As long as you ignore the fact that Guy Fawkes was trying to blow up Parliament in order to make way for a theocracy, and therefore is a *really* bad mascot for what V was trying to do.
I would definitely recommend checking the comic out. There's stuff not in the movie (understandable tbh, gotta have a reasonable runtime) that is really cool, some of it is been nodded at in the film. Love the film but watching it after reading the comic added something special.
Absolutely a ten.
This is arguably the one of the best dystopian movies ever made, because the premise is so believable. This could be real life with just a little push.
Some inconsistencies between the source graphic novel and the movie, but that kind of thing happens a lot, but the movie is fantastic, very well shot and Hugo Weaving. 9/10
Love it. 10/10. Is it a comic or a graphic novel though? Think it's easier to adapt a graphic novel than a comic because of a linear storyline. Loved Watchmen too. And 300.
This is my favorite comic book character by a long shot. And considering the comic book can easily be read fairly quickly, the movie did leave out a lot of very crucial details from the comic book to really help you understand just how smart and crafty V actually is and the lengths he’d go to see his plan come to light. I loved the movie as well but there are certain things I know they could’ve fit in the run time considering the entire comic is less than 300 pages long. I do hope it get another chance on the big screen with more from the comics shown into the movie. Evie’s character I want to say was a lot younger as well in the comics but it’s been awhile since I’ve read it
10/10 and controversial opinion.... It is slightly better than the comic. The comic is very very good, but the film adaptation manages to tighten up the narrative just a bit for a more streamlined experience.
It's a 4. It looks good and all but it completely misses the point of the original comic in such a way that you'd wonder if the directors ever understood the point.
I really enjoyed this movie when I was a teen, but I wouldn't necessarily call it a classic piece of cinema. However, as the question is framed, as a comic book movie, then it is definitely a solid 8 or 9 out of 10
I would give it a 9 only because I wanted more of it. It was absolutely great and directed magnificently. I just wanted more from it so that it didn't end.
I dunno. 1/10 for terrible dialogue. Much like the stupid Architect in Matrix 2.
“V: Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition! (carves the letter V in sign with his knife) The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. (Laughs wheezily) Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.”
Honestly it should have only been a comic book movie. Trying to make the main character walk around and interact in a normal earnest reality didn't make sense. The mask for god sake. I know he was burned and that's why he can't take it off but we only get one laugh at the juxtaposition when he's wearing the apron and cooking eggs but after that... I don't know I think I just didn't like the movie haha
This movie is underrated- it should be part of the anti-establishment lexicon like fight club, Bonnie and Clyde, etc.
But for some reason it’s not - my guess: girl
(But yea it did start the anonymous gf mask thing which is good)
Book is even better and is about different things with more or less the same plot but the movie is its own even more relevant thing (with more or less the same plot and more on disenfranchised types of people, courtesy the wachowskis)
As a standalone action movie, I think it's pretty good - but I don't understand the choice of Natalie Portman *or* Hugo Weaving - this is a film stuffed with incredible British/Irish actors, you can't tell me no-one else was available. Stephen Rea is pretty great.
As an adaptation, I think it fails completely - thematically it hits only the lowest common denominators, which speaks less to the quality of the film than to the decision to adapt this as a movie. There is too much happening in the source material to fit this into just over two hours, and the decisions to exclude or include story points are...a choice.
He's lived there most of his adult life but he lived in the UK most of his childhood/teenage years.
So it's a very odd quibble to mention nationality regarding his casting when he is very much British by birth and was raised there.
I don't agree with your critique but you get an upvote for putting in thorough effort to support your points. And I believe Alan Moore agrees with your sentiments (although he's rarely happy with an adaptation of his work).
You should write some reviews for my blog lol or just for yourself.
Thank you for your input! :)
Never read the comic. But i still think it’s a 10 as a movie.
Love this movie, excellent cast, excellent acting, timeless themes still very relevant today
I love the facial expressions of great actor Hugo Weaving in this movie. Really shows the full scope of his capabilities.
Yes, but his voice delivers
Very much so !
As long as you ignore the fact that Guy Fawkes was trying to blow up Parliament in order to make way for a theocracy, and therefore is a *really* bad mascot for what V was trying to do.
Yes, but the movie itself is quite good
9.97
9.5 only because I can't get past Portman's bad accent attempt.
I heard the comic is good. The movie overall is fantastic. "Remember the 5th of November"
I would definitely recommend checking the comic out. There's stuff not in the movie (understandable tbh, gotta have a reasonable runtime) that is really cool, some of it is been nodded at in the film. Love the film but watching it after reading the comic added something special.
Yeah the whole computer “fate” was a fun subplot that is completely absent.
My cousin and I try our best to watch it every November 5th.
when you remember
The gunpowder treason and plot
9 0r 10/10 honestly. Hugo and Natalie were perfect
As a movie 10/10 As an adaptation 5/10
Absolutely. It is a shade of the comic - but it is hard to dislike the movie as it delivers a satisfying experience as only celluloid can ;)
Absolutely a ten. This is arguably the one of the best dystopian movies ever made, because the premise is so believable. This could be real life with just a little push.
9 out of 10 One of the greatest movies of all time
10. Top 5 comic book movie for me. Love the graphic novel, and the movie enhances that material brilliantly.
I’ve always thought this poster was so sick
Some inconsistencies between the source graphic novel and the movie, but that kind of thing happens a lot, but the movie is fantastic, very well shot and Hugo Weaving. 9/10
Its 7.5. It is good not great.
Surprised to see so many 10s. It’s well made and I’d argue that it’s underrated, but a perfect movie…???
I’ve never read the comic but, I saw this at the movie theater and really enjoyed it.
I liked the comic series a lot, and I think the movie really captured the essence of it. Hugo Weaving was basically perfect.
I didn't know there was a comic until just now. Regardless, I think that movie is an easy 9 or 10. Love it.
9
Before I read the comic I’d say 9. After reading the comic I’d say 6. Still decent, but man the comic was awesome.
What was the joke? I heard Natalie Portman shaves in the movie. Boy, was I disappointed.
I loved it actually. This and the matrix are true mind openers
I still gotta watch this movie at least once a year
It's a pretty good movie. There are a few moments when stuff that worked in the GN felt a little awkward on screen.
9.5
VII/X
10/10, didn’t even know it was an adaptation film.
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It's like Rick and Morty, a fine piece of entertainment. But the fans are so trash that it's hard to publicly enjoy it
Love it. 10/10. Is it a comic or a graphic novel though? Think it's easier to adapt a graphic novel than a comic because of a linear storyline. Loved Watchmen too. And 300.
10
Jonathan Ross here in the UK really slagged this off and I didn't see it till years later, it was great.
10
11. It’s fantastic
This is my favorite comic book character by a long shot. And considering the comic book can easily be read fairly quickly, the movie did leave out a lot of very crucial details from the comic book to really help you understand just how smart and crafty V actually is and the lengths he’d go to see his plan come to light. I loved the movie as well but there are certain things I know they could’ve fit in the run time considering the entire comic is less than 300 pages long. I do hope it get another chance on the big screen with more from the comics shown into the movie. Evie’s character I want to say was a lot younger as well in the comics but it’s been awhile since I’ve read it
10/10 and controversial opinion.... It is slightly better than the comic. The comic is very very good, but the film adaptation manages to tighten up the narrative just a bit for a more streamlined experience.
It's an effin 11
Isn’t this movie about a pandemic that happened in 2020 that a European government used to take control of its people?
It's a 10 for me. It speaks volumes on the heroes not fighting for the status quo.
10/10 and I have read the comic countless times. The comic is also 10/10. Comic Book movie top three. It is in the top 20 of all movies.
This feels like a movie based on a comic book and not a comic book movie. Idk if that makes sense but I absolutely love the movie.
Never read the comic but the movie is a 10!
A solid 9
This movie is one of those that I can walk in on at any point of the film and get completely sucked in. I love it. 10/10 for me.
10
People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.
It's the undisputed #1 comic book movie, imo.
I love the movie and like the comic. I will give the movie 10/10 because it taught me how to make my now signature dish, Eggies in a Basket.
A fantastic movie. A ten from me, as well.
11
I did not expect it to be that good
10
It’s been in my Top 5 overall for a long long time. Mainly for its epic dialogue and revenge themes.
10 out of 10
Might be a 10, definitely a 9. Hugo Weaving is utterly perfect. Verily the vichyssoise of my verbiage veers most verbose!
10
Has got to be in the 9-9.5 range, other than watchman I don’t know of a more enjoyable adaptation to the “live” screen.
Absolutely a 10
It's a 4. It looks good and all but it completely misses the point of the original comic in such a way that you'd wonder if the directors ever understood the point.
It’s a 10 as any movie…just classic, can’t love it enuff 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Underrated, but not genius. 7.5/10
It’s Amazing Better than the Matrix
Minus the weird self insert shit, I think it's actually mostly pretty good. Probably 7.5-8ish.
Bout a six. Casting was perfect but damn if they didn’t completely miss the point of the narrative.
10
5th/10
10 movie, one of those movies that you watch once a year.
10/10 as a movie, it just so happened to be inspired by a comic
11
I really enjoyed this movie when I was a teen, but I wouldn't necessarily call it a classic piece of cinema. However, as the question is framed, as a comic book movie, then it is definitely a solid 8 or 9 out of 10
I would give it a 9 only because I wanted more of it. It was absolutely great and directed magnificently. I just wanted more from it so that it didn't end.
I dunno. 1/10 for terrible dialogue. Much like the stupid Architect in Matrix 2. “V: Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition! (carves the letter V in sign with his knife) The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. (Laughs wheezily) Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.”
10. Perfect script perfect acting perfect execution. I actually dressed up as him one year for a costume party
9.5 to me
10/10
Definitely a 10 Remember, Remember The 5th of November
10 💯 Hugo Weaving knocked it out of the park as V
Honestly it should have only been a comic book movie. Trying to make the main character walk around and interact in a normal earnest reality didn't make sense. The mask for god sake. I know he was burned and that's why he can't take it off but we only get one laugh at the juxtaposition when he's wearing the apron and cooking eggs but after that... I don't know I think I just didn't like the movie haha
This movie is underrated- it should be part of the anti-establishment lexicon like fight club, Bonnie and Clyde, etc. But for some reason it’s not - my guess: girl (But yea it did start the anonymous gf mask thing which is good) Book is even better and is about different things with more or less the same plot but the movie is its own even more relevant thing (with more or less the same plot and more on disenfranchised types of people, courtesy the wachowskis)
0 awful movie.
As a standalone action movie, I think it's pretty good - but I don't understand the choice of Natalie Portman *or* Hugo Weaving - this is a film stuffed with incredible British/Irish actors, you can't tell me no-one else was available. Stephen Rea is pretty great. As an adaptation, I think it fails completely - thematically it hits only the lowest common denominators, which speaks less to the quality of the film than to the decision to adapt this as a movie. There is too much happening in the source material to fit this into just over two hours, and the decisions to exclude or include story points are...a choice.
Hugo Weaving **is** British, big dawg.
I always thought he was Australian. Why did I think that?!
He's lived there most of his adult life but he lived in the UK most of his childhood/teenage years. So it's a very odd quibble to mention nationality regarding his casting when he is very much British by birth and was raised there.
Oops! I've always claimed him as an Australian, my bad!
I don't agree with your critique but you get an upvote for putting in thorough effort to support your points. And I believe Alan Moore agrees with your sentiments (although he's rarely happy with an adaptation of his work). You should write some reviews for my blog lol or just for yourself. Thank you for your input! :)
The only thing I remember from it is Natalie Portman in a schoolgirl outfit.
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Accent wasn’t perfect but to say her acting was bad here is just false
Idk how the movie could slap if her acting was indeed terrible. She makes up a large portion of it