Veni, Vidi, Vomici

Rating: 1/10 (18 June 2006)

Top 250 for this piece of crap?? At least the Matrix had some (CGI) "action" to distract us from the mind-numbing mumbo-jumbo crap that they were pouring over our poor brains (I'm talking about matrix 2 and 3, the first one being not so bad even though Keeanu Reeves was doing some kung-fu).. But this "V" thing is just like a 12 years old thinking he has an original view about our society.. 1984, anyone? Farheineit 451? Brave New World? As though they had tried to mimic these meaningful stories and actually tried to "modernise" them (because of course, people don't know about these wonderful satires anymore.. they forgot to read while watching too much telly).. Noble intentions, but catastrophic results! This London-terror-scenario, based on an American war-gone-bad and the world-falling-into-total-totalitarism, is almost as credible as Nathalie Portman when she's crying (the poor thing.. she's reading from toilet paper and has had her hair shaved..). The world they are trying to convene is half-baked, half-thought and not worth the original comic book ; they skipped so much details that it feels just like any other Hollywood movie : it's made of cardboards and we don't give a crap about anything else than the 12 buck we just coughed up..
Don't believe the hype. Trust your instincts : Wachowski brothers + Portman + metaphorical story about the world today minged with terrorism and totalitarism = watch Fox news instead and get the real deal! (it's even more scarier).. The producers think you are as dumb as the viewers in this movie : you are just sitting there while watching stuff happening in front of you.. The hell if you're gonna wake up.. At the very least, you should just stand up and turn the damn movie off!
If this is supposed to empower the citizens and really make the governments scared, I think I'm going back to sleep and dream about another so-called "revolution".. Another brick for the wall in your mind..