Utterly Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (3 August 2006)

I feel like I cannot say enough about this movie!! I absolutely loved it. I have not read the comic book, but after seeing the movie, I fully intend to.
I must say, initially I was not at all interested in this movie. The trailers and advertisements were all boring, and I had no intention of ever seeing this movie until a friend recommended it to me, and I'm glad they did! Hugo Weaving played the charismatic, masked anarchist named 'V', and he was fantastic at it. Not many actors can pull off playing a part as well as he did, especially when we never see his face. Aside from being an eccentric Guy Fawkes fanatic, V is also to be a great cook, a fan of Monte Cristo, a karate (?) expert, and much more, despite his horrible past. I absolutely fell in love with him! And his romance with Natalie Portman's character, Evey, was so endearing. He had that kind of awkwardly charming way of acting towards her, and I think that was what made this particular story unique: that even murderous anarchists can fall in love (or something like that), and that Evey could feel such affection towards him, even though 1) he tortured her, 2) he attempted to imprison her, 3) he has killed a lot of people and openly admitted to doing so, and 4) like 96% of his body is covered in third degree burns.