The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
You see this movie for what it could have been and you're greatly disappointed with what it is.
The year is 1899 and Europe is on the brink of war. A mysterious man is invading countries with different armies (the Brits used to make raids into Germany; Germans into Britain) causing all kinds of unrest. He also has super new weapons for the ages: machine guns and tanks. Sean Connery is recruited to help save the British empire. At his debriefing he meets the other extraordinaries: Captain Nemo, Skinner (the invisible man) and a woman who turns out to be a vapmire. They go off and recruit a couple more people and then try to save the world. A few twists and turns later they learn to get along, save the world and all is happy with an ending fit for a sequel had this movie done well.
First of all, getting these fantastic characters together with unique abilities and who are world famous expecting them to work together is liking watching the US Men's Olympic basketball team: they just don't mesh and all have huge egos. Then you add in the idea that the movie can't really decide if it's fantasy/comic book with all the really cool, legandary characters or whether it's sci-fi with wigged out technology and special effects. Not much time is spent with the characters but is rather spent watching all the cool things the filmmakers could do with computers and whatnot. It's nice to see in 1899 that Captain Nemo has better technology than we do today. His submarine, the Nautilus, looks like an ornate pistol. You know the kind: the really fancy, old-fahsioned, mother of pearl sort of six-shooter. Needless to say, though I'll say it anyway, the movie was disappointing. The story could have been interesting if the "twists" weren't so obvious. The characters were cool to see and fun to watch, when you did get to see them. Basically, all you're watching are a bunch of special effects. You can't even really enjoy Connery. While his voice is still pretty awesome, he's getting old and you can see it in this film.
2 of 5 for some pretty wicked, fun effects.
The year is 1899 and Europe is on the brink of war. A mysterious man is invading countries with different armies (the Brits used to make raids into Germany; Germans into Britain) causing all kinds of unrest. He also has super new weapons for the ages: machine guns and tanks. Sean Connery is recruited to help save the British empire. At his debriefing he meets the other extraordinaries: Captain Nemo, Skinner (the invisible man) and a woman who turns out to be a vapmire. They go off and recruit a couple more people and then try to save the world. A few twists and turns later they learn to get along, save the world and all is happy with an ending fit for a sequel had this movie done well.
First of all, getting these fantastic characters together with unique abilities and who are world famous expecting them to work together is liking watching the US Men's Olympic basketball team: they just don't mesh and all have huge egos. Then you add in the idea that the movie can't really decide if it's fantasy/comic book with all the really cool, legandary characters or whether it's sci-fi with wigged out technology and special effects. Not much time is spent with the characters but is rather spent watching all the cool things the filmmakers could do with computers and whatnot. It's nice to see in 1899 that Captain Nemo has better technology than we do today. His submarine, the Nautilus, looks like an ornate pistol. You know the kind: the really fancy, old-fahsioned, mother of pearl sort of six-shooter. Needless to say, though I'll say it anyway, the movie was disappointing. The story could have been interesting if the "twists" weren't so obvious. The characters were cool to see and fun to watch, when you did get to see them. Basically, all you're watching are a bunch of special effects. You can't even really enjoy Connery. While his voice is still pretty awesome, he's getting old and you can see it in this film.
2 of 5 for some pretty wicked, fun effects.
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