From a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen review at work

[andrewducker]

In conclusion if they gave me a choice of seeing this again, Dungeons and Dragons the Movie or a quiet room with a girly magazine and a fist full of broken glass I'd have to say, show me the glass.

Needless to say, I won't be watching it.  Ever.

Comments

[ladysisyphus.livejournal.com]

It had its moments, and it did have Johnny Depp. That being said, I've always thought the premise for the comic brilliant, but what I've read of it I've found awkwardly executed -- odd, because I like Alan Moore. But the movie took that awkwardness and implausibility, and multiplied it by five thousand, and not even Ladysmith Black Mambazo and a few spouts of clever dialogue could bring it back to us.

What I'm saying is that I should have known better, and it's two hours of my life I'll never get back. But at least I was smart enough to avoid Dungeons and Dragons.

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[andrewducker]

It has Johnny Depp?????

Did they have a different version over in the US?

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[ladysisyphus.livejournal.com]

...No, it has Stuart Townsend, whom I sometimes think is Johnny Depp if I'm very confused. He looked like Johnny Depp, though, which is still an important bonus.

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[heron61.livejournal.com]

However, in addition to not being as cute as Johnny Depp (who is after all), he also can't particularly act. He did a slightly better job playing Dorian Grey than he did playing Lestat in Queen of the Damned (perhaps the worst movie I've seen in 15 years), but he was effectively playing the exact same character, and it wasn't much better in LoEG. Peta Wilson was good but massively underused, the SFX were moderately cool, and Sean Connery was (as always) a joy to watch, but it is very much a serious waste of several hours.

[guybles.livejournal.com]

But it has Sean Connery in it! How can any movie go wrong with Scotland's favourite tax-dodger as a star?

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[shannon_a]

Two words: Highlander Two.

Or, if you prefer conciseness: Dragonheart.

[rainstorm.livejournal.com]

Very easily, since the man is pointless.

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

Wise choice.

[thadrin.livejournal.com]

It wasn't THAT bad...
It wasn't very good, but...glass? ouch. No.

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

I thought it was great fun. In the same kind of way that Bulletproof Monk was. You know, saturday matinee kind of material. Fuuuun.

[broin.livejournal.com]

Coward!

And the Jekyll/Hyde scenes are superb.

[red-cloud.livejournal.com]

It's not that bad. I enjoyed it. I am bemused -- I don't know why the critics lambasted it. I guess it's this year's whipping boy.