I don’t want to turn my blog in a movie critique (I would both bore and hate myself) but quickly, let’s state that: The scenario, the plot and the character are great, well found and well thought. The cast is perfect. And blowing up English monuments and places of power is jubilatory even if you don’t share my French citizenship. :) I also loved the parallel with and use of Guy Fawkes. This creates overall a quite coherent story and storyline.

Downsides? I have a problem to locate this in time and put together a chronology of the events ante-plot (for this movie this is a bit bothering and got me to worry a bit too much). [potential spoiler] One other issue is that we don’t know how long the heroin is sequestrated and how badly she is treated. This is an important part of the movie and as a spectator, I was left wondering on this which affects the credibility of the plot. She is shaved on day 1 but then stay shaved. Also, when she is released, she displays perfectly depilated arm pits which is complete nonsense (even if I understand and almost applaud the esthetical aspect of this).

Damn, I have to stop with the downsides, it’s already longer than the other part and I loved the movie. I guess that’s typical: we speak about what could be fixed instead of what’s great and all the more so as we love something. Otherwise, I wouldn’t bother and just say it’s crap.

So, V is really a must-see and deserves a W. I’m sure I’ll go see it again with Raquel if she hasn’t seen it before her next trip here.

Warning! Bad joke below – You can stop here. Well I say “Double You”, but it was just me :) Stupid joke I know… I like to go to the movies alone. It almost never happens because I’m very likely to go with my wife and since I arrived I have always found someone to join me. So, I guess a movie on my own is one of these small pleasures in life because it’s so rare for me.