League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Movie

Here's a film that's unfortunately no where near as good as the book. Based on Alan Moore's excellent graphic novel of the same name, this takes the basic concept of collecting 19th century literary characters into "super hero" team and then throws them into a completely different story. I can't help but think that following the book would have made for a much better film, but as it is it's not too bad. Despite not living up to the source material, League is still a fun romp of a film to watch. The performances are acceptable and the effects mostly fine, with the action scenes pretty well done - including some nice touches, often with Sean Connery's character Allan Quartermain. There's not much to say about the film as there's unfortunately not quite enough to it, but it's not as bad as many people would have you think. Fun for a Saturday night with the drinks and friends, methinks.

7/10


Dude, Where's My Country? - Book

The fourth book from Michael Moore delves into the murky farce of the meglomaniacal dictator hated the world over and his war without justification. Yes, it's that bastard Bush again. Not wanting to be subjected to right-wing nerds on the Internet trying to point out that killing different people is "right" and that they NEED their guns damnit, Moore fills pages and pages with details of all the sources used. Which is the only real change from his usual books. It's well written and, if you haven't been keeping up with things on the net (a problem with these kind of books now - they do tend to cover a lot of stuff you may have already read about), then it's also full of shocking information about the goings on in American politics. It didn't work quite as well for me as his first book but it equals the standard of the best-selling Stupid White Men. Everyone should read this, whether they agree with his stance or not.

8.5/10

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