From Hell..

[fajrdrako]

I'm watching Brimstone as I work on the bookshelves. I love it. And oooh that John Glover.

Appropriately, before I started watching Brimstone while working, I watched From Hell: the movie where Johnny Depp is on the trail of Jack the Ripper.

I cannot believe how beautiful Johnny Depp is in this.

Now, I prefer him as the wild and funny Jack Sparrow, but here is is intense, tormented and sad. What a serious movie. I liked it; I liked it a lot; I liked all the actors (Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Heather Graham). I liked the theme. I loved the plot: it has several good twists. Most versions of Jack the Ripper movies bore me, but I watch them if they have good stars, like Samuel West.

Comments

[gem225.livejournal.com]

It makes me so happy to hear that you're watching more Brimstone episodes. :-)

Did you want a copy of From Hell? I can make you one. If you haven't seen Chocolat (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241303/) with Johnny Depp, please do so. It's a wonderful movie, and of course I can copy that for you as well. I have Dead Man (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112817/), Don Juan DeMarco (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112883/) (although maybe with commercials :-( ), Ed Wood (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109707/), Benny & Joon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106387/), and Edward Scissorshands (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099487/), too.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm happy to be able to watch Brimstone, believe me! It's a great show.

I would love a copy of From Hell! I've seen Chocolat and Benny & Joon, but not Dead Man, Don Juan DeMarco, or Ed Wood.

[jkluge.livejournal.com]

I want to rent/buy From Hell, and rent Blow. From Hell was good; I saw it last year on video.

Don Juan De Marco is cute, but Johnny Depp is the best thing about it. I loved Ed Wood -- it's campy and quite endearing at the same time. I hear Dead Man is pretty awful.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes. From Hell was excellent: well written and acted, though Johnny Depp was still the most outstanding thing about it.

Dead Man is available at the library, so I'll see what I think.

Ed Wood isn't at the library, I'll just have to rent or find it.

This is fun - a quest for Johnny Depp!