Awesome plot line! (see what I did there?)

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2011)

I love the connotations between Moore's and Orwell's work, particularly in V for Vendetta. Unfortunately film adaptations of Moore's graphic novels tend to get the comic-adaptation tag which rather detracts from any messages in the stories. This is less so with V than it is for Watchmen which really got held up with action sequences and personal stories. Casting did a great job in getting John Hurt which for some would raise an immediate association with 1984; an undeniably similar reality into which V is set. Tchaikovsky really does make the film though. A small reference to political greed and tyranny (Overture was written just before Napoleon's Russian campaign failed, halting his empire and also saving Britain). In any case the Overture finale had to be the song. It causes a swelling of pride, but not national pride, rather a hope that we might find unity and strength when confronted by tyranny. Use of the mask as imagery had notable impact, even leading to the formation the 'Anonamous terrorist group' (as put by the BBC) who follow in the true spirit of V. More of this sort of thing!