Fantastic

Rating: 10/10 (17 March 2006)

I just watched it and thought it was sensational. There were a few action scenes to keep people happy and i think it stayed close to the theme of the comic. If you don't shed a tear or two at the end i would be surprised. The music is brilliant and at several points i felt like jumping out of my seat and shouting some revolutionary slogan at the screen because it was so powerful in places. Especially the explosive end theme. The end did go a bit odd i think it may have been symbolic with the blink and you'll miss them faces in the crowd (look close and you'll see who i mean). But over all just fantastic. And it's a real testament to Hugo Weaving acting ability that in the bit near the start, where he has to introduce himself with a speech filled with V's, he doesn't sound stupid, no other actor could have pulled it off. He gives that mask life and at some points you almost forget he's wearing the mask because of the performance his giving. Everyone keeps complaining about Natalie Portman's accent i swear you will get so involved in the story that unless you are actively looking for reasons to dislike it you won't even notice. And Fry is as always brilliant. The only reason i did not give it 10 is because i thought it was too short.