Looks Great But Turns Out To Be Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (18 November 2009)

I was not too pleased after watching "V for Vendetta". Aside from the hokey title, everything about this movie looked to be a real winner to me. The subject matter is one that I typically enjoy, the V character seemed to be quite interesting, the film was a mystery / thriller, I typically like Natalie Portman as an actress, everything looked like it would be a very good movie.
However, once this film started rolling along I found myself puzzled as to the direction that they were going with it. One of the biggest problems I had with this was how the kidnapping and torture of Evey was a set up by V to show her "what it was like to really be free". This is not the first time that I've seen something like this and it just seemed stupid to me and a half thought out explanation.
Aside from that, I didn't really find all that much wrong with this film, but it just didn't hold my attention and it was not as good as I though it should have been. Straight up in-the-middle rating of five for me.