Why Do People Voraciously Hate this Vivid Movie!?

Rating: 10/10 (30 April 2009)

I will say right now that V for Vendetta was one of those movies that blew me out of the water. The visuals were stunning and the acting was top-notch. V was of course my favorite character from the start and Hugo Weaving played the part to perfection, his rich voice and interesting gestures gave V a cinematic breath of life! Everything about V was just as mysterious and intriguing as I imagined it. V looked just as he did in the graphic novel, same black cape, same knives and the same Guy Fawkes mask. In other words, the cinematic clone of a perfect graphic novel character! Excellent stuff! Why people hated this movie is beyond me...most reviews I have seen are good but a large majority are bad...I say they need to read the novel and then see the movie a couple more times. This is an action movie that needs two or more viewings to really sink into you. The themes that the movie presents are quite apt to our times, vengeance, vendettas, fear, and terror are all there. All we need to do is look into a mirror!