There are a few differences between the movie V for Vendetta and the comics that it was based on, the most significant one being that V’s actions are portrayed in a far more sympathetic in the movie rather than the comics. In the comics, V was seen as much more of an chaotic anarchist, whereas the movies portrayed him more as a charismatic vigilante fighting a righteous battle against a tyrannical government (which was less obviously evil in the source material). This was compounded by the fact that the movie chose to make the relationship between Evey and V one of romance; the comics instead paired off Evey with Gordon. Why did the movies choose to portray the characters in a far more starker contrast? It’s clear that we’re meant to vouch for V and his terrorist attacks, crippling the corrupt-beyond-redemption Norsefire organization. The only sympathetic character in Norsefire is Eric Finch and even he, after the shocking discovery that Norsefire was directly responsible for the virus that decimated Britain, turns his back on the government, allowing Evey to destroy the Parliament building. Perhaps the audience wouldn’t have been able to enjoy the moral ambiguity in the relatively short span of a movie viewing.