Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product details
|
Reviews
THIS DVD IS EX-DISPLAY - Very Good to Excellent Condition - BECOMING VERY COLLECTABLE NOW DAYS - HARD TO FIND - BX11 - Maybe A Few Very Fine Surface Marks Due To Cleaning - Tested - Plays Fine (The case may be slightly shop soiled but the disc has been kept in a plastic disc sleeve in a dry area). This dvd has been inspected & tested plays fine maybe a few fine surface marks.
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you've read other plot lines for ''Apocalypse'' you'll probably understand the basic outline of the movie. (With the Royston Vasey inhabitants realising that they are only 2-dimensional fictional characters, they come to look for creators - Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith - and try to persuade them to continue the TV series, fearing they would cease to exist otherwise.) A clever and innovative idea to begin with; the acting is superb and the animation, - especially of the Homunculus - is classic.
Rather refreshingly, the movie concentrates on the more obscure characters from the telly show. And easily the funniest creation from LoG to begin with, Geoff Tipps (or St.George of Asda, as he is heroically crowned) is also the pinnacle figure of the movie providing all of the laugh out loud moments. Shearsmith delivers his lines with his customary Northern charm and lovable churlishness. Most of the humour relies on subtlety, a lot of which I missed on the first viewing. But after watching again and again, I am pleased to say there's something new to laugh at each time. Not much in the way of ''Have you heard the one about the Mau mau'', but this is exactly why the film appeals to a select audience: there's no sign of the catchphrases and familiar jokes that perhaps the fans of the TV show were hoping for. It's not in essence a feature length League of Gentlemen movie - it's instead a movie which happens to feature a few of the characters dreamt up for the TV show.
There's a greater depth behind the humour and ideas, that sadly may have gone to waste if viewers are switching off after 30 minutes. A lot of TV-to-big screen productions can't work as they're basically stretching out a plot that would have otherwise been crammed into a half hour show. ''Apocalypse'' offers a melting pot of ideas and allows the 'Gents to showcase their wider talents as artists, as opposed to comedians. The actual comedy here lies in the basic rule of perfect delivery & utter conviction of the parts, equally balanced with that air of macabre familiar with all LoG fans. In all agreement with a lot of other reviews: No, it isn't a patch on the outstandingly brilliant TV show, but as far as films go, it's quite extraordinary in it's own right.
Rather refreshingly, the movie concentrates on the more obscure characters from the telly show. And easily the funniest creation from LoG to begin with, Geoff Tipps (or St.George of Asda, as he is heroically crowned) is also the pinnacle figure of the movie providing all of the laugh out loud moments. Shearsmith delivers his lines with his customary Northern charm and lovable churlishness. Most of the humour relies on subtlety, a lot of which I missed on the first viewing. But after watching again and again, I am pleased to say there's something new to laugh at each time. Not much in the way of ''Have you heard the one about the Mau mau'', but this is exactly why the film appeals to a select audience: there's no sign of the catchphrases and familiar jokes that perhaps the fans of the TV show were hoping for. It's not in essence a feature length League of Gentlemen movie - it's instead a movie which happens to feature a few of the characters dreamt up for the TV show.
There's a greater depth behind the humour and ideas, that sadly may have gone to waste if viewers are switching off after 30 minutes. A lot of TV-to-big screen productions can't work as they're basically stretching out a plot that would have otherwise been crammed into a half hour show. ''Apocalypse'' offers a melting pot of ideas and allows the 'Gents to showcase their wider talents as artists, as opposed to comedians. The actual comedy here lies in the basic rule of perfect delivery & utter conviction of the parts, equally balanced with that air of macabre familiar with all LoG fans. In all agreement with a lot of other reviews: No, it isn't a patch on the outstandingly brilliant TV show, but as far as films go, it's quite extraordinary in it's own right.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The film version of the successful, if niche TV series possesses a clever concept, summed-up in the title of my review. Whilst knowledge of the original TV series is certainly a sine qua non, the film itself is not just the burying of the TV series within a cinematic scope. Rather, it is an additional film with a film within a film - one of the guys on the accompanying commentary compares it to a pot noodle.
The cast includes some fine cameos by Bernard Hill, Victoria Wood, Emily Woof, David Warner, and Michael Sheen (as Jeremy Dyson), and you might also spot Simon Pegg and Peter Kay too. Using the same director and composer as the TV series, there are obvious overlaps in style and atmosphere with the TV series, and homages to the writers' favourite films come aplenty. Unfortunately, though, the clever concept becomes less funny and more ridiculous as the film develops, as it tries to deal successfully with the effects of its own cumbersome storyline. It ends in a disappointing mush. However, that being said, when watching the film I counted three outbursts of laughter from myself, twenty-five chuckles, and an uncountable number of smiles - but alas, there were no eye-watering guffaws.
The accompanying commentary from all four writers is, like that to the TV series, of mixed use, since it is difficult to know who is saying what as each tries to dominate the conversation. It was recorded prior to the film's release, so they did not then know if the film had bombed or won an Oscar. Of course, history proved it to be more like the former than the latter. In an article in The Guardian in November 2009, Jeremy Dyson is reported as saying that they were naïve: "Film is capitalism in its brutal form, and it's about how are you going to get an audience. We'd never thought like that before. ... `On the Buses' [the film version of which apparently outsold `Diamonds Are Forever'] was getting 20 million [TV] viewers. A comedy show is now doing well if it gets four or five million." If I had paid to see this film at the cinema I may have felt a little short-changed, but as a cheap DVD, it's not a bad deal, especially as it will be played again and again over the years.
Other extras on the disc include a twelve-minute `Making Of'; a six-minute visit to Hadfield in Derbyshire - `The Real Royston Vasey' (most of the film was shot in Ireland for tax reasons); a four-minute review of `A Cast of Thousands'; a twelve-minute film showing a typical day on shoot with Steve Pemberton; sixteen deleted scenes; out-takes; a gallery; and the usual trailers.
The cast includes some fine cameos by Bernard Hill, Victoria Wood, Emily Woof, David Warner, and Michael Sheen (as Jeremy Dyson), and you might also spot Simon Pegg and Peter Kay too. Using the same director and composer as the TV series, there are obvious overlaps in style and atmosphere with the TV series, and homages to the writers' favourite films come aplenty. Unfortunately, though, the clever concept becomes less funny and more ridiculous as the film develops, as it tries to deal successfully with the effects of its own cumbersome storyline. It ends in a disappointing mush. However, that being said, when watching the film I counted three outbursts of laughter from myself, twenty-five chuckles, and an uncountable number of smiles - but alas, there were no eye-watering guffaws.
The accompanying commentary from all four writers is, like that to the TV series, of mixed use, since it is difficult to know who is saying what as each tries to dominate the conversation. It was recorded prior to the film's release, so they did not then know if the film had bombed or won an Oscar. Of course, history proved it to be more like the former than the latter. In an article in The Guardian in November 2009, Jeremy Dyson is reported as saying that they were naïve: "Film is capitalism in its brutal form, and it's about how are you going to get an audience. We'd never thought like that before. ... `On the Buses' [the film version of which apparently outsold `Diamonds Are Forever'] was getting 20 million [TV] viewers. A comedy show is now doing well if it gets four or five million." If I had paid to see this film at the cinema I may have felt a little short-changed, but as a cheap DVD, it's not a bad deal, especially as it will be played again and again over the years.
Other extras on the disc include a twelve-minute `Making Of'; a six-minute visit to Hadfield in Derbyshire - `The Real Royston Vasey' (most of the film was shot in Ireland for tax reasons); a four-minute review of `A Cast of Thousands'; a twelve-minute film showing a typical day on shoot with Steve Pemberton; sixteen deleted scenes; out-takes; a gallery; and the usual trailers.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I've only recently gotten into watching THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN and have to say it is one of the best, funniest and scariest comedies I have ever seen, so after finishing watching the boxed set (series 1-3 & Xmas Special) I couldn't wait to see how it all finished at the end in THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN'S APOCALYPSE. Well I sat down and watched this last night and although it wasn't as funny as the fantastic TV show, it still had me in stitches for the majority of it. It does go slightly off the plot halfway through with the medieval storyline (which does tie up at the end) but that was just as funny as the main TLOG story too. This film had me laughing, cringing and turning away in disgust (some bits are a little gory) but generally is was fairly pleased with the outcome. Well worth watching if you're a fan of the show but otherwise I can't imagine this would make much (if any) sense at all.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Comedy Gold
Clever script that keeps the plot moving along really nicely. Wonderfull charcters given a makeover and placed in the real world highlighting how absurd they are. Read more
Published 8 months ago by R. Martin
Amazing
The story to the league of gentlemens apocalypse is appaulingly bad. The characters travel to the real world to seek out there creators and stop them from ending the series. Read more
Published 22 months ago by M. E. Hodgetts
One for the fans
For anyone who closely followed the television series, this DVD will be an entertaining addition.
Sadly I cannot recommend it to anyone who is not already conversant... Read more
Sadly I cannot recommend it to anyone who is not already conversant... Read more
Published on 22 May 2010 by NorthBrit
One-star Reviews?
14 of them at time of typing. But all of them badly written and spelled, I notice.
Ignore them.
Ignore them.
Published on 21 Sep 2009 by Abe Raman
Meh
The film is OK, and probably undeserving of the ire in many of the reviews here, but it's not a patch on the series itself, which is one of the finest things ever to come out of... Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2008 by Paul Nolan
There not pork!
Been a fan of the league for years! First saw the film on the big screen, I thought it was good, but since watching it again on dvd several times I do think it's a real grower and... Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2008 by Mr. S. Attenborough
Another British TV Classic Dissapoints on Film
I have been a fan of the League since their Radio 4 show. Unfortunately, since then it been a process of diminishing returns. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2008 by D. Wright
A film too far
More of a showcase of the League's acting talents and/or a way of removing any suspension of disbelief and hence any typecasting. Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2007 by Humphrey Wear
good bad or maby both!
when i heard that the league were bringing out a film i was intrigued to see what kind of style they had used. being an avid league fan i bought the film. Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2007 by super barney
Give this DVD a chance
I was expecting a terrible film, being I got it so cheap I thought why not! Being a 'League' fan right from the start I was surprised at the previous peoples comments, my wife and... Read more
Published on 11 July 2007 by Mr. M. G. Higgins
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
