Good entertainment, but lacks emotional touch.

Rating: 6/10 (28 March 2006)

It was definitely worth the 2 hours or so, and the $10 for admission. The movie was beautifully shot, and Natalie Portman continues to grow her acting boundaries. Hugo Weaving, with his rumbling voice, was perfectly cast as the masked, ruthless hero. There were some parts in the movie where it dragged out a little longer than I would like, but overall, I never felt truly bored throughout the whole experience. My one major criticism of the movie is that the evil characters were so repungant, that I have lost any emotional connection to the movie. There never were any doubts that they "deserved to die" for what they have done to Britain, and yet the climax of the movie was supposed to be the emotional struggle Evey has. Another criticism is that the movie was so over the top in its delivery against propaganda, that it is a propaganda itself. Bad characters were presented as ruthless bigots who had absolutely no room for negotiations for other people's values, and yet the victims were constantly portrayed as perfect people, filled with love and care. I suppose this is the sort of news we are being fed these days, with clear cut black and white, and no middle ground.