I don't get the hate The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen gets. It was Sean Connery's last movie. Since it Connery has only two voice acting credits in IMDB. But I don't think you can say it is so bad it ended Sean Connery's career. It is not good but it is not that bad. It is kind of guilty pleasure for me. I watch it every now and then. Like with other guilty pleasures being too analytical eat away the enjoyment.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is team of public domain 19th century literature characters. They try to stop world war starting at 1899. I am not sure if this should be our world or world very similar to ours. Some inventions are out of the time. I am not talking about Nemo's technology which is few decades from the future or something never happened. Other technologies are also few decades from the future. All is done in 19th century style. This becomes bit confusing when you think too much about it.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has comic book movie feel of comic book movies before Hollywood realized they can make comic book movies serious. They wanted to show they are making silly comic book movie. All this shows in characters, dialog, acting, sets, makeups and directing. There are many plot holes and everything happening Venice is just plain stupid.
I have soft spot for steampunk and dieselpunk. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has enough of both for me to enjoy the movie. It has few interesting characters. It is stupid and have many problems. But I like to watch it every now and then. You just should not think too much when watching this.
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