Alan Moore is a sourpuss

Rating: 9/10 (31 March 2006)

What a great adaptation of one of the best comic series of all time! how sad that original author Alan Moore chose to have his name removed from the credits yet again. Director James McTiegue certainly didn't do the kind of hatchet job to Moore's work that was on display in such films as The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and, some would argue, From Hell.
V for Vendetta on film is certainly just as thought-provoking and exciting as the graphic novel, perhaps even more so given the state of the times we now live in as opposed to the late eighties, when the books were originally published. With terrorism at the forefront of the public mentality and a government whose motives for war are constantly suspect the film seems even more timely than its source material. This bodes well for the forthcoming, oft- delayed film adaptation of Moore's brilliant superhero opus, The Watchmen, which when I last checked was once again seeking a production company after being dropped by Paramount & director Paul Greengrass. It seems that 300 director Zak Penn may be filling the shoes on that one.
Do yourself a favor - if Moore's treatise on terrorism is all-new to you, head out to see V for Vendetta for a two-hour treat then find yourself a copy of the graphic novel for a day's worth of stimulating reading.