Did I watch the same film?

Rating: 1/10 (21 March 2006)

Having seen the film I'm slightly surprised by the glowing reviews it has received. As its tosh. Apart from some of the mad dialogue, parts of which were surreal (best example being the 'did you kill him' chat on the sofa). My favourite part was when V was by the stove cooking in his piny with mask on, here he jumped from violent hero to housewife cooking breakfast.
I've noticed some people find this film politically moving, this I cannot understand, to those that haven't seen it, I'd rate it around the same level as Equilibrium and Sky Captain. If anyone is changed by this film, they are frankly moronic.
The characters were either from comic books or else an ITV detective show, probably a drama premiere on a Wednesday. The comic book and masked hero, able to withstand scores of bullets then move fast enough to get a swoosh noise is hunted by a unwashed detective in a Rover 25. I was waiting for a moustached David Jason to appear, resplendent with hat and raincoat, to nick V, stuff him in the back of a police car and retire to the pub.
Stephen Frys inclusion was the stuff of genius and kept the film from sinking without trace. Fry wondered around playing himself and doing not much else,even if his character was completely unnecessary. The film died a little when he did. The man behind V, we learn, died a long time ago, leaving only the idea, and a series of gaping plot holes. Weaving played the role well, the role of trying to prevent the audience to burst into tears of laughter every time he pranced on stage. Portman was decent.
This film was never going anywhere, with a mad script, convoluted plot and little focus (characters wondered in and out of the film with little direction)destroyed any hope for this film.
To conclude, this film should have either been made into a full-on comedy, rather than producing unintentional laughs, or else your standard Punisher-esquire film devoid of anything but violence. Comic book characters and plot and important messages don't mix, and this film shows that clearly.