Film: V for Vendetta
Tagline
Remember, remember, the 5th of November
Plot
Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman) lives in future London, dictated in a cruel way by the chancellor Adam Sutler. One evening, being harassed by a governmental special service, she finds herself rescued by the mysterious “V” (Hugo Weaving), a man wearing a Guy Fawkes mask. He introduces her to a world of resistance against the government, which contains the full device of armory, hiding places and blowing up things. Being reformed by the government because of her parents’ resistance against it in her early youth, Evey is not particularly pleased by this. Gradually she discovers however that once involved in V’s business, turning back isn’t really an option anymore. Therefore she decides to join V in the end. Also because he has shown her what freedom really is, and what it means to her and the society she’s living in.
Acting
Although he’s wearing a mask, V really got in to me. Especially his voice: pleasingly warm, dark and resonant. Evey appears a bit stupid at times, mainly because her motivation for betraying V at first wasn’t really clear to me. There is a spark between her and V though, especially when they find out their mutual affection towards one another. The moment when Evey starts to understand the sacrifices he has made for her is another delightful and moving moment.
Verdict: After watching Spiderman (Tobey Maguire irritated the hell out of me) as well as Sin City (absolutely amazing… in a positive way), V for Vendetta was another adaptation from a graphic novel. Fortunately it was on the right side of the good/bad scale. According to me, it was good entertainment, without turning into Hollywood misery. The music and the sweeping scenes, combined with a pretty good story and convincing characters, make V for vendetta worth watching.