One of the very few Alan Moore graphic novels I’ve not had the chance to sit down and read. I know, shocking. I’m an absolute Alan Moore nut. Even on a day of bad digestion where he’s trying to knock off a few pages to get some money (to feed his cats) and while he’s struggling to understand why we all exist Moore could write circles around EVERY SINGLE WRITER on the planet. In ANY medium. The man knows no boundaries and his visions are better formed than most people’s lives.

So what hope do I have that this movie will be better than previous Alan Moore incarnations? Well lets consider previous endevours into translating Moore’s vision to the silver screen:

• From Hell bore very little resemblence to the GN. Yeah like you could possibly condense 12 volumes that were serialised over 10 years and over 1000 pages into a 2hour movie.
• League of Extraordinary Gentlemen had no hope from the very start. What was one of the freshest ideas in comics for some years, was turned into a steaming pile of turd with okayish special effects.
• Hellblazer kinda distorted what the essence of the character actually was (although again like From Hell, while enjoyable not really there).

I hold little hope for V for Vendetta. I really would, but history repeats itself far too often. However with Moore disassociating himself completely from the movie, we’re left thinking, hmm another turd? Still though, that’s a pretty amazing poster…