This evening we watched The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010), a phantasmagorical adventure movie directed by Luc Besson. It did put me in mind of The Fifth Element (1997), although as a rather lower budget version where they couldn’t quite afford to get into space. That said the movie wasn’t short on action or effects but comedy (of the absurdist variety) was the dominant theme.

It isn’t, I think, a film that intends to be deep and meaningful but, for entertainment, très bien!