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Old 12-18-2003, 02:10 PM   #1
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Wow. LXG was awesome.
I finally saw the movie last night. That was, quite frankly, an excellent movie. Full of pulp-styled, action packed, extraordinary goodness.

I liked the way most of the people were portrayed, with the exception of Hyde. I liked the way Quartermain was done, especially. While I was skeptical of the whole "Agent Tom Sawyer" deal, I liked the character. I just wish he was as slick as his youthful counterpart.

The story was, for the most part, excellent. I disliked a few points at the end (Consider thsi a spoiler warning). First off, The revelation of who the Bad Guy really was. Much of the actions did not strike me as things Moriarty would do. In the end, he behaved almost nothing like Moriarty (In my opinion). Secondly, I dislike killing Dorian Gray. I liked the way he died, just not the fact that he died. Third, killing Quartermain? Uh uh. And even worse, if you're going to kill him, don't tease at a ressurection. Sorry, that was lame, even by Pulp standards.

I liked the fantastic accomplishments of Captain Nemo. I know a ton of people bitched about it, but Jules Verne had him with massive technological advancements, and that was without seeing what would actually come in time. Though I'm pretty sure they got the Nautilus wrong, but that's just a quibble.

I also like how Sawyer makes the team...

Almost everything about this movie was good and fun though.
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Old 12-18-2003, 02:58 PM   #2
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Yeah I also watched the movie last night, and it was a great movie.


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I do hate the fact that he died, but if there's a sequel, i'm sure he'll be back. Considering of that whole "as long as he's in Africa, he can't die" deal.

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But all in all, it was a great movie.
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Old 12-18-2003, 03:11 PM   #3
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I also thought it was a good movie. With all the reviews it had I was expecting a train crash of a flick, but it was actually really good (Y)
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Old 12-18-2003, 03:19 PM   #4
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Yeah I also watched the movie last night, and it was a great movie.


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I do hate the fact that he died, but if there's a sequel, i'm sure he'll be back. Considering of that whole "as long as he's in Africa, he can't die" deal.

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But all in all, it was a great movie.
It was said that "Africa would never let him die."

The ending made a pretty strong hint at his return. That was part of the annoyance. You know, I didn't want him dead, but since they "killed" him, they shouldn't go resurrecting him. I liked the way they were kinda hinting at Sawyer as his successor. The idea of him trying to fill Allan's shoes was pretty cool, actually.
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It was said that "Africa would never let him die."
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Old 12-18-2003, 04:39 PM   #6
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I liked all the movie except the story, cause it was bull.

They try to stop a masked guy who wants a World War, they stop a bombing that was supposed to be the major thing really early in, then they figure out who the bad guy really is, the guy who the traitor was going to be was extremely obvious, and we didn't really get to know the big problem till the movie was nearly over.

The characters were great stuff though.
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Old 12-18-2003, 07:14 PM   #7
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I liked all the movie except the story, cause it was bull.

They try to stop a masked guy who wants a World War, they stop a bombing that was supposed to be the major thing really early in, then they figure out who the bad guy really is, the guy who the traitor was going to be was extremely obvious, and we didn't really get to know the big problem till the movie was nearly over.

The characters were great stuff though.
I'm still not exactly sure how the story's bull. Wow. They didn't reveal something til the movie was nearly over.

The characters were all BUILT upon this kinda stuff, so it just seems ridiculous that you could like them extracted from the formula that made them.
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Old 12-18-2003, 04:40 PM   #8
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Are you all serious? That movie was shitty. Crap plot, a few too many off the wall things, and a lot of it was boring. I never cared about any of the characters except for sean connery. The reviews for it were exactly right on IMO.
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Are you all serious? That movie was shitty. Crap plot, a few too many off the wall things, and a lot of it was boring. I never cared about any of the characters except for sean connery. The reviews for it were exactly right on IMO.
It wasn't a great movie by ANY means, I just enjoyed the characters.
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Old 12-18-2003, 07:11 PM   #10
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Are you all serious? That movie was shitty. Crap plot, a few too many off the wall things, and a lot of it was boring. I never cared about any of the characters except for sean connery. The reviews for it were exactly right on IMO.
Dude. It's pulp. Next thing you're gonna do is cry about how people can't srawl on walls, so Spider-Man was too "off the wall."
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Old 12-19-2003, 02:05 AM   #11
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Dude. It's pulp. Next thing you're gonna do is cry about how people can't srawl on walls, so Spider-Man was too "off the wall."
No, it was just a lot of silly stuff, even for a movie, and the movie was just pretty shit overall.
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Well, I also did not like the movie in the least. Common knowledge will give you a foresight on where all the characters were from. All of them being famous hereos/villians in renowned books. I myself know alot about most of the characters individually, but my problem lies with maybe the people who dont and didnt have the chance. The movie started out alright (not going to say bad or good). Characters were gracefully introduced, but my problem lies in how they actually never really told the stories of the characters. They never told you what was with Nemo's past, just that it was full of darkness and death. This also follows with some of the other characters. They built you up, just to let you down in the end. I did like however that the suprise villian was Moriarty. Other then that....wasnt worth my movie ticket price.
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Old 12-19-2003, 12:25 AM   #13
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That movie is ****ing garbage.

I tried to watch it, but turned it off after about an hour of wanting it to end badly.
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I personally loved it, waited for months/almost a year for it. Yes, it started out just because of Peta Wilson, but after seeing the trailers and then the actual movie, I just liked it all around. It's not some great work of art, but it's just as good as, if not better than most of the shit that everyone loves nowadays. The critics are just assholes anyway, Ebert & Roeper hated it, so what? These are the same guys that orgasm over a ****ing movie about migrating birds... ALL THEY DO IS FLY!
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Old 12-21-2003, 09:46 PM   #15
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I enjoyed it for what it was. Not something I'd watch again.
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I watched bits and pieces of the movie, some good money was put into the special effects, good action. Plus it was entertaining to connect the characters to their counterparts in literature, even if its been a few years since I sat down and paged through the classics. I'll probably watch it on my own when I can rent it for free.

Anyway.. You'd be amazed at how many stupid ass customers will come up the counter asking for the movie with the wrong title, almost all of them do:

League Of Their Own
The League Of Men
The League Of *fails to pronounce Extraordinary properly* Men/Gentlemen
Leedge Of (insert various combinations mentioned above to match improper pronounciation of League)
The League Of Amazing Men
The League (fair enough though, its just abbreviated)
League Of Guys
The League Of Extra Special Men (LOL)

I mean, how fucking hard is it to read the title off the big banner behind the counter? And don't get me started on the millions of assholes who bring up the display box instead of the actual product, because they're too damn nearsighted to read the big red label, "DISPLAY BOX" on the box itself.

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League of X-Men?
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Old 12-27-2003, 01:13 PM   #18
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Or they could just ask for LXG, the way it was advertised, but that would require brains.
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League of Extra Special Men.

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hahaha

Yeahhhh I'm surprised none of them have confused it with X-Men yet. A lot of them ask for the movie with Sean Connery.

One time, this bitch was on the phone asking for a movie called, "Seen Callway" or some dumb shit like that. So I asked her how to spell the movie and she couldn't spell it. So then I was like, "Uh do you mean Sean Connery? He's an actor, not a movie."

"YEAH I WANT THE ONE WITH HIM, THE NEW ONE."

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that movie is ****ing trash

btw, lol @ shane west playing a superhero. i remember him in Get Over It. Lol.
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I saw it in theaters, I absolutely loved it. I'm a big Stewart Townsend fan, so yeah....
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Sean Connery was the only reason I watched that movie.. while I didn;t turn it off before the end, I would not suffer through it again.
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