My most recent reading of the graphic novel was about a year back (a borrowing from a local public library, no less!) I really don't think Moore has a lot of just cause to be upset. I'm agreed with _nightflower_, they got the atmosphere right and did a decent job of translating it from comic to screen.
The changes to the base storyline were fairly minor as far as Hollywood goes. A few points were obviously cropped and condensed for time: Evey not being a prostitute but instead working for the studio where the second hit takes place. All up though, we were damned lucky to get the film out of a major studio at all, given its general themes and today's political climate. A less obvious totalitarian government parody would probably have got the cast and crew done rendered to an overseas torture camp for sedition.
I really liked the film on a number of levels: it'll be very thought-provoking for a lot of people, it was sweet seeing my favourite actor (John Hurt) going full circle in the genre from 1984's Winston Smith to V's totalitarian despot, and it's the first one in a loooong while that gave me the impulse to jump up and cheer at the end ;-).
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Date: 2006-04-10 02:25 am (UTC)The changes to the base storyline were fairly minor as far as Hollywood goes. A few points were obviously cropped and condensed for time: Evey not being a prostitute but instead working for the studio where the second hit takes place. All up though, we were damned lucky to get the film out of a major studio at all, given its general themes and today's political climate. A less obvious totalitarian government parody would probably have got the cast and crew done rendered to an overseas torture camp for sedition.
I really liked the film on a number of levels: it'll be very thought-provoking for a lot of people, it was sweet seeing my favourite actor (John Hurt) going full circle in the genre from 1984's Winston Smith to V's totalitarian despot, and it's the first one in a loooong while that gave me the impulse to jump up and cheer at the end ;-).