The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (DVD)

...me when I watched, despite the fact that the trailers looked quite good! Have you ever noticed how they put all the good stuff into the trailers, so you expect it to be absolutely fantastic and then sometimes it's just not! Well i'm afraid to say that The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen falls under this heading. In the ususal style, here are some quotes from a couple of critics... "The writing is terrible. There is no tension, no mystery, no ...
..."The more you think about the film, the more it falls to pieces. It's riddled with logistical and continuity errors that keep the audience continually uttering 'Huh?'" Rich Cline, SHADOWS ON THE WALL Well that's the opinion of the critics folks, which should at least give you some idea of what this film is like. Personally I couldn't agree more with these views, especially the last one! Okay so here is the boring techie stuff I have to do. ***TECHIE ...

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...years. Adaptations seem to be the very backbone of the film industry. Some of the greatest films of all time have been adaptations from novels, comic books, short stories and in the case of “The Fast And The Furious”, a magazine article. We today, in an age of information technology and media spin constantly see books being made into films and films being made into books. So when it was announced that some of literature’s most loved and read about ...
...high. Seeing famous characters like the Invisible Man and Dr Jekyll on the big screen with cutting edge effects power and visual driven director Stephen Norrington at the helm. After the fast and furious comic book stylings that made “Blade” a big hit, we of course would think Norrington would play the same cards again crafting the post modern Victorian world with vast, glorious imagery and visual charm. Despite its superb concept and a director ...

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It is the late 1800s and in London, a daring bank robbery is carried out by what appears to be a group of German soldiers. With tensions between England and Germany very fraught, matters are made worse when the English apparently destroy a German air balloon factory. The attacks are in fact both carried out under the instruction of one man, a mysterious disfigured man known only as The Phantom. It transpires that The Phantom is intent on causing ...
...until conflict breaks out. The English government subsequently decides that they need to enlist the aid of some rather special individuals to try and bring down The Phantom and an agent is despatched to Africa to approach the legendary Alan Quartermain to head up the group. Back in London, Quartermain is soon united with his new team mates, who band together to form the latest incarnation of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG). They are: ...

LostWitness 18.03.2004 · Read full review
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...Or perhaps attribute it to the death of the wonderful Alexander Walker, without whose expert guidance I am left floundering on a sea of cinematic confusion. Whatever it is, it amounts to me being convinced that it's worth seeing a film that has been universally panned since I might like it after all... or maybe not. Actually, let's be fair. It's not that I didn't enjoy myself watching The League of Extraodinary Gentlemen, it's just that enjoyed ...
...(Cyber Bandits) based on the comic books by ALAN MOORE and KEVIN O'NEILL The camera slowly backs away from the 20th Century Fox logo as it degenerates into ruin, and sweeps down through the streets of turn-of-the-century London (not this one, the last one), past the crumbling brickwork and clanking gutters as pieces of rubble thunder down to distant explosive rumblings... then the story appears, filling us in on the impending war in the British ...

ruth_cole 18.10.2003 (21.10.2003) · Read full review
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The year is 1898, and the British Empire is in trouble. There is a gang, led by the nefarious Fantom, robbing the Bank of England and causing trouble all over the world, most of which is blamed on the Germans. It's sort of a capitalist terrorism, aimed at starting a world war, which will make a whole lot of money for somebody, somewhere. The British government decides to enlist the help of several disparate Extraordinary Gentlemen, to put a stop ...
...travels to London to meet the rest of the League, and goes on to lead them. That's all I'm going to say about the story, as I don't want to spoil it for anyone who is intending to see it. On to the other main characters:- First we have Captain Nemo (played by Naseeruddin Shah) Oh yes, he of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea fame. He has a fabulous state of the art ship, and is fantastic with his curved scmitar. This character, was in my opinion the ...

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...better and more expensive than the last, and 2. They have to be loud, brash and totally unrealistic. It is normally 2 that backfires on people. Loud, brash and unrealistic works sometimes, for example in the X-men franchise, of which I am a huge fan. However, sometimes, it goes completely wrong, as with (so I’m told, I haven’t sampled its delights myself yet) The Avengers, when loud brash and unrealistic turns into annoying, farcical and over-indulged. ...
...and they both fall into the second category. I’m not saying that The League…should never have been made, I’m just saying that whoever’s bright idea it was to turn the novel by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill should quite possibly by hanging on to their job by the skin of their pearly whites. It’s just so implausible! A masked villain (oh, puhlease!) going by the moniker of ‘The Fantom’ is terrorising Europe, stealing weapons of ultimate destruction ...

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...high expectation for. From the moment I heard that they were making a live action film of this highly regarded comic series, I had great hopes that with such fathoms of character material from some of the best of English Literature, and some excellent translation and interpretation of said material in the comics, the silver screen version of some of our most beloved would surely have been flawless? Bollox. Yours truly was brought crashing down ...
...on my face in the empty plains of Hollywood Trash. From the very release of the teaser they had me, playing my expectation like a puppet on a string. and instead of delivering a sumptuous feast of Fantasy Titans, they delivered a piss warm, open arena assassination of gods, wrapped up in a fetid post production dripping with arrogance, ego and sheer incompetence. The Sandman IS angry. Now, for those of you who are in the dark about the project, ...

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Extraordinary is in the oxford English dictionary, as meaning very unusual, or remarkable. So, to use this in the title of a film is either a stroke of genius, or a big mistake. Basically, very unusual and remarkable, are at the opposite ends of the scale in terms of films. So, what have we here? Very unusual, or remarkable? Before we answer that, we must first break the film down into it's basic elements. Take a look at its positives, and its negatives ...
...--------------------------------- The story ------------------------------------------ In 1899, freak attacks are taking place all over the world. A bank is raided in England, by what looks like Germans. A German Zeppelin factory is destroyed by the same people, this time dressed as British soldiers. The result of these attacks, is that the world is on the verge of war. One man has planned this, and he goes by the name of the fantom. Who can the ...

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...if you are one of the producers of 'Ishtar', 'Battlefield Earth', 'Lost in Space', 'Titanic' or 'Police Academy 8: Mission to Mansfield', because 'LXG' is now officially one of the very worst pieces of tepid nonsense ever committed to celluloid, and would shove all the above further down the list. When one of the Executive Producers, who also happens to be the male lead, declares that he wants to walk off his own picture, then you know you're in ...
...things spot on in sampling the graphic novel work of Alan Moore, 'LXG' looks like the Producers got it wrong from the word go. "Hey, we need a gothic type comic strip actioner...whose work should we see?" "Well, Tim Burton's 'Batman Returns' was a very dark comic offering" "Gee, lets rent it and get some ideas..." Except, they didn't, accidentally they must have picked up 'Batman and Robin' instead. An interesting premise; superheroes of the ...

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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, ...

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...have been many attempts over the years to transfer books into film and although many are quite good it is rare to find any that are as good as reading the book. Some of the most famous films of all times - Gone with the Wind, Oliver, Spiderman have been adaptations from novels, books or short stories. So when it was announced that a film was planned to band together a group of individually famous literary characters into one film expectations were ...
...Quartermain - Allan appears for the first time in Henry Rider Haggard's wonderfully dramatic King Solomon's Mines. Published in 1886, it was to rival Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was first published in 1886 and is one of the best known of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novels. It concerns the way in which an individual is made up of contrary emotions and desires: some good ...

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...question. However, after having seen the film, his choice of rolls is a little questionable to say the least. THE STORY Now, I believe as a writer that this could have been made into a really good story had the characters from history been better chosen. The writer, Alan Moore, chose people out of history that really would not have made a lot of difference to the situation that they were faced with and I believe that a more imaginative writer would ...
...Quatermain - supposed to be the worlds greatest adventurer played by Sean Connery. Captain Nemo - He is the captain of the Nautilus submarine and played by Naseerudin Shah. Here, this was possibly the most convincing of the characters. The Invisible Man played unconvincingly by a Cockney Tony Curran Dr. Jeckyll/Mr. Hyde played by Jason Flemying and mundanely to say the least. A Vampiress called Nina Harker who has a husky voice and spends a lot ...

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...its by far one of the greatest action adventure films for a while. The film starts off by them setting up a group of people to start a league of extraordinary gentlemen by some one called M he is in the secret services for the queen. They get a great team which consists of..... Allan Quatermain who is played by Sean Connery, Captain Nemo played by naseeruddin shah (this guy is amazing) Mina Harker played by Peta Wilson aka Dracula’s bride, Rodney ...
...Hyde Jason Flemyng. There are the members of the league and they all have their own unique powers which do really kick ass. Now firstly Allan Quatermain he is an expert marksman not just expert he could kill someone without a scope from 400+ yards and has done many great things. then there is captain Nemo now I just want to say OMG this guy is a pirate he has a kick ass sub/ship now this guy isn’t just cool because of all his cool gadgets but his ...

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Twentieth Cenury Fox) Produced by Trevor Albert & Don Murray Directed by Stephen Morrington (Blade) Running Time 1 Hour 45 mins Special Features include:- Audio Commentaries Interactive Menus Bonus Footage Includes main feature sub-titles in English for the hearing impaired. Starring :- Sean Connery Shane West Stuart Townsend Peta Wilson Jason Fleming Set in the Victorian times (1899) in a different ...
...by a consort for the queen in a retreat in Africa. He is persuaded to come back and join a team of the dark and mysterious to join forces to combat the evil presently terrorising England. This evil figure is known only as 'The Fantom' and his true identity is shielded by an iron mask. With his armies of assassins and weapons superior to any known to man he schemes and plots to take over the world. He causes conflict between the countries of the world ...

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...Townsend. I loved him in The Queen of the Damned. I think he played the character well in the movie. However, I was utterly disappointed. His character was weak as was his unconvincing acting. There was no spark. Even the scene when he dies, showed no emotion or skills. Perhaps, that scene was supposed to be comedic, in the way in which he screamed, but it was just dull. Not even good enough for a smirk. Now, you would expect an award winning actor ...
...the film. Sadley, though he doesn’t. I wouldn’t say he acted badly, but I felt that the film wasn’t for him. And the accent put on for the role, for highly irritating. For those who don’t know, Naseeruddin Shah, is an award winning bollywood actor and has starred and directed many great films. He is renounced for his acting, but in this movie he looked, misplaced and a little silly. **Introducing the comic book characters** Allen Quartermain (Sean ...

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