The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Who's in it: Sean Connery, Naseedruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Jason Flemyng, Richard Roxburgh

What's it about: After being recruited by M(Roxburgh), a group of six men and one woman are sent to find the Phantom who's been terrorizing Europe. Allan Quatermain(Connery) is a hunter, Captain Nemo(Shah) is a transportational genius, Skinner(Curran) is an invisible man, Dorian Gray(Townsend) is invinsible, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(Flemyng) is a monstrous genius, Tom Sawyer(West) is an American spy with a hunters eye, and Mina(Wilson) is a vampiric scientist. Together they have to do everything in their power to stop him before the Phantom markets off his evil machinery.

What I Think: This is pretty much the first movie I can remember seeing Connery in. Everyone is always talking about him but I never know who he is. I really liked Townsend! His character was so confident and he was just really good looking. The story was really entertaining. I loved pretty much everything about it. The twists were perfectly placed. The personalities of each character were so specifically supposed to make you come to conclusions about the movie and then prove you wrong. One thing that I didn't like about this was that the movie title didn't mention Mina. It says specifically "Gentlemen". Without Mina they wouldn't have been able to defeat the bad guys at all if you think about it. The female needs recognition too. Men can't always do it by themselves.

Trapped

Trapped

Who's in it: Kevin Bacon, Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend, Courtney Love, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Dakota Fanning

What's it about: Always wanting to bring families back together, Joe(Bacon) is targeting a new family. Karen(Theron) and Will(Townsend) are separated by a presentation that Will must make, leaving Karen with their only daughter Abigail(Fanning). Joe, his wife Cheryl(Love), and his other partner Marvin(Taylor) work together to keep the family apart for 24 hours in order to make them realize that they need to spend more time together. What Joe didn't find out is that Abigail has severe athsma and must be medicated several times every day. After finding this out, the family works together to bring everything to a stop before someone gets hurt.

What I Think: I have to say that the one thing that I really liked about this movie was Kevin Bacon. He really brought out his character. I also loved the spiderweb tattoo that was around his bellybutton. I loved the acting from everybody. Theron is absolutely gorgeous, as is Love. Townsend's accent left me breathless and his wit left me wanting to know what he would do in other situations. They really sold themselves in this movie and I want to definitely see more movies with the like of them in it.