V is for Vapid

Rating: 3/10 (23 September 2006)

I don't mind at all the retelling of stories. My only request is that we see an improvement on the original. If you found this movie "wonderful" and otherwise the best thing since sliced bread, go READ 1984 and prepare to be blown away by a well written story. A totalitarian state in which you actually feel anger and fear towards instead of abject apathy. Heroes in which you can identify with instead of... well.. abject apathy.
This story starts in obscurity and from there goes nowhere. There's even a few irrelevant tangents that go to a different part of nowhere evidently just to consume some more time. At the final scene where V is fighting the cops I felt bad for the cops. They just showed up for work that day.
Three stars. One for Natalie Portman. Wonderful actress. Too bad she can't learn how to pick scripts. Another for the visual effects. Last for the mask.
Always remember that socialism is on the road to tyranny. If you take my advice and read 1984, keep that in mind in regards to today's political climate in the U.S.