The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [UMD for PSP]

Never had an interest in watching it. Maybe it was the title, or poor trailers, but just did not want to watch it when it was new. Fast forward to now, accidently clicked on the wrong movie and was hooked within 5 minutes. Great movie. Hoaky at times, but entertainment at its finest.

Twas odd, I had order a new copy of The Young Sherlock Holmes in the same parcel with this. I think the people responsible for this flick, needs to take that film and see literary fictional characters brought to life and how to handy a good fantasy Adventure. The more I thought about it, the more I saw the films had a lot in common. Wont blow the punchline, but if you have seen both films you will understand, they share a common character. I love Connery and REALLY wanted to love this film. I can say I sort of liked it...but that is the strongest emotion evoked by the film, outside of confusion. This movie had SO much going for it. A super premise and the promise of a thinking-mans fantasy-adventure flick. I mean I shall watch Connery in anything; he has a handsome and capable cast backing him, some great special effects...but someone needed to give them a road map!! It was written sharply, with good dialogue sprinkled here and there, and nice touches like the You may call me Ishmael the chauffeur. Filmed with rich detail (a little darkly - sometimes you really had a hard time seeing what is happening!). Movie opens in 1899 where London Peelers are being chased by a Tank. Suddenly, the Bank of England is looted. The Brits blame the Germans in pre war mentality. But we know there is a criminal mastermind with futuristic toys and he is not playing fair. Cut to a man calling himself M (double joke here!) recruiting Allan Quartermaine to head the League. On the team is Mina Harker, the Invisible Man, Dorian Grey, Dr. Jekyll and his alter ego, Captain Nemo and Tom Sawyer. Supposedly, some voodoo witchdoctor cursed Connery, and Africa will never let him die so, he, too share special powers. While the idea of superheroes from Literature coming together to battle the Phantom (whose real identity is elementary!)is engaging, there is no real set up for it happening - just IS. Maybe they expect you to know from the comics? Well, excuse me, there is a vast audience out there that does not!! From that point on there is not pace, it is pedal to the metal now stop action. The action is filmed great - even the car chase through Venice?? Highways? I presume there was explanation for this that ended up on the cutting room floor. In the end, you are left going is that all there is? Back to my original point, the seed is much like Young Sherlock Holmes, but there fantasy/fiction merger came to life with such brilliance. Then ending of LEG leaves room for a sequel, sigh, if they do, I hope they rent Young Sherlock Holmes and pinpoint how it is done RIGHT.

This is one of those movies that you either love or hate .... well I guess I am a bit weird because I dont hate it or love it but I love Sean Connery and that is probably the real reason that I bought this. And the fact that this was the last movie he made before refusing to do any more. I miss him! An excellent actor!

Lots of good actors, but they arent given much scope for their talents. Lots of explosions and shooting, plenty of noise. But its a bit tedious to watch. Leaves you time to think about things like why does Tom Sawyer wear suspenders hanging down from his waist? Why wear them at all if you arent going to use them? Why do steampunk women always have their bosoms pushed up so it looks like they are serving them on a tray? Why did they show the Nautilus as big as a cruise ship in one scene, then show them sailing it right into a canal in Venice in another scene, much smaller?

It is full action and the actors are great and unique

This movie is someones wild imagination, way out there in left field. Connery leads a group of superheroes. There is a vampire, invisible man, a monster and a spy. For the sake of man kind they have to figure out how to work along side each other. They have to stop a madman intent on launching global armageddon. It does have some laughs in it. The movie is just different and fun to watch. Has a lot of far fetched things that happen.

The cast of course is great , the movie itself I found very entertaining and action packed a great movie for my collection and a great fun movie for the whole family !!

Excellent movie. I thought so when I watched it on TV. On TV it says its been edited for content and time. No surprise there. The movie was so good I wanted to see what had been cut out of it. There are a couple places where things get confusing and I figured the DVD would clear those places up. There is NOTHING different on DVD except a 15 second intro type thing that adds absolutely nothing to the movie. Of course theres no commercials so theres that... It has good special effects, a good story line, a bit violent in places. It is interesting how they mix various characters (who have their own stories apart from this movie) together - Moriarty, Dorian Grey, the Invisible Man, the Vampire, Captain Nemo. And of course... Sean Connery. This movie will not make the list for Top 100 Movies of the Century but its worth the time as long as you dont pay a fortune for it.

I simply love this kind of sci-fi movies with extraordinary quest :]

Great movie, has the same campyness a lot of pg-13 action movies had at the time ( like the mummy), love seeing this movie