This movie uses the letter "V" and the number five as a motif, to highlight how V has become a concept: V's introductory monologue to Evey begins and ends with "V", has five sentences, and contains forty-nine words that begin with "V". All of these changes infuriated Alan Moore, who claimed that the fascist government in his work had been "defanged", and refused to have any credit for this movie. Also, the central plot of the movie, of the government targeting the population with a virus attack, is not present in the book, and while it is hinted that a nuclear war happened, the ones responsible are left unseen. Gordon Deitrich is a criminal, and Evey's lover, and he is killed by another criminal. His aim is not liberty, but anarchy, and he is actually abusive with Evey, an illiterate sixteen-year-old prostitute in the novel. V, on the other hand, is way more violent and less selective in who he kills, often murdering innocents in the process. For instance, Chancellor Sutler (Adam Susan in the novel) is an awkward and timid man, who sincerely believes in fascism, and leaves all important decisions to F.A.T.E., a supercomputer also absent in the movie. Also, the government, while more sinister in this movie, is, at the same time, less human, with the authorities in the graphic novel being more complex. The movie omits or changes several important details in order to make V and his actions more morally appealing.
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