The burst of unexplored content from one of my favourite childhood franchises had reminded me of a thought I had when I first saw 'Arthur and the Great Adventure' in Cinemas, back in 2010: I believed that the story of Arthur and the Invisibles came to too much of an abrupt close, and remained unfinished.Īnd as I searched the somewhat scarce fanbase of the franchise, I quickly found that I was not alone. This sent me into a strange sense of obsessive inspiration. I also discovered the abundance of deleted scenes for the first movie. I managed to find a zoomed out, slowed down version of both movies on youtube, and finally caught up with everything I'd missed, including the 'Vines' scene, the extended scene with Max and Snow, and all the Arthur and Selenia romance scenes I'd never seen. For those of you who are unaware, Arthur 2 and 3 only exist in other countries, and 'Arthur and the Great Adventure' is what we here in the UK get: a mashed together version of the two movies, with tons of awesome scenes cut out. It was on that day that I was introduced to 'Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard' and 'Arthur and the War of Two Worlds'. However, living in the UK, I had always lived under the idea that 'Arthur and the Great Adventure' was the only sequel that existed.īut of course, I was wrong. Of course, what came up was 'Arthur 3: The War of Two Worlds'. Great story, great characters.Īfter I'd finished watching them, I just happened to type up on my phone 'Arthur and the Invisibles 3', as you do sometimes when you've just watched a movie you know there isn't a sequel for, but you search it anyway to see what comes up. It's a franchise I grew up with, and I've always thought it was a great one. As you've probably already figured out, I'm a big fan of the series. This all started about five months ago, when I just happened to watch 'Arthur and the Invisibles', and 'Arthur and the Great Adventure' one night. But before I go off on a tangent, let me start from the beginning. But I'm spelling everything wrong because my hands are shaking so much. Is this actually happening? Well, words are appearing on the screen as I type, so I'm going to take that as a yes. What should be a breezy thrill-ride turns into a frenzied rush to cram it all in, causing a number of the films seminal moments to become anti-climatic.Hello, everyone. There is simply too much exposition and backstory to effectively accommodate the running time. This goes doubly so for Highmore, who does awesome turns in both live action and cartoon form. Better yet, the winning characters responsible for voicing these gems are piped by celebrities who-although overly marketable (Madonna, Snoop Dogg, David Bowie)-perfectly fade into the beautifully-animated elfin landscape. Though not wholly original (think The Secret of Nimh meets TVs The Littles), Bessons Minimoy world is buoyed by the writer/directors laudable infusion of his signature smart-alecky humor. Fantastically inventive, Arthur and the Invisibles certainly demonstrates a richness of these impressive trappings, meaning it has the potential to delight even the brattiest of children but it ultimately proves to be an over-abundance of riches, a wealth that could potentially make the audience a bit bratty.īased on Bessons childrens book ∺rthur et les Minimoys, this PG-rated story follows a ten year boy (Highmore) who, in an effort to secure a treasure that will save his grandmothers (Marrow) house from being demolished, ventures to a world where the inhabitants are a tenth of an inch high. Served well by his inspired lunacy in crafting the deliciously intoxicating sci-fi/fantasy guilty pleasure The Fifth Element, director Luc Besson has smartly honed his obvious gift for designing trippy alien landscapes and their unique backstories on a family franchise.
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