Action & Adventure. What's not to like here! Globe-trotting adventure, over-the-top comedy, extravagant costumes, Egyptian tomb-raiding, and a rampaging pterodactyl. A 136 million-year old pterodactyl egg, housed on. 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. I was aware in it's beginnings as graphic novels but I didn't really give the idea of reading them too much thought until I happened upon volume 2 at the library. For that reason I would change "Amelie meets Indiana Jones" to "Amelie meets Night at the museum" instead, although Louise Bourgoin's Adele Blanc-Sec and her sharply eloquent mannerisms, indeed, share a few similarities with her her 80's male counterpart, despite her being entirely a character on her own, with her. It's a surreal adventure comedy that never takes itself seriously. 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. Although the last three minutes in the film suggest a great second adventure of beautiful Adele. Carried by a great performance by Louise Bourgoin, who has one of the most tonally unlikely nudity scenes I can think of. You could even take one and two together, in a way, and that works. Im more interested in characters and emotion. [] That said, Adele is on my long-term list, but I've got at least three or four more books beyond the first three I'd like to do first. 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. After establishing the world of the prickly heroine with the first two episodes of this classic series (combined in Fantagraphics. When I go at 6am for my croissants, the guys so passionate about his croissants. Really, really bizarre tangents. The reviewer complains that Besson's work is uneven, and the reviewer suggests that Besson would benefit from fresh collaborative voices, and a scissors for the overlong third act. I get why he doesn't work for everyone, but he definitely works for me. She finds herself involved after returning from Egypt, where she was searching for Ramesses II's mummified doctor. 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. visiting the prison vainly trying to liberate Professor Mnard. The film has humor and suspense and toward the end, you just have to sit back and enjoy the ludicrous ride. Louise Bourgoin is a beautiful Adle, Nercessian's performance is a pleasure to watch, Giraud is a charming suitor, Lellouch is a quirky relative of Inspector Clouseau, and Amalric, the perfect villain. . I can handle the truth. 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. Oh, you must try this one, because this morning I changed the butter! The guys passionate. Do you think it works when directors return to a premise after so long? As in volume 1, fun if a bit byzantine story, unpleasant character art, gorgeous scenery art. Dieuleveult is then shown, sarcastically wishing her a "good journey". They say, Oh, my God. So Adele, with its playful Euro adventure tropes, is in some ways less accessible to American readers than, say, Trenches. 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. If you liked the first edition of The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, you'll like this one. And in the midst of all this, youve obviously got Adle herself, whos a really striking female lead. In fact, with the mummies, its an actor playing them. From the 80s, these big, testosterone male actors Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, all those guys. There are a number of rather sniffy reviews of this film on IMDb which are entirely unfair. a film who not gives nothing unexpected but confirms a lot. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec [DVD] : Amazon.com.mx: Pelculas y Series de TV. Volume 2 is more mood narratives that fall in the French pulp genre then anything else. Its going to be about another female action figure. And it's possibly even prettier than the first book. Luc Besson writes and directs this comic fantasy adventure adapted from Jacques Tardi's graphic novels of the 1970s. she make me thing of Adjani. The film is quite faithful to the plot of the comics and the characters in the movie are extraordinarily alike their drawn equivalents. Seek help! 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. Picking up immediately following the events of the. You couldnt have made this film ten years ago. Tardi seems to have taken it more seriously to be not-serious, and the result is much better than the first two. Do the things the characters do make any sense? Report this film, [sniffs] she brought back a ton of (what were supposed to be) egyptian mummies from the dead in order to save her sister [sniffs louder] it made no sense [sniffs even louder] but i love it when women do things especially when those things are raiding tombs and being rude and looking great, Dilirious in it's absurdity, The extraordinary adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec are a delight to go through, whether that is on the back of a flying pterodactyl or through a museum accompanied by a bunch of well mannered mummy's. But somehow Tardi manages to tie things together and give it all sense of meaning in the fourth and final book (actually part two in this volume). Since the 70s, cinema has been much more male-orientedClint Eastwood, Schwarzenegger, Stallone. Great acting, great effects for 2010, a wild and weird concept that's got a lot of humour while being very interesting. I've loved Luc Besson since Fifth Element blew my mind two decades ago, and then discovering Subway a few years ago led me into Cinema du Look films with Subway and Mauvais Sang instantly becoming all-timers. Like this, you know? 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. nice performance and the same Basson. 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. [shrugs] You love the brunette, but then you marry the blonde one! Writer-director-producer Luc Besson's affinity for megabudgeted, FX-heavy adventure spectacles is well-known and publicized; with his outing The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, he adds yet another chapter to this tradition. The actress playing Adele is kind of Rachel Weisz in the Mummy or one of Indiana Jones' sidekicks. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec (French: Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec), released as Adle: Rise of the Mummy in Malaysia and Singapore,[9] is a 2010 French fantasy adventure feature film written and directed by Luc Besson. 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. So, when it comes to straight action films, Im not so interested as a director. Either way, I am not complaining, because Bourgoin is pretty great, in every way. But if you're going to bill yourself as an action adventure than you better blow me out of the water not put me to sleep! Film data from TMDb. Bessons magnum opus. the greatest film he ever made, for me, one of the best films of the 2010s, and in all honesty, imo one of the greatest French films of all time, as well as one of the greatest adventure flicks. The original unedited version was released on Blu-ray in October 2013. IMDb Alas, it seems that it won't happen. I sat on the plane over here with a guy who studied cancerous molecules. In this one, two of them do. 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. "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec comes back! / - : Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec : The Extraordinary Adventures of Adel Blanc-Sec 2010 . It is well made and entertaining. Unfortunately the film didn't do too much business in France and I hear it is not coming out theatrical in the states, so I am deeply afraid, there won't be a sequel. Parents need to know that The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec is based on a popular French comic-book series about a pre-WWI journalist who investigates mystical occurrences. C'mon, made for me! He talked for eight hours about it, and I was amazed the science, and how they separate the molecules, you know? [-] kocis_2001 12 years ago. Louise Bourgoin is simply brilliant as Adele Blanc-Sec! 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. A personagem central da srie Adle Blanc-Sec, exceptuando no lbum O Segredo da Salamandra, em que a sua presena passiva. 9+. Her mission is complicated further by Esprandieu being on death row, having been blamed for the pterosaurs attacks, in lieu of Inspector Caponi and celebrity big game hunter Justin de Saint-Hubert having any success in taking down the beast itself. It wasnt a direct reference. In the UK. 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. 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. 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. How did you end up here, selling fast food? And he says, I studied the history of Greece, but theres no work for me. You learn so much from these people. Indeed only in its second . Andrej Zborowski, a researcher at the Jardin des Plantes who is enamored with Adle, is able to lure the pterosaur into hiding. The year is 1912. Well, Luc Besson has to put some action in his movies. Given that the first film was so self-contained, was it difficult to come up with another story of the first one? Adle decides she needs a vacation to relax. French filmmaker Luc Besson has been responsible for some of the most enduring contemporary films from action thrillers like Nikita and Leon the Professional, to a personal science fiction cult favourite of mine The Fifth Element. 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. 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. If you start to get private planes and a chauffeur, sunglasses, you dont see the real world any more, just the world of the happy few. I thought it was brilliant. Adle Blanc-Sec takes place in the same fictional universe as three earlier Tardi comics: Adieu Brindavoine ("Farewell Brindavoine"), serialised in 1972 in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Pilote #680700, its direct sequel La Fleur au fusil ("The Flower in the Rifle"), a ten-page one-shot first published in 1974 in Pilote No. Adele Blanc-Sec (Louis Bourgoin) is smart, resourceful, and quite the alpha-female go-getter with a dash of sassiness about her, and these are precisely the kind of characters I suppose Luc Besson has been comfortable dealing with in his filmography. Known as "The Extraordinary Adventure of Adele Blanc-Sec" in some territories, this movie is adapted from a comic adventure series written and illustrated by French comics artist Jacques Tardi. Its more a reference to ancient Egypt, where they always had a back door with a tunnel. Adele Blanc-Sec is changed to Isabelle Avondrood. There are only tangents. 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. All this was very bad at the time, so people basically had ears like this, big noses. One sequel you have written now, of course. That isn't surprising because there were still living memories of the Belle Epoch when she was first published. Show more Genres Comics Graphic Novels Fiction Fantasy Steampunk Historical Science Fiction .more Her comedic chops are first class; she even manages to make the dramatic scenes work, despite the overwhelming stupidity of Luc Besson's screenplay and the heavy visual effects of his direction. The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc-Sec is out in UK cinemas on 22nd April. She was steampunk before steampunk was a thing. The Pharaoh then decides he wants to see Paris, so the entire court wanders out into the night, scaring the ever-hapless Choupard yet again. I got an idea for a sequel. After a brief struggle with her nemesis, the mysterious Professor Dieuleveult, she retrieves the mummy and returns home. What is it that attracts you to strong female characters? Mummies are 4,000 years old. Maybe I'll come back and take a second look after I've read the original. 6.3 /10. It was a lot of fun doing this one. 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+. Adle itself came about as a consequence of a commission from Casterman for a multi-album series, something Tardi had not been particularly interested in pursuing of his own accord at the time but took them up on the offer. The Extraordinary Adventures of 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. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec Vol. The scene where Adle takes a bath was edited to remove nudity and smoking. Adele-Sec is a combo of Sherlock Holmes, Indiana Jones and Lara Croft. main actress very very good in her character . Good production values too. 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. There's a handsome young scientist madly in love with Adle, who's got no use for him. . From Luc Besson - As the tale opens, Adele, a redheaded, wisecracking, hard-living adventurer-cum-novelist living in pre-WWI France is on a . She dresses almost shabby. This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 18:49. Fancy kid stuff from France, not quite ready for the global market. Adele was a not overly attractive young reporter who smoked like . A cynical heroine, she is initially a novelist of popular fiction, who turns to investigative journalism as her research and subsequent adventures reveal further details of the mystical world of crime. Another beautiful book full of swear-out-loud incredible cartooning, and a plot that feels like it's been whizzed up in a blender. I liked the grotesque humor, costumes, and of course the beautiful Louise Bourgoin in the title role. 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. 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" ". 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. But I dont think well go like Transporter, for example, with two, three and four. [7] The comic first appeared in the daily newspaper Sud-Ouest in 1976, with the pages in colour on Sundays and black and white on others, prior to album publication in colour throughout by Casterman and later in their ( suivre).[3]. The storyline in the books show a France that is not so nice as the movie makes us believe. You know, the funny thing is, when Tardi makes the characters, all of them, he gets inspired by pictures from 1912. I remember. Like another critic already wrote: the story is a mix of two of the novels and some Egyptian story lines. Women are meant to be weak,purely because of muscles and so on, and I like to show them when theyre strong. While watching it, I thought to myself that this would be perfect material for a comic book. . Do you find female characters more interesting to write? The separation is explained with her having been cryogenically hibernated following a grave injury. But I remember, when you get the nuclear explosion. She wants to revive the mummy with the help of Esprandieu (Nercessian) so the Egyptian doctor can save her sister Agathe (Clermont) . 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. The Pharaoh's doctor uses their advanced medical techniques to revive Agathe. I liked this volume a lot more than the first. They go from the original [photograph]. Pitch perfect comedy and chaotic, absurd action. So then, were going to have a sequel. The world was falling apart everywhere. That one expect from Luc Besson. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec Vol. HD. TMDb Remove Ads Cast Crew Details Genres Cast I deal in figures, signs and equations.") "Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adle Blanc-Sec" is just the kind of movie you would like to see after a day of hard work. Theres been talk on the Internet, but its fake, speculation, because we never wrote a sequel. Contradictorily, however, and in particular contrast to Forest's Barbarella, he was also to set the series in the 1910s of Maurice Leblanc's Arsne Lupin, when her independence would be even more extraordinary. Ridley Scotts returning to the Alien universe thirty years on with Prometheus. Having been lucky to find it was showing at the cinema, I must admit I jumped at the chance to see it being a fan of Luc Besson. I am a Tardi fan. An adaptation of a popular French comic book from the 1970s, it stars Louise Bourgoin (The Girl . Set in the early 20th century, the film tells the colourful tale of popular novelist and adventuress Adele Blanc-Sec (Louise Bourgoin), who deals in her own inimitable style with would-be suitors, the police, monsters and various other diversions as she attempts to save a mad . Adjusted Score: 72811%. Its really large. Seen in Paris on opening day in April 2010 at the classic old cinema on the Rue de Babylone, La Pagode. Luc Besson transports you into a strange but beautiful Paris setting, with all kind of weird characters. Talking to the fast food guy who doesnt have much business, and I ask, Where are you from? Today we're reviewing the most problematic movie we'll ever recommend you watch (but only once, and then never again): Skullduggery (1970) stars Burt Reynolds as a charismatic misogynistic capitalist who manipulates an anthropologist into accidentally discovering a living missing link, whom he enslaves, and whose humanity he later tries to prove in a court of law. You must be in love to make a film. 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. I know youve rejected suggestions of making a sequel to Leon in the past. The saturnine heroine returns for further adventures in early 20th century Paris. The movie's excessive enthusiasm for makeup is revealed in Amalric's unrecognizable look as the evil Dieuleveult, and Adle's series of disguises as a fat cook, nun, doctor, etc. But to have a small, female character fighting for the world is more interesting. Would have liked another film adapting further stories from the graphic novel. A delightful French answer to Indiana Jones. Definitely had imagination and creativity on it's side! Real action adventure films DON'T play it safe! I'd never read any Tardi before, so maybe this wasn't the best to start with, but I found them very slow. They didnt have the same health, the same food. Most of the rich people Ive met are boring.