A Modern Classic

Rating: 9/10 (18 March 2006)

I watched V for Vendetta last night, (17th March), and I thought that the film deserved a topic in its own right.
Firstly I loved the film, i thought it was absolutely brilliant, it was delicately and beautifully directed, the CGI used was seamless and It was perfectly cast, bar from one , Evey played by Natalie Porman. Don't get me wrong, I love Natalie Portman as an actress, but for the love of god, why couldn't they just cast a British actress, Kiera Knightley would have been perfect. Portman's accent was atrocious and constantly changing, her body language was all wrong, when she should of been nervous, she stood resolutely, when she had apparently lost her fear she seemed ready to break down, she did although almost redeem herself towards the end of the film, her final scene in the underground station with Mr Finch (a beautiful adaptation by Stephen Rea) is near perfect.
Hugo Weaving, on the other hand was perfect for 'V', when I first heard that he had been cast I, admittedly was disdainful, feeling that he had been cast only because The Wachowski Brothers wanted someone familiar, when a character who is constantly masked could be done better by CGI. His presence in the way he moves suits the character perfectly, and his voice, with its deep hollow sound, defines the character in a way that i feel no one could have anticipated.
Stephen Fry was an inspired choice for ' Deitrich. His flamboyant nature, is perfect for the television host. His development of the relationship between his character and Evey is both believable and Emphatic.
I feel that this film, will become a true classic, even with its eyebrow raising prospective on terrorism.