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    Oct 18th 2021, 6:59 PM

    The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was Sean Connery’s final film role, and it’s worth watching by mere virtue of having him in it in his last outing. The other reason is that it’s an Alan Moore story, and even though Moore disowned it as he disowned all Hollywood productions of his work after having signed away his rights as a young writer, a mistake countless others in other arts made too, his stories even if flawed reproductions of the original graphic novels are usually still worth it (other examples being V for Vendetta and Watchmen).

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    Oct 18th 2021, 7:25 PM

    @Mick Tobin: I watched this a few years back, wouldn’t want to see it again. Long before the end I had lost interest. I seem to remember reading that Connery stopped making movies as a result of this film.

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    Oct 18th 2021, 7:35 PM

    @Bert Carolan: Yes, here it is: https://screenrant.com/sean-connery-league-extraordinary-gentlemen-hated-why/ – but much of that had to do with delays concerning the weather, and over-sensitivity on the director’s part about how realistic some of the props were.

    If that’s what caused Connery to withdraw from acting, so be it, but it seems to me it had more to do with the circumstances of the production than with the eventual result, but allegedly Sir Sean did go into the editing room to help edit the final cut as he wasn’t satisfied.

    He said the director should’ve been arrested for insanity, but still, that doesn’t make it a film not worth watching. I enjoyed it sufficiently to watch it till the end, but if you couldn’t, well fair enough.

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    Oct 18th 2021, 7:45 PM

    There should be a pour bleach in me eye’s section because film and TV at the moment is terrible

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    Oct 18th 2021, 7:59 PM

    @Matthew Doyle: in your opinion…

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    Oct 18th 2021, 10:42 PM

    @Matthew Doyle: I agree, full of ghastly horrendous remakes and superhero movies, shocking time for films

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    Oct 18th 2021, 8:04 PM

    What a transformation Matthew McConaughey made to his career. Was a run of the mill rom com guy and became an acting giant! Similar to Tom Hanks after his more goofy roles in the 80s.

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    Oct 18th 2021, 10:18 PM

    Deadpool!

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