From Hell

[David Gentle]

> It was a good movie, very steeped in style and Victorian excess. (And
> yeah, the drug scenes were great!) On one level, I loved it; but on
> the other hand, it really only took a few elements from Moore's
> graphic novel. The graphic novel is a modern masterpiece,
> kaleidoscopic in scope. The film didn't just dumb it down, it gutted
> it.
So I *am* the only person in the world who likes comics and has read a lot of them who thinks they
wasted their money on From Hell? I have a theory that for every work that is defined by a large
number of people as great there is always one asshole who hates it. I suppose in this case I am that
asshole.

David Gentle