Amazing film, but flawed

Rating: 1/10 (19 March 2006)

Ever since V for Vendetta was announced in early 2005, I was very intrigued by it. I never read the comic-books, but the premise seemed interesting. And when I saw the trailers, I became very excited about this film. And to my surprise, the film actually met the high expectations I had for it.
The thing that makes the film is Hugo Weaving. His acting is just amazing. His voice, his movement, everything was perfect. Natalie Portman does well, but Hugo just steals the show.
There was a bit of comedic lines, but they were very dark and not really that funny.
The action was good, though the last sequence was a bit cheesy(its like bullet-time fighting, but it just doesn't work). People complained by a lack of action, but I felt it had enough action. Maybe one more 1-2min fight scene, but that's about it. The movie was so intense that it didn't really need more action.
The thing that I didn't like about the film was that it started to fall apart on the third act. Everything became WAY too predictable(i mean, sometimes you kind of know how things are going to turn out, but sometimes its just like you know EXACTLY how its going to happened). The film became a typical Hollywood film with a typical Hollywood ending. While it wasn't a bad ending, it just wasn't on-par with the first two acts. And in my opinion, the ending is probably the most important part of a film. I mean, if you can't end the movie right then all the stuff you did before doesn't matter as much.
But overall, it was an amazing, but flawed film. Great acting, great drama, and great action. Could have used a better ending, but not every film is perfect.
8/10