Luc Besson's The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec is one of the silliest films I have seen for a long time, it is also one of those films which I enjoyed every second of it, not in spite, but because of its absolute silliness.
A completely absurd story, crafted with Besson's usual panache and visual flair, set in the Paris of 1911, with the background of can-can, Egyptian mummies taking a stroll in the streets of the city at night, a prehistoric pterodactyl chick groomed as a pet befriending the President's dog, and intrepid young woman reporter, the Adèle Blanc-Sec of the title, a kind of female Indiana Jones character.
The film can be read not only as straight entertainment, but also as a parody of Hollywood studio movies, as the above mentioned Indiana Jones; and a satire of the French establishment.
There is no point describing it any more, it is a very visual film, as many of Luc Besson's works are.
A completely absurd story, crafted with Besson's usual panache and visual flair, set in the Paris of 1911, with the background of can-can, Egyptian mummies taking a stroll in the streets of the city at night, a prehistoric pterodactyl chick groomed as a pet befriending the President's dog, and intrepid young woman reporter, the Adèle Blanc-Sec of the title, a kind of female Indiana Jones character.
The film can be read not only as straight entertainment, but also as a parody of Hollywood studio movies, as the above mentioned Indiana Jones; and a satire of the French establishment.
There is no point describing it any more, it is a very visual film, as many of Luc Besson's works are.
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