V for Vendetta

I just saw the most awesome movie, a futuristic thriller called V for Vendetta.

WARNING, plot spoilers!!!




In it, the main character, V states that artists lie in order to show the truth. No one shows us the truth better than the artists of the Hollywood movie industry. And in today's political environment, no movie can be more relevant that V for Vendetta, with it's plot threads that are so similar to what's happening in America today, it will shock everyone who sees it. For example, in the movie, the British government secretly orchestrates a biological terrorist attack in order to manipulate and control the population, just like how the American government orchestrated the 9/11 attacks. In future England, there is only one news television station, the BTN, just as Fox News is the only news station allowed in America. Americans have the Internet. The future Brits have the "Interlink." In the movie, the Brits eat something called "eggy in a basket," and Americans eat eggs in a basket! The most disquieting similarity is the way Natalie Portman's innocent character, Evee is tortured by government officials for her associations with the terrorist, V. The allusions to Gitmo and Nazi concentration camps are clear. I got up and went to the bathroom at this point, so I missed exactly how V was able to rescue Evee from the government prison. And I don't understand why she seemed so upset with V for saving her. But, ah well. The movie ends happily with everyone wearing the exact same outfit, thus allowing the true spirit of Anarchy to triumph.

I give it ten stars!!!!