The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen [UMD for PSP]

I really liked it a lot. I wish that I had washed it soon

With the majority so far here...this picture, panned almost to a man by the critics, was actually as enjoyable as I thought it would be before I started hearing the avalanche of negative reviews. Why did they hate this film so much?! It has NON-stop action, great art direction, good casting, (I am in love with Peta WIlson!) a nice, world-threatening plot, (probably yet another nod to Connery,) and passable special effects. Perhaps it was the obvious hand that Marvel may have had in it...the whole movie reminds me an AWFUL lot of Van Helsing, what with Mr. Hyde having a prominent part in it, on top of the presence of Richard Roxburgh, who played Dracula in that movie. Van Helsing also, in turn, bore a strong resemblance to X-2, X-Men United. CGI effects are also a lot more obvious in Marvels movies than they are in anybody elses, and they are here...THAT could have been a put-off...but for me, the not-so-great CGI was hidden well enough by shadows so that it wasnt as bad as it was in The Hulk or Spiderman. The group consists of: Allen Quartermain, (Connery...glad they didnt pick Richard Chamberlain,) Tom Sawyer, The Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Captain Nemo, (wait til you see the Nautilus...WOW!) and a persona de femme from Dracula, Mina Harker, played by Ms. Wilson. Dorian Grey is along for the ride, too, but how much can you trust a character made up by Oscar Wilde? Its great seeing Connery slug a villain and making it stick, at his age...(hes 77 now, can you believe it?) and Peta Wilson...YES!! Love that accent, love that stature, love that improvement-on-Julie-Christie thing shes got going for her....Love that car, too...Ill bet you anything either Panther Westwinds or Sbarro had something to do with that beast! That looked like a Lancia grille, too! Anyway, there is, indeed, non-stop action! You really do root for the good guys, especially after its revealed that the groups being conned by a surprising source, and just marvelling at the great sets and cinematography used in the film is a kick. I highly recommend this underrated little film, one that the critics made look much worse than it is!

Have watched it multiple times. Love the concept and seeing otherwise unrelated literary characters together in one movie. It does seem somewhat labored in places, but I don’t remember perceiving it that way the first time I watched it.

2nd time reordering because first one sent wouldnt play in American DVD players. Product quality iffy, movie excellent. Another Sean Connery sleeper.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is really an extraordinary superhero movie although these heroes arent from comic books but the books of great literature. A hunter, a scientist, a vampire, an invisible man, an immortal, a spy, and a beast -- the imndomitable Alan Quatermain from of H. Rider Haggards 1885 novel King Solomons Mines; Mina Harker from Bram Strokers immortal vampire book Dracula; Captain Nemo from Jules Vernes 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; the sleek and sinister Dorian Gray from Oscar Wildes the Picture of Dorian Gray; Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde comes from Robert Louis Stevensons short novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; a grown-up Tom Sawyer, called Agent Sawyer, from Mark Twains various novels; and the thief Rodney Skinner standing in for H. G. Wells Invisible Man-- are all treated as real people who lived, worked, fought, and even died around the turn of twentieth century and that all of the adventures written about them werent fiction, but just the events that made up the days of their lives. And here they fight a villainous master-mind who is trying to start a world war just to make profits for himself. I dont know why, but at first, I did not not like this movie. But then I watched it again for a second time and found that despite a certain grimness to the sets that represent 19th century London and Paris, this is a great action/adventure film to rival any James Bond or X-Man movie. It was the kind of a movie that made wished I had read the books all of those heroes-- and the surprise villain-- came from. I think that in spite of the violence, and there is a lot of it, this might be a very good movie for parents to watch with their older kids and point out to them that the great works of literature can be just as exciting as any comic book or video game and get them started on reading just for the pleasure of reading.

Not even one of the best actors in the world could save this dark, hyper-active cartoon...one so bad that it could have been directed by Michael Bays mini-me. The cast was loaded with consummate actors and yet the director insisted on making sure we rarely saw their faces due to his apparent insistance on almost no decent lighting. The CGI was so silly...I didnt think the Mr. Hyde Monster could get more ridiculous....until it did. Sean Connery is said to have left the film business because of his terrible experience on this movie with the tacky and tasteless director, Stephen Norrington that Mr. Connery said he hated.

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a go to adventure movie for me. It brings alive a mix of heroes and villains from turn of the century literature. There’s Allan Quartermain from King Solomon’s Mines, Captain Nemo from Jules Verne, H.G. Well’s the Invisible Man, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and My Hyde, Mina Harker from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer and Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray all fighting Professor Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ greatest foe. Each one of the heroes has real personality from the wise and fatherly ways of Quartermain to the mystery of Nemo. The story takes them to a series of locations and challenges like a collapsing Venice and even has gadgets like Nemo’s car. Not to mention they had great source material as this was based upon a graphic novel by Alan Moore when of the great comic book writers of his time (From Hell, V for Vendetta, etc). It’s just a great story and movie to watch.

Its cheesy I admit but its at least entertaining. The action is a bit fantastic and unbelievable at times but these kind of movies you should expect that some what. I like the various characters and wish to know more of each of their back stories more. Its worth the watch if you got the time and like war/ history/ fantasy/ hero films.

Just so glad I found this on Blu Ray. Looks great on my 4k tv. Ive always thought this was a wonderful movie. Ive shared it with others whod never seen it. Sean Connery is missed

This movie is a classic and a fun movie. Glad I bought it! Been wanting it for awhile.