The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)


The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec is quite a whimsical movie.  Louise Bourgoin and Mathieu Amalric kept me laughing with some of the silly things their characters did.  If you like a decent fantasy movie that is a little familiar, yet has something different about it, then you should see this movie.


The movie starts out by introducing some of the key players and the narrator certainly let's you know he's talking to you.  I found this interaction with the audience a little odd, but quickly forgot about it as the movie developed.   This could have just been in the translation I was provided with though; stranger things have happened.  


Adele is most likely one of the most amusing women characters I have seen.  She doesn't take flak from anyone, is extremely smart, and has some luck like no other.  Her character is very well developed and she is the central piece to the whole movie.  Adele is based on a comic that bears many similarities to Indiana Jones, but the movie while it touches on a hint of this does not give us the Indiana Jones feel... thank god. 


If you like your fantasy adventure mummy movies you should check this out.  At 107 minutes it's not super long, was filmed very well, and I am sure you'll find more than a few chuckles in there.  The visual composition of the movie is excellent and the plot is uniquely outlandish.  I will be surprised if this The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec doesn't win at least a couple awards as time goes on.  For uniqueness and sheer amusing intrigue I think this movie is worth its time.  You might enjoy it more if you understand French, even so I still recommend this movie.

Maghadeera

Magadheera (2009)  Telugu  Starring:  Ram Charan Teja, Kajal Agarwal and Dev Gill

I saw this title around many times before I decided to watch it; I enjoy Bollywood movies for many reasons, the epic stories, the culture, and the dance.  Magadheera has the same storyline of your typical Bollywood flick.  Two lovers who face difficult odds in making their relationship work is central to the main premise of the movie. This movie does a wonderful job moving from the past to the present and developing the history as it tells the story of these lovers.  The visuals from the past are stunning in composition and a good portion of the present in the movie provides for a chuckle.  The love story in this I really personally enjoyed, it allows for the romantic dreamer of cosmic love to dream.  Magadheera also has some good action in it.  There's a fight scene that is not to be missed!  The dance scenes are fairly entertaining also.

Bhairava (Ram Charan Teja) displays a grand sense of honor in his actions throughout this movie.  Mitra (Kajal Agarwal) is as beautiful and I think plays her part wonderfully.  Retrospectively this movie is among my favorite Bollywood movies.  It rivals almost anything the great Khans have done.  Sure there are a couple parts that I thought were purely silly, but the story itself was one of the best stories of love and honor I have ever seen or heard of.

For any lover of Bollywood or Indian cinema this movie is a spectacular must see.  Months after I watched it, this is still one of my all time favorite movies and love stories.