Review of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) by Diogo S — 25 Apr 2011

Succeeds the same way the original comic books did: by making the conflicts and dilemmas basic enough for a five-year-old, while giving the heroes and villains glamorous outfits and layers of complexity, to thicken the broth. In a summer of high-octane action and testosterone-boosted thrills, this movie is out of its league. The concept is high but everything else is merely fair to middling, one more or less watchable B-movie in megabucks clothing. The filmmakers tried to give everyone a main storyline and ended up diluting everything. With so many characters, the film lost some focus. League begins as a smart variation on the summer blockbuster, then loses its nerve in a second half sure to satisfy neither cheap-thrill-seekers nor fans of neglected literary oddities.

VERDICT: "Matinée" - (Mixed reaction). These kinds of movies are usually movies that had some good things, but some bad things kept it from being amazing. This rating says to pay matinée prices to see at a theater or buy an ex rental or a cheap price of the DVD to own.