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 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (DVD)
Description: Genre: Action & Adventure / Theatrical Release: 2003 / Director: Stephen Norrington / Actors: Sean Connery, Stuart ... more  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (DVD) ... Townsend, Shane West ... / DVD released 16 February, 2004 at 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen / The heroes of 1899 are brought to life with the help of some expensive special effects in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. From the pages of Victorian literature come Captain Nemo, Dr Jekyll (and his alter ego Mr Hyde), Dorian Gray, Tom Sawyer, the Invisible Man, Mina Harker (from Dracula), and the hunter Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery), all assembled to combat an evil megalomaniac out to conquer the world. It's hardly an original plot, but perhaps that's fitting for a movie sewn together like Frankenstein's monster. It rushes from one frenetic battle to another, replacing sense with spectacle--Nemo's submarine rising from the water, a warehouse full of zeppelins bursting into flame, Venice collapsing into its own canals. It's flashy, dumb, and completely incoherent. Fans of the original comic book will be disappointed. --Bret FetzerNewest Review: ... out the Fantom and stop him in his tracks before the world ends. The Cast and Performances In theory, these characters are ... more ... a formidable team with a good cast playing them, but I have to say that the casting is a bit amiss here. Sean Connery is cast stalwart English adventurer Quatermain, and does so with his usual strong Scottish accent! Jason Flemyng plays Dr Jekyll and, by default, Mr Hyde, a CGI monster with a heart. Peta Wilson plays Mina Harker, vampire who turns herself into vampire bats with no emotin whatsover. Stuart Townsend is rather debonair as Dorian Gray, but leaves a lot to be desired when a little action is required. The ...more |
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (DVD): Saved by a bunch of mismatched adventurers (471 words)
by pmcds - written on 01.04.08 (Very useful, 25 readings)
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As far as comic book adaptations go, this had the makings and the opportunity to be a huge hit on the screen, with a brilliant collection of historical greats working as a team to fight crime and save the world. The transition from comic book to film, however, has gone through a vortex of 'oops'. Read on. The Plot In a Victorian age, an unknown enemy called 'The Fantom' is terroriseing the world, threatening a new Armageddon and the end of the world. Legendary adventurer Alan Quatermain is drafted in to lead a team of adventurers, superheroes and creatures to seek out the Fantom and stop him in his tracks before the world ends. The Cast ...
Film of Extraordinary Badness! (1199 words)
by SWSt - written on 01.11.06 (Very useful, 95 readings)
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(film only review) The Plot ----------- Attacks on Britain and Germany by “The Phantom” leave the world on the brink of war. It’s up to a group of small group of men and women with special skills – the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – to prevent the Phantom’s evil plans. The Cast ----------- Boy, did they ever get the casting of this film wrong! Sean Connery is cast as English adventurer and supreme hunter Allan Quatermain. Of course, this being Sean Connery, his “English” adventurer speaks with a Scottish accent! Then there’s Naseeruddin Shah’s Captain Nemo with the most ridiculous false beard you ever saw - he looks like ...
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (DVD): Extraordinary drivel (1371 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 30.01.04 (Very useful, 102 readings)
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Adaptations of comic books have been enjoying great success in recent years, both artistically (Road to Perdition, Ghostworld) and financially (X-Men, Spider-Man). This film adapts a comic by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill in which a series of superheroes from Victorian fiction team up to fight a greater evil. It's a fantastic concept, and the comic is superb. Unfortunately the film is diabolical. Set in 1899, the film roughly follows the plot of the comic for at least part of the way: various 'extraordinary' individuals are recruited to help the British Empire in its hour of need. Allan Quartermain (Sean Connery), the hero of King Solomon's ...
