R for Review of V for Vendetta which is P for Perfect: by Mr. J for (under-graduate) Journalist

Rating: 10/10 (26 March 2006)

Basically, this film appeals to the very souls of people who I can consider 'a peer' or 'like minded'. I found it the most emotive and important film I've ever seen. I was surprised that such a film would stir me even more deeply than Syriana and Munich had - two more incredible films, in a slightly different vein.
IF YOU CONCERN YOURSELF ABOUT ANY 2 THINGS ON THIS LIST - GO SEE IT! It's for your own good:
anti-globalisation (sorry, McDonald's)
anti-Imperialism (sorry, Windsor family...)
the class system and civil rights
government censorship
the reactionary news media
the misleading and frankly racist 'climate of fear'
state terrorism of current Superpowers
any form of Utopian revolution
necessary, uncomfortable vital arguments FOR terrorism
truly gritty, realist and modernist thinking
AND SEEING A GREAT 3 HOUR FILM
If you need more convincing - it's based on a goddamn David Moore graphic novel, co-written by the Wachowskis, and is insanely Orwellian. This should be a film, considered a huge masterpiece reflecting worldwide zeitgeist, and the film which lets critics see that comics are not primarily for children. Just look at Japan's love of manga...
If X-Men 3 will potentially get slated by 'serious' film critics, they are fools. Vendetta deals with terrorism, X-Men: racism. kid's themes?