Comments on: *From Hell — Recommended

By: Craig Welsh

Craig Welsh — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:36:23 +0000

The movie is all right if you approach it the same way I approached Constantine. Entertaining enough, but it has almost nothing to do with the original source material. So try not to compare the two, because the movie looks like a pale ghost in comparison.

I keep hoping, in this new era of comic book respectability, that someone at the BBC might take From Hell and do a proper mini-series. But given Moore’s attitude these days, I kind of doubt it.

I haven’t read From Hell in years. Time to pick it up again this weekend, I think.

By: Alan David Doane

Alan David Doane — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:31:12 +0000

Yeah, the movie is pretty much awful. Manages to miss the entire point of the book, hardly a surprise for an Alan Moore-adapted film.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:46:07 +0000

Reading this book is almost a primal experience. I highly recommend From Hell.

By: John

John — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:52:01 +0000

I think From Hell is one of the best novels I’ve ever read PERIOD. An important work.

By the way, skip the movie. It’s horrible. I could forgive it if it merely condensed the book, but they change many key points, rework characters to make them sexy, and entirely change the ending to happy one! It’s offensive.

By: Alan David Doane

Alan David Doane — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:17:52 +0000

“An astounding achievement.”

I’ll second that; I continue to believe From Hell is the most ambitious and best use of the graphic novel form to date. No matter how many times I read it, I always find something new. It’s a wonder to behold, both a fantastically gripping story and a turn-your-brain inside-out rethinking of how to create comics.