The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Nostalgia Critic 

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Ok, to be clear: The reason Hyde was making faces in the mirror during the recording scene was because he could hear the high-frequency signal being given off by the record that would activate the bomb on the ship. It wasn't pointless... except he told no one, and the bomb still went off. So yeah, not pointless, but it was.

the best thing about this movie was Nemo: his style, his crew, his submarine, he even had a hindu shrine, that's so much character building... imagine if we could get a movie just about him

R.I.P Sean Connery.Both him and his career

Fun Fact: Dorian Gray frequently looked at his portrait throughout Oscar Wilde's novel, but in this movie they made it his kryptonite for plot reasons.

I'm gonna be honest. I thought Nemo was cool AF.

This movie is still a guilty pleasure

This movie and Van Helsing are my unabashed guilty pleasures. It's grand and silly and I adore it. Plus, Dragonheart was pretty good. Not spectacular but pretty good.

How Would Sean Connery Have Known That Malcolm Had The Same Haircut For Several Years?he Was on The Phone

"So the villain's plan is to... you guessed it! Taking over the world." M. Bison turns around: "Of course" Damn I miss this one.

I didn't believe he turned down John Hammond, Morpheus, AND Gandalf until I looked it up... Holy shit...

So hilarious how Sean's accent flips from Scottish to Russian to Italian within less than five minutes.

The way those policemen at the beginning behave is absolutely how an early 20th century British policeman would behave.

To be fair, a ladder can actually appear that formidable in a movie if they have Jackie Chan in it.

Let's all be glad that Connery wasn't Gandalf. Connery is a great actor, but he's not Gandalf.

Mind you, Hollywood liked the idea of Moriarty being behind war on an industrial scale so much that it was the plot to Game of Shadows.

Sadly if they stuck closer to the original graphic novel, instead of the complete bollocks story they went with, they would have had, a non vampire, Willowmina Harker as the leader of the group who kept them all together due to her incredible diplomatic skills and who even got Mister Hyde to behave and work with others. The Graphic novel was a very interesting character study, where these iconic fictional characters actually work together and combine their skills. Just like Doug wished for in this review.

Every conversation in this movie should just end with “indeed”

You know, you should really do a month of bad James Bond movies. There are so many out there, and you could do each one with a different James Bond!

Okay so, I saw this as a kid, and I loved it (mostly for Mina and Skinner) but when I was younger, I actually thought the awkwardness was intentional. Like, you throw a bunch of random people, who don't know each other, with super powers together to do some save the world mission, I felt like it'd flow about as well as an awkward elevator ride. At least, that's how my kid brain processed it.

I actually loved this movie because it made me realize several of my favorite books all technically could have a shared an universe and I found that idea fascinating.

This is the kind of movie that needs to have a reboot bcause of its amazing concept but horrible execution. Maybe there could be a few lesser known characters as well and have their being alive dictate the relevancy of their stories. Like, it could be established early on with a character from a completely forgotten (or even original) story killed after being established with everyone else as "oh yah, them! Everyone knows them!" Other characters remember then but real life people are all "who? Ive never heard of that story before" after their death.

At the very least, The League doesn't try to be any other film. It is unique in its own right. It's got quite the cult following.

Nemo: This is my invention. I call it an au-to-mo-bile. Karl Benz: Ahem, you’re infringing in my 1986 patent. I’ve been making cars for 13 years now.

I will never apologize for loving this movie. *RIP* Sir Connery.

Wait... Sean Connery turned down those other roles? Dayum son, lol.

It's not great by any means, but I've got a huge fondness for this movie and the Hugh Jackman Van Helsing.

He told Peter Jackson he would have done the Lord of the Rings if he understood at least one thing in the book. He never read the script apparently.

Dragonheart was amazing. Sean Connery was a legend. He shall be missed.

I loved this film as a child. It had everything I wanted to see as a kid, vampires, superheroes, an steampunk vibe and characters from books I was reading at the time. Excited to see this video.

Actually Sawyer isn't his son. That's not a twist at all. M says he can't save Sawyer, just like he couldn't save his son.... I'm not sure that you were really paying attention to that part of the film XD

Allan Quatermain : "May this new century be yours, son, as the old one was mine." - RIP Sir Sean Connery

Doug's impression of Connery made me crack up.

So let me get this straight, they say "Bomb Voyage" in this movie and you DON'T make an Incredibles reference? Then you say they are building Supersuits and you STILL DON'T MAKE AN INCREDIBLES REFERENCE?!

To be fair, in the comic this was based on he's also called "M". And also like in the comics Captain Nemo is Indian. You know, I'm personally glad Connery didn't get the role of Gandalf. Because we wouldn't have had Ian McKellen, who just IS Gandalf. Also you have studied history right Doug? As we've seen in actual history during World War I when Europe goes to war the whole world gets dragged into it thanks to the colonies they have all around the world. And Moriarity's goal isn't to "take over the world", he wants to profit from it. He's an arms dealer and he's sparked the war to sell these weapons to the highest bidder. Also, no, Moriarity wasn't revealing that Sawyer was his son. He was referencing Quartermain's actual son who was killed on a mission with him in the past. They talked about it. I know you said the conversations were boring but paying attention to them may have come in handy.

RIP Sir Sean Connery. You will be missed

"I call it sport." I agree, that _is_ a cool line. Another cool one is when Nemo asked Hyde what the red abomination was, and Hyde simply replied: "It's me on a bad day."

Sawyer wasn’t Alan’s son. M was bringing up his already dead son to emphasize Alan’s care for Tom. Does it help the plot? No. But I’m just pointing out your inaccuracy.

The opening was hilarious, however hindsight’s a wonderful thing. Every single movie mentioned that Connery turned down were very risky and not guaranteed to be a success before their release. And Lord of the rings especially was certainly NOT guaranteed to be a ‘sure fire blockbuster success’ at the time. In fact, many people were anticipating it to fail dreadfully because they couldn’t see how it could possibly live up to the books. However, it is a shame that Connery couldn’t take up at least one of these roles in his career. He was a phenomenal actor.

I liked this movie. Also, RIP Mr. Connery!

"The most famous characters in fiction" And yet, there's no Sherlock Holmes? Missed opportunity!!

Well, Doofenshmirtz wanted to take over the Tri-state area only.

In some alternative universe, there's a Matrix starring Will Smith and Sean Connery.

0:08 - Okay, lets play some advocate here for Sir Sean Connery! Lets give some light to his decisions and the outcomes; 1. Jurassic Park vs. Dragonheart - We have an obvious MEGA block-buster hit on one side and on the other side we have a knights & dragons story. While Jurassic Park would obviously have been the biggest ticket, Connery did not go empty handed with doing Dragonheart as the movie proved to be a minor classic that still made a decent legacy for itself. 2. The Matrix vs. Avengers - Not going to pretend anything, this was a career devastating decision where one became an iconic classic and the other a big time forgettable movie no one wants to care for or talk about. Connery blew this one alright big time. 3. The Lord of the Ring vs. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - This is not as easily to slam against the wall as you may see or think. Why? Sir Connery was offered not only the role of Gandalf but also a hefty 10% bonus of all profit...but Connery could not relate himself to the character as a fantasy like wizard was not something he liked. So we can argue how good the character would have turned out if we have an uninspired actor playing such a major character. Now we all know hog big success the LOTR movies became and it is easy to pick on choice...but this requires more leveling here. See L.E.G by its own potential was something that COULD have been much greater then it turned out. There was a lot of potentials here and possibilities for future sequels. Sir Sean Connery was intrigued to play iconic character Alan Quartermain and he was PERFECT for such a role. Then we have all other classic novel characters all combined in a super team. What fell off was arguably to big of a production for the director to handle and to many characters to give time and spot-light on the screen to develop + clashes with the director and staff not sure what to do made things difficult as heck. WHat is sad is that this was his farewell movie so to speak and that leaves Sean Connery's career on a sour note not worthy of his great & iconic career.

14:15 um, critic you do know that venice canals are at most a few meters deep, right? The actually stupid thing is that the sub can enter venice at all, that thing looks like it would need 30 meters of water just to move.

I forgot today was Wednesday, which means.... NOSTALGIA CRITIC DAY!!!

I remember liking this film when It first came out....and I LIKED Van helsing.

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RIP Sean Connery Bruh how did he turn down the role of Gandalf

This is one of those movies that, to me, just doesn't warrant being called bad. It doesn't warrant being called good either. It had a few good bits, and honestly, I was expecting LESS of it, because until Marvel's Avengers, most movies like this had even LESS action and charm. To me, this movie does enough things right to be worth seeing at least once, and personally, I liked it. Could it have been better? Oh yeah. And it really should have been. Pity that it wasn't.

21:42 Sawyer wasn't Quartermain's son. M said that Quartermain trained Sawyer about as well as he trained his son, who died on a mission with Quartermain years prior and who Quartermain is buried next to at the end of the movie.

11:56 Love triangle? But Mina is happily married in the novel. Then again, she also isn't a vampire in the novel; it's her friend Lucy that Dracula turns into a vampire, so I'll just assume that the film gets nothing about her character correct. EDIT: I found out that, apparently, the film has it that Jonathan Harker died, making Mina a widow. New question then: what happened to their son?

As a part of this movies cult following, I simultaneously agree, laugh, and disagree with your critique, awesome vid!

Was I the only one who liked this movie as a kid lol?

That was actually a pretty good Sean Connery impression for the opening.

The actual comic by Alan Moore gets pretty damn dark. Especially the scene where they kill off the Invisible Man. That's going to be burned into my memory for a while.

Who else is here after hearing of Connery's death?

I actually really liked this movie when I was a kid. Haven't seen it in a while, but I definitely don't remember it being that bad.

A part of me wishes this movie was successful , cause it did have some pretty awesome source material that it was based on .

RIP Sean Connery 1930-2020

Watching this on the day Connery died. Damn

“Sam, sam... you’re a good boy, and I don’t like you.”

This is one of those that deserves a reboot as a HBO or Netflix series. The Alan Moore comic was fantastic and needs to be done justice. Now that Daredevil and Handmaid's Tale has shown how properties that had lackluster cinematic adaptations could get a second chance on the small screen I think the League can go the same route. I can see it as a four to five season affair where each season is an adaptation of each volumes.

RIP Sean Connery

I don't think Doug gets enough credit for his impressions, that was a pretty bangin' Sean Connery impression!

This movie deserves a remake

Well actually he had two other roles after this movie, a straight to DVD animated move called Sir Billi and the Narrator of the Documentary Ever to Excel. Also as a message in Halloween of 2020 he sadly passed away.

That Mr Hyde vs "Abomination" fight was probably the only enjoyable part of this movie.

You know, oddly enough, after watching (and loving) this movie. I wanted to find out who Tom Sawyer, Dorian Grey, and Ishmael were. I looked for their books. So yes, this movie did what Pagemaster couldn’t, it got me to read more.

When Hyde said “Not the whole thing...” the guy didn’t even drink the whole thing. He drank like 1/8 of a cup then poured the rest over his face. Wtf

RIP SEAN CONNERY

RIP Sean Connery.

I was binging episodes and then I see the notification. Marvelous!

Sean Connery gave up after this movie.

"I am Leonidas Cruella DeDeathstro! Fear me!"

Rewatching LxG now and I realized when the Nautilis was attacked, it was similar to Loki attacking rhe helicarrier in 'The Avengers'. Never knew they were based off novel characters too. Awesome.

_Lord of the Rings_ was in NO way a "sure thing," man. Don't you remember? A whole studio was on the brink until opening weekend of the first (best) one _Fellowship,_ all the way back in December, '01. I'll never forget that winter. It was like "Star Wars" for me. It was huge.

I love elements of the movie. Interesting characters, the Victorian era, fairly okay CGI. And from the brief look of the source material, it would've fared much better as an R-rated film. BUT NOOOO we need to market the movie to ALL audience. A movie that sets out to please everyone often ends up pleasing no one. Sean Connery's rejection of the LOTR franchise must look especially insane to Stuart Townsend, who was filmed as Aragorn for a while until Peter Jackson decided he looked too young and had to be replaced.

Rip Sean connery

R.I.P Sean Connery :(

Wait Connery turned down Jurassic park AND lord of the rings? Well at last the other actors they got to play John Hammond and Gandalf and morpheus was Awesome!

Technically, this is Sean Connery's last on screen role. 9 years later, he would be voicing in Scotland's first animated film, Sir Billi.

Well, I liked this film. As I had read the books about the characters in my youth it was great to see them all on the screen together.

RIP Sean Connery!

Hide was making faces in the mirror because he could hear the bomb and it was hurting his ears.

Yeah, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was an opportunity for greatness that missed. I remember thinking that combining all these great literary figures would create a perfect storm of awesome... and watching it in the theater with my buddies... and all of us walking out and saying "Meh, it was okay... I guess." Disappointing, to say the least.

The cop getting run over by a tank reminds me of that scene in Austin Powers where the security guard is just standing while a steamroller comes toward him telling Austin Powers to stop even though he is very far away from it

Rest in Peace Sir Sean Connery

Honestly, this movie is a guilty pleasure for me. I love all silliness.

Isaac Azimov's Foundaton book and series are actually good, give it a try!

😭RIP Sean Connery! 😭

Honestly, this is one of my dad's and my favorite movies...though looking back, I think I may enjoy being with my dad more than I enjoy the movie itself.

Sawyer wasn't Quatermain's son. M was drawing a comparison to how Quatermain failed his son, resulting in his death.

I honestly had no idea Captain Nemo is NOT white in the original novel. Damn casting is a powerful thing. Also HOW DOES A CONCEPT LIKE THIS FLOP SO HARD.

19:52 If Theres ever a reboot of this movie, can we have this guy in it? He’s the best part of the movie and the fight between him and Jekyll was really kickass!

A team that should be cool just sitting and talking in dull monotone voices-- I believe we call that the Fant4stic

What if the villain was Tom Sawyer. He might actually be an interesting villain. He's a con man who con use his words to trick people into doing virtually anything he wants. Fairly Odd parents had Tom as a villain, I'm sure a movie studio could. "Shoot I am a con man. If con is short for, con you believe you ain't at the fair yet, now GET!"

Hey, DragonHeart was a GREAT movie.

Who's watching this after Connery died?

Revisiting : RIP you beautiful man.