The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Widescreen Edition)
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Actor: Jason Flemyng, Peta Wilson, Sean Connery, Stuart Townsend, Tony CurranDirector: Stephen Norrington
Brand: CONNERY,SEAN
Producer: Bruce Devan
Producer: Don Murphy
Producer: Mark Gordon
Producer: Michael Nelson
Writer: Alan Moore
Writer: James Robinson
Writer: Kevin O'Neill
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-12-16
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Widescreen Edition)
DVD Review: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Summary: 5 Stars
I really liked this movie, I am especially partial to Sean Connery because I have all his James Bond movies. He is a wonderful actor and is good in anything that he does.DVD Review: Still wishing for a sequel
Summary: 5 Stars
A sonic and visual tour de force.........I really don't understand the 1 and 2 star ratings people gave this film. Some feel it wasn't faithful to the book ( what 2 hour movie is?).Others felt it wasn't as good as "X-Men"(I felt it was classier and better acted). And many I guess,just didn't get it. It's a great vehicle for escapeism set in victorian england and introduces many characters from our literary past.Who could not love Sean Connery as Alan Quatermain? I only wish this movie was released proir to the X-Men movie. We might have been treated to a really worthwhile sequel( not unlike those for XMEN,Tomb raider,Mummy etc.). I plan on buying the Blu-ray for a truly amazing experience.DVD Review: More Fun to Look at than to Listen to
Summary: 3 Stars
LXG is a flashy stylized action comic book movie, that fails to create desire for a sequel due to bad acting and bad writing. Sadly enough it's one of the worst comic adaptations, and it managed to cause Alan Moore to lose faith in Hollywood. One of the greatest comic writers suffers a big embarassment in this film. Lucky enough for him, his other adaptations, which he refuses to watch, are outstanding (V for Vendetta, Watchmen, From Hell). I can watch this movie and be entertained, but I can't give it credit for much of anything. It's fight scenes are definately watchable, but everything else received no critical attention.
The Good: LXG is very slick and cool in terms of it's style. The color palette and clothing are interesting, as is its sets and cinematography. The fight scenes are thrilling, and the CG is very realistic. I was glad to see a more realistic approach to the special effects, and not some goofy computer animated sigh-fest. As for the good of this film, that gets me to watch it every now and then, this is it.
The Bad: The wonderful cast is slaughtered with horrible witty lines scattered endlessly throughout the script. No one wants to see quirks and quips, we want realistic relations. These actors can't make the dialogue seem real at all, and it's horrible to watch. If I watched this in another language it might be more entertaining. I hate to see nearly every line a joke, and not a moment of seriousness within the film. It should have been handed to better writers and a better director, and it would have been a beautiful film. We now have proof, that "Blade" was begginner's luck.
I'm the type of viewer/reviewer who can sit down and watch the cheesy ones every now and then. Some movies are almost unbearably campy, but they still manage to entertain. If you can stay on the sunny side, then LXG might be worth your bucks. If you are easily annoyed you might want to stay far away from the film. There's plenty of great comic book adaptations out there. It's just sad LXG isn't one of them.
DVD Review: Great Movie!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
Great movie although the high definition transfer is not as good as it should be.DVD Review: It could have been better...
Summary: 4 Stars
but it wasn't terrible. Movie looks really good in Blu ray, as I thought it would. The movie, as I said, could have been better but its still a nice fun watch if you aren't too concerned with plotlines. Some very good actors doing the best they could with the script they were given. A sequel would be nice if it were a bit more polished, I think...
Description of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Widescreen Edition)
A hunter, a scientist, a vampire, an invisible man, an immortal, a spy, a beast.when a masked madman known as "The Fantom" threatens to launch global Armageddon, legendary adventurer Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery) commands a legion of superheroes, the likes of which mankind has never seen.Now, despite fighting their own personal demons - and each other - they mush join forces to save the world. Sean Connery leads a stellar cast in this breathtaking, "thrill-a-minute" (Jeffrey Lyons, NBC-TV) extravaganza loaded with "eye-popping effects and amazing action!" (Bill Bregoli, Westwood One)
The heroes of 1899 are brought to life with the help of some expensive special effects in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. From the pages of Victorian literature come Captain Nemo, Dr. Jekyll (and his alter ego Mr. Hyde), Dorian Gray, Tom Sawyer, an Invisible Man, Mina Harker (from Dracula), and the hunter Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery), all brought together to combat an evil megalomaniac out to conquer the world. Hardly an original plot, but perhaps that's fitting for a movie sewn together like Frankenstein's monster. The movie rushes from one frenetic battle to another, replacing sense with spectacle--Nemo's submarine rising from the water, a warehouse full of zeppelins bursting into flame, Venice collapsing into its own canals; flashy, dumb, and completely incoherent. Fans of the original comic book will be disappointed. Also featuring Peta Wilson, Shane West, Stuart Townsend, Richard Roxburgh, and Jason Flemyng. --Bret Fetzer
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