This weekend we finally picked up two movies we'd been anxious to see, both based on comic books. Not always a successful medium to translate to film, we were curious how these would turn out. First was Underworld, and we'd say a little bloody, but not too bad. The plot was nice and complex, with werewolves being the slaves of the vampires with a Romeo - Juliet love story thrown in the mix. The special features on the stunts were really cool; they give you a whole new perspective on a film to see the strings behind the scenes. While the music was raucous and loud (I'm glad we didn't see it in a theater) we would recommend it if you want a fun movie. We both had nightmares about vampires the following night, though, so watch out.

Our second choice, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, was unfortunately bad. It was the first movie Laura had seen with Sean Connery that she didn't like. We couldn't decide what could be changed to make it better, but narrowed it to the director, music, special effects and script writer; the actors and designers can stay. When we watched the deleted scenes we saw that a good portion of the character development was removed, interesting, since it was already a short movie. So, even with Connery leading the cast, this movie tanked pretty quickly.