Synopsis
The power of seven become a league of one.
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
2003 Directed by Stephen Norrington
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
Sean Connery Naseeruddin Shah Shane West Peta Wilson Stuart Townsend Jason Flemyng Tony Curran Richard Roxburgh Max Ryan Tom Goodman-Hill David Hemmings Terry O'Neill Rudolf Pellar Robert Willox Robert Orr Joel Kirby Marek Vašut Ewart James Walters Robert Vahey Sylvester Morand Mariano Titanti Huggy Leaver James Babson Pavel Bezděk Stanislav Adamickij Michael McGuffie Michal Grün San Shella Ellen Savaria Show All…
James McAteer Marco Bittner Rosser Jindřich Kočí Elinor Rose Galbraith James F. Truesdale Constantine Sekeris
Tim Alexander Matthew Gratzner Steve Street Thomas J. Smith Ray McIntyre Jr. Dan Schmit Janek Sirrs John E. Sullivan Robert Rossello Damon Bard Domenic DiGiorgio Stephanie Hamilton Michael Caplan Neal Sopata
Merritt Yohnka Eddie Perez Noon Orsatti Robert Alonzo Scott Wilder Kevin Abercrombie Lesley Aletter Richard Burden Christie Hayes
JD Productions International Production Company Angry Films Mediastream Dritte Film GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG 20th Century Fox The Mark Gordon Company
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Hated this when it came out, completely taken in this time. Anyways, as an adaptation of a renowned Alan Moore creation I'm sure this falls short, but as an antidote to the then-burgeoning (and now fully entrenched) self-seriousness of, say the X-MENs, this is a brisk, self-consciously silly, and above all gorgeously designed piece of escapism. Norrington should have had a much longer career, shame they beat it out of him on this one.
My dad and his friends called themselves the League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen when this came out. They made hats that said L.E.O.G.
Steven Norrington has the distinction of being the man responsible for ending the acting career of Scotland's finest, Sir Sean Connery. To say this film is a mess would be an understatement, but the chaos behind the scenes have become part of cinematic-folklore.
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen was another big screen adaptation of an Alan Moore comic with a big budget and a headline grabbing star. Sean Connery's Allan Quatermain is the adventurer of old, and along with a host of other talented individuals is recruited to stop an evil genius with a hunger for a world war.Both the plot and the script is from the bottom of a toilet as we get a vampire, an invisible man, Captain…
Really not as bad as it’s reputation would lead you to believe.
Love the steampunk vibe and it’s a nicely designed film, even if the CG really falters in some places. Connery is on fine form and most of the cast around him do a decent job.
Lovely looking nonsense but brisk and full of enough action to keep this viewer engaged.
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2003 Marathon - Film #78
”So what are we dealing with?”
Allow me to introduce myself, I am The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I thought this film would be a boon to my franchise. Well, as you can imagine, it was my undoing.
Once you're this awful, it's bloody hard to turn back.
SAD FACT: This utterly inept attempt at filmmaking turned out to be Sean Connery's final role in a theatrically live-action movie.
And frankly, he deserved so much better…😕
”May this new century be yours, son, as the old one was mine”
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A raging hot mess of literary archetypes that never fails to engross me. Creative in its exploits and was our version of a superhero movie before Phase One.
Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde has always been a favorite.
A guilty pleasure from top to bottom.
Not a masterpiece, but it provides more fun than a lot of the other mediocre superhero movies.
What makes the film work is the conflict between the characters and the dysfunctional motif thrown onto the audience. Every bit of this vastly entertaining production seems to be infused with the snap of real imagination.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is far better than anyone gives it credit for. An entertaining special-effects action extravaganza based on an amusing premise.
Incomprehensible, uncool, ugly, and ridiculous, but never ever is it dull. At one point, 75 year old Connery jumps out of a 30 foot long convertible going about 60 mph while Venice is crumbling around him, and lands totally flat footed. That, plus about 40 other equally beautifully baffling choices, keep it just entertaining enough to not turn off.
"Care for a spin?"