V for Vendetta

With the advent of our current political situation, movies like V for Vendetta make the average movie-goer a little numb to less than say, Scary Movie 4. With its sudden and unexpected plot twists and shocking scenarios Vendetta catches the viewer's attention like a car crash; you don't want to watch but you can't help it.

When I first saw this movie there was a part of me that felt awful for allowing my imagination to indulge in such "guilty pleasures" as the overthrow of a totalitarianstate, the dismantling of censorship, and the freedom of speech. Wait a second, why am I feeling so guilty about this, we aren't living in a similar situation, right? But really, the Wachowski brothers use such provocative imagery and display such fabulous possible outcomes that it is hard not to empathize with V and Evey's quest for individual andsocietal freedom.