The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: It's a BAD LEAGUE.
Summary: 2 Stars
There's so much nonsense in this movie that it's ridiculous. The league consists of characters such as Tom Sawyer (Yes, it's true!), Captain Nemo!, the Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll/Mister Hyde! etc. Somebody had let his/her imagination gone wild. It's so wild that it's really ruins the movie. The dialogues are bad jokes. The acting is luke warm. There are some good special effects but they can't save the film.
It's still worth watching once for curiosity.
Movie Review: What A Colossal Mess
Summary: 2 Stars
It's not like Sean Connery needed the money. He didn't have to go the Donald Pleasence route and make a boatload of awful "Halloween" movies. The former James Bond could've stayed quietly retired and contented himself with daily laps in his pool of money. All of which begs the question: Why in heaven's name would he associate his good name with a clunker that is THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN?
But alas, it's all water under the Nautilus; Connery headlines this quagmire as slick adventurer Allan Quartermain (but it's still not as fun to say as Miss Moneypenney), out to save the world from certain doom in the last year of the 19th Century. Yet Mr. Quartermain is not alone; he is aided and abetted by a passle of fictional characters who all lend instant credibility to the story: Tom Sawyer, Captain Nemo, the Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll/Mister Hyde, Dorian Gray, and Mina Harker (of "Dracula" fame).
No, I'm not making this up. Somebody else did and made a bad movie out of it. And would someone tell me how a "league of extraordinary gentlemen" would include a Mina Harker? Does Bram Stoker know something the rest of us should know?
But anyway, after what I thought was an absolutely sensational hook, this movie promptly dissolved into more nonsense than an ice fishing contest in the Everglades; nothing, and I mean nada, worked--from the special effects to the action sequences to the trite and sappy dialogue. I was impressed by Connery's ability to run alot; I only hope I'm that mobile should I reach my eighth decade. Indeed, there is something extraordinary about THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN. It's extraordinarly bad.
--D. Mikels, Author, The Reckoning
Movie Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
This "Blu-ray" edition is the best ever. Video and audio are spectacular and well worth the "upgrade" from the regular DVD version. Movie Review: Why does everyone hate this film?
Summary: 3 Stars
Having not been too impressed by the comic book series on which this was based, I wasn't expecting a whole lot, but this adventure-fantasy filled with 19th century literary characters turned out to be an entertaining couple of hours. Bring together Allan Quartermain (Sean Connery), the Invisible Man, Captain Nemo, Nina Harker (a vampire), Dorian Gray, Dr. Jekyll (and, of course, Mr. Hyde), and an American referred to only as "Agent Sawyer," and put them under the direction of a government figure called "M," and you have a formidable force for saving the world. And the world certainly needs saving, or at least Venice and parts of Africa. There are numerous sly references to other books and films, from Moby-Dick to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Okay, the acting wasn't top-notch (not even Connery, who didn't seem to be enjoying himself much), but the visuals were great (especially the Nautilus) and the plot was pall-mall. Not Shakespeare, but not bad.Movie Review: Mina (Peta Wilson) can bite me any time
Summary: 3 Stars
The year 1899, the world under threat of war. World war. England calls to her hero Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery). Will he head the call? And who else may join to form the league of extraordinary gentlemen
Great concept for a comic book, however never had a chance as a movie.
Where do I start? The story (no plot) had no chance from the start. The graphics were substandard. The dialog was stilted. The fighting was poorly choreographed. The music was forgettable. However the hokey costumes were a quite amusing. I always thought Sean Connery could make any movie work until now.
On the plus side Peta Wilson could be a modern day Emma Peel "The Avengers" (1961 TV series)
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