Let me catch my breath...

Rating: 10/10 (15 April 2006)

I'm here to add my humble opinion about "V." Most people here echo my astonishment and succeeding enthusiasm for this movie. It was "bloody good!" Witty, compelling, charismatic, and for an action movie, surprisingly restrained. Despite the fact that it's based on a comic book, I found no awkwardness in the transition. Perhaps I can't really say this absolutely because I've never read the comic. Anyway, the movie is just excellent...unforgettable...begs to be watched more than once. I can't wait to see it again. Hugo Weaving deserves an Oscar for his performance. He delivered those lines as easily as if he were treading the boards and yet I didn't flinch in the face of his verbosity. Rather, I was stunned and then delighted. There was something gentlemanly and poetic about his character, despite his cartoonish appearance. Hugo Weaving created a thoroughly compelling, charismatic anti-hero instead of a campy figure of fun. It was a delicate balance that Weaving masterfully manipulates.