5 Movies That Were Undone By Their Own Plots

2. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

No, I haven't read Alan Moore's series of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and even though I'm a fan of his work, I certainly have no desire to after watching this monstrosity. The movie feels like a sixth grader's attempt to combine all of his literary reports into one, explosive feature to make those classics a bit more exciting. The plot finds characters from literature all teaming up to fight a single bad guy and restraining him from creating a new World War. That's it. Still on board? Alright, well, take those characters that you love and strip them of any and all character motivation you can think of that was given to them in their solo stories. All you have to go by now is their traits or abilities. Still want to give it a shot? Imagine they're given cliched, droll dialogue work and that it's the last time Sean Connery would appear cinematically to this day. Really. Still there? You're a better person than I.
 
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Cameron Carpenter is an aspiring screenwriter, current film and journalism student, and self-diagnosed cinephile, which only sounds bad in certain circles. Devoted fan of comics, movies, theater, Jesus Christ, Sidney Lumet, and Peter O'Toole, he sometimes spends too much time on his Scribd and comicbookmovie.com, but doesn't think you're one to judge, devoted reader. You can follow him on Twitter to watch him talk to people you didn't know exist. Oh, and Daredevil is quite the big deal around here (my head).