Remember, Remember the 17th of March....

Rating: 10/10 (18 March 2006)

Pure genius. This movie had the best of everything a movie should have. Great story, fantasy elements, unbelievable fight scenes, and the coolest character since Indiana Jones.
Hugo Weaving, in my opinion, has finally gotten the role to define his career. Acting with a mask that hinders emotion and expression, it actually excels the role. Such awesome lines that he delivered would have not been as powerful had he put his (I would say) trademark eyebrows to work. His performance was the best I have ever seen in my life.
Natalie Portman more than redeemed herself for the Star Wars Prequels. Though her accent was, at times, hard to believe to be natural, she did pretty good.
John Hurt was the Shiznit. The perfect example of how a tyrant is. Angry at criticism, weak at death. Best dictator on film.
The movie taught me an important lesson. Everything is based on a point of view. To V, vengeance and destruction are the only way to defeat an evil power. To the evil powers, V is a terrorist hell-bent on disrupting the peace. To Valerie, for instance, she believed that love should not be limited to only one type whereas the government believed that it was disgusting and destroying society. There are two sides to every story and though there might be a right or wrong side to it, everyone believes in something and that belief is worth fighting for.
By the way, I know that many will disagree with me, but this was a great movie. It's going to get snubbed by the Oscars because it was too entertaining and action packed in a non-artistic or dramatic way like Lord of the Rings was.