Decent movie, really hated the political undertones

Rating: 6/10 (25 March 2006)

This movie was good in the same sense as the matrix: lots of well-scripted action that was entertaining.
V's literary illusions were interesting although I have to admit that some of them probably went over my head (mostly because I haven't read some of the works he mentions.) The thing that I didn't appreciate about this movie was the political statement that it makes. At first, the movie is subtle at basically comparing the George W. Bush administration to Hitler, but it becomes more and more transparent to a point where it is sickening. There is a point in the movie where you can see a poster hanging on the wall that has a British and American flag with a swastika in the middle, and the words "coalition of the willing" written above. Further allusions to Nazi Germany include the leader of Britain being called "Supreme Chancellor" (which was Hitler's title.) In addition, human experiments are shown.
Moreover, the movie shows the re-election of the "Supreme Chancellor" to be based on a false war against terrorism.
I did not appreciate the fact this movie shows terrorism in a positive light. It seems to me that this movie endorses the ends justify the means IF your ends are good. However, good and evil are subjective judgments, and they turn morality into a moving object, which it is not. It seemed like there was some attempt made to show that V was not entirely correct in murdering people to attain the ends that he sought, but this fact is played down greatly, and overshadowed by the "freedom fighter" image.
At a time when the world is faced with growing terrorism, the last thing we need is a glorification of terror. That is primarily why I didn't enjoy this movie as much as I could have, if they didn't have such an obvious political slant.