20th Century Fox

When 20th Century Fox released "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," the studio was probably hoping to draw an opening weekend split with Disney's based-on-an-amusement-park-ride dice-throw "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl." The latter was initially treated as an industry joke due to its choice of source material, but once the studio began screening the movie for critics, it was clear Gore Verbinski had delivered a crowd-pleasing romp.

Fox, unfortunately, had a stinker on its hands. Norrington and credited screenwriter James Dale Robinson used many of the same characters that Moore and O'Neill employed in their extravagant adventure, but they whiffed on the tone. It wasn't clever, it wasn't fun, and it looked like star Sean Connery wanted to run screaming from the set in every scene. Factor in loads of unfinished visual f/x, and the film was one big middle finger to moviegoers.

Even though the film holds a 17% rating at Rotten Tomatoes, according to FlixPatrol, Tubi viewers have made "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" the second most popular movie on the streaming platform. Maybe it plays better as distracted viewing, but that's hardly a recommendation. All that matters is that the film drove Connery into retirement and caused Norrington to claim he'd never direct another movie. The latter was attached to a remake of "The Crow" for a while in the late 2000s, but this never came to fruition. But don't let that stop you from giving "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" a whirl on Tubi!