i always loved him
no spoilee please?
i await drama

I will not spoil, I just wanted to say, as someone who read the comic in high school and LOVED it, this made me happy. Of the three other people I know who were in love with the comic and saw it already, they were happy.

A friend of mine, the one who introduced me to V for Vendetta about ten years ago, put it very well...

I never realized until now that Hugo Weaving WAS the voice I heard in my head when I read V's dialogue almost twenty years ago.

was it as subversive as they say it is?

Natalie Portman with a shaved head.

Yes.

SPOILER ALERT: Darth Vader is Evie's father. 'Nuff said.

"V for Vendetta" was my first "graphic novel" ("Watchmen" came soon after), and I figured the movie would suck, like most comic adaptations do. If you promise it won't spoil the book for me, I'll check it out.

I saw it last night, and I loved it too. Go see it!

If you promise it won't spoil the book for me, I'll check it out.

I promise, it won't.

I was an avid comics reader (Marvel) from about '86-'90; I managed to collect over 1100 comics and V was one of the few non-Marvel comics (as well as Miracleman!) I had a chance to read. I'm very glad I did because it was such a powerful, moving story.

The movie stands well enough on its own legs and does not diminish from the comic (like other adaptations such as Daredevil or Fantastic Four did [IMO]). It definitely conveys to the viewer the passion and intensity of the original graphic novels, obviously given a nudge ahead in the time line.

I will stop gushing now except to say I expect multiple nominations from the Academy on this one (screenplay, editing, direction in a movie, maybe an actor or actress nod). If a turd like Titanic can win Best Picture...well, go see V for Vendetta and see what you think.

ps, anyone looking forward to Strikeforce: Morituri some day becoming a movie? *hopehope*

Strikeforce: Morituri! Gods, it's been years since I thought of that.

I was supposed to see V this weekend, but various factors colluded to prevent it. I'm very much looking forward to it—all the reviews I've heard, formal and informal, have been glowing—though I have to admit the book left me lukewarm. That itself might have been the function of the period of my life in which I read it; regardless, much anticipation.

I'm definitely going to see this one in the theatre, a rarity for me.

I thought Alan Moore divorced himself from it, though?

Another long time fan of the comic - I saw it twice this weekend.

'nuff said.

Wooo! Now I'm excited about this movie again.

The mister and I will see it next weekend. We've both been looking forward to it.

Strikeforce: Morituri! Gods, it's been years since I thought of that.

I just lost The Game. Damn you!

I think there's a lot of routine huff-huffing from the critics. I wonder if this will be big enough (for a Spring movie, anyway) to make any of them revise their reviews.

Alan Moore divorced himself from it before it was even made, he didn't want anything to do with the producers. It's too bad, if people knew who wrote it maybe they'd check out more of his (excellent) work. But then, he always was kind of an ass and after League of Extraordinary Gentlemen I can see why he'd be leery of Hollywood.