To what extent does V & CoM conform to film stereotypes and what messages are behind these representations?

 I believe that both V for Vendetta and Children of Men challenge some of the film stereotypes I have looked at. One thing that is really quite challenged by V for Vendetta is the stereotype of men act women appear, were as I would say to some extent it is shown in Children of Men. I will be explaining some of these in more detail.

 I believe that V for Vendetta challenges the stereotype of Men act, Women appear. Although at the start they are seen more as a object and in one seen in particular it is very apparent, it is the scene where she visits the pope all 'dolled up'. It then goes against it when it becomes up to Eve to launch the train and take control which means she 'acts'. This very different in Children of Men, one part in particular where they leave the building in the middle of the war zone and all the gun fire stops, although Theo is being 'cowardly' and hiding behind the child he is leading and Kee is just following 'appearing'. This stereotype also fits in with the Sex Object, so although V challenges it in some parts it reinforces the Sex Object, as i mentioned before when Eve visits the pope she comes across as more of a Sex Object. There is no one in Children of Men that could really comes across as a Sex Object.

 Both V for Vendetta and Children of Men conform to the stereotype of the Final Girl. In V for Vendetta she stays alive and rises up and launches the train. In Children of Men, Kee is also a sole survivor and it becomes solely down to her to protect her new born child after the death of Theo at the end of the film. Its only really a relevant stereotype in V for Vendetta and Eve actually goes on to do something where as in Children of Men you are left looking at her in a boat.

 There isn't really a Action Hero in either film, V dosen't conform to you typical hero although he is quite hypermasculated with his super strength he is not a hero as the deeds he does are stuff you would not associate with a hero. Theo doesn't conform to it either as in some parts of the films he is show as weak and cowardly, as i said before when he was hiding behind the baby to protect himself.

 There is a lot of Phallic and Yonic in both of the films, in V for Vendetta on scene in particular you could look into would be in the end scene where the train is launched with V dead inside of it, the tunnel is Yonic imagery which could symbolise the re-birth of V in Eve, as Eve really changes towards the end of the film, she loses her fear through V. You could also look into Yonic imagery and re-birth in Children of Men, when Theo runs onto the street he goes through a tunnel, after this point he really steps up and takes control. Therefore you could look into that bit as the re-birth of Theo.

 To conclude both films challenge and reinforce the stereotypes as much as the other. I think one of the messages that V for Vendetta and Children of Men is trying to put across is that women aren't just there to be looked at, they actually can act in the films and have as big roles as the males. I think this is shown in V for Vendetta where she becomes stripped of her fear and steps up and starts the uprising and in Children of Men where she carry's the baby throughout without her they are powerless.