Truly a fantastic movie

Rating: 9/10 (16 March 2006)

I started out hesitant to see this movie simply because I never knew V for Vendetta before. As such, the look of it and the fact that the trailer didn't show you too much, made me think this movie would turn out poorly.
I am so glad to have been wrong! This movie draws so many parallels to the world today that much of what it references are ideas that you can relate to. The build up and execution of the ending sequence is conducted masterfully and was quite impressive. I am generally not too fond of Natalie Portman's other movies, least ways, I was not impressed with her characters so much, but in this one she does very well indeed. There is a lot of emotion in this film and a lot of lofty ideas. It is very entertaining. Additionally, the character 'V' is quite possibly the most interesting hero I have seen in some time, and extremely capable in all that he does.There are things that you will want to know more about and a couple things that are simply not explained all that well or at all, but none of these minor blemishes detract in any significant fashion from the movie.
See it!