V for Vendetta
"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 by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
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.
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."
Some movies do not entertain you. They reach out of the screen, grab you by the throat, and warn that you better watch or you are going to miss something good.
V for Vendetta is more than a movie to me.
When V (Hugo Weaving) says, "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people" it was almost a direct remark on today's politics that has only one means of ruling - fear.
Fear is the ultimate tool of all governments. They like to keep us scared in order to keep us compliant and driving on the left side of the road (or right).
Apart from being so close to reality, V for Vendetta gives a neat outlet to all the frustration of modern life, at least as long as the movie lasts.
The movie has some really good dialog, a truly well-chosen bit of vocabulary that is often astounding. From V's conversations with Evey (Natalie Portman), to the longer speeches, and sprinklings of Shakespeare, everything is just beautiful to hear.
The emotional link between V and Evey was perhaps not true to the books that inspired the movie but then Hollywood seems incapable of doing anything without a romantic angle.
The V in books would tell Evey to fix her own damn buttered-toast and tea.
There are very few objections to this movie. I have seen it more than a dozen times and have most of the dialog memorized :)
Absolute must have.
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