Brows Beat Down: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (REVIEW)
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=Originally posted June 7th, 2012; Re-edited version=
Film Brain and Kyle join forces to smite this atrocious adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novel. Season 4, Episode 9.
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This review was originally posted in June 2012, and is the second of three crossovers produced during To Boldly Flee (the first being Metal Man with Allison Pregler, and the third is Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 with Todd in the Shadows). This version has been re-edited for TH-cam, running 38 seconds shorter than the original, with small trims to tighten up the pacing and shorten film clips. The "Brows Held High" theme had to replaced due to Content ID issues. Enjoy!
Hi film brain huge fan loved ur part in mod critics review of dreamcatcher
Film Brain Read the Alan Moore before review Alan Moore movies
hey film brain, did ya hear? they're rebooting The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen!
Film Brain you are fantastic!!
do you still make new content?
It's a fun review, but I'm disappointed that nobody pointed out that the Nautilus sailed to the coast of Mongolia, a country that doesn't even have a coastline!
I imagine that there is some kind of missing scene where they meet some other public domain character that would have a blimp or something.
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This movie kind of glosses over some of the important negative traits of its characters. Like the fact that Hyde is a psychopath, Nemo is a fanatic and the isolation of being invisible can drive people insane.
Adam Hoffman isn't Hyde a rapist too? I haven't read the series yet, but I heard that Hyde is a rapist too.
He is in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comics. I'm not sure if he is in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, though. I can't remember all the details from the book.
and what happens to the invisable man is too graphic for a blockbuster even when its not out of character for mr hyde
Like how the original Invisible Man started being driven insane by his own formula.
are you invisible ?
Alan Moore happens to be a friend of my dad's from when they were kids. I've met him a couple of times, which was cool given a I'd become a fan before my dad told me that he knows him. If you're lucky enough to ever speak to Alan by all means converse on any topic, he'll have something interesting to say on almost anything, but just don't bring up any of the films of his works. Seriously. Also, side note, if Tom Sawyer was around at the time this film is set he'd be Quartermain's age. So yeah.
Oh yeah? Well my dad knows Rob Liefeld.
Oh God. I'm so jealous.
So, your father was from Northampton?
+Archeopteryxman421 Yep. I grew up there, most of my family still lives there. Not my favourite place but I know Alan loves it. Couldn't get him out of there with a crowbar.
If I knew Rob Liefeld... I would never, under any circumstance, even under the threat of death or dismemberment ever disclose it due to simply dying of complete embarrassment. Like going to my death with shit stained underpants.
Tom Sawyer Jr., anyone? That was easy.
“May this new century be yours, son... as the old one was mine.”
Sir Sean Connery 1930-2020
Watching that scene post death really got me in the feels.
You are now the man
Nothing disappoints me about a film more than missed potential.
I would love to see an adaptation of the graphic novel done competently.
What I'd honestly like to see more would be an ongoing TV series or cartoon with the same setup (maybe even the same characters) following a monster-of-the-week type formula. Seeing what a team of writers could come up with based on the idea sounds more interesting to me then just retelling the story of the graphic novel, even if it ends up being worse.
Bianca Mayer They did make a tv version (at least the concept) they just called it Penny Dreadful.
Huh, I had that show on my radar as horror more then superhero stuff, but I haven't actually seen it. Might check it out when I get around to it.
ChaosSandwhich I wish properties of Alan Moore we're adapted properly
If I'm correct the only adaptation he likes is "For the Man Who has Everything" from the justice league
I'd love to see individual movies (20.000 leagues for Nemo, Dracula for Mina, King Solomon's Mines for Quartermain, etc) and THEN the league movies. Of course, changing the novel endings where the characters die.
Tom Sawyer looks good for a character who should be in his 50's.
According to my calculations, Tom should be 66. He is 12 in 1845. The movie takes place in 1899. This is a difference of 54 years. 12 + 54 = 66.
Wait, so the bad guy created an ensemble team just so they could stop the threat he created himself?
What is this, Suicide Squad?
the only thing missing is one of the main heroes being self referential by saying "What are we... some sort of league of extraordinary gentlemen?"
Yozora Mikazuki LOL
Waller's threat was completely unintentional (unlike Moriarty's), and the squad was completely useless for its original purpose of combating a Superman-like threat (While the League was exactly what Moriarty wanted).
Moriarty's plan was a lot more clever:
He got the best hunter in the world to capture Hyde, which he needed. And creating the threat of the Phantom was the best way to get the otherwise reluctant characters (Skinner, Harker and Nemo) together (with Hyde), in order for his double agent to not only collect what he needed, but to kill them all at once, because they were the only thing that could stop him. His main failing was largely not using a bigger bomb. Or several.
well, at least, there's only one thing this POS movie has done right: NO SKYBEAMS and faceless CGI minions.
Khaine's Lair Waller first appeared in 1986 so I assume you mean 1987 not 1978. Or was there a flashback story that told about her past?
The chemist is not really that far a leap for Mina who was described in the novel as having a sharp mind that would be suitable for science.
0:51 "As a great man once said, 'Why the hell not?'" lol gets me every time
Apparently Larry Cohen accused Fox of having stolen one of his ideas for this film - he'd written a script called "Cast of Characters" and the accusation was that Fox made this movie while calling it "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" to make sure it would sell, so the only thing it actually took from the graphic novel was the title. That makes SO much sense.
I can believe that, since THE VERY NEXT YEAR in 2004, they did something similar with "I, Robot" by taking an unrelated spec script and slapping the name of Assimov's book and adding the 3 Laws of Robotics into it.
And to make matters worse, didn't Fox throw Alan Moore under the bus, thus resulting in his utter disdain for putting his name to film adaptations?
This movie deserves a reboot that’s true to the comics.
'L.X.G', Because poor literacy is KEWL.
Marc Baker To be fair, they couldn't call it L.E.G..
Also because apparently adding "X" in the title makes it cooler...
They even made fun of that in a later LoEG volume
". "That's right. The X-Ls are American made."
"Well, I suppose they'd have to be. Who else thinks 'extra' starts with an X?"
It should have been League of XTREME!!!!! Gentlemen
-90s Kid
90's Kid: DUUUUUUUUUUUUDE, The Extraordinary Gentlemen are EXTREEEEEEEEEEM!
and with dorian's painting, i would rather have it in my possession instead of far away cause if someone wanted me dead they could find it and use it, if i had it i could hide it so only i knew where it was
That should've been Dorian's reason for betraying the league.
If the movie writers had actually read the novel, Dorian's painting keeps him alive as long as it remains undamaged. Had Moriarty stolen it and threatened to destroy it if Dorian didn't cooperate, then it would've made more sense for him wanting it back.
It wouldn't even have to be leaving the portrait at risk of _deliberate_ destruction. If Dorian had left the portrait in some abandoned house on the other side of the planet, and - unbeknownst to him - somebody bought the land and had the house bulldozed while he was on another continent entirely, then he wouldn't be there to stop the bulldozer; he wouldn't even _realize_ that the house was being destroyed - and his painting along with it - until he started keeling over and dying, and by then it would be too late. So it's in his best interest to keep the portrait close at hand (to protect it from destruction), but not _too_ close at hand (if we're going by the movie's premise and the portrait can be used to kill him).
(Three-year-late reply is three years late, I know.)
This is one of those "So bad it's good" movies for me. I really enjoy watching it.
i love the movie as a whole. great to me in not a 'so bad it good movie'. mostly cause i never read the graphic novel and to be honest what I've seen of it i think i like the movie better the book seems more boring.....and in my opinion the nautilus looks gorgeous.
Adiaha Alexander I loved this movie🤗
One my guilty pleasures like Van Helsing, My Soul to Take, Dreamcatcher, Maximum Overdrive, Doom, House of The Dead, Stealth, The Marine, Ghost Rider and Spirit of Vengeance, Season of the Witch, Sucker Punch, Mummy Dragon Emperor, The One, Skyline, Devil Inside, Leprechaun movies, and Pearl Harbor
The part where dude gets crushed by the tank traumatized me as a kid no lie, I’m 24 now and couldn’t remember the name of this film and HAD to find it, as you can tell it was still on my mind 15 years later. Turns out it’s not that bad at ALL, definitely not how I remembered it to be. Now I can move on from this shit. 😂🤦🏻♂️
Yes…this movie is alright.
"How did Quartermain know M was Professor Moriarty?" During the fight in Grey's library, a henchman yells to the Phantom, 'Run, James!" Listening to M's 'My Evil Plot' record, a henchwoman tells M, 'You may start recording, Professor.' So, Professor James M. Eh, I guess that makes sense.
I read that Dorian Gray in the movie was modelled after Varney the Vampire instead of Dorian Gray himself. Someone looked at the comic cover of the league with portraits of past league members behind them. And instead of using the one clearly named Dorian Gray, they chose the one that stood out more.
That's like having Varney the Vampire in a Castlevania series, only to reveal him to be Death/The Grim Reaper. True, I liked it a little better in that anime series, because it gave us quite the finale to end with, but still quite false advertising.
Fun Fact: at one time, the Bank of England was in fact protected by a detail from the Household Division. So yeah... that's actually not inaccurate.
Ah, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The movie that divided many audiences.
Myself included.
I honestly wanted to enjoy it as a mindless action movie, but it fails even at that.
Its one of those things that need to be viewed once and then forgotten to the annals of time.
divided the audience to the bored and more bored?
+TulilaSalome Ha, nice. 👊🏻
Just like Van Helsing.
I just tolerate the movie.
The thing that always bothered me the most was Tom Sawyer being so young in 1899. Tom Sawyer the novel was set in roughly 1845 when Tom was 12. Quartemain WAS older but there would be no father/son dynamic since Alan would only be 82 (born 1817) to Tom's 68.
Shane West just doesn't fit that age. With so much crap in this film, so I don't know why this bugs me so much, but it does.
According to the team of the movie, this version of Tom Sawyer was based on his adventures in 'Tom Sawyer: Detective' where he was about this age in the book.
After reading the graphic novel a thought came to me if fox does reboot the movie how amusing would be if they somehow got Connery out of retirement to play campion bond.
I don’t know if Connery would like that role, but it would be a great nod to his character.
Wait, isn't the Jekyll and Hyde serum is supposed to separate the good and the evil in someone, if so how would taking more serum make your Hyde stronger?
As Blockbuster Buster pointed out, if an already evil guy takes the potion, he should turn into Mort Goldman.
I'm guessing the filmmakers just thought that Hyde was just a victorian Hulk and so isn't evil, just a mutant (missing the whole point of the novel).
@@sebastianrosa7935 yeah….also Hyde is meant to be a persona
Never been interested in the comic, so I don't have any skin in the game on that end. For me, I kind of like the movie despite its faults. It's a guilty pleasure, i guess. I love the look of the Nautilus; I loved Jekyll and Hyde; I loved Quartermain; I loved Mina Harker; I loved Nemo; but I think I absolutely adored have Tom Sawyer in it the most. That just made me really happy. I liked reading Tom Sawyer as a kid and having him as an adult in this being awesome made me really happy. And I like Mina mostly because of Peta Wilson; I just really loved the show "La femme Nikita" growing up, and seeing her in the movie made me go "OMG YAY!" because I had stopped watching the show.
Also, I really, absolutely adore the RDJ Sherlock Holmes movies. Not even guilty pleasure. I think they're amazing and RDJ is now firmly cemented in my head as Sherlock Holmes as well as Tony Stark. Never really cared about Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock. Oh, but I do love the old Basil Rathbone radio plays I have copies of, and the Tom Baker version.
Having never read any of the source materials this movie draws upon, I never had any problems with it outside of one or two issues. Then I read _The Picture of Dorian Gray_--well most of it; I skipped over the parts where Oscar Wilde rambled on and on about nonsensical bullshit fluff. Anyway, after reading it, I realized how stupid Dorian's portrayal was in this film and now I must dedicate myself to reading up on _all_ the characters just to see how badly this movie got them.
r0bw00d don't bother they got them all wrong the only things they got right were the names
No read it
I highly recommend it. Allan in his books is awesome. also, audiobooks. its a godsend
This movie is a guilty pleasure, and it's what introduced me to the comics. I still find the Hyde costume effects to be pretty rad, and hold up better than dopple-Hyde's CGI.
Yeah, all the forced perspective technical trickery really makes the hideous CGI at the end stand out all the more. Some of the production design in this movie is quite good, and it's a shame it's undermined by the script. There's also quite a few miniatures, which isn't often seen in a film post-2000.
Same here. It's a film I bought both on VHS and DVD when it finally came out only because I wanted to see the special features and stuff. It's really dumb and takes a crap on the original source but it's funny to sit through pointing out how RIDICULOUS things can get, even for a comic book movie.
And Hyde was the best part. They did great with the forced perspective shots with the budget they had and he looked 10000000x better than the Hyde in Van Hellsing which was utter SHIT. The directed stated he didn't want to do things the way they did in the earlier Hulk film for just that reason because the effects looked bad and in the end, Hyde actually looked like he was there....partly because he was.
Interesting notes about the production of this film; they were filming in a lot of place in Europe but they lost a lot of the set due to a massive flood. They were using a lot of practical effects so most of the post-CG stuff we see is the result of a lot of the things being lost. You mention the house exploding in the earlier part of the film and how it looks terrible but that was in fact a miniature and there's also a little CG error right in the foreground. Reed walks right through the assassin who killed himself, as his foot clips through his arm.
Jared Delahoussaye Hyde was done with as much practical effects as possible. The same cannot be said of dopple-Hyde
Jared Delahoussaye
This is my guilty pleasure too and the blame for the films failure should go to ex-executive of Fox, Tom Rothman now in charge of Sony.
Way better than the Nostalgia critic's.
Oh yeah….. might avoid his vid
@@dimitriwarchief301 please do avoid it😅
This is why Penny Dreadful is the best adaptation of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ever.
Penny Dreadful is a contrived, stupid, fantasy wank project from a shit creator that would rather live out his fantasy on film then direct a Goddamn series.
So interesting to go back in time and see you two kids playing together.
This was as fun now as it was then, yet, both of you have moved ahead by leaps and bounds.
Thanks for uploading this for us, and thanks to both of you for all your good work.
I mean, the idea of "Mina Harker actually stays a vampire" could have been used to do something interesting. (And imply different rules to vampirism than the original novel.) That doesn't happen here (and has no business being here, because of what its adapting), because this thing is just completely brain dead, but it's not without merit for something in the future that is neither this thing or that flop TV show Demons. That having been said: Unless the novel is supposed to take place earlier in this continuity, Dracula takes place sometime between 1890 and 1899. This movie takes place in 1899 and Jonathan Harker is dead. Even for the 1890s, that's probably unusually young.
I would've accepted Mina's vampirism, if it was a curse. Something she hated with a passion because it forced her to kill in order to survive. The red scarf she wears could've been what kept it surpressed, and would only activate when removed.
Slightly reminiscent of Rosario (not to a "ripoff" degree, but close enough that it feels like an influence), but that could have worked.
Quartermaine knew he was Professor Moriarty because at the beginning of the black and white video and when he walks into the room the man calls him professor. professor James M . Professor Moriarty would have been in the newspapers in this universe.
I know this is a bad movie but if they fix the special effects and did a couple of More tweets to the strip I think they would be a good movie and a good trilogy
There was even a clue before that. During the gun fight scene in Dorian's home, one of the soldiers yells out 'RUN JAMES!' as M is escaping.
I mention that moment in the review when the reveal happens.
Film Brain i know
However, it makes no sense. Even if half the world knows about Sherlock Holmes and his arch-nemesis Prof. Moriarty, there was no mention of Holmes or his death anywhere in the film. Quatermain just "deduces" that it's the Napoleon of Crime based on nothing but an initial, a first name and a title.
BBBHuey Alan Quartermaine is a very smart man and so is Captain Nemo and dr jekyll. And someone who can outsmart all of them and name is Professor James M?. Coincidence he thinks not!
Oh you were finally able to put this back up how wonderful! This is one of your most memorable crossovers; my favorite! Thank you!
Kind of wish someone would remake this. Like Lara Croft it would be worth a second go.
Unbelievable that BvS copied the ending of this film almost exactly. Didn't think anything could make BvS worse but copying a notoriously terrible movie did the trick!
how the gunpowder barrel bombs work: by having air and the ignition source in the barrel will make the gun powder barrels go off, thats y there r so many cause of the barrels being probably half full
unownbob123 Daaaaamn that makes so much sense now
I miss crossovers.
Unfortunately Channel Awesome is a shadow of its former self, with most of its A-List having moved on to other things or posting far less then they used to. I too miss what I like to call the ''Kickassia era'' of the channel but sadly its not coming back.
Yeah, I enjoyed the old days. Channel used to feel like a family, like they were all friends hanging out, doing crossovers and stuff. I do appreciate those still producing content but they feel more like they are in their own bubbles now, no interactions with each other any more.
That's why I'm really concerned about the 10th Anniversary movie (Yes Doug said they were doing it). I'm afraid it will just be To Boldly Flee all over again: cramming in WAY too many superfluous characters who do little to nothing for the plot. His NC and Awesome Comics crew would be a big enough cast as it is, but he'll most likely want to get in any producers he can (and possibly even the ones not on the site even for just a cameo). The only thing I can see working would be to do another Brawl but on a bigger scale. Kinda like Civil War meets Infinity War.
imdb88 I still look back quite fondly on To Boldly Flee. Frankly seeing everyone together is why I watch the anniversaries, plot be damned.
But that's the problem. In all three movies, there are plenty of people who do nothing but stand in the background and say really boring lines. You could replace them with a mop and it wouldn't change a thing. And if you're gonna go with the "Well, it is the Nostalgia Critic's movie after all" excuse, then why even have a supporting cast?
If you want a Channel Awesome crossover movie done right, look at what Linkara did with the Atop the Fourth Wall movie. It's basically the same plot as To Boldly Flee but with a smaller ensemble cast. Because of this, each character gets their own little mini story arc that doesn't overshadow the main character.
I admire the symbolism of the British hero (Quartermain) passing the torch to the American hero (Sawyer). Sort of like in history how the British Empire waned as America battled with the Soviet Union and eventually took center stage.
Another thing that's sad about this is that James Robinson is usually a solid writer, not the greatest but generally solid, I was shocked when I found out he wrote this
That majestic music coupled with violent or silly images was a delightful contrast, thank you.
I HAD NO IDEA YOU DID THIS EPISODE! I like watching this move in a so-bad-it's HILARIOUS way but it feels so....rare to see people taking this on. I don't know why; it's perfect riffing material.
There were plenty of automobiles in 1899.
20:42 There were actually a few more hints of the name; there was also a woman on the vinyl record who called him "Professor" and he called himself "M"; so, "Professor James M"
I thought league of extraordinary gentlemen was entertaining enough, but I never read the source material .The same goes for Constantine (2005) and V for Vendetta (2005).
24:13 Africa isn't a country...
I like This Nautilus. Just because its a giant Typ XXI German Submarine, they put some stupid things on
It was his final film... R.I.P. SEAN CONNERY
He retired after this film.
so... LEG is a shittier version of The Avengers?
neat.
Nah, it's more like a steampunk Suicide Squad.
I find it somewhat interesting that there is rarely any speculation as to rather or not Alan Moore took inspiration from Philip José Farmer's original Wold Newton Universe that was first touched on by Farmer in 1972 with Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke and in 1973 with Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life. Which had a similar premise in that characters like John Carter of Mars, Sherlock Holmes, Allan Quatermain, The Time Traveler and pretty much any character from popular literature existed together in a shared universe 27 years before The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
I think this film is a good example of how movies are made for people who watch movies and not for readers. I don't mind at all when I film is completely different than a book I just read. lol, I'm commenting on an old video. you guys have come a long way congrats
It's actually quite sad that this would be the last ever theatrical movie to feature the late Sean Connery and Stephen Norrington (best known for directing Blade (1998)).
Also you guys propably didn't know, but when M reveals lawyer's been captured, it's meant to imply that Sawyer is quartermains lost son.
I'd argue that including Sawyer is a brilliant addition to the movie. Dorian's addition does feel weird, since his story is different than the others, but adding an American character gives both a sense of international cooperation in the team, and to expand the roster to other Victorian novels besides exclusively British materials. I understand why Moore does this in the graphic novels, since Moore is British, but there are other countries with famous novels in the time period, and something from Mark Twain is the best option for the US.
But all material isn't British, wasn't Nemo created by Jules Verne, a Frenchman?
Having read volumes 1 and 2 of the graphic novel, and looking up nationalities of authors, Verne was a Frenchman, Stoker was an Irishman, Stevenson was a Scot, and Wells and Haggard were Englishmen. Early in the first volume you get an Edgar Allen Poe character, so I'd say the graphical novel has mostly British authors, or characters that directly tie to Britain. While in the graphic novel it makes sense that such a heavily American character like Sawyer is not part of the story (since the story is mostly in Britain), the movie is a much more international effort, so Sawyer as a movie member makes sense.
00:28 -- Me explaining to my mom why manga isn't a lower form of reading than a "normal" book.
A FIlm Brain and A Gentleman
Great vid! Thank you very much!
Keep rocking and making awesome reviews of movies. Or posting your older movie reviews, they are all great.
How does one “resort” to Time Lord technology? One usrs that to build a mansion inside the garden shed.
BAH! Do not dare mock the steel bum of Nemo!!!
"Here!! Educate yourself." should be the closing words of more things.
I’m pretty sure the CGI in this movie gave some poor kid nightmares
EDIT: I don’t mean it as a hate thing, or anything against the special effects department. I’m saying it because I’m around 25, saw it for the first time the other day and I had nightmares from it
Is anyone here after watching Kyle's two hour breakdown of the comics?
They had a few things to say about Moriarty's rooftop snipers in Venice, but they missed one thing: _How did Moriarty convince the snipers to _*_stay_*_ in Venice?_
*Moriarty:* "...So that's the plan. You guys stand on all these rooftops and shoot at these interlopers to stop them from stopping my efforts to destroy Venice. Once I've successfully destroyed Venice, all of you will receive your pay...except that you won't actually be able to _collect_ your pay, because you'll all be _dead_ as soon as Venice collapses into the sea. Are there any questions?"
*One of the Snipers:* "Yes. Can I be paid in Deutschmarks instead of local currency? I have a bodyguard job in Stuttgart, and I'll have to head there immediately after I finish _this_ job."
*Moriarty:* "Did you somehow overlook the part about the successful completion of this Venice job resulting in _your death?"_
*Sniper:* "It's okay. I'm a _very_ determined individual."
*Moriarty:* "...all right, then. Yes, I can and will convert your pay from Liras to Deutschmarks, at the standard international exchange rates."
*Sniper:* "Thank you, sir."
*Moriarty, aside:* "And my colleagues said that hiring brain-damaged opium addicts would be a _terrible_ idea...."
‘There never was a league!’
That part made me REALLY mad…
I know this movie is as stupid as it is insulting, but ... it's kind of a guilty pleasure of mine. I love Dorian and I think Mina was one of the coolest vampires we've ever been given on film. Plus, the effects whenever Jekyll/Hyde transform are AMAZING, despite the rest of the movie's effects being the very definition of dated. I even like the movie's version of the Nautalus. It looks friggin' cool to me! I don't know, I guess I caught the movie at the right age. I was a twelve-year-old boy when it came out. This flick was MADE FOR twelve-year-old boys.
I also like this movie, despite the flaws. And I liked that Mina actually got to kill Dorian Grey, there are so many movies out there that has "strong female characters" that never actually do anything, or they end up in a stupid catfight with one of the female villains.
@@blondbraid7986 That moment was just so...SATISFYING. After all the shit he pulled on everyone, Mina stabbing him in that inescapable position felt so fitting. I think one of the things that really shook it was that even Mina had no idea what was going to happen. As Dorian is just disintegrating in front of her she gets the biggest 'WHAT THE FUCK-?!' look on her face.
still a better suicide squad movie than suicide squad
Ouch man, ouch.
In the alone in the dark commentary [of all things] Uwe Boll used this movie as an example of bad effects as he said someone like ILM would do most of the effects, but several effect houses are used to rush it over, hence why the effect quality varies a lot in movies.
.... okay, as shit are Uwe Boll's films are, both overall and himself... that actually makes some form of sense... weird.... but this movie (And his films and himself) still sucks. XD
I still like this silly, stupid movie. I quote "no not the whole thing" to this day. Also Dorian was fun and Nemo is beyond badass.
Agreed. Nemo and Hyde were my favorite characters in this clusterfuck.
As a _War of the Worlds_ fan, I kinda wish they had been able to adapt Volume II, even if they would have almost certainly bollixed it up.
I knew I wasn't going to watch or like the movie when I saw Mina turn into bats. SHE'S NOT A VAMPIRE IN THE GRAPHIC NOVEL!
Rewatching this after Kyle's 2 hour long video about the graphic novels.
I'd love to see the two of you review the 2004 phantom movie. Also, this isn't the first literary character Stuart Townsend botched. He played Lestat De Lioncourt in the movie Queen Of The Damned. You guys should review that.
The one with Gerard Butler?
@@scottylewis8124 Yup. 😈😈😈
@@GenAqua why queen of the damned? It's a decent film.
@@scottylewis8124 Yeah. I like it somewhat..not as good as the Interview With The Vampire movie...but I would love to hear their opinions, and how they react.
17:25 - 17:31 I agree with Kyle and Mathew there; why didn't they just shoot the pod? They'd stop the bad guys, save the world faster without any more loss on their team, and the movie would be a lot shorter.
13:53 - 14:10 Also, yeah, I face palmed myself at the changing of Dorian Gray and the rules of his cursed painting. I fucking love that book, and do not appreciate that part with him just looking at it to undo his years of agelessness.
Following your recommendation, I did educate myself. Bought the comic ( a Volume 1 +2 collection).
It is so great!
You know, Tom Sawyer looks pretty good for someone in his mid-sixties.
What we don't know is that there is a hidden Tom Sawyer story where he journeys to Florida and finds the fountain of youth so-!
Actually, if gunpowder becomes wet it clumps together and actually becomes more unstable, hence you get a bigger bang.
it's like a Victorian GI Joe episode
The placement of the snipers makes The Phantom sound like Zap Brannigan
I love this review. You guys are too cool. Big fan. A million Thunder-Clappin High 5's to you
I never get what does it means that Conney "didin't understood" the script of LOTR. What's there to understand? is a pretty straightforward Hero's Journey.
you just won a subscriber :)
I like this movie, screw Alan Moore.
Tanks were anticipated pre 1900 by one of Jules Vernes novels.
It's a bad movie
@@supoa9489 but it’s fine to like it
I love how they say "automobile" like Long Duc Dong from 16 Candles, my tied-for-first favorite John Hughes movie
I can't help but like the movie for what is though I do acknowledge that the book is leagues better (no pun intended).
This was originally posted in 2012? How did I miss this?! I got excited since I thought this was a sign that BMB was coming back.
I have to admit i love this movie
19:27 I've never been to the arctic circle, but I'm pretty sure you can't stand outside with no protection whatsoever. At least not if you want to live.
Yah excessive nerve sowing is sign of deep pressure, Matthew your a genius.
My sister and I wondered the same thing about the Venetian canals.
Aaahh... An old favorite.
20:12 and they got Sten SMG , despite movie takes place 1899 ( and Sten SMG being created in 1941).
Is it weird that the movie is one of my guilty pleasures?
No it’s fine
If this movie had been called "Public Domain Action Force" and had pushed into their own original story elements more I think it would have been much better received. It is ultimately just another story with these characters rather than the story from the comics.
I'll defend Tom Sawyer.
1) The villains are threatening a war that will involve the entire *world*. America is part of the world last I checked, so an America character is appropriate.
2) Sam Clemens/Mark Twain is a period appropriate author.
3) I don't see anyone objecting to Quincy Morris in Stoker's book.
4) And, having an American, if everything is done right (not that this is the case here), allows a POV character for a 21st century audience (American, European, or otherwise) into the absurdities of Victorian customs and mores.
That is, he can ask questions or comment on all the things that a Victorian era European considers proper manners, in order for the movie to exposition to the audience.
Tom Sawyer is set around 1845, so this has to be Tom Sawyer Jr, born around the publication of the book.
Correct me if I'm wrong because I didn't read the book but wasn't John Carter an American and already in the League?
Volvagia1927 - you have me there. Though compared to other issues in the movie, that is fairly minor.
Harmon Lanager - I've not read it either. I suspect , if that is true, he wouldn't have been used on the grounds of general audiences not knowing the character. (See Disney Marketing's handling of his own movie).
Only if you consider Quatermain's time travel group as a League.
Of course, for Tom Sawyer (and Huck Finn), I do believe that Clemens did write some sequels in which one of them becomes a Pinkerton detective and that this is mentioned in the Traveler's Almanacs in Vol. II of LoEG.
For all its faults I still enjoy watching this film
I actually like the design of the Nautulus.
Apparently Sean Connery also turned down both the X-men and the Harry Potter films as well. At least that is what I've heard.
Are they making another one soon I hope there will be
Hey, congrats on another one of your videos reaching over 100,000 views!
Hey, thanks! 🎉
Guess what comic im buying next?
I'm not gonna say it's a good film, but I will say it's an enjoyable film.
I actually like this movie. I haven't seen it in, like, a decade, but I liked it. ^^ I knew none of the characters (I was 14, I think) and beyond that, I have no excuse. Anyway. ^^ Suspension of disbelief was easier back then .... ^^
I watched it again recently for my Jekyll and Hyde marathon and yep, not good... I do want to read the comic, though!