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I agree. I thought it captured the graphic novel very nicely.
One of the best moments in the graphic novel is the murder of the doctor. It's both sweet and sickening at the same time--you're finding out about her past, V's past, and yet there's this tenderness that's there in that moment. There's a moment where V's menance disappears, and what's there is affection for this woman he killed ten minutes ago, who's grateful he's finally come, and grateful that there will be no pain. I thought that scene was captured perfectly in the film.
Not 100% sure about Portman's Evie. The comic's Evie was younger and ditzier, but also more desperate. At the beginning, rather than going for a tryst with her boss, the comic's Evie is out trying unsuccessfully to whore herself out for the first time. There's something in that that speaks to the desperation and hard times the public were undergoing. Having a bubbleheaded Evie at the beginning makes her transformation at the end all the more remarkable. In the graphic novel, she goes from being a 2-D character to being fleshed out, powerful, and complete. I didn't get anything like that character-devel arc from Portman.
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