The Prisoner remains IMO the most relevant for the 21st century.
    Yes, a timeless work of art. We are in a global Village. :o
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  • LexiLexi LondonPosts: 3,000MI6 Agent
    I think this is a really good topic, and thought provoking...

    My top 3 would have to be, Social Network, (good choice Blacklighter) An Inconvenient Truth, and Super size me.

    Interesting that all these movies were either based on fact, or docufilms...in fact I'm really struggling to think of one drama, or fictitious movie which answers the question...mind you, I guess we're only 14 years in to the century. :#
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Lexi wrote:
    I'm really struggling to think of one drama, or fictitious movie which answers the question
    Lexi, have you seen V For Vendetta?
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  • LexiLexi LondonPosts: 3,000MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    Lexi wrote:
    I'm really struggling to think of one drama, or fictitious movie which answers the question
    Lexi, have you seen V For Vendetta?

    No, I haven't...
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