Children of Men and V for Vendetta's narratives differ very much from eachother. This is shown through the use of or lack of the Classic Hollywood Narrative. For example, Children of Men's narrative does not follow the Classic Hollywood Narrative at all, unlike V for Vendetta, which does subversively.
Children of Men does this through the complete lack of devices such as Equilibrium, Disruption and Resolution. This is shown through the lack of Resolution as Children of Men finishes Open-Endedly, not giving us the situation in which it finishes (Do Kee and the baby survive? What happens after that?) - It does this to make us think about what the potential ending could be, which is a common occurrence in Independent films like Children of Men, leaving a profound emotional effect on the viewer. Another Classic Hollywood Narrative criteria that Children of Men does not follow is the cause and effect. During the film, everyone in the world is suddenly infertile, excluding Kee. This would be an example of an effect, the cause, however, is not given, also leaving the viewer to think about the cause. This is unlike V for Vendetta, which shows it's true Hollywood elements through the following of the Classic Hollywood Narrative, but by subverting them to help give across the themes of individuality.
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