V is only really secondary a sci-fi, it's primarily a movie (split into 2 parts) about fascism. The scene where the good cop questions the fascist cop, then effectively shrugs his shoulders, is just as relevant today as it ever was. A good person that lets bad things happen, is just as complicit as the bad person doing it. Today we still hear possibly the worst line ever uttered by humans, "I was only following orders".
What use are the police, military, elected (and unelected) officials, if all they do is blindly follow orders? Until people learn to not just think for themselves, but also take responsibility for their own actions, humanity is doomed to repeat the same mistakes forever.
Make no mistake, this is also a wonderful sci-fi movie too, but it has so much human depth to it that propels it way above your "average yarn with added tales of morality". I have no hesitation in calling V the greatest sci-fi of all-time. It's almost criminal how forgotten it is, compared to vastly inferior movies, probably mainly due to sitting in that awkward spot between movies and tv.
What use are the police, military, elected (and unelected) officials, if all they do is blindly follow orders? Until people learn to not just think for themselves, but also take responsibility for their own actions, humanity is doomed to repeat the same mistakes forever.
Make no mistake, this is also a wonderful sci-fi movie too, but it has so much human depth to it that propels it way above your "average yarn with added tales of morality". I have no hesitation in calling V the greatest sci-fi of all-time. It's almost criminal how forgotten it is, compared to vastly inferior movies, probably mainly due to sitting in that awkward spot between movies and tv.