Delighfully French main course for a Sunday matinee. Whats interesting is, theyre the real guys. In Paris, c.1912 Professor Esprandieu is experimenting with telepathic techniques, and he unintentionally hatches a 136 million year-old pterosaur egg within the National Museum of Natural History. Adele-Sec is a combo of Sherlock Holmes, Indiana Jones and Lara Croft. Its highs are so dazzlingly high, and its lows well, there aren't any lows. But if you can live with that and you are OK with Tardi's cynical bent, then it becomes that much better. An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century and set in Paris in the years before and after WWI, revolve around the protagonist Adle Blanc-Sec in a succession of far-fetched incidents . [14], Last edited on 22 February 2023, at 18:49, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec, List of films based on French-language comics, "Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec (2010) - JPBox-Office", "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Extraordinary_Adventures_of_Adle_Blanc-Sec_(film)&oldid=1140975930, "Adle and the Beast" and "Mummies on Parade". 2011. A delightful French answer to Indiana Jones. She finds herself involved after returning from Egypt, where she was searching for Ramesses II's mummified doctor. Alas, it seems that it won't happen. Seek help! Adele Blanc-Sec is back for more adventures in pre-World War I Paris. It wasnt a straight reference, but it is a little similar. . Ahead of the release of his latest film, The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adle Blanc-Sec, we chat to Luc Besson about filmmaking, writing, and Taken 2. Again, the art was fabulous and the world-building was really interesting, but the plots themselves didn't really get me sucked in. She would not have been allowed to fight, and could no more have settled for being a nurse, than she could have remained home rolling bandages.". I have so much more fun with my boulanger [baker]. The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc-Sec (Director's Cut) World cinema 2010 1 hr 46 min French audio Buy or rent The year is 1912. Its fed from all these people who come from life. Made by fans in Aotearoa New Zealand. fun for kids and adult. There are moments when the story gets a little bit convolutedand it makes me wish I could read French to read it in the original language, because although the story is still witty, I'm sure some of the humor has been lost in translation. Oh, you must try this one, because this morning I changed the butter! The guys passionate. I still reread them. After establishing the world of the prickly heroine with the first two episodes of this classic series (combined in Fantagraphics. An adaptation of a popular French comic book from the 1970s, it stars Louise Bourgoin (The Girl . nice performance and the same Basson. Nu knner vi karaktrerna och roligt r det att varje referens i handlingen r exakt densamma, "See "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec 1" ". 6.3 /10. And the lows, well, there aren't any. It is loosely based on the comic book series The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec by Jacques Tardi and, as in the comic, follows the eponymous writer and a number of recurring side characters in a succession of far-fetched incidents in 1910s Paris and beyond, in this episode revolving around parapsychology and ultra-advanced Ancient Egyptian technology, which both pastiche and subvert adventure and speculative fiction of the period. The storyline in the books show a France that is not so nice as the movie makes us believe. I'm reading these backwards. Too bad Adele - is a fun ride into the mystic of Egyptian folklore, set in the early half of the 20th century in Paris. AKA: Adle and the Secret of the Mummy, Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec, ii -, Adle: Rise of the Mummy. Back home with a sarcophagus in tow, Adele is confronted with yet another dilemma: A scientist (Jacky Nercessian) who has the power to heal her comatose sister (Laure de Clermont-Tonnere) has. By the movie's ending there was a hint that the sequels would follow. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec (2010) Audience Score 61 NR 1 hr 45 min Apr 14th, 2010 Adventure, Action, Mystery, Fantasy An adventure set in the early part of the 20th. Another beautiful book full of swear-out-loud incredible cartooning, and a plot that feels like it's been whizzed up in a blender. Adele Blanc-Sec has been around for a while. Too much, perhaps. Decent story. I made the film in the middle of the financial crisis. The policemen are incompetent, have no trouble beating up prisoners, lunatic scientists roam the street or hang out in the catacombs under the city. I liked the grotesque humor, costumes, and of course the beautiful Louise Bourgoin in the title role. a courageous young woman and her fight for noble purpose. 2010 'Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec' Directed by Luc Besson Synopsis 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. Globe-trotting adventure, over-the-top comedy, extravagant costumes, Egyptian tomb-raiding, and a rampaging pterodactyl. So I asked him, Would you mind giving us the picture that inspired this character?, and I give the pictures [to the people] in charge of the masks and special effects, so they dont go from the drawing. main actress very very good in her character . That could be good.. So, theyre pretty smart, you know? Its really large. This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 18:49. a show in deep sense, in Luc Besson style, who , after its end, remains charming at whole. If you cant have a freaking blast with this..if this doesnt clear out the thunderstorms in your life & reveal the hopeful, beaming sunlight. then I dunno what to tell ya. There's a handsome young scientist madly in love with Adle, who's got no use for him. Despite featuring tomb-robbing, exciting escapes, prison breaks, pterodactyls and mummies this film is more like "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" with better jokes or "The Fifth Element" set in France at the start of the 20th century. 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. Quite frankly, I loved the film. You know, the funny thing is, when Tardi makes the characters, all of them, he gets inspired by pictures from 1912. There are many familiar faces with familiar motivesand Adele always seems to be at the center of the mayhem. 2: 'The Mad Scientist' and 'Mummies on Parade', "CR Newsmaker: Kim Thompson on Fantagraphics Publishing Jacques Tardi", "The Astonishing Exploits of Lucien Brindavoine", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Extraordinary_Adventures_of_Adle_Blanc-Sec&oldid=1123284709, Original material for the series has been published in the newspaper, The series has been reprinted, at least in part, in, "Pterror Over Paris" and "The Eiffel Tower Demon", "The Mad Scientist" and "Mummies on Parade", "The Secret of the Salamander" and "The Two-headed Dwarf", This page was last edited on 22 November 2022, at 22:22. The film's major drawback is that it's stitched together from two separate Blanc-Sec adventures, one (the pterodactyl) far less interesting than the other (the mummies). 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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec, A Highly Entertaining and Funny Adventure, A Nutshell Review: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, Luc Besson's almost family-friendly fantasy, Beautifully filmed fantasy in minutely reconstructed early 20th century Paris, French fantasy adventure feature film well written, produced and directed by Luc Besson and loosely based on the comic book series, A delightful comic book adaptation, the French way. Men are supposed to be strong, and I like to show them when theyre weak. One sequel you have written now, of course. she make me thing of Adjani. Second, there is what I call the popularity paradox, which is that sometimes the most popular French work is the hardest to sell as compared to the "art" comics because the more mainstream work loses some of its "alternative" audience without replacing it with a "mainstream" audience. But now the movie. The Pharaoh's doctor uses their advanced medical techniques to revive Agathe. These comics are just boring. The film is a 100 minutes of silly fun; an immensely likeable and spirited adventure. The second volume of Jacques Tardi's Blanc-Sec adventures picks up right where volume 1 left off. a film who not gives nothing unexpected but confirms a lot. It wasnt a direct reference. You could even take one and two together, in a way, and that works. The French are so cool, that even in their kids films people (well women, of course) strip off. 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. The translator also changed the names of the characters from French to Dutch. I got an idea for a sequel. What's not to like here! Youve really taken Ramses II. And Patmosis, also. Brand New condition. Theres a big jump after, because we have to go to Cairo to take pictures of the mummies one by one. She sails to Egypt to raid a tomb that supposedly hides a cure for her sick sister, but what will she do when an army of resurrected mummies get in the way? Im honest, so if one day I find an amazing story to tell, I will. Pitch perfect comedy and chaotic, absurd action. In fact, as someone who does not consume any/very little art/media post 2009-10, this picture is one of the last great films ever produced. [12] Matthew Turner of ViewLondon gave the film 5 stars, writing: "impressively directed and beautifully designed, this is a highly entertaining and frequently funny action-adventure romp with a witty script, great special effects and a terrific central performance from rising star Louise Bourgoin". 2: The Mad Scientist and Mummies on Parade by Jacques Tardi 96 page full-color 9" x 11.75" hardcover $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-493-1 Ships in: October 2011 (subject to change) Pre-Order Now After establishing the world of the prickly heroine with the first two episodes of this classic series (combined in Fantagraphics' The . A distaff Tintin, without snowy, but with a pterodactyl. Watching old people in the park, talking about their lives. He is often credited solely as Tardi. I found this film to be highly entertaining. Jacques Tardi is a French comics artist, born 30 August 1946 in Valence, Drme. 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. So, when it comes to straight action films, Im not so interested as a director. If I do a sequel to Leon for money, and they say, Oh, its less good than the original. Whats the point? They go from the original [photograph]. Now the last hope of Agathe is that Adle saves Professor Esprandieu from the guillotine. Synopsis 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. the complexity and reversals of the first volume are doubled down in the second volume and the whole thing collapses under its own weight, the 4th wall is broken and the tragic waste of time aims to sell you on one of Tardi's much better and far more cohesive works. 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. And I would be lying if I didn't say that my interest stemmed from the Luc Besson film 'The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec'. She wants to revive the mummy with the help of Esprandieu (Nercessian) so the Egyptian doctor can save her sister Agathe (Clermont) . Letterboxd Limited. An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century and focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions. Fantagraphics Books have signed a deal with Tardi to translate and release his work and series editor and translator Kim Thompson stated, before his demise, that the Adle Blanc-Sec books will be translated but it is not his highest priority: First, I wanted to start out with something fresh and previously unseen in the US (which is why I put [It Was the] War of the Trenches third instead of first), and the first couple of Adele books have been published here. [18], This article is about the comic. Subsequently, I found out that it is in fact adapted from a comic book, as amply evidence in the characters heavily moustached detective as well as adventurer/hunter, old scholar that seems to have crept out of the grave, and then those that REALLY crept out of the grave, just to mention a few. You must be in love to make a film. Adle decides she needs a vacation to relax. But the similarity stops there. Most of the rich people Ive met are boring. 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. Louise Bourgoin est Adle Blanc-Sec, l'hrone intrpide imagine par l'auteur de BD Jacques Tardi, dans l'adaptation cin de Luc Besson, disponible sur Disney+. You need to have all your senses open. Set design is marvelous, very detailed, one can smell the times. Sort by . The second story is by far the best and ends well but the story never really veers from the theme of the volume - resurrecting the dead. This film is set in 1912, and a pyramid was added to the courtyard in 1989. Real action adventure films DON'T play it safe! That one expect from Luc Besson. This is clean entertainment, based on a French comic, with robberty of national treasures in foreign lands, deaths, female abuse and enough violence, to keep it rooted to reality, but thankfully it is far from the ideologically offensive and brutish world of Indiana Jones and his bunch. Similarly, Adle Blanc-Sec is like the great granddaughter of Raiders of the Lost Ark, but she really wants to be both Amelie and Tomb Raider. I found it by a pure chance and spent a nice evening watching it. Uniquely different and fascinating and ever-so enjoyable! I love to write Transporter or Taken, but Im not interested in making it. Picture perfect ending to dive into the next. Retour sur la gense de la . Tardi seems to have taken it more seriously to be not-serious, and the result is much better than the first two. 4 editions Both a rip-roaring adventure series set in pre-Wor Want to Read Rate it: Book 3-4 The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec 2: The Mad Scientist/Mummies on Parade Her green coat, as well as complementing her red hair, is in ironic reference to the green dress of Bcassine, whom she is partly conceived as an antithesis of. It is loosely based on the comic book series of the same name by Jacques Tardi and, as in the comic, follows the eponymous writer and a number of reoccurring side characters in 1910s Paris and beyond, in this episode revolving around parapsychology and ultra-advanced Ancient Egyptian technology. This was a totally unexpected fun movie from a director who seems to make mostly serious movies. Can't play on this device. Furthermore, the Pazuzu cult merged with a Satanic cult. Really, really bizarre tangents. Posters are sourced from TMDb and Posteritati, and appear for you and visitors to your profile and content, depending on settings. The comics by his hand are unique. It really isn't at all. Side note: in the first book, none of the characters open their mouths when speaking. 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. Its always hidden somewhere. Shes like a female Ghandi, shes such a figure. I loved the look of belle epoque Paris, loved the total lack of Americanism, and yeah, kind of fell in love with the leading lady, who has charisma and sex appeal of a kind you just don't see with American actresses who have had it stripped out of them. "Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec" is a good film. romance, emotion, relationships, feelings or captivating. Based upon Jacques Tardi's historical based fantasy comic book, Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec, this film takes place in the secret history of our world before the first World War. IMDb The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy Shout! In addition Professor Esprandieu's beheading and Adle's accident at the tennis game were edited to remove frightening images. But to have a small, female character fighting for the world is more interesting. She gets to deal with prehistoric birds, mummies, telekinesis, and a French detective that seems like a relative of Hercule Poirot and Inspector Clouseau. Rgis Royer Dominique Gras Matila Malliarakis Christophe Dimitri Rveille Christian Erickson Roland Marchisio, TF1 Films Production Apipoula EuropaCorp, Les aventures Extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec, Adele y El Misterio de la Momia, Adele och mumiens hemlighet, Crude humor and satire Epic heroes Indiana Jones meets mystic French pulp comics. "Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec" is just the kind of movie you would like to see after a day of hard work. From Luc Besson - As the tale opens, Adele, a redheaded, wisecracking, hard-living adventurer-cum-novelist living in pre-WWI France is on a . 743 and included in albums of the former, and the 1974 original graphic novel The Arctic Marauder (Le Dmon des glaces, "The Demon of the Ice"). One interesting feature is the hiatus which separates Adle's first exploits, taking place in 1910s Paris, from later ones, instead set in the interwar milieu. In fact, she nearly predates Metal Hurlant (Heavy Metal for us Americans). It's funny, crazy without being stupid, rich in adventure. The sublime value of The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec is exploring Tardi's re-creation of Paris at the turn of the 20th century. Instead he accompanies Adle to the Louvre, where they revive the rest of the Pharaoh's mummified court on display there, including the Pharaoh himself. Like all of Besson's films this is totally off beat. 2. Oh, yeah. Thats where it comes from. The film is quite faithful to the plot of the comics and the characters in the movie are extraordinarily alike their drawn equivalents. Rating: PG. No. The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc-Sec is out in UK cinemas on 22nd April. Loosely based on the comic strips by Tardi, the story is a mix of book 1 and book 4, I think. The scene where Adle takes a bath was edited to remove nudity and smoking. 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. Just like the innumerable skulls of the dead that dot these paths, my brain felt as vacuous as those de-skinned, lifeless leftovers. . There are a number of rather sniffy reviews of this film on IMDb which are entirely unfair. The film is an immense amount of fun, even when it is not very good. It has a right combination of comedy, adventure and some action. His latest live-action adventure adapts from Jacques Tardi's series of comic books featuring a female adventurer quite like in the mold of Indiana Jones.
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