One sequel you have written now, of course. Mummies are 4,000 years old. There are a number of rather sniffy reviews of this film on IMDb which are entirely unfair. I can handle the truth. Made by fans in Aotearoa New Zealand. Now, here's a third time I've fallen hard for Besson! The more I see the news when I get home, the more I want to see a movie thats sweet. Back in Paris she finds . #71. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec (French: Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec) is a gaslamp fantasy comic book series first appearing in 1976 written and illustrated by French comics artist Jacques Tardi and published in album format by Belgian publisher Casterman, sometimes preceded by serialisation in various periodicals, intermittently since then. So, I just like to reverse- to have a hero crying is very interesting. One of Tardi's most popular works[5] and his first to span multiple albums, it has been reprinted in English and other translations and has been adapted as a feature film. She dresses almost shabby. Fancy kid stuff from France, not quite ready for the global market. I'm reading these backwards. Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Leon) transports us to the wild days of early Twentieth Century Paris, where feisty young writer Adele Blanc Sec embarks on thrilling missions to find exciting material for her book. Louise Bourgoin is simply brilliant as Adele Blanc-Sec! a show in deep sense, in Luc Besson style, who , after its end, remains charming at whole. In that, it did not disappoint. Yeah. Thats one you do keep returning to. Adle Blanc-Sec, a journalist and travel writer of some fame, finds herself involved after returning from Egypt, where she was searching for Ramesses II's mummified doctor/physician Patmosis. Wheels within wheels. Homicidal maniacs want Adele dead, the Great War is not depicted as a heroic event, but one that left an nation with numerous deaths and invalids. a movie who has flavor of fairy tale and charm of French cinema but who is defined by fine manner to present an original story in a precise manner , using fireworks, interesting cast and few drops of cultural references for better level of entertainment. An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions. It's funny, crazy without being stupid, rich in adventure. The mysterious atmosphere of the comic books are sadly replaced by very broad humor thus making the a children's movie out of the adult comics. Director Luc Besson adapted the stories into a French film in 2010, and it has since been dubbed in English. The story begins when a scientist performs an experiment that sets of a chaotic chain reaction of events in Edwardian Paris, meanwhile Blanc-Sec is off on a mission in Egypt trying to find a particular mummy to bring back to Paris to help save the life of her twin sister who is comatose after a freak tennis related accident. As she boards the ship, the name RMS Titanic is revealed. Loosely based on the comic strips by Tardi, the story is a mix of book 1 and book 4, I think. It was a lot of fun doing this one. Real action adventure films DON'T play it safe! After a brief struggle with her nemesis, the mysterious Professor Dieuleveult, she retrieves the mummy and returns home. . A 136 million-year old pterodactyl egg, housed on a shelf in the Natural History Museum, has mysteriously hatched, unleashing a prehistoric monster onto the Parisian streets. Maybe any element of the plot? More at is the second Taken movie. If one accepts it, you have fun. As convoluted as the labyrinthine catacombs under-running the city of Paris so too Adele Blanc-Sec 2 is a tortuous mess at every level. The content is pretty sophisticated for younger . I made a film about her life, which will be out soon, with Michelle Yeoh playing her, and David Thewlis, an English actor, a brilliant actor. Extra star for this one, mostly because of the hilarious pell-mell conclusion of the second adventure, which was *most* enjoyable. It has a right combination of comedy, adventure and some action. Thats where it comes from. The year is 1912. Now, the artwork is incredible, and I love the setting and the tone, but the plotting and dialogue were often glacial, and the main character, Adele, was curiously passive: things happened. The comic portrays the titular far-fetched adventures and mystery-solving of its eponymous heroine, herself a writer of popular fiction, in a secret history-infused, gaslamp fantasy version of the early 20th century, set primarily in Paris and prominently incorporating real-life locations and events. 2. Besson uses actors to represent comic book characters rather than the far more expensive motion-captured, computer-generated people of Tintin. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec ( bahasa Prancis: Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec ), dirilis sebagai Adle: Rise of the Mummy di Malaysia dan Singapura, [8] adalah sebuah film fitur petualangan fantasi Prancis tahun 2010 yang ditulis dan disutradarai oleh Luc Besson. Luc Besson's The Fifth Element remains one of the strangest of space-fantasy films like a great grandchild of Star Wars that wanted to be Blade Runner, Die Hard, and Spaceballs all at once. Really, really bizarre tangents. The storys very good. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec Vol. No. I loved Adle. But upon the originally villainous Blanc-Sec coming into the comic he found he enjoyed drawing her far more than Rabatjoie and so she became the protagonist and title character, while ever since retaining something of a Lupin-esque moral dubiousness and disregard for the law. The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc-Sec is out in UK cinemas on 22nd April. Talking to the fast food guy who doesnt have much business, and I ask, Where are you from? Quite frankly, I loved the film. "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec comes back! 2010 [13], Shout! For the 2010 film adaptation, see, The front cover of the original, 1976 edition of the first, Last edited on 22 November 2022, at 22:22, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec (film), "Aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec, Les", "Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec", "Fantagraphics to publish new editions of Tardi's, "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec", "Vol. Adle has an agreement with Professor Marie-Joseph Esprandieu (Jacky Nercessian) that has the ability of bringing the dead back to life to resurrect the doctor to heel her twin sister Agathe Blanc-Sec (Laure de Clermont), who has been catatonic and paraplegic for five years due to an accident caused by Adle. And that is something I really miss in the movie. But the similarity stops there. In fact, she nearly predates Metal Hurlant (Heavy Metal for us Americans). Matthieu Amalric and Jean-Paul Rouve are also featured. That one expect from Luc Besson. Also adults, but the kids, they see mummy, and theyre a little scared, and then they see the mummies are nice, and they start to laugh. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec. This film is a dusty crystal decanter, its contents overflowing with endless whimsical treasures. If you liked the first edition of The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, you'll like this one. IMDb Well, Luc Besson has to put some action in his movies. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec is a comic fantasy adventure film directed by the dubiously talented Luc Besson. Great acting, great effects for 2010, a wild and weird concept that's got a lot of humour while being very interesting. Eight to twelve-year-olds, they love it too. That is a pity. In addition Professor Esprandieu's beheading and Adle's accident at the tennis game were edited to remove frightening images. There's also a bunch of random events at the end that didn't make much sense. Action & Adventure. Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec I wasn't exactly thrilled with the stories in this collection. But now the movie. And can you predict with whom youll fall in love? A wonderful mix of supernatural-fantasy and mystery with turn of the century Paris as the ever constant backdrop. The President of France orders the case be considered of utmost urgency by the National Police, only for it to be handed down to the bumbling Inspector Albert Caponi. She won the Nobel Prize in the 90s, and shes still alive. The expedient was deemed necessary by Tardi to avoid her entanglement in World War I. A distaff Tintin, without snowy, but with a pterodactyl. Luckily he meets her sister after she's been revived by the mummy. Catch these kid-friendly movies at SBS On Demand. No, and this is probably your most effects-heavy live-action film since The Fifth Element, isnt it? Jacques Tardi's bizarre supernatural-tinged adventures are more overtly humorous in this volume, if no more comprehensible than his earlier stories of Mlle. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec Photos View All Photos Movie Info A popular novelist deals with her would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions. The film is rated PG in Europe, a glimpse of a bare breast can be seen and no minors would mind it - why should they, in the first place. Sort by . Funny, wacky, silly adventure comedy, it falls a bit flat during the long parallel montage of Adle's failed attempts to take Prof. Esprandieu out of jail, while Caponi and Saint-Hubert disguised as lambs wait to catch the pterodactyl. [Laughs] And, like, mummies, for years, have been [adopts zombie-like pose, arms outstretched] Urrr! A period piece set in the early 20th Century, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec opens with Adle on expedition to Egypt looking to dig up a Pharaoh's mummified physician to take back to Paris, where he will be revived so that he can use ancient medicines to cure Adle's sister, who went catatonic after an accident. 13 Apr 2017 - 3:52pm. I will watch it again. / Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec / Street Date July 2, 2013 / 24.97 Starring Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Jacky Nercessian, Philippe Nahon, Nicolas Giraud, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Grard . There are many familiar faces with familiar motivesand Adele always seems to be at the center of the mayhem. I re-watched it recently (I try & never rewatch anything), and it stands the test of time; it has aged like the most graceful of brandies.