V For Vendetta Movie Symbolism

All movies you watch have similarities whether you notice it or not. Even a war time action movie like Zero Dark Thirty and a dystopian political thriller like V for Vendetta have similarities. All movies use symbolism and a lot of times these symbols are repeated. Themes also go hand in hand with symbolism. Evaluating a movie’s theme and detecting symbolism can help one understand the movie better and uncover underlying messages. Also, analyzing music, color schemes, and other factors such as foreshadowing and the parallelism of real life events help audiences gain a heightened understanding of the movie they are interested in. V for Vendetta and Zero Dark Thirty are two movies that have a lot in common, yet still hold a lot of differences. To begin, by comparing the overall message and plot of Zero Dark Thirty and V for Vendetta one can quickly notice how alike these two different movies …show more content…
Some common symbolism are the explosions in both movies representing, destruction, the obvious. Not only does it represent destruction, it also represents the end. The explosions in Zero Dark Thirty literally symbolize the end of people’s lives likewise they do in V for Vendetta. The main explosion in that movie also symbolizes the end of the reign of a fascist government and literally the end of the film. Roses are a big symbol in V for Vendetta; they are used in memory of Valerie and are put on the train that V’s dead body was placed on that blew up the parliament building. The roses symbolize hope, hope for a better tomorrow. This hope for a better tomorrow means hope for a better government and less destruction and hatred. There is also a symbol of hope in Zero Dark Thirty, Mya. She never gives up and is determined to find Osama Bin Laden throughout the movie, even when people do not believe in her. It is common for there to be a symbol of hope in a movie with dying and destruction like these to