Is V for Vendetta A for amazing? Or A for Atrocious? Or A for Average? Or something beginning with a letter that isn't A?

Rating: 10/10 (25 April 2006)

A sinister society in which your every move is watched by surveillance cameras and monitored for signs of civil disobedience, governments can't be trusted, it isn't safe to venture out onto the streets, daily life is a relentless struggle of misery and woe and everything in the world seems to be geared towards crushing your fragile spirit and snuffing out your individuality!
Yes, there's no denying that life is pretty depressing these days, so why not try to take your mind off it by watching a movie! Here's one! V for Vendetta was directed by the Wachowski brothers from an original story by comic book writer Alan Moore. Don't get you hopes up, but this film has the potential to be The Matrix Reloaded meets The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! The Matrix of Extraordinarily Loaded Gentlemen! Keaneo Reeves in sunglasses running around Victorian London with Sean Connery, shooting things and trying to solve a mystery? Wow! Regrettably that isn't what happens in V for Vendetta. It's something about a man in a mask running around not-Victorian London with Natalie Portman, throwing knives at things and trying to solve a mystery. We'll just have to keep waiting for another film to come along that matches the standard set by The League of extraordinary Gentlemen!
Apparently Alan Moore has stated publicly that he doesn't want anything to do with this movie. We can only presume that the reason for this is that the film is SO GOOD, that he feels ashamed of his original comics! Don't feel too bad Alan! I'm sure that you're little picture-booky wook was very nice! There's no shame in letting some proper, Hollywood writers finish it off and turn it into a real story! You should go back to your little kiddies comics now and see if you can make another one for the grown up movie men to make a film out of! Imagine that! If you're very good you can do some finger-painting after!
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