Better than i thought it was going to be.

Rating: 7/10 (18 March 2006)

Having read the comic and being a fan of Alan Moore's work I went to see V for Vendetta with a biased opinion. Basically I went to see it to see how bad it was. Strangely though I found I actually enjoyed it. I would say the majority of the film mirrors the book and its imagery quite well and gets the ideas across strongly. Some of it seems a little far fetched as it obviously would be with the Wachowskis on board and the ending ruins any hope of it being fantastic. But if anything the film is enjoyable. Also key lines from the comics dialogue are missing which I would like to have seen there. But V looks fantastic in the mask and whatever anyone says does convey emotion through it. Natalie Portman seems a bit 'Mockney' in parts and I'm not sure Americans are going to get it as it seems a real English film. The music score is amazing and without it the film would have seemed a lot flatter. I still think the comic is better but I think this is the best Hollywood could have done with this story. Even Alan Moores most avid fans should go and see it just to dispel the myth it isn't as bad as The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen or From Hell.