History Main / VForVendetta

** Which probably explains why they chose someone like Hugo Weaving to play the part in the film.

** On the other hand, the choice is between a genocidal government of fascists that treats all of its citizens like cattle and whom the vast majority are irredeemable bastards, and the (incredibly charismatic) guy who only lost his sanity after said regime used him for experimentation fodder, and who we first see rescuing a young girl from government hired rapists. Certainly it's not black and white, but our sympathies are obviously supposed to be with the latter.

* MoralDissonance: One of the unfortunate consequences of the film abandoning the BlackAndGrayMorality of the comic. In the comic, V was a murderer, a torturer and a terrorist who cheerfully blew up a good portion of London in the name of creating an anarchist society. We were ''meant'' to feel uneasy about his behavior. The film V is still a murderer, torturer, and terrorist, but the film makes it pretty obvious we are meant to see him as the 'good guy.'
** YourMileageMayVary. Although V shows up "heroic" in movie, moment of FridgeBrilliance makes it clear he is no better. To point: during the film, Norsfire kills less people (not including backflash) than V.

** "''Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition! The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V."''

** They really should have come up with a [[IncrediblyLamePun subtler pun on Hitler]]...

Explaining the rest of the plot would spoil it, and you really should read it for yourself. The film is fine too ([[CreatorBacklash unless you ask]] AlanMoore). Although it makes Britain less dark and dystopic, it turns the fascistic government into more of a Bush-Era conservatic StrawmanPolitical to present a more clear good vs. evil conflict, though you might see this movie inverting the roles, [[YourMileageMayVary depending on your political views]] [[spoiler:(and how excusable you think a government massmurdering its own civilians as a pretext for war is)]].

* ChaoticGood: In the movie, at least. In the book, whether he's a terrorist or a freedom fighter is left ambiguous.

* LawfulEvil: Norsefire, though the graphic novel emphasizes the "Lawful" while the movie emphasizes the "Evil". Both versions are nasty, but the comic one is a bit more sympathetic.

*** To which she replies cautiously, "Are you a mad person?"

** Also: metal sheets. Which are not entirely bulletproof, but do stop V from dying where he stands, instead allowing him to [[spoiler:slowly bleed out as he stumbles his way back to his lair. What, you thought they'd pull the OnlyAFleshWould card?]]

** Also: metal sheets.

Explaining the rest of the plot would spoil it, and you really should read it for yourself. The film is fine too ([[CreatorBacklash unless you ask]] AlanMoore). Although it makes Britain less dark and dystopic, it turns the fascistic government into more of a Bush-Era conservatic StrawmanPolitical to present a more clear good vs. evil conflict, though you might see this movie inverting the roles, [[YourMileageMayVary depending on your political views]].

** Alan Moore's objection is a bit odd, though, since Brits ''do'' eat this for breakfast and call it "Toad in the Hole." (This name more often describes a sausage dish.)