V for Very interesting...

the reviews for 'v for vendetta' are decidely split down the middle, though most of them say the same thing. Strong performances from Hugo Weaving as V and Natalie Portman (though her accent is crap, why WHY couldn't they just hire a british actress? I mean I love Natalie but there's plenty of attractive british girls who could have played the part...perhaps she was the only one who agreed to shave her head). Sounds like it flounders a bit with some of the subplots. And, as always, the ads try to make it look action-packed, when in fact a lot of the film will be V talking politics and setting stuff up like a crazy domino game.

So, to me, it sounds like they were relatively faithful to the graphic novel while updating the politics a little bit to make it fit in with our post-9/11 mindsets. I remember reading the last page and being like "WTF?" and having to take a step back and digest everything I had just read. It's not a simple read, I can't imagine it's a simple movie.

Which is another thing the reviewers seem to be hinting at - "average" audiences are not going to "get" the movie. The fact that the main character/protagonist is a terrorist blowing up London who wears a mask that covers his face (the entire film too) will probably be off putting. It does sound like they beefed up Evey's character a little bit, which is fine by me since I felt like slapping her a few times in the book.

Many are saying that this is the best film adaptation of an Alan Moore comic yet...though that's really not saying much since the others (league of extraordinary gentlemen, from hell) were just flat out meh.

My interest is peaked...and I have a giftcard from christmas for Muvico from blu_harvest that we still need to use...hm...