V FOR VENDETTA
2005 ***** 132 mins.
In all honesty, I can't remember when I have ever been as enthralled and excited seeing a new film in the theatre as I was when I saw V for Vendetta. This film had me hooked from the very first frame. At the end, I had a huge smile on my face and an incredible excited feeling in my heart and sould. I can't think of hardly any other film that has ever made me feel the way this film does.
Natalie Portman plays Evey Hammond, who comes into the presence and mercy of a mysterious masked terrorist named V (played marvellously by Hugo Weaving). This film is a spectacular screen adaptation of the graphic novel, as well as a powerful political allegory to the world we live in today. All that can really be said is, "Remember, remember, the fifth of November . . . "
Rated R for strong violence and some language.
NOTES:
- Original theatrical aspect ratio: 2.35:1 (Super 35)
- Premiered on December 11, 2005 at the Austin Butt-Numb-a-Thon in the USA
Starring:
Natalie Portman + Hugo Weaving + Stephen Rea + Stephen Fry + John Hurt + Tim Pigott-Smith
Based on the Graphic Novel Illustrated by David Lloyd,
Written by Alan Moore,
And Published by Vertigo/DC Comics
Screenplay by
Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski
Directed by
James McTeigue
Other Films with:
John Hurt - Alien, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Lost Souls and Spaceballs
Tim Pigott-Smith - Gangs of New York
Natalie Portman - Anywhere But Here, Beautiful Girls, Closer (2004), Cold Mountain, Everyone Says I Love You, Garden State, Heat (1995), Mars Attacks!, The Professional, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, and Where the Heart Is (2000)
Andy Wachowski - The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions
Larry Wachowski - The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions
Hugo Weaving - The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions
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