Is LXG that bad?
12-08-03, 09:10 AM
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Is LXG that bad?
With the release date of December 16, for the "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" coming up. Has anyone actually seen the film. Is the movie as bad as all the reviews say it is?
12-08-03, 09:14 AM
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It's bad, and this discussion belongs in Movie Talk.
12-08-03, 11:06 AM
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Naw, everybody was expecting Alan Moore and was disappointed because that's not what they got. The movie, on its own, really wasn't that bad. (But for the fact that Connery was constantly referred to as Alan Quartermain instead of Quatermain.)
12-08-03, 11:38 AM
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I don't know, I love the graphic novel, and was dissapointed, but I went with a friend who knew nothing about the comic. His response to the film?
"It was worth every penny I paid."
I paid for his ticket! The bastard.
"It was worth every penny I paid."
I paid for his ticket! The bastard.
12-08-03, 11:51 AM
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Toss up on that. However LXG, for what it is worth, is my 8-year old son's favorite movie of the year and I did not fall asleep like I did on Looney Toons Back in Action.
12-08-03, 12:25 PM
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It wasn't the most painful experience of my life. It also wasn't the most original, exciting or memorable experience of my life. I could have found better ways to spend two hours.
It wasn't the most painful experience of my life. It also wasn't the most original, exciting or memorable experience of my life. I could have found better ways to spend two hours.
12-08-03, 12:33 PM
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Typical Hollywood drivel. They took a collection of literary characters and made them all action heros. I wept when Captain Nemo started doing wire-fu and Mina Harker was turned into a vampire.
12-08-03, 12:43 PM
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When I first saw the trailer I immediately thought of THE AVENGERS which just so happens to star Sean Connery as well. So My expectations of LXG were really really low.
Well it was so bad that it didnt even meet my expectations.
Well it was so bad that it didnt even meet my expectations.
12-08-03, 01:05 PM
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Compared to the graphic novel it is a huge disappointment and wasted opportunity. In fact, to call it an adaptation of the graphic novel is unfair. They really just took the premise and went in their own misguided direction with it.
If you can get past that, it's a fairly entertaining film. I won't be buying it on DVD, but will probably watch it again.
If you can get past that, it's a fairly entertaining film. I won't be buying it on DVD, but will probably watch it again.
12-08-03, 01:54 PM
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I found it to be entertaining. Not outstanding, but not as poor as some made it out to be. Considering my father liked it (and he hates most modern films) I guess its not too bad. Definately a rental unless you are a Connery completist.
