too bad

Rating: 3/10 (18 March 2006)

not the worst movie i've seen in a while, but very disappointing nonetheless. the story was butchered, the characters bore at best a faint resemblance to who they were supposed to be, and the love-story/action injection could have been missed entirely.
all in all, as a fan of the book, this was extremely disappointing. the point was missed entirely, and the movie was made to be one of the more boring and pointless of recent comic movies.
what was perhaps the most upsetting thing is that there was so little need to change much from the books, but they did it anyways. my advice on the film? watch it before you read the books. you might actually enjoy it a little (so long as you're ready to leave your brain at the door). if you're a fan of alan moore, or you've read v already.. skip it. you'll be doing yourself a favour.
NOTE TO Hollywood: sometimes comics are about more than just sex and violence. and super-heroes.