The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

[Buddroux]

I have the dvd The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and i was wondering what u all thought of it... yah i know .most of u are gonna say that the comic book was better...

[Redhotdragon]

The film was pretty lame

[Buddroux]

I thought it was good... but maybe thats just cuz i havent seen read the comic book...

[Kreen_Warrior]

The movie was good, not great, but good. Solid good movies are under-rated, because it's too easy to be cynical.

Personally, I loved Mina, because, to me at least, she seemed a departure from the standard overly-sexualized female vampire. Tom Sawyer was stupid, and I didn't like the fact that Captain Nemo knew martial arts. I know that sounds odd here, but come one, not only does the guy have incredibly good tech, but he also is a devastating force in combat? He's over-powered.

[LilBunnyRabbit]

Tom Sawyer was stupid, and I didn't like the fact that Captain Nemo knew martial arts. I know that sounds odd here, but come one, not only does the guy have incredibly good tech, but he also is a devastating force in combat? He's over-powered.

Tom Sawyer they added entirely for the film, after all, they have to have some representative of American classic literature, so why not choose someone who's a kid in the book and has somehow grown up to become a secret agent.

As for Nemo, I'm not sure about the martial arts thing, but remember that he is a genius through and through.

As for being overpowered, well they all are really. Its kind of the idea.

[redi knight]

ya, it had cool characters, but the story line sucked alittle.

[Capt Ann]

I rented the video.

I figured, if Sean Connery is in it, how bad could it be?

Well.....now I know.

[Buddroux]

I still dont know what was so bad about it ... er... must be the comic book .... oh well

[LaRock]

The biggest complaint I've seen (not counting the departure from the comic's storyline) is that with all those great literary characters, you would think there would be more time for development. Connery was the only one with screen time to develop his character, and he didn't have much time at all.

They could have made this film without using great literary characters. Nemo, Jekyll, Mina, Sawyer, and The Invisible Man (was it Skinner?) all seemed to be Quartermain's sidekicks, when they really deserved more development.

Not a great film, but I've seen worse.

[Kwajman]

Even for a fantasy film it was kind of lame. Tho I love Sean Connery. Well, I mean I really like him, I'm a guy you know, and uh, well, never mind.....

[Freeform]

It was Skinner in the film, but Griffen in the comic (and the novel).

They screwed up Mina Murray, by calling her Harker and making her a vampire (that can walk about during the day?!?).

The film was ok if you treat it in isolation from the comic.

Anybody read LXG vols1 and 2? They're brilliant they are! :D

[Qis]

The single most lame movie i've ever seen, bar none.
acting from everyone was awfull, storyline was lame in the extreme, cgi was naff, all the lines were cheesey. tom sawyer.. .wtd?
i was at least expecting this film to be passable, bearable at least. i almost walked out. dirge.

just my oppinion mind.
( sure i've written this somewhere before)

-Qis