My goodness, what a wonderful movie!

Rating: 10/10 (26 March 2006)

Looks to me like V for Vendetta is set in a Republican/Conservative Utopia circa 2008. The War on Terror has been a smashing success and all of the terrorists including environmentalists, peace activists, librarians, Negroes, homosexuals, Jews, Muslims, affordable housing advocates and atheists have all been exterminated in concentration camps. What a peaceful, orderly society this must be! Though who cleans their homes and designs their clothes is one of the film's great mysteries -What? I'm just saying. Anyway, every paradise contains a serpent so along slithers a masked villain named V who kidnaps an innocent young woman named Evey and easily brainwashes her into becoming an England-hating traitor. V has his panties in a bunch because he thinks the well-spoken, charismatic Chancellor Sutler and his righteous administration are responsible for horrific crimes against the civilian population. Honestly, you'd think he could just knock back a Valium and watch HGTV like the rest of us. I'm thrilled to report that his plots are repeatedly foiled by the government, though I did miss the last 10 minutes because I was late picking up the dogs from the groomers. That's OK; we all know how the real story ends, don't we! Plus I jotted down the film's wonderful ideas for dealing with the public and the media. All in all I'd say it's fine, Christian family entertainment. Tah!