3.21.2006

V for Vendetta.

For about $8.00, or $6.00 if you're military, you can buy a one-use-only ticket to 'V for Vendetta', a convoluted mess of an action film with some interesting characters and a forgettable plot. The film will make some half-baked, but highly fashionable political statements, and make an attempt to create a brief, halting romantic interest between the lead characters.

For about $15.00, you can buy the book, which will last you a lot longer. You'll read it again and again, marveling at the genius of both the author and his protagonist. You will see this protagonist weave a web of intrigue so flawless that it will seem like a magic trick, even as you watch it unfold. You will question your own ideals, and those of others, and you will sigh at the Shakespearean ending.

Forget the movie. Buy the graphic novel instead.

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