The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Shane West, Stuart Townsend
Screenwriter: James Dale Robinson
Producer: Don Murphy
Composer: Trevor Jones
DVD Info
Release:
Apr 1, 2008
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
- Dolby Surround - Spanish
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
Additional Release Material:
- Alternate Scenes - Deleted Scenes (12)
- Audio Commentary - 1. Jackie West - Costume Designer; Steve Johnson - Make-Up Effects; Ian Hunter, Matthew Gratzner - Miniatures Creators
- 2. Trevor Albert - Producer; Peta Wilson, Jason Flemyng, Tony Curran, Shane West - Stars
- Behind the Scenes - "Making Of"
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Reviews
So little of real consequence is at stake that you'll have plenty of time to notice how the names on not one but two tombstones are misspelled.
... the effects and sets are marvellously fantastical and there are one or two neat comical allusions to the heroes' literary roots. But where's the excitement, the thrills, the tension, the style?
The problem with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is the filmmakers tried to give everyone a main storyline and ended up diluting everything.
The League is a project that was doomed from the moment the studio threw out Alan Moore comic and decided that they knew better.
Quelques moments sont légèrement mieux et même intéressants, mais dans l’ensemble, vous allez complètement gaspiller votre argent et votre temps avec ce film.
Just don't think too much between the super battles. This is, after all, very comic book.
[Director] Norrington has spent too much effort trying to include too much of the comic book.
If you stripped this film of its effects, not even the platform would remain. Unplug the computer and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen disappears.
League ... isn’t a great movie, but it provides more fun that a lot of the other mediocre superhero movies ...
If there are more movies like LXG on the horizon, the genre will wear out its welcome before you can say sequel.
Robinson and Norrington approach literature like lazy high schoolers in an English class, using the material when it suits them and ignoring it when it doesn't.
Some might say that this is a mindless summer action film and it’s just for fun, and they would be mostly right, except for the fact that it’s not very much fun.
Takes a very promising idea and executes its so poorly that all of the joy is drained completely away.
When not even Sean Connery in a role tailor-made for him can spark a movie into life, you know something's gone terribly wrong.
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