Friday, 17 May 2013

From Hell

From Hell, a film about the Victorian Era in London troubled by the increasing murders by the notorious Jack the Ripper. Originally a graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, converted to a movie written by Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias and directed by Albert Hughes proved to be an overall success in the opinion of critics. 

The film created a very old feeling which tended to take away from the real intensity of these murders.
I personally did not like this movie, not only because I don't like gore, but it didn't seem to portray the entire events accurately. As well by giving an assumption of who Jack the Ripper is it took away from the mystery that is the unknown identity of the man or woman, only known as Jack the Ripper. 

I did find the acting to be standard, but there was definitely nothing beyond special in this movie. I did find the representation of the two classes was well played out, proving the insane difference between the poor class and the rich class. The movie portrays London very well in that time period, but i didn't like the movie as an overall film. 

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