Review of V for Vendetta (2006) by Hollyc — 18 Mar 2006

The look of the film is excellent---visually they did a pretty magnificent job. The intentional verbosity works really well in many scenes--but sometimes faulters. The story, though I haven't read the original Alan Moore graphic novel, is ballsy to say the least (given the time of release) And Hugo and Natalie were fantastic.

But I wouldn't judge this as some sort of call to arms in reality. The point being, all gov'ts can lead to fascism--and complacency among the populace is usually at the root. They also make some pretty good points about "terrorism" or rebellion---(namely when/where it's born and how similar it is to its creator) as well as media control-- none of it happens in a vacuum---or by coincidence.

The action in the film is intermitten by some pretty long character scenes--but the FX fits well & by no means is as gratuitous as the #2 & #3 matrix films. It's definitely a film to be enjoyed in the theater (matinee prices anyway).