From Hell

[Doc Faustus]

I agree with that. It also mythologizes and commercializes a series of terrible murders that a lot of people are still ignorant enough to think exist only in the movies. Alan Moore wrote the graphic novel partially with the intent to inform, but the movie completely destroyed that intent and mangled the facts. Anybody actually interested in the Whitechapel murders should check out www.casebook.org and look into this real life horror. It made the pretense of capturing the nuances of a world, but in fact mangled the setting and glamorized the life of Whitechapel prostitutes. It switched the physical descriptions of two of the victims and made a failed police inspector into a full on hero, as opposed to Moore's portrayal of him as a somewhat competent policeman. From Hell takes a real life tragedy and infuses it with Tim Burton pseudogothic. There's better stuff on the subject, better stuff in the genre and it could have just plain been better.

[BlackSunProductions]

I actually picked this up the other day. It's only good the first time you watch it, but I have a Jack the Ripper fixiation. My mother's side of the family is still doing research into our English ancestors, but I'm sure they'll find Annie Chapman was related to us somehow.

[paws the great]

Originally Posted by sawmeg

its not crap its just really really long but well worth watching

I like From Hell.


121 mins is not that long.:)

[Elvis_Christ]

Goff Girl Chick Flick

[The_Return]

I didnt mind it...wasnt bad, wasnt great.

Id watch it again

[knife_fight]

yet another example of a great book mangled into a mediocre film.

[crippler666]

The From Hell graphical novel borrows heavy from the Stephen Knight's "Jack The Ripper - The Final Solution".

The whole royal connection, Anne Crook and the stage coach theory was all his. The only real difference is the ripper, he said it was the work of 3 men (one of which was William Gull).

I did enjoy the film and felt it did depict a small part of the depraverty of Eastend Victorian London.

The length of the film was about right (but watch the deleted scenes as some of them could have added to the film).

[knife_fight]

Originally Posted by crippler666

The From Hell graphical novel borrows heavy from the Stephen Knight's "Jack The Ripper - The Final Solution".

a fact that Alan Moore makes no attempt to hide, considering he quotes from it directly in footnotes and in the appendices.

[sawmeg]

1. From hell isnt a chick flick
2. The film is about Jack the ripper as a theroy rather than a fact
3. i stuided jack the ripper and still do to this day it is a fascianting case with many different theory on who was to blame and why it happened
4. the film is long in context not minutes it feels like a long film even if its only 121 minutes
and finally i found this film enjoyable but only when watched with the deleted scenes and stuff that was cut out from television reviewers


P.S PLZ IGNORE THE BAD SPELLING I HAVE DSYLEXIA

[Shadow]

Hmmmmmm I watched From Hell quite a while ago and only watched it once as I wasnt too impressed. However I may now look into the Jack the Ripper case and rewatch From Hell.