No words to describe the magnificence of this movie!!

Rating: 9/10 (28 March 2006)

Natalie Portman; Hugo Weaving; The Wachowski Bros., Owen Patterson. The crew is almost the same of Matrix, so there were two actual possibilities: a) this movie could be a special-effect whipped 'thing', of which I could get bored after 15 minutes; b) a masterpiece. Good Luck, we're in the second case!!! Now, I've seen a lot of movies about heroes, and beautiful and fragile girls, but this one . . . Hugo Weaving, 'V' for friends, made this incredible performance with the mask on for the whole film! Kinda makes you wander 'And what if he didn't use it? Would he have been nominated for the 2007 Academy Awards? 'V' is this almost-19th-century hero, actually living in the 21st century, and he's fighting against the system (against the London then-dictator; we're around 2030). He meets this girl,Evey, saving her from a potential multiple rape (transforming it into a multiple murder via stab wounds), and he also falls in love with her. On the other hand, Evey, which isn't pretty much interested in someone who kills people with the smile on the face (litterally), bit by bit gets rid of her fears and, at the very end, she falls in love for V-guy. All this stuff is merged with a certain dark-cyberpunk atmosphere, but less technological than 'Matrix', so that you can feel all the poetry of the main character . . . between a stab and a kick, of course!!
Why I gave it a 9/10: Visually speaking, it's astounding. The interpretation is actually perfect, and the characters seem really to be stitched on the actors; both the main guys, and the 'sidekicks'. The story is a mix of love, drama, thriller, everything merged in a dark atmosphere of a really doomed London. Advice: Vendetta, as a lot of people know, is an Italian word to say 'revenge'. Well, I'm Italian, and by seeing this film I've realized the ultimate meaning of the word 'Vendetta'. It could seem ridiculous for you, but, every great scene involving V doing something astounding, I used to say the word (in a low voice, of course!), 'Vendetta' . . .
Why I didn't give it a 10/10: Soundtrack. I don't want to sound or seem the Hermione Granger of cinema, but it's REALLY (sorry for the caps) way too similar to the 'Matrix' one . . .