Not a Hollywood Film!
Thank heavens, and it doesn't suffer from the predictability and cliches of Hollywood that almost every movie from that town does nowadays. One never knows where The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec will end up next, and that's half of the fun. Pterydactyls, mummies, and raising from the dead have never been as fun, or as fashionable. Louise Bourgois, as Adele, is wonderful. And for those of you, like myself, who don't speak French, the English dubbing is well voiced (although not necessarily always well synchronized). It's nothing more than a silly, fun romp, but it is a very good silly fun romp.
Wait for the Director's Cut
This movie is very fun, but unfortunately Shout! Factory has decided to release a censored version that removes the briefest of nudity scenes from the movie. A scene actually shown in the theaters. What's worse is they're releasing a "Director's Cut" version in just a few months. That's a rather poor decision considering this version was not advertised as being censored and people who bought it had no idea of a Director's Cut coming out in October.
So before you say this review wasn't helpful because I gave it 1-star, I'm giving 1 star solely for the release and not for the movie. Shout! is being greedy and trying to get people to buy it twice. If you support that then go ahead and say I'm not helpful.
I hope others who read this also post similar reviews so that they realize they can't treat their customers like this.
Region 0 version English & French 5.1 Dolby Digital
In addition to what little information that Amazon provides for this title;
it has:
BOTH the original French audio in 5.1 Dolby Digital
AND English 5.1 Dolby Digital
as well as ONLY English subtitles
It's also 1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
and runs 112 minutes and is NTSC video format
And it is Region 0, not Region 1. This DVD is Region Free and will play worldwide.
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