V FOR VENDETTA: 2005: ++: THR/ ACT: "Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V."
Once V utters this statement, you know what you're in for with this highly acclaimed movie. Drawing various parallels from the Count of Monte Crisco, The Phantom of the Opera, and of course Guy Fawkes, the character "V" is played extremely well by Hugo Weaving, from the Matrix series. For those who don't know, he was the "Smith" character.
The origins of V- worth a read!
Critics and viewers alike had enormous expectations for V and it doesn't disappoint. Based on the 1983 comic, the dipiction of a dystopia/ totalitarian state is executed supremely well. Think of 1984 and you get the idea. What I liked best about this movie was the way in which the action flows naturally and doesn't jar you or create inconsistencies as you see in many movies in the action/ thriller genre.
(An Ironic Twist)
When I think of this movie, I think of the Matrix and that's not a coincidence because many of the same people were involved in it's creation including the Wachowsky brothers.
Natalie Portman was a natural for the role of Evey, which is an interesting name because it has E, the 5th letter in the alphabet and V. The letter 5 has great significance in the graphic novel and this isn't downplayed in the movie. The roman numeral "V" itself means "5". Another parallel to "5" are the fingermen, who act as a kind of brut squad that torment and supervise the public.
Give Natalie Portman credit, she actually shaved her head for this movie.
Standout scenes are when V blows up the Bailey, confronts Creedy in the greenhouse (to the sound of Beethoven's 5th no less), when he kills the overweight, glutton Prothero in the bathroom and when Evey displays the mirror's inscription from Faust, which also had various "Vs'" in it. I also enjoyed the last scene but I won't give that away to ruin the surprise.
Since an "idea" can't be killed, V took this role upon himself. Many people also take on the role of V, especially Gordon Dietrich who says himself he is "V" in the kitchen. This is foreshadowing. He is right, if you consider "V" a symbol of rebellion against injustice. This manifests at the end when the Guy Fawkes masks are worn by the public uprising against the tyranny of the Norsefire. The "Occupy" movement and the "Anonymous" hacker group have taken this symbolism as well and even wear the masks. This movie shouldn't be missed::::95%
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