V For Vendetta

A film for all, singles, couples men and women. An eye opener a chance to escape your troubles. Pure dialog fresh direction an true eye opener a chance for escapism, needs to be watched more than once to truley appreciate....

Very slightly long winded in the middle

V for Vendetta is an amazing film, it has educational points to it as well, my sister wouldn't shut up about it for weeks!

Really good film; the sort of thing you tell your friends about for ages

V for Vendetta is a movie that was impeccably made. Set in a totalitarian England in the near future, V (played superbly by Hugo Weaving) encounters Eve (Natalie Portman, with her first real breakthrough role), and V goes off to end the totalitarianism that is surrounding his country.

Although the characters and basic story are similar of this adaptation, the graphic novel is much darker, and V's main goal is to promote anarchy. This is not the case in the movie, as it branches off into a political metaphor, which in itself makes it a whole new masterpiece. Neither the graphic novel or the movie are better in my opinion, but they should both be enjoyed to experience the full V for Vendetta effect.

V for Vendetta is a breath of fresh air when it comes to making films from comic books. Having to endure adequate and poor Marvel comic adaptations for the kids, such as Fantastic 4 and Spiderman. Even darker films like the Batman series haven't really delivered, and they treat you like a child when giving you a plot to follow, but in seeing V for Vendetta I feel relieved that I haven't paid another £7.50 to see a kids film. Instead I got a mature and topical film dealing with politics and freedom.

It is about a mysterious Guy Thawkes masked freedom fighter named V (Theatrically played by Hugo Weaving) who lurks in the shadows of a futuristic totalitarian Britain, but when rescuing Evey (Natalie Portman) from the corrupt future police called Fingermen, he feels that he has found an ally. He invites her to his show of destroying the old Bailey. He then hijacks a television studio, admits to destroying the Old Bailey and asks the people of London to gather outside the Houses of Parliament next 5th of November. The government hires a detective who relentlessly tries to track down and kill V, while the detective himself is discovering the governments dark secrets. Whilst V gets revenge on the people who made him who he is, and gives the people of Britain hope by succeeding in his plan and destroying the government.

Because I haven't read the comic I cannot compare it, but the film is still very good, and a Shakespeare style performance from Hugo Weaving as V is very enjoyable, whilst a convincing English accent from Natalie Portman is also satisfying.

The films plot is complex and shows the scenes of the governments terrifying secrets really well. Although the film is controversial and has a complex plot, it doesn't seem to be dark or gritty enough. Also, the message the film is trying to give out isn't really clear, but it is still a very satisfying comic book film, which isn't for the kids this time.