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September 15, 2006
V for Vendetta, Redux
I wrote about V for Vendetta when we saw it in the theater. I ended up watching it again tonight on DVD. On re-viewing, some of my initial objections have faded, and others (like the cheesy effects during V's final battle) I still object to.
I must ultimately admit, however, that the storytelling, and the acting (Natalie Portman gets a lot of credit, but damn, Hugo Weaving did it through a mask) "worked" for me.
Alan Moore has publicly bashed the film, and many of his detailed objections are valid, albeit a bit picky. It's not exactly his V for Vendetta, but it is, in my opinion, a good adaptation of his source material.
For the record, I like the movie version of Evey much better than the passive victim of the graphic novel. It changes, fundamentally, her experience in the cell. The movie version of Evey is finding strength that has always been within her, whereas the I found the transformation of the graphic-novel Evey a bit hard to invest in.
Anyway, I think V makes a fine member of a short list of dystopic films, and probably one of very few - especially after 9/11 - where the audience ends up siding with a terrorist.
Posted by dberger at September 15, 2006 11:01 PM