Billed as "X-Men meets Literature", LXG is in good hands. Director Stephen Norrington (Blade) has assembled quite the cast, led by Sean Connery, who is still believable as an action star, even in his early 70's. As far as the rest of the cast goes, performances are good to okay. Shane West as Agent Thomas Sawyer feels unnatural, as he was just thrown in to appease American audiences. Peta Wilson is sexy and leathal as Mina Harker, Dracula's "bride." Townsend brings a dark, yet likable personality to Grey, Shah is great as the ninja-like Captain Nemo, Curran provides funny moments as the invisible man, and Flemyng is great as the tortured Jekyel/Hyde.
The action is great. Probably the best part of the film. Especially the final act, which contains some great fight/shooting sequences. The opening is also pretty cool. The movie does drag its feet for the first 40 minutes, but then kicks into high gear and doesn't really let off. Some twists are rather predictable, but it is forgivable for providing great showdowns later on. Mr. Hyde looks great, and will no doubt be comparred to "Hulk" as far as CGI goes, although he looks more real then the Hulk did. Infact, the special effects as a whole are really, really good. Watch the Venice sequence and you'll see what I mean.
For the bad stuff. The dialogue was awfully hokey at times, although not enough to bring the film down. Still, a lot of lines feel forced and out of place. I wasn't extremely pleased with the ending-ending, but it works and isn't a bad ending, just not as good as I would've hoped. Some parts are a little slow as well. And any twists that happened were predictable for the most part.
Overall, it is definately worth seeing after a slew of dissapointing movies so far this summer. However, if you have to choose between this and "Pirates", go with the latter, as it provides more fun overall. I DO reccommend seeing LXG, especially if you're a comic book fan (especially X-Men.) It is a good movie with some flaws that, if polished up, would've been a great movie.
FINAL SCORE: 7 out of 10 (Flawed comic-book movie is still good if you don't expect too much.)
The action is great. Probably the best part of the film. Especially the final act, which contains some great fight/shooting sequences. The opening is also pretty cool. The movie does drag its feet for the first 40 minutes, but then kicks into high gear and doesn't really let off. Some twists are rather predictable, but it is forgivable for providing great showdowns later on. Mr. Hyde looks great, and will no doubt be comparred to "Hulk" as far as CGI goes, although he looks more real then the Hulk did. Infact, the special effects as a whole are really, really good. Watch the Venice sequence and you'll see what I mean.
For the bad stuff. The dialogue was awfully hokey at times, although not enough to bring the film down. Still, a lot of lines feel forced and out of place. I wasn't extremely pleased with the ending-ending, but it works and isn't a bad ending, just not as good as I would've hoped. Some parts are a little slow as well. And any twists that happened were predictable for the most part.
Overall, it is definately worth seeing after a slew of dissapointing movies so far this summer. However, if you have to choose between this and "Pirates", go with the latter, as it provides more fun overall. I DO reccommend seeing LXG, especially if you're a comic book fan (especially X-Men.) It is a good movie with some flaws that, if polished up, would've been a great movie.
FINAL SCORE: 7 out of 10 (Flawed comic-book movie is still good if you don't expect too much.)
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