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V for Volume ...

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So LAist caught V for Vendetta this weekend at the Pacific Theaters in the Sherman Oaks Galleria, and we were pleasantly surprised by the popcorn flick. What we didn't like was the ending. No, it wasn't the thousands of Guys marching toward revolution so much, but it was the sound. The volume was cranked up loudly during the Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture-fireworks scene at the end that many audience members were forced to stick their fingers in their ears.

We already have to worry about our hearing from iPOD usage, now LAist wants to warn viewers about this latest Wachowski brothers production. Bring the earplugs--because in this case--V is for volume.

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