bizorky> Yeah, Fight Club was, in it's way....but it was wrapped up in all that i-am-a-real-man(no i'm not!) stuff which at first viewing was sort of neat, but got tired (maybe bad timing as there seemed to be a lot of late 1990s i-am-a-man crap). And I do really really like David Fincher (the new Kubrick).
I think because V is so overtly political and taking aim at Fox News and the Bush administration, and exploring society-wide fear (albeit over the top at times -- but it is a hollywood film afterall) ranks it above the consumerism/social subversion of a Fight Club (for me, anyway).
I smiled all the way out of the theatre last sunday, and wiped away some tears, because the V character was such an interesting, smart and sympathetic creation -- a perfect anti-hero.
The comic book people and Alan Moore supporters hate V because (amoung their usual complains about comic-to-movie adaptation) because instead of V being an anachist, he represents liberalism, fighting the neo-cons who have taken over Britain. Which is fine, that's a relevant and real tension. In V, i liked the way it portrayed ordinary Britons coming around to him, figuring out the government is lying and getting angry enough to do something. That would not happen with anarchy, as it will always be fringe, but the liberal thing could very well happen.
(sorry for the poorly written rainy saturday morning film review)
