V for Vendetta
By stephanie - Sunday, March 18th, 2007
Natalie Portman stars with Hugo Weaving in this comic book adaption that portrays an Orwellian Britain in the future. “V” is our hero/anti-hero, a masked man whose face we never get to see, but whose erudite voice attempts to charm and persuade for his cause.
I loved this and I hated it; hated it because Hugo Weaving’s voice behind a creepy-looking mask gets kind of annoying at times. This is not his fault; it’s the ridiculous comic-book dialogue he is forced to speak. Portman does a fine job as the female protagonist, but the semi love story that evolves here still doesn’t feel quite right.
I loved the ending; it was surprisingly inspiring, and overall the film had an important point to make about governments gone bad. I give this one a B.