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God this is rubbish!

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Awful adaptation of a classic Alan Moore Comic book

I will begin the review with brutal honesty, if this film were a bird it would be a massively expensive wrapped turkey, if it were a football team it would be Newcastle United (no offence to Toon fans) and if it were a comic book it would be a million times better than this....oh it was!! The League of Extraordinary Gentleman is based on Alan Moore's brilliantly imaginative graphic novel of the same name, the premise of the film should lend itself ...
...an alternate universe, the Fantom is trying to start a World War by manipulating World powers into believing others are plotting and acting against them causing an air of fear and oppression, led by the heroic Alan Quatermain a team of literary hero's of the era must stop the Fantom and save the world, putting aside their own rivalries and idiocyncracies in the process. The film follows Alan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Mina Harker, The Invisible Man, ...

paulie1975 28.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (DVD)

One hell of a culture shock

Advantages: Great visuals with stunning scenery, great actors, a great film
Disadvantages: Story is a bit far fetched (but then that is Hollywoods way)

...and directed by Edward Zwick, the Last Samurai is a story of the bringing together of two cultures that was released back in January 2004. ****Story line**** There is a new Emperor of Japan, Emperor Meiji (Shichinosuke Nakamura), and some of the traditional Japanese residents are concerned over his appetite of western world culture. The traditionalists (led by the Samurais) rebel against the destruction of the Japanese culture and the Emperor has ...
...The Emperor decides to appoint Captain Nathen Algren (Tom Cruise), an American Civil War veteran, to train his army of peasants in the art of western world warfare and how to use firearms. Algren gets seriously wounded during a battle that is really none of his concern. Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe) Leader of the Samurai takes Algren back to his Japanese village where he recovers. Whilst Algren is recuperating the Japanese winter sets in and he becomes ...

yackers1 21.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Last Samurai (DVD)

No Moore please, this one bored the Living Daylights Out of Me!

Advantages: Erm................good theme tune
Disadvantages: Weak acting, story was far fetched at time, bad effects and fight scenes

Well it seems quite strange to say that hubby chose this film as it does not star John Wayne but I have to say I think I would have perhaps preferred him to this drivel I had to endure. Roger Moore takes on the role of 007, James Bond in this film. He is set to uncover the mysterious deaths of 005 and 006 and soon he finds he is tracking a drug lord. He stars off in New York where he is chased and threaten but during this he meets Solitaire, a tarot ...
...things which are about to happen, who he instantly find attractive. Bond soon finds his investigations lead him to Louisiana’s Bayou Country where he uncovers some very powerful men and again he meets Solitaire and vows to help her escape from the Drug Lord. Will Bond be able to save himself from the drug Lord and his men and will he be able to help Solitaire? Now I know the plot summery which I have been given sound very brief but taking away Bond ...

sewbizzie 29.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Live And Let Die (DVD)

the last samurai

Advantages: epic
Disadvantages: cliched movie

...little room for surprises among the inevitable clichéd trappings of The Last Samurai, an epic cinematic scenario about a battle-worn war hero who has lost his soul but finds redemption in an ancient Japanese society he once perceived as the enemy. Story A decorated soldier, Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) fought bravely during the Civil War, but in the years thereafter, pragmatism and self-interest embittered him. He now drinks heavily to drown ...
...proud Native Americans in the name of progress during the Indian Wars of the 1870s. As a mercenary for hire, Algren heads to Japan to train the newly formed Imperial Army and usher it into the burgeoning age of modern Western culture--a shift that will put Japan's ancient customs and values in jeopardy, including the tradition of the fierce and highly respected samurai warriors who once protected Japan with their fabled swords and still live by a ...

boycie4 22.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of The Last Samurai (Special Edition) (DVD)

The legend of the extraordinary gentlemen

Advantages: Suitable for children
Disadvantages: Not relistic.

The movie is based upon the story by the writers Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, that was at first used into the graphic novel miniseries The league of the extraordinary gentlemen, which was turned into motion picture from the comic book. The protagonist of the movie is Alan Quatermain, Sean Connery, the great adventurer who leads a legion composed of Captain Nemo, Dracula vampiress MIna Harker, and invisible man and an american secret service agent. ...
...stands at the edge of a new century: a secret organization is attemping to bring about the first world war, and England calls upon legendary Allan Quatermain to stop the growing threat. Our hero organize a team, a strange group of hero that must work past their difference to ensure the survival of civilized society. It is a nice movie, and it is also suitable for children. ...

promos_123 30.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Blu-Ray)