V For Vendetta

So I go to the theater and for the first time in awhile there seems to be a growing amount of decent flicks coming out.  Me and Katie decided on V For Vendetta and while waiting to go into the theater, I decided to peak my head into the theater to see if it was empty.  Au contraire, or to my contrary and horrible luck, it was playing the most important frame in the movie the moment I put my head in the door.  That kind of wrecked it for me.  Herego, however, we shall procceed… 

V For Vendetta is as bit cool as it is thought provoking.  Natalie Portman plays a cool-ass chick who finds herself in the middle of a revolution lead by one man named V.  Being a victim of her oppressive government, she is torn between the man V who saved her and just playing along.  OF COURSE we all know where she goes, but her journey is every bit enthralling as the expected outcome.  V is voiced by the “guy involved in every huge movie trilogy” Hugo Weaving of Agent Smith fame.  His voice is as sharp as his knives and his lines just as delicate and deadly.  Strong preformances from both leads as well as adequate secondary casting works here.

But lest us not forget, the Wachowski brothers behind this flick.  It seems like these guys have a lot to say about the way the world is, and thats pretty noble unto itself.  Here they produce a movie thats as much about the current state of the world as it is about the possible future.  The movie scared me a bit in that way.  My favorite scenes were all pretty much in the end;a knife/gun fight and a city wide march with an artful twist.

The director, James McTiegue, did a good job making this artistic and the story held me throughout.  I found the dialogue exciting as well and the relationships were actually one’s I cared about between the characters.  Portman does her best to show dimension to her character and shows why she is one of the best.  Totally a good preformance.

I give this 8 Bones out of 10 Bones, only because of a long run time and corny dialogue scenes, specifically the end.  Check it out.

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