Confused and unengaging

Rating: 2/10 (22 March 2006)

I can't believe people on this site are talking about the same movie as I saw today.
It was unatmospheric, poorly acted and without any emotional impact - and contained precious little in the way of original thought.
Also, if you are going to depict the downfall of a totalitarian regime, at least show us the status quo properly before it is taken apart. Families sitting at home giggling in front of the TV is hardly the stuff of Orwell, is it?
I haven't read the graphic novel though I normally like Alan Moore's work. I can only assume the baleful influence of the Wachowski Brothers smothered Moore's original vision. Much like the second and third Matrix films, this film drowned in its own self-importance and cod philosophy. A film made by pseuds for pseuds to marvel at.
I gave it two out of ten for Stephen Fry and the destruction of the Houses of Parliament alone.
Dreadful.