V for Vendetta

I'm not into doing film reviews, and this is in no intent a personal journal about my comings and goings. The movie V for Vendetta was exhilirating in only the way a film about revolution could be.
While there is a wide berth for any viewer to extol or denigrate the methods of thefilm's hero, known only as V, what is clearly not at issue is whether or not his cause was just. He sought to accomplish two goals cleverly intertwined: a revolution in a dystopic and Orwellian UK and vengeance on individuals responsible for not only his personal losses but also the the condition of the State.

As is mandated in the blockbuster film (and my sarcasm should detract little from this film's value, as without this appeal few would likely see it) V is brilliant, impeccable, debonair (if horribly disfigured), and handy with weapons and gadgets. These attributes put him in the key role of carrying out the mission of Guy Fawkes, the intention being nothing other than a complete reversal of the political process through the only thing that has really ever worked: chaos. The intellectuals among us can bicker about the merits of any one of a million idle philosophies from Nietzche to Nihilism, and while in the ultimate end this discussion will be worthwhile, no real change can occur until we're dangling from that precipice. Not to worry though, it seems we are already quite close.

"Artists tell lies that reveal the truth"