| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | | Cast : | Sean Connery, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Jason Flemyng | | Director : | Stephen Norrington | | Studio : | Twentieth Century Fox Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby | | Released Date : | July 11, 2003 | | DVD Released Date : | August 31, 2004 | | Language : | Spanish (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 06, 2005 | | Summary | a bit better than expected | Content
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"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" got such punishing reviews when it was released in the summer of 2003 that it took me two years to finally get around to watching it. And I must say that, now, having seen it, I can't understand what all the fuss was about. This is a perfectly serviceable big budget action movie as such things go - not much better, but certainly no worse, than half a dozen similar movies released that summer (it's actually less bloated than the far more popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" which inexplicably garnered rave reviews and sailed off with boatloads of money).
It's 1899, the dawn of a new century, one in which all the old weapons of war are fast becoming obsolete and are giving way to far more lethal implements of mass destruction - machine guns, armored tanks, submarines and mega-explosives - all capable of killing far greater numbers of people than was ever thought possible before. Enter the Fantom [sic], a mysterious villain bent on using all this quickly developing technology to wage a global war with himself as commanding general. To counter this, a man named "M" gathers together a group of characters culled from 19th Century literary sources - among them Captain Nemo, The Invisible Man, Dorian Gray, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, even Tom Sawyer! - to do battle against the menace.
Although the script could have done a better job fleshing out the characters and making them more intriguing and distinct as individuals, the film has a couple of interesting plot twists and enough high-tech hardware to keep us entertained, if not exactly enthralled, through most of its running time. The movie is breezily paced and the screenplay has a fun time tossing around a lot of "in" jokes for those in the audience familiar with the literary backgrounds of these various characters.
Sean Connery leads the cast as Allan Quartermain, an aging adventurer contentedly wiling away his golden years in Africa, until he is called back into the queen's service at this critical juncture in the empire`s - and the world's - history. Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Jason Flemyng and Richard Roxburgh round out the rest of the cast.
There really isn't anything that "extraordinary" about this "League," but if you happen to run across this film on cable some long, lonely night, you may find it passable for an evening's entertainment. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 03, 2005 | | Summary | Fun Adventure Movie | Content
| I think this is a 4 but reviewers have been too harsh on it so I needed to pad the ratings a little.
Basically this story is about some great 19th century heroes of literature thrown together to fight a super criminal. They bring all of their strengths and all of their shortcomings to form a slightly disfunctional but very unique band of crime fighters.
This movie can easily draw a lot of complaints from a lot of different circles. I watched this movie only having read about half of the classic books and none of the graphic novels. So I think I looked at it very objectively. I liked watching the movie the first time and the second time and so on. It also prompted me to read the actual books that the characters were originally from. What more could you want?
Could this movie have done more? Maybe. Was it fun to watch over and over again? Absolutely. Bottom line if you like action movies then this is for you. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 26, 2005 | | Summary | I like it! | Content
| Pretty good! Not the best but certainly not the worst. The cast and characters make this great. I'd love to see a part 2! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 22, 2005 | | Summary | Smashing! | Content
| It's always nice to see the greatest heroes of yesteryear unite and battle the forces of evil which are hell bent on plunging the world into war. League is a good old fashioned comic book movie that captures all the lost charm and furious fun of a Golden Age comic book. Yes it's quite messy at times but then so is good sex. I completely enjoyed the experience and will do so again and again. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 22, 2005 | | Summary | I agree..."Its a MESS!" | Content
| This is just now worth buying...not to mention watching. I think they could have done a better job in making it...but it just went everywhere...A MESS!! |
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