"The studio also felt that the character (Tom Sawyer) would appeal to younger audiences". This may have been an accurate statement in 1896.

I'm not ashamed to admit that I bloody loved this when I was younger. It had a real dark element to it.

"What are you?" "I'm complicated." Sums up the movie in a nutshell.

The special effects used for Skinner were amazing.

I am not ashamed to say thay i really like this movie

_"May this new century be yours, son, as the old one was mine."_ I consider Quatermains' last words in the movie (and the last line in Connerys' career) very fitting. Quatermain wasn't just passing the torch to Tom Sawyer, in a way Connery himself was passing the torch to the next generation of Actors. At least, this is my take on this.

"It's Africa. Sweating is what we do." I don't get the hate for this film. It's fun and imaginative. But, I like it so that's enough for me.

I will never apologize for loving this movie. *RIP* Sir Connery.

The battle in Dorian’s library with Moriarty’s men shows the potential of this film. If it were mostly like that it’d be damn good. As it stands I do enjoy revisiting this from time to time. It’s a campy adventure.

I remember going to the cinema with my Dad and watching this one. We had a blast, we both liked it and I remember loving the idea of making these Victorian-era icons into superhero-like characters. It's a shame the production was so troubled and that it didn't make enough money. The most memorable part for me was the ending. I thought it was awesome and had such huge potential for a sequel.

I have always had a soft spot for this film. There's just something about the characters and the banter between them that I find fun. 😎

How can one claim this has elements of plagiarism when the entire premise is based on characters from the works of others?

I know this movie is supposedly a travesty that everybody hated, but I quite enjoy it.

This was The Avengers but for literature. I still don't get why people dislike it.

I still have the 2 disc DVD of this in my collection. The stories from Flemyng and Curran about Connery are insightful, saying that he was generous with the crew and paid for dinner for everyone each time. It's a shame he called it quits after this. Only time he's come close to making another film was his interest in playing Albert Finney's part in Skyfall.

and suddenly I see Moriarty's plan in Sherlock: A Game of Shadows was a tad less original

3:49, neither Connery nor the cast got along with the director, and when asked where he was, Connery said, "Check the local asylum."

I always liked this film and still do, not perfect but it’s entertaining.

Just rewatched this last week and it holds up incredibly well, it's at least as good as the bottom half of the Marvel catalog.

i wish Netflix would pick this up and make it into a series like the mandalorian

the finished film was not terrible, it was OK, but never rose above that.

This is one of those criminally underrated Movies. Really love the world and design of it ! Sadly it bombed, always wanted a sequel ! Another great Movie was Van Helsing !

This is my guilty pleasure film to this day. Love how campy and fun it is. I still quote it line for line. "Draw your pistol!" "I walk a different path." Nemo was a BAMF.

Always liked it. I quote the "I'm complicated" line daily

Such an underrated classic. I love this movie.

If you adapt one of Moore's works it has a 1 in 6 chances of being genuinely good... and 100% probability of being hated by Alan Moore (honestly he hates everything).

Honestly, I think the movie is perfectly fine. Never understood all the hate.

One of my favourite films, no joke! Watched it when I was very young and watched and loved ever since ❤

Underrated film i liked it and still watch it now. The CG let it down a bit, but the literary nods from other books and characters was amazing.

"The BAD will fight for GOOD." The original Suicide Squad, eh? :))

This movie and van helsing(Hugh Jackman) were good. Character development should not be forced like they do in all superhero films nowadays.

I really enjoyed this film. It's so underated and fantastic. I wasn't aware of the source material. Torrington is a very talented director. After nearly 20 years I wish he'd make a comeback.

The literary Victorian Avengers I still like this movie ❤

Its interesting to note that Stuart Townsend was the first choice for Aragorn and Sean Connery for Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings.

I guess I'm one of the few who genuinely like this movie. Watched when I was in elementary school.

"Alan Moore was disappointed with the adaptation" You don't say.

when this movie came out, and still now, i like it. When comic book movies arent common and your still waiting for an avengers movie is still 9 yrs away i saw it as a victorian age avengers movie :P

Saw this years back when I was still a kid on DVD - remember really enjoying it back then....

I saw this at the cinema in 2003. I feel so old.

I love this movie, I don't care what others say. This movie is so much fun for me!

I was a kid when this came out and my dad and I LOVED it. I still love it, the concept is so wonderful. I see the flaws in it now as an adult but it influenced my creativity so much. I will DEFINITELY have to check out the comics!

“Comic accuracy” isn’t important to me in film adaptations, it can be different so long as what is produced is good. But many of the ideas I like here are dropped or barely touched on. The League are much less interesting here. In the comics they’re like washed up celebrities. As you say, they’re “broken”, which is def the case. Here their pasts are barely touched on, and the characters are like 10% of what they were in the source material. Stuff like that isn’t impossible to do in a movie like this. Another interesting aspect that wasn’t carried over was the continuity with the source material. The characters feel like they were straight from the pages of the classic the novels they came from. You could read those books, and then feel like you’re seeing a continuation of those characters and their stories. Unfortunately the film takes some serious creative liberties with it’s characters, so it comes off more as fan fiction. The changes don’t really do anything for the characters either. The Del Toro Hellboy films take a lot of liberties with the characters and story. But I don’t mind the changes, largely because of Perlman and GDT’s direction, but the characters are fun and have good chemistry. Nuada from the Golden Army isn’t even in the comics but he is easily one of the great comic book movie villains of the last 20 years or so. Off topic, but i’d love a review of that first Hellboy. Tl;dr, comic book accuracy isn’t important if the movie is good, but if the changes don’t work, then don’t bother changing anything. I wouldn’t mind seeing another stab at the material on the big screen, but only if it’s helmed by the right people, who can bring something new and exciting to the story.

This film is criminally underrated!

You deserve so many more subscribers it's unreal...

I conned 2 of my friends into seeing this by telling them that the other guy wanted to see it. When we came out they turned to each other and were like “why the hell did you want to see this, what’s wrong with you?” That’s when they both realized the truth and looked at me and I said “I didn’t think it was that bad.” 17 years later and I still get crap for pulling it off lol

A very underrated movie. Like Daredevil, Ghost Rider and Van Helsing, I felt it was the main villain that let it down. I still like the film.

I wished there was a book showing the detail of all that magnificent design and concept work from the film...

The tone of this movie is refreshing

This and Mystery Men are both SO under appreciated!.That said,the scene where the Nautilus appears at the dock with the bad cgi is dreadful..Still a super fun flick!

This movie doesn't deserve half the crap it gets. The graphic novel is much better but is also far too deep for the masses and would never have translated well into what was intended to be an action movie. As an adaptation for a PG-13 audience this was more than passable and 'leagues' better than garbage like Suicide Squad.

Alan Moore's sheer contempt for films based on his comics, and the industry as a whole, is kinda hilarious.

I'm glad I have this on BlueRay and DVD....gonna watch this tonight. Thank you for making this retrospective

About time!!! Thank you, Oliver. It's hard to believe that this film killed Sean Connery's acting career.

*ahem* Okay here goes: The movie was not that bad.

The number 1 source for media retrospectives, Oliver Harper.. Bravo sir Bravo

i actually really liked this film, i thought the casting and the visuals carried it through

This was a very interesting time frame to explore and I enjoyed this movie as a 20 year old when it was released

This had so much potential, they even had a budget they just needed to figure out what made the story special and focus on that

The reveal that Moriarty was the mastermind behind everything could've worked, if the movie had shown or mentioned anything about Sherlock Holmes.

I certainly remember the cinema when I watched this, being the only one in the room and sitting through the endless credit scene.

Sean Connery's Cinematic finale

You should do a retrospective on the 2009 Dorian Gray movie.

These retro reviews are the best. Well done sir, keep em comin

I loved this movie when I watched this during school time.

i love this movie it's in my top 30

Sean Connery’s final film of his acting career.

Hair Stylist Friend: Let me trim those frayed ends... Alan Moore: Nooooooo! (Runs away)

Oliver Harper I found a picture online of the cast posing in character with a caption put on it that said "We were the Avengers before it was cool" lol.

An underrated gem of a movie.

"The author Alan Moore was cynical of the film in it's development". Well that goes without saying

This is one of those cheesy movies that I never think about, but I watch it every time it’s on cable tv!

Great video. Outstanding as usual. Love LXG. Keep up with the great content Oliver. Cheers!

Sean Connery passed on playing Gandalf what a dumb move. His Gandalf would have been cool but Ian Mckellen still was awesome as the Grey wizard.

Now I'll find out if I'm the only one who screamed at the screen "Tom Sawyer would have been Seventy!"

Love that movie so much. I hope it have a second pt.

I'll say it again...Oliver Harper's reviews are simply the best there are on KZfaq!

Dang, I’d always heard that this was one of the worst movies of all time and I completely avoided the film because of that. I have a new found fascination of this film because of this retrospective and will be watching it soon.

With it's pitfalls, I still enjoyed this flm.

R.I.P. Sean. I do love this movie

Excellent work on this video Mr. Harper.

Didn’t “get” lord of the rings but this sounded good?

League of Extraordinary *Gentlepeople* (2021)

Another Great review. Always a treat. Cheers Mate.

Great channel, really love your work Oliver

You should do Watchmen next, Oliver.

This movie was and still is great.

I really love ur retrospect. I could watch those 4 hours (if time would permit it 😊) I rewatch ur superman3 retrospect last week and i still find things that i never knew about the film. Great job as always and cant w8 for ur 80s doc. 💪😬🤜

I'm not sure I've ever seen an expensive blockbuster such as this with any less starpower in almost any role (apart from Sean Connery, of course). A considerable "Who's That!?" of actors, when compared to other blockbusters of it's kind...

I actually kinda like this movie, a decent 7/10

28:25 "The recent Watchmen series, I thought, was brilliant!" [Harry S. Plinkett voice] ................ Ohhhhh.

Honestly Oliver you and Kim Justice and the only two channels I’ll click straight away no matter what when you post a new video. Also I really enjoyed In Search of Darkness, really looking forward to your next one.

8:36 thanks for reminding me that this movie exist.

I always thought the show Penny Dreadful, which is one of my favorite shows, was able to execute the idea so much better. Have you seen it ? Its on Netflix now, was on Showtime. Its so good but i always think of it as the the better adaptation of a similar idea.

This movie's biggest problem was its length and the year it was released

I love this movie I was the only one who loved it when I saw it with friends and family. I heard it was base on a comic book but I didn't read it before seeing it. To me it's just a fun movie to watch I know it has problem and it's far from perfect, God I wish they made a sequel mixing War of the Worlds would have been so awesome.

Nice Oliver. Always had a soft spot for this one.

The film that made Sean Connery retire from acting

*Sean Connery voice* JUNIOR!

Waited for this one for a long time. Thanks, Oliver. I was asking way back, but I think people would like to see "The Warriors" if that is on your list.

Thanks for taking a look at this one. I definitely needed a refresher--I saw the film when it hit theaters but don't remember much about it other than I was bored during the viewing.