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I don’t like movies that ask you to think too much. I’ve been a pretty generic movie viewer and I thought that was fine. That changed tonight.

I’m going to break tradition here and put my summation first: V for Vendetta is now my personal favorite movie. The ideology of the passion for truth and the lust for freedom, not for one self, but for one’s fellow man, permeates throughout this film and stirs the soul of anyone who has ever felt a shred of rebellion flow through their veins. Some label this film a rehash of old ideas. Surely, it is not a new idea to wish for something better. Our own country was founded on the belief of fighting against a tyranny designed to suppress the freedoms of thought and passion. That is what V does. It was the villain in “Batman Begins” that taught the important of theatrics. Where Batman uses theatrics, V encapsulates the idea and mesmerizes all who lay eyes upon him. It’s not his stylized finesse, though. No, it’s the words that captivate and move the being. Delivered with a ferocious pace and with an elegance found in few, the words are bound together by the truth that everyone, at one time or another, felt that same wave of passion encompass them. It is this idea that enables this film to quickly mean so much to the viewer. I watched it and I listened. She was right. V is all of us.

10/10

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