V
Kristin and I saw V for Vendetta over the weekend. We loved it. Aside from the sociopolitical rabble-rousing (which was great), I really liked that it was actually…well-plotted. It didn’t have excess-fat scenes of, say, going into a basement to speak to a crazy Tim Robbins. It didn’t have that writing-by-committee feeling at all.
I didn’t understand one review I read that stated that Natalie Portman’s character was a mere bystander. Her transformation is the pivotal moment of the film (whether you think what V did to her was ethical or not-I think that isn’t quite black and white. But, those are the textures that the movie forces you to confront.).
