Remember, remember the fifth of November...
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
Let me preface this by saying I've never read Alan Moore's graphic novel V for Vendetta, but seeing this film inspires me to track it down so a personal comparison can be made -- not of which is better, because I am certain they are both good, but in what has changed. As parakkum explained to us before viewing it -- the graphic novel was written in the 80s about Britain, when the people fears were about different things, while the movie is a much more updated version of that. As we watched the film, it became apparent that the threat of nuclear war had been replaced by threats from terrorists and avian flu. The film invites us into the looking glass to see this world of what might be. I wish there were more engaging and intelligent films like this.
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