Disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (20 April 2006)

Did anyone catch the premiere programme on ITV? To me, none of the actors interviewed seemed particularly enthusiastic about the film. Perhaps it was because they had been interviewed so many times that day or the fact the interviewer was so dull.
Coupled with the appalling mini-trailers shown on television - things blows up, so what? - I couldn't have been less eager to see V for Vendetta. Note: the only decent trailer is Trailer 2 on the movie's website.
For the most part, the movie is far too wordy, which is probably why it drags. I kept thinking "Come on, get on with it." In my opinion, the editing was poor and I found myself getting very irritated with it.
I was disappointed by Stephen Rea, who I think is a great actor, but he just sounded so bored with it all. The only actor who seemed to work was Stephen Fry.
As for the mask thing, it was a shame that V couldn't have been less burned so that he could have worn a partial mask because, try as he might, Hugo Weaving could not act effectively through it. To give Mr Weaving his dues, it would have been nigh on impossible for any top actor.
This genre is not really my sort of thing but it was, all in all, a good film. I wish I didn't have such negative feelings about it. With its predecessors, the awful Matrix Trilogy, this could have been much worse.