lets understand what works for film, o.k.?

Rating: 8/10 (21 March 2006)

i am sitting here after reading several of the 'hated it' comments for this film. i really want some of you that were so livid about this movie to relax, take a deep breath, and listen please to what i have to say. ready? O.K. i will be the first to admit that i have never read the V graphic novels and the film is my introduction to this character. you know, when a studio decides to produce something there is that unfortunate thing called money that somehow always rears its ugly head. as much as some people involved with this movie would have liked to remain completely true to the original writings, the money thing, coupled with the ego thing, and the power thing all combine to sometimes get in the way of what perhaps should have been up on the screen. as an introduction to this character, i felt that V for Vendetta served its purpose well. can't any of you realize that in a production of this sort there are always too many chiefs and not enough indians. i would challenge any of you "armchair directors and fan-boy critics to make anything even remotely as good as what was done by the people at Warner Brothers. Hugo Weaving was tremendous as the main character. wearing a mask for the entire film without a facial reveal and yet still being able to convey such a sense of humanity in the process. as for ms portman...what a great sense of relief she must have had after coming off of those lifeless "Star Wars" films. she truly sank her teeth into this one. sometimes i feel that you that are truly disappointed were so worked up before you even saw this film, what with all of your websites, fan conventions and the like. as much as some of you would like everything to be exactly what you want it to be come hell or high water need to understand that this is the vision of the director,cinematographer, art director, scriptwriter, and oh yes the money-men. i wish that you could have seen the movie with an open mind and a fresh perspective. the music was perfect. the effects during the last fight in the station were "illustrative". get it? when natalie portman realizes that she has been held captive by "V" and not the government, were you sitting in your seats so bored and smug that you could not feel the epiphany her character was going through? i am a movieholic. i should be in a twelve frame program. i have seen a countless number of films of all kinds good and bad, but contrary to all of you nay-sayers, this film works and it works well. simple, straight, and true. i would challenge some of you to at least rent it again when it comes to DVD and give it the true chance it deserves. lets put it this way.... i remember when the first batman film was released. many of the same kind of fan-boys screamed in horror when it was revealed that michael keaton would be batman. sacrilege they cried! the film will be ruined!i thought it was perfect. Keaton made the batman character his own. i do admit that the franchise fell on hard times before the superb batman begins breathed new life into it. i also imagine that the writer of the "V" novels took his name off the production for one reason or another. but the truism in Hollywood is that everyone will promise whatever it takes to get something made regardless of whether those specific promises are kept or not. that is the reality of it. so i am asking you to understand that even if this movie was not the "pitch perfect" one that you had to see........it was done as best as could be expected coming out of a major studio as it were. i highly recommend this picture and plan to purchase a copy when it is released. i would ask all of you that were disappointed to give this another viewing with an open mind. thanks