Good as a movie, but bad as an adaptation

Rating: 7/10 (20 March 2006)

After much anticipation of this movie i found my self to be somewhat disappointed after i left the cinema. The movie itself was fantastic, one of the best i've seen in a long while, but as the book is one of my favourites i found myself constantly questioning decisions of the matrix bros.
granted they would be unable to convert the whole of the movie to film format, but the elements that were used could have been better, for example the start of the book takes place at the end of the film, and is replaced with a slightly less spectacular start. key elements such as finch going to lark hill and taking acid, then reliving the experience as an inmate were removed from the film, and for me these scenes were needed to truly show finches character. also the removal of fate, the computer that ran the country was a big loss, and changing the name of the head of the government also annoyed. Also the character of every was almost a different person to that in the book, she seems very bland and blasé toward v when she meets him in the film, but in the book she's amazed and full of wonderment at who he is and the things he does.
overall i was impressed but at the same time disappointed. if you've read the book, i would advise going just to see V come to life, if you haven't read it then go as it is amazing.
then again you can't have everything