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movie review: V for Vendetta
Mar. 18th, 2006 11:23 amAt the risk of pissing off every hardcore Moore fanboy/girl out there, I'll say it:
"V for Vendetta" is a good action movie. Maybe even the best action movie released this year so far.
Having said this, it is NOT Alan Moore's "V for Vendetta". If you go in knowing that the movie, like the movie version of "From Hell", is best seen as a separate, "inspired by" entity than the book, you should enjoy it.
( spoilerism )
Overall, the movie "V for Vendetta" is like an impressionist painting of the graphic novel, lots of bright colors that miss much of the detail that makes the original such a tough act to follow. I continue to grind my teeth over the Great Big Paint Glob I described under the cut, but no doubt purists will be tearing their hair and rending their garments for weeks.
If you've read the book, yes - you will be disappointed. All I can say is try and enjoy it for what it is. If you've not read the book, you'll probably enjoy - maybe even love - this film about sticking it to the Man, but please go read the book. A local comic book shop had a poster advertising it at the theater exit, and I'm hoping at that the movie inspires at least a few of the viewers to go get it.
"V for Vendetta" is a good action movie. Maybe even the best action movie released this year so far.
Having said this, it is NOT Alan Moore's "V for Vendetta". If you go in knowing that the movie, like the movie version of "From Hell", is best seen as a separate, "inspired by" entity than the book, you should enjoy it.
( spoilerism )
Overall, the movie "V for Vendetta" is like an impressionist painting of the graphic novel, lots of bright colors that miss much of the detail that makes the original such a tough act to follow. I continue to grind my teeth over the Great Big Paint Glob I described under the cut, but no doubt purists will be tearing their hair and rending their garments for weeks.
If you've read the book, yes - you will be disappointed. All I can say is try and enjoy it for what it is. If you've not read the book, you'll probably enjoy - maybe even love - this film about sticking it to the Man, but please go read the book. A local comic book shop had a poster advertising it at the theater exit, and I'm hoping at that the movie inspires at least a few of the viewers to go get it.
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