More than I expected

Rating: 8/10 (22 March 2006)

See the movie before you check its rating on the IMDb.com. You might get disappointed, otherwise. It's definitely a bit too high for my liking. Not that the movie is bad. On the contrary it's probably in the same vicinity with Sin City, although the latter is better, I believe.
Natalie Portman is great in it and as for Hugo Weaving, it's probably for the best we never get to see his face. Otherwise we would think that Agent Smith had won after all. And don't tell me that V for Vendetta has nothing to do with George Orwell's 1984. A Totalitarian government that controls all means of communication, rewrites history and so on. Well yeah, unlike in 1984 in V for Vendetta a way out exists.
Well many people will probably find this an anti-Bush movie. And to some extent they might be right. Some will go to the extreme and dub it a pro-terrorist movie, which is a complete, unsubstantiated and utter b***s***, thank you very much. I really cannot understand articles like the one in the NY Sun about the controversy of the film and how somebody can make a film with a terrorist as a protagonist after Sept.11. Actually there is one way and that's if you see the government described in V for Vendetta somewhat comparable to that of the United States.
And one final thing, if I ever just but hear a rumor of V for Vendetta 2, I would never go to see another Wachowski brother's movie again. I hope they know how they f***ed up with the Matrix 2 and 3 and that they owe me (and you also probably) the 20 dollars that I paid for the tickets.