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`League' is, without a doubt, extraordinary.(East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Ariz.))

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From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
Date: 20030712
Author:Outhier, Craig

Byline: Craig Outhier

Somewhere in heaven _ in a celestial Starbucks, maybe _ Jules Verne, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain and a few of their literary buddies are enjoying a good hoot over "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," a brash and altogether wacky action spectacle from "Blade" director Stephen Norrington. To paraphrase Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, the hokum is seriously afoot.

Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore ("From Hell") and Kevin O'Neil, the story begins in a darkly embellished version of turn-of-the-century London, where various heroes and villains ...

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