I have just returned from the movies seeing ‘V for Vendetta’. I am not sure how to describe this movie – maybe it could be described as half way between 1984 and Phantom of the Opera. Actually I think it is more of a modern day 1984… The movie had many of the darker elements from Phantom, as well as many of the elements from 1984.

There is violence in the movie, but there is also subtlety in there too. The movie comes from the makers of The Matrix, and was initially going to be made before The Matrix movies – however it is probably better that it was made in the post-September 11 political climate… I am not sure about any other members of the audience but I certainly saw some similarities with current climate and that in the movie. And just as with Phantom we learn that we can lover a murderer.

There are a few things that I would love to talk about but which would spoil the movie for others. Needless to say that tou should not believe everything… Some things are there just to teach a lesson… There are a couple of things I do not understand about the story, but these will need to wait until I get the movie on DVD… And I will be buying it on DVD…

I found myself sitting there in the theatre with my mouth open for the first 10 minutes or so.. I was just amazed at the message… What is it the say… those who do not learn from history are doomed to relive it.