V Revisited

I've just finished reading V for Vendetta. The comic this time. Strange, that it is still called a comic, despite it not being comical at all. I suppose graphic novel would suit it fine, though the term was coined to draw a line between "serious" comics and "frivolous" comics. I'd say laughter does wonders for the health. There's nothing frivolous about laughing. Anyway, the movie focuses more on the drama of the whole arrangement rather than on its ideological roots. In the comic, V is truly an idea in that he understands what he’s brought upon the people, yet does not seem to revel in the destruction he has wrought as a necessity. The comic has a balanced view of the players in the game as the regime does not seem to be a truly faceless bureaucracy that works only for its own gain. Moreover, the comic does not dwell on the glory of the explosions, but more on what V hopes to achieve through his destruction of national infrastructure. More importantly, the comic portrays the struggle for freedom to be an ongoing process rather than a sudden transformation as a result of the figurative storming of the Bastille. I’d say that the comic is a far better read than the movie would be were it a novel. However, I suppose the comic translated directly to film would be rather boring to watch. I guess they each have their own merits, given capabilities of the media upon which they were created.