It can't be both?
Going to your second point, you can dislike a movie for whatever reason you want. But disliking it just because someone else dislikes it? Why do you care what Alan Moore thinks and why would you use someone else's likes and dislikes as a basis for yours?
Honestly I'm surprised to hear something like that from you. Your points are usually well-thought out and well-articulated.
Right. I am trying more and more to not criticize films people really enjoy. Ever since a friend came up to me and started talking about KICK-ASS and I said, "Well, it's a piece of ****. The problem is it's cheap because..." and after I explained why it sucked he couldn't enjoy it anymore and I realised, "Why the hell am I telling people why films suck? There's no positive response out of it other than 'they agree with me' which is less satisfying than hearing someone talk about how much they love it". So I'm trying not to do it anymore. Now, sometimes, I'll relapse and start ranting, and other times, I won't. You'll notice I've not been jumping into threads like THE DEATH OF ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN to really savage it like I used to with HEROES. I recently took a look at the RED HULK: SCORCHED EARTH everyone raved about and was disappointed but I didn't really say anything because I don't really want to upset people anymore.
Considering that V FOR VENDETTA is one of your favourite movies, I'm not going to say why I think it is awful. Just enjoy it, and that's that.
No no no no no. I'm a big boy and can handle someone not liking something that I like.
And really - if we are avoiding discussion because we don't want to hurt someone's feelings then I might as well shut the site down, because what good is a discussion board if you can't discuss things? Stop avoiding threads because you're afraid of hurting someone else's feelings. If they can't handle it, they should leave. Talk or argue respectfully and all will be well. I've never known you to do otherwise so I don't know why you would do that.
That said (and even though it's off topic) I do want to know what YOU - not Alan Moore or anyone else - doesn't like about V for Vendetta.