Thought provoking tour De force!

Rating: 10/10 (17 March 2006)

My wife and just got back from watching the opening showing of V and we were both slack-jawed after the movie. What an absolutely breathtaking and beautiful film! It operates on many levels, not the least of which is in exposing the tendency of government to corruption and the enslavement of the populace through fear manipulation (using the media as their accomplice). One cannot help but compare current events in light of the movie's story line, and the similarities are unsettling to say the least. The relationship between V and Natalie Portman also weaves its way through the movie, and one can feel the compelling way that V intertwines himself and his ideology through Evie... a spectacular film, one that also serves a valuable service as a mirror to our culture's current headlong trend toward "security at any price" ...Long live V!!!