![]() The trouble is that the two threads were so intertwined that the resulting film is replete with continuity errors, plot holes and story gaps, even though it is only 12 minutes shorter. ![]() The adventure is still there, but the romance is gone. On the way, and despite their initial antipathy, the two fall for each other. Hence Princess Selenia and the new hero Arthur are cast together to venture forth so that Arthur can save his grandmother`s farm, and Selenia can save her people. Through sheer chance, he pulls the sword from the stone a la King Arthur, the same sword that the next Minimoy Queen was supposed to pull. Arthur gets transported into a magical world where he takes on the form of a Minimoy (sort of one of those trolls that you used to get to stick on the end of pencils), and he joins the Minimoys to fight against an evil figure intent on destroying them. Guess which version we got… From what I have read, Arthur and the Invisibles is supposed to be a romantic adventure. Either the MPAA collectively wet themselves at the slightly risqué content of the film, and then gutted it to "Protect The Children!", or the Weinstein company, unhappy with the box office, gutted the film to market the DVD at toddlers instead of tweens. There is the one that Luc Besson made, and there is the one that the US audience got. But Selenia doesn`t exactly welcome his help.Ĭonclusion There are two versions of Arthur and the Invisibles out there. Shrunk down, Arthur finds that the Minimoys have trouble of their own, and he joins forces with Princess Selenia to fight the evil Maltazard and find the rubies. But there is more truth than fantasy to his grandfather`s stories, as he learns when he finds a gateway to the world of the Minimoys, a tiny tribe brought back from Africa now living in the undergrowth behind the house. With only three days to go, Arthur decides to find the ruby treasure that his grandfather brought back from Africa, and which is supposed to be hidden in the back yard. There`s trouble ahead, as the farm is in debt, and a heartless land developer is about to foreclose their mortgage and evict them. She raises him on the fantastic adventures that his grandfather had when he was in Africa, although he has been missing these past three years. With such an eclectic cast and acclaimed director, there`s no way that this could be another routine Hollywood CGI dirge of cliché, could it? Arthur is a young boy who lives with his grandmother in the country, while his parents are in the city trying to find work. On the other hand there`s Mia Farrow, Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel. That isn`t necessarily a drawback, but then it transpires that among the cast are Madonna, David Bowie and Snoop Dogg. Then it becomes clear that Arthur and the Invisibles is a children`s film. Luc Besson also directed my comfort movie of choice, The Fifth Element, so naturally I would be interested in what would appear to be his final movie, for now at any rate. ![]() In a world of identikit Hollywood, there`s something to be said for mainstream movies that don`t obey the usual rules. The talent that brought us Subway, Nikita and Leon is one to be appreciated. Introduction When someone like Luc Besson announces that he will retire from directing movies, it`s something that people pay attention to. ![]()
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