Simply Wonderful

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 2006)

*** This comment may contain very slight spoilers ***
The Bad: Almost nothing. Some questionable character motivations, several plot points that reminded me of other movies (one of which was even used in the film, Count of Monte Cristo).
The Good: Almost everything! If Matrix 2 and 3 had been anything like this, the "Brothers" would own Hollywood. Whenever I leave a theater and feel that the world has become a surreal place, it means the movie I've just watched has absorbed me completely. When I can find parallels to a movie's themes in the real world and as a result I ponder those real world events, it means the movie has affected the way I think. Perhaps these are not the only things that make a movie good, but they are definitely two factors that are important in my coming to such a conclusion.
V for Vendetta fulfilled those two qualifications. While the overall "world" it a little flat, the details of the specific movie plot are quite rich and readily absorbed me and my wife into this fictitious future England. V's philosophy, clearly twisted by his circumstance, was thought-provoking in its righteousness. Of course, he is a static character, however entertaining.
Natalie Portman's and Stephen Rea's dynamic characters are interesting in their development as they are changed by their dealings with V.
Overall, it is a movie I highly recommend.