Movie Review - V for Vendetta

"Remember remember the fifth of November" the movie says as it opens. This movie is awesome. I think they could have put it out this summer and it would have been a great summer blockbuster to rival Superman Returns of X-3. The movie takes place opening very late on November 4th in the distant future where Britain is ruled by a totalitarian government, much like Hitler and the Nazi regime from WWII. They've taken over the country and are persecuting and experimenting on outsiders like gay people and rebels. One of their experiments is code name V, marvelously played by Hugo Weaving. Don't go expecting to see Agent Smith from the Matrix or The Elf King from Lord of the Rings, his role in this one far surpases any of his previous roles, though you never see his face. Anyway, his role is to bring down the oppressive government with the people in true Viva La Revolucion Style. I read some reviews that said this movie was bad because it encourages terrorism and violence. What movies don't? If you honestly believe that after seeing this movie, you wrote too much in to it. It's based on a graphic novel under the DC comics label and while I didn't read the book (but might), the movie is well played out. Natalie Portman is smoking hot until they shave her head. Even then she's not bad, but she sortof looks like a dude in some of her shots with no hair. The movie is twisted a bit at times, but it's really good. The plotting, the scheming, the revenge, the action, it's all there. It's not gory (much) but it's awesome. I can't wait for the DVD to come out because this is truly a movie to own that is right up there with the Matrix trilogies (also done by the Wachowski brothers) and it's worth seeing in the theaters. Now if I can just convince the wife to go see it while it's still on the big screen I'll be doing good.

In other news this weekend I got the front yard landscaped how we wanted it. I was even nice enough to document it with pictures on our photo blog. That's it for our Monday, I hope everyone else had a good weekend.