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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Movie Review

Starring: Sean Connery, Shane West, Peta Wilson, Stuart Townsend
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Allan Quatermain (from"King Solomon's Mines") is hired by the British goverment to get together a team of heroes to defeat an evil criminal called The Phantom. He teams up with Mina Harker (from "Dracula"), Tom Sawyer (from"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"), Captain Nemo (from"20000 Leagues of Undersea Voyage"), Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (from"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde") and Dorian Gray(from "The Picture of Dorian Gray"). Together they embark on the adventure, but one of them is not what he seems...
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - fantasy story on another world/distant past
Spying - Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - finding an assassin (political)

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - explorer
Age: - long lived adults
Hair color? - white/grey
Hair type - (man) crewcut/very short
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - happy
Ethnicity/Nationality - English/British
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - Very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - govt employee
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 90%-100%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (man) short/standard wavy
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity - British
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition - average physique
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
Earth setting: - 19th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Mountains? Yes
Desert? Yes
Water? Yes
Misc settings - fort/castle - mansion

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Tone of movie - funny
Kinds of F/X - Things that change shape/morph - exotic spaceships - nasty human transformations
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a - comics
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