Saw V for Vendetta. Have some generally minor philosophical differences with their interpretation, but I think they did quite a good job. Certainly better than any previous Moore adaptation, though that is weaker praise than I intend.
I perhaps should have been more clear and said "unlike LXG, this didn't suck."
The political part of it I didn't see as terrible, although it is blunted. It seemed like the original message was there in what V said, but was not strongly supported by how the government was characterized. Basically we were told rather than shown those elements.
I was more bothered by Evey and her relationship with V being pushed more toward romantic love. Because she doesn't get the apotheosis that she does in the book, the point of That Sequence is muted, and V's importance as an idea is, I think, muddied by putting so much weight on their personal connection.
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The political part of it I didn't see as terrible, although it is blunted. It seemed like the original message was there in what V said, but was not strongly supported by how the government was characterized. Basically we were told rather than shown those elements.
I was more bothered by Evey and her relationship with V being pushed more toward romantic love. Because she doesn't get the apotheosis that she does in the book, the point of That Sequence is muted, and V's importance as an idea is, I think, muddied by putting so much weight on their personal connection.