Went in expecting it to be Good, but it turned out to be great

Rating: 10/10 (11 September 2011)

In the last decade, we have gotten a lot of comic book movies. Christopher Nolan's Batman movies, Spiderman, X-men, Superman Returns, and the Marvel's Avenger's series. Yet of the comic book movies that I've seen, V for Vendetta is my personal favorite. Yes, I like this movie more than The Dark Knight, more than Iron Man, even more than the Avengers. And I had never even heard of the graphic novels before, but now I kind of want to read them, and I don't even read comics.
I love futures where a totalitarian government has taken over. It's a great warning that if we give too much power to our governments, then we will lose all freedom. Even though the film is set in Britian, it applies to pretty much any country with a non-communist government. It's like V said, "People should not fear their government, government should fear their people." The character of V is very interesting. You never see his face, so there is a bit of mystery to him, and as the story goes on we learn more about his back story. I don't know if you would call him a hero, or anti hero. He's basically a terrorist, but he's doing it for the right reasons.
Natalie Portman is great, I've always liked her since Phantom Menace, and she is so hot, even when she is bald. The villain is great, the dialog works really well, and it's just a plain awesome movie. I mean they blow up important buildings while the 1812 Overture is playing. And it's really funny at parts.
There are a few problems I have though. There is one part that doesn't make any sense to me, and I will have to spoil part of the movie to explain it. Who did V get to interrogate Evey. I mean he can't be that good at throwing his voice. We see hands when Evey is getting her hair cut and they weren't burnt. Plus why did he do it, he is just that heartless. And I didn't care for the flashback about Valerie, I know it gave Evey hope to get through her ordeal, but for me it just slowed things down and besides, we already knew the government imprisoned homosexuals, so why did we need to be reminded.
V for Vendetta is my favorite Comic book movie, I love the plot, characters, and just find it to be a fun movie. Some things don't make sense, but it doesn't stop it from being a really good film. If you love Comic book films, check it out