All I learned from "V"

Natalie Portman is hot.

Movies make effective political platforms.

Political platforms make ineffective movies.

Natalie Portman is hot.

Hugo Weaving sounds very "Smith-ish" when reading Wachowski dialogue.

Wachoski dialogue is flaccid and overdrawn; self-important.

Natalie Portman is hot.

Anything can be interpreted as a present-day commentary.

Anything can be manipulated to be present-day commentary (even a 25-year-old comic book).

I appreciate subtlety when it's left as subtlety. Drawing attention to the cleverness of subtlety takes away all hints of cleverness. For example: naming a character"V" who espouses the philosophy of Guy Fawkes (Novemver 5th- or V). In this case, not the Wachowski's fault, but drawing attention to these kinds of connections is as annoying as the guy in 1st-year University picking out all the metaphors in the William Carlos Williams poem. Damn I hate that guy! Please respect the intelligence of the viewer (same goes with the obtuse naming of "Mobil" station which represented Neo's "Limbo" in Matrix Revolutions.)

Natalie Portman is hot.

Alliteration is not now, nor ever was very clever. Period.

Nubile Natalie needs a nice nap, which is necessary for her naughty energy to neck with nice guys like me who would nibble non-stop on her beautiful ni... better stop here.