Arthur and the Invisibles
Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and turned into a block of flats unless Arthur's grandfather returns to sign some papers and pay off the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to success lies in his own descent into the land of the Minimoys, creatures no larger than a tooth, whom his grandfather helped relocate to their garden. Somewhere among them is hidden a pile of rubies, too. Can Arthur be of stout heart and save the day? Romance beckons as well, and a villain lurks.
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- Cast:
- Freddie Highmore , Madonna , Mia Farrow , Jimmy Fallon , David Bowie , Doug Rand , Penny Balfour
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Very best movie i ever watch
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It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
The film, to start with- escaladed very quickly into the adventure sequence which is great because I love kids adventure flicks for that same reason. The only problem I find with the plot is the blatant "bar" scene with Rastafarians while the three main characters have a green spewing drink. Its completely okay in the film and the characters get intoxicated like its nothing- note that the main character who turns into a Minimoy is actually a twelve year old. Its terribly unsuitable for young children and I would never show the film to anyone under 15 because of it.Aside for that scene, and if you ignore how unrealistic and sexual the female lead's body is, its actually entertaining, unpredictable and kind of adorable.
The feeling of oddness arises, I think, from what appears to be an English-speaking live-action real-world adventure grafted onto a Fench original CGI fantasy. The joining together is done very well, but it's still a Welsh dresser top on a G Plan sideboard.Having said that, the film is entertaining, and features top notch voice talent, albeit in weird combinations. In what other film would you expect to encounter Robert De Niro and Snoop Dogg? The story is engaging and always moving forwards, but don't expect to encounter anything which will surprise you.And thank heaven for CGI, courtesy of which the romantic interest between 48 year old Madonna and 14 year old Freddie Highmore doesn't seem too weird.This is a decent family film.
I chose to watch this after i saw Kung Fu Panda. There is a thread in animation right now, one this Kung Fu animation fully clarified and established. That thread separates those who explore the possibilities of virtual space, and the ability to explore faces, expressions, virtual characters in which we recognize humanity though their complete abstraction. Besson has always impressed me for the way he explores spatial deepness, i always carry in my memories those dives in Fifth element, in the skyroads of that future, or the camera dives of Léon. He is a man who, before caring for films, cared for the sea, and dived. So he brought to films an expression of those sensations, he even filmed in his Atlantis.I came to this animation because i really really thought he would place that very personal vision served by the possibilities of animation. He didn't. Nevermind the story. It's never a strong point in Besson's creations, except for the fact that it gives him the possibility to exploit what he's interested in, which is to use his camera in novel ways. But the thing here is, he doesn't do that. There's nothing interesting about this. I want to think that he wasn't able to gain control over this new form of expression (which actually is quite dreadful, given the budget of this and the best animations being made nowadays). He might not have the right people working with him, and he may not have been able to control the medium. I'll look for the upcoming sequels, but this was a terrible disappointment. Besson can do better.My opinion: 1/5 http://www.7eyes.wordpress.com
We rented this movie as one that we could watch with my three year old and I can't tell you how many times she's requested to watch it again in the few days that we've had the movie. It's very cute, the animated parts quite entertaining. I found the script to be very bizarrely written. The kid doesn't talk like any other kid I've met of that age, it's as if some thirty year old is speaking through him but that happens when an adult tries to write a child's perspective. There are a few plot holes that made me arch my eyebrow but besides that, it was very enjoyable. It's one of those fungus movies where my initial reaction was "it's okay but not one I would care to own". Now, after being conned into watching it multiple times, I wouldn't the least bit annoyed if it joined our collection.