I saw "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" last Friday when I was home. It only got one star from Roger Ebert in the Sun-Times, but I think he was wrong. I liked it a lot more than Terminator 3 which was just boring and depressing. In The League, there are characters from many of the great works of literature, such as Captain Nemo with the Nautilus from "Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea", The Invisible Man, Dorian Gray, Tom Sawyer, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide, Mina from Dracula, and Allan Quartermain from I don't know where. I particularly liked the cameo by Ishmael, Call me Ishamael from "Moby Dick", driving a huge car shaped like a white whale. They get together to prevent a World War in 1899. Sean Connery plays Quartermain, so it's a little like an early James Bond adventure. Mr. stick-in-the-mud Ebert didn't like the fact that a great deal of the action takes place in a modified Venice. He points out that there are no streets in Venice to accomodate the car that they use, nor are the canals wide enough for the Nautilus. I wonder whether he also criticized King Kong for being too large for an Ape and the talking fish in "Finding Nemo". I thought that the sets were well-done and the fight scenes more believable than in the Matrix Reloaded. All in all, it was an enjoyable two hours of entertainment; a great summer movie. The kind that you should just let wash over you like a cool summer breeze without questioning the details. I would give it 2 1/2 stars.