V is For Vendetta

So my new beau Jon and I went to the latest film based on an 18th century French novel. The movie was V for Vendetta and the book is Alexander Dumas' chef d'oeuvre The Count of Monte Cristo. Now don 't get me wrong, I liked the movie a lot, and I see it becoming a cult favorite for all of those kids that hang out at the coffee shop all of the time (you know, the ones that buy all of their clothes from either the D.I. or Hot Topic and wear their hair in crazy ways, the group of kids that I so desperately wish I was friends with). And because the movie inspired me to think about it so much that I am blogging about it, I am going to assume that it went ahead and succeeded in it's number one goal, to make people talk about what V for Vendetta actually meant for days at a time. Here is a list of things that I learned from V for Vendetta:
1. The scary mask I saw in the previews wasn't as scary as I thought it was going to be.
2. What Guy Fawkes actually did to garner a national holiday and why they burn epitaphs of him each November 5th. Who knew he tried to blow up parliament? Seriously.
3. That Natalie Portman, although not sporting the best of accents, has a nicely shaped skull...which makes me even more sick that she can be a good-looking person even without hair. Something tells me that I wouldn't have the same appeal hairless that she does.
4. That there is always room for more 1984-ish movies out there. Ideas are bulletproof!!!
As I am writing this, I realize that this movie sucked me in, just like the first Matrix did. It can't be a coincidence that this movie was done by the same people who brought us the joy that was the Matrix and sadly enough, Matrix Reloaded and whatever that last one was called. Let's hope that this time they have the sense to not try and claim this story is really the first installment of a trilogy. If not, I might have to take a lesson from "V", and destroy everything that they have.