A Great Translaton of the Comic to Film

Rating: 10/10 (5 August 2006)

The translation of the graphic novel to popular movie format was done quiet well. With only about 2 hours to go with the story, each move to combine events (such as the bombing of the Parliament building with the bombing of the statue of "Justice"), or transform them from more personal or specific experiences (the mask only being worn by V and his successor) to broader, popularized forms (the masks being worn by the entire working-class population of London) was very clever. Also, the movie's central and most notable and important "sexual relationship" is not between V and Evey Hammond, but really between two anonymous lesbians who were murdered by the state - and this is in a modern popular film!
As the original creator of the story Alan Moore should not have misgivings about this movie. That the film did not mention that V is an anti-capitalist anarchist should not matter since the message is still made clear. The basic idea that corporations, capitalism, the state and nationalism are an affront to the freedom of the individual should be obvious to any viewer - or at least lead them to eventually form these conclusions if they are any kind of seeker of truth. The film is a triumph.