Stop the political agenda and just entertain me.

Rating: 4/10 (23 March 2006)

V for Vendetta should have been a great movie. Alan Moore's comic book about a post-World War III Britain in the grips of a neo-fascist government always seemed a natural fit for the big screen so I was quite pleased when I heard that the Wachowski Brothers were writing and producing the film. Had the siblings simply taken Moore's story and adapted it for the screen, I believe the film would have been amazing. Unfortunately, we'll never know.
Instead of simply taking the story and adapting it for the screen, the Wachowski's decided instead to use the movie as a vehicle for belittling the US and the war on terror. While "V" is not the worst of the hate-America and hate-Bush films, the simple fact that it references the subject, however slightly, is enough to turn my stomach. This has nothing to do with love for Bush of which I have little but is rather concerned with the fact that I cannot go to a movie anymore without having a political agenda shoved down my throat.
LISTEN UP -- Directors and producers in Hollywood!!! Stop sewing your political beliefs into your movies and do your job. Entertain me.