Shallow story...

Rating: 2/10 (19 June 2006)

I watched this movie without knowing that it was from the Wachowski Bros. I had hight hopes on it, but soon as the "shallow pretending to be deep" script a la Matrix Reload and Revolutions began to show itself, I knew something was very wrong. So, I saw their names at the end credits, and I realized why I didn't like V.
Don't get me wrong, I really like The Matrix (the 1st one), but I can't stand its sequels. And this "V for Vendetta" is nothing more than a crappy Matrix Revolutions remake in disguise of "1984" (they even got John Hurt in the role of "Big Brother" here...). The storytelling is so stupid, so full of clichés and absurd explanations (that when the things get explanations: for most of the happenings we are never shown why and how they happen) that it made me wish to have my time back before the movie ended. Oh, my, I can't believe that this movie got this high ratio...
OK, the movie is not total garbage: there are some good acting, nice photography, cool special effects. But the movie as a whole is way too pretentious for what it delivers (oh, the Wachowski trademark). It's no surprise that Alan Moore, author of the original graphic novel, demanded to get his name removed from the credits.
My suggestion: if you have a brain, watch the original "1984", a truly raw movie about dictatorship and oppression. Avoid this V crap!