[email protected] You have a writer who is desperate to save her sister, now that's a simple summation, but this movie is way more than that! On the surface, we're going female-centric Indiana Jones territory, but nope, you've already been fooled! Adele Blanc-Sec is way less scrupulous than Jones, and she doesn't even come close to the rules! Then we're in an early 20th century Jurassic Park and...nope, you're fooled again! We have shenanigans going on in Paris, we have authorities humorously passing the buck, down the chain of command, we have a not-so-intrepid inspector, a clueless game hunter, a lovelorn buffoon and a very weird professor who are all orbiting Adele, and she plays off of them very nicely, with spunk, guts, and a fair amount of snark. On the surface this shouldn't work, too many different things going to be contained by the storyline, but they make it work! Louise Bourgoin steals the show as Adele, and she is tough as nails, witty and utterly adorable. Somehow, she makes this all work. Now I don't speak French, but several people have said she's a terrible actress, but she made me believe she was who she was supposed to be, and seemed quite natural. Supposedly, this is the first part of a trilogy, so get cracking on the sequel!!

arminhage I have to admit that I never finished the movie and turned off the player at approximately 60 minutes mark, I know it is an embarrassing confession but the movie was so bad I just couldn't continue. I was total waste of time. I may look at IMDb ratings before watching a movie but never read a review before actually seeing one so my expectation of the movie relies purely on the movie itself. I am very strict on my standards. I expect to know who is the hero of the movie by 10% mark. Well we know by the title that Adele Blanc is supposed to be the hero but there is no sign of her before 13% mark and after that we see her in some sort of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" parody mini adventure which has nothing to do with the resolve of the movie, just an introduction and I would say that the introduction came rather late and wasted too much time. If GOD FORBID I were to write the screenplay, I would put the parody-introduction section along with the dinosaur thing moving back and forth between Egypt and Paris so at least by 10% mark, the audience knows both the hero and also have some idea about the direction of the movie so I would say the screenplay was sectioned in the worst way possible. Now back the whole dinosaur thing... really? A flying dinosaur???? I would replace the whole dinosaur thing with a revived mummy escaped from the museum causing trouble, I guess that would be more appealing to the audience. Anyways, there is absolutely no connection between the hero and the dinosaur anytime sooner than 50% mark and in a good screenplay, the hero should at least hear about the dino at 10% mark. 10% to 50% is a huge gap and I wonder how Lub Besson even considered making a movie based on such a bad screenplay nevertheless an insanely ridiculous plot not even worthy of a children's TV movie. I don't know how the movie is going to resolve as I never finished it but I watched it enough to say that the movie is insanely bad and unwatchable. Sometime i chose an actor or director and watch his movies, probably because I liked a work of him so it was Luc Besson's time. He showed some talent but never got it right and never delivered a descent movie, his movies are often produced very well but grossly fail in plot and screenplay. I know he is French and European standards are different that Hollywood's, Europeans tend to make more boring intellectual unresolved movies but when it comes to Hollywood imitations , I expect Hollywood standards. Great disappointment!

Leofwine_draca THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC is the latest movie from the normally reliable French director Luc Besson, and sad to say it's a complete piece of nonsense. Apparently the big-screen adaptation of some popular French comic books, this sees the titular character embarking on a whimsical fantasy adventure involving dinosaurs and mummies.It's as silly as it sounds, but I had hoped for some exotic, globe-trotting intrigue - after all, we mustn't forget that the French are the ones who brought us the wonderful TINTIN comics, after all. But this turns out to be an oddball affair through and through, with the humour aimed at a distinctly juvenile audience and yet adult scenes elsewhere.Sadly, this is one of those films that delights in sub-par CGI animation, so the pterodactyl scenes are pretty naffy. The nadir comes with a pair of CGI animated gorillas - don't expect RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES style quality here, these two are horrendous and it makes me wonder about the state of film-making when it's cheaper to animate two gorillas than to simply visit the zoo and film them with a traditional camera.There are many familiar French faces in the cast, including Mathieu Amalric (MUNICH) and Giles Lellouche (POINT BLANK), but most play caricatures hidden beneath prosthetics and make-up. Louise Bourgoin's titular heroine is a real bitch of a character, somebody who's rude and hateful to everybody around her, so that makes her hard to warm to. In fact, the only stuff I enjoyed in this film were the reanimated mummies, who are genuinely funny and wacky creations. Everything else is a chore.

richwgriffin-227-176635 First of all, why isn't this film better known? I discovered it by accident on DVD and what a total delight it is! (: Every single aspect of the filmmaking works! The camera work, sets, costumes, editing, (witty) script, performances (esp. Louise Bourgoin, who should be a major major movie star!), direction (I don't always like Luc Besson, but he's brilliant here), great special effects, the best use of animation with live action I have ever seen. I love every single thing about this movie! I love that it is 1:47; some of these types of films are too long but this movie is just the right length. I absolutely implore you to watch the film in FRENCH, and not in English - it's a totally different experience and it only works in its' native language. (Simply go to the setup and switch to French).French actors get a chance to do something completely different and without exception everyone delivers! I was captivated every single moment of this movie! It's a must-see! And why isn't Louise Bourgoin a better known French actress? She's a total delight!