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Mimile gives us our first review of Cassel's BLUEBERRY!!!

Comme on le dirait en Francais... by PacinoHatersGoHo	Feb 12th, 2004 06:48:16 AM
C'est une plante! Sinon, le film a l'aire vachement interessant.
Mimile by phanboi	Feb 12th, 2004 06:49:22 AM
Actually, your grammar was pretty decent ... in the end it was better than most of the so-called-reviewers on this site.
an incredible movie by jimibrigns	Feb 12th, 2004 08:04:34 AM
I saw blueberry yesterday and I think its the most incredible french movie I ever seen. It's masterpiece and I'm happy that a french director as the balls to do a movie so respectfull to the indian culture and so unique. To me it's like 2001 (a space odissey) made by sergio Leone. Ps:excuse my english.
Why call it Blueberry if it has nothing to do with the comic?! by Pegase	Feb 12th, 2004 08:36:51 AM
I was quite excited about the making of this having enjoyed the comics...until I saw the trailer: WTF?!? No matter how good it might be as a film, if you sell it as something it's not (in this case an adaptation) then you're bound to disappoint people. And frankly the trailer looks boring anyway.
The changes to the comic book... by The UnGod	Feb 12th, 2004 11:40:50 AM
actually bring this closer to Moebieus' science fiction works. I'm willing to give it a chance. Could it really be more Moebius than Moebius?
Altered States: The Western by Christopher3	Feb 12th, 2004 02:38:12 PM
Sounds like.
Still haven't recovered from the "experiment" by Lynx77	Feb 12th, 2004 06:02:18 PM
I'm French, I love movies and I'm a fan of both westerns and Blueberry comic books. And I must say this movie has been a major disappointment in all those topics. Here in France, the movie was called "Blueberry : the secret experiment" and that should have given me some warnings about what was going to happen. The script was inspired (in the beginning, a long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away) by maybe the best episodes in the whole series of books, the 2 parts "the Mine of the lost German" and "the ghost with golden bullets". Even when I heard rumors about the damn chamanic experience Kounen went through, there was still PLENTY of room for that if you are a skilled storyteller. You could get your message across to the viewers, and still deliver the goods. I have seen Kounen's first work in motion picture (a movie called DOBERMANN) and my opinion at the time was : "skillfull director, but the story lacks direction". I was waiting for Blueberry to really make my mind about the guy, and I'll say this, the trouble with Blueberry lies with Jan Kounen. He took that movie, that script, and rewrote it to accomodate his vision, his message. I don't feel bad about that, that's what every director should do in my opinion. I'm just mad because he didn't have the guts to use a virgin canvas to do it. Using chamanic experience on a character who has so much background as Blueberry, it's like writing a novelization about Han Solo and saying he was an accountant working for the Empire. Jan Kounen negated 30 years (the 1st book came out in 1973) of storytelling, just for pushing forward a message that only 2% of movie-goers will understand. And if he had at least delivered an OK movie, there could be room for forgiveness, but no! Apart from the beautiful landscapes and the expert filming sequences, most of the movie (outside of the "experiment") is incredibly boring. Characters running around like headless chickens, with no idea whatsoever of they're doing here. Michael Madsen in a downward spiral, Juliette Lewis adlibing her part (what about that full-frontal, totally gratuitious shot in the end? What the fuck was that?). The catch? If this had been sold as a movie about chamanic visions, there would have been 637 viewers in all of France. But since they're selling a Blueberry movie, with a light possibility of a faint and remote telling of chamanic experiences, tens of thousands will go, and never come back. This just kills any possibility of one day, having a movie doing justice to this character. And when I read those reviews saying "I didn't quite get it, but that was something" I'm like "I'll tell you what it is, 2hrs and 10 mns of wasted time in my life". The pseudo-art reviews is what I hate most in a French movie. People think that if they don't get it, "oh, it must be art". No, it's just some dumb-ass who doesn't know how to tell a story in an interesting way, and tries to drown it in pseudo-philosophical babble so that you won't notice. Vincent Cassel is the major disappointment in all, because strangely enough, after a while, I could just picture him as the character, he has that kind of talent. Unfortunatly, his talent is drowned in the overdose of special effects representing "the experiment". And there you were, saying "Enough with this abuse of CGI in modern movie-making". Well, it seems somebody didn't the message. There are some movies that are so bad they actually feel good watching : this one doesn't even make the cut. My worst nightmare : being forced to watch a 4hrs Director's Cut Enhanced DVD Edition (unless you provide the mushroom to go along, of course).
Shamanic experiences vs. acid trips by godoffireinhell	Feb 12th, 2004 06:08:49 PM
I'm an idiot so could someone explain the difference?
Great! by Danger Mouse	Feb 12th, 2004 06:32:54 PM
I can't wait! I LOVED the comic (I'm a big fan of a lot of Euro comics).
sounds interesting by jackburtonlives	Feb 12th, 2004 08:04:38 PM
a mixing of genres can often be productive and give interesting results. jean reno has had his BIG BLUE, but i think kassel is still looking for the film that will take him off the B list and put him on the A list. et sans monica... bof... c'est peut-etre pas la peine de regarder :)
For some reason, I hate Vincent Cassel. by Mosquito March	Feb 14th, 2004 01:32:54 AM
I don't even know why. I can just tell he's one movie star I would never, ever want to meet in a million years. Something about that guy just rubs me the wrong way.
PUTAIN DE FILM! by Marsellus	Feb 14th, 2004 07:20:05 AM
I usually write my rare talkbacks in English, even if I'm French. But sorry, today we're talking about Blueberry,and though it's a "western" whose action takes place in the US, it's a bloody French movie, and I'm proud of that so from now on I'll speak French. Nom de Dieu quel film! Ou plut
Doberman rules! by chien_sale	Feb 14th, 2004 08:34:46 AM
That was the first flick I saw of Kounen and you have never seen a crime movie until you`ve seen a really gritty french one like this thing, Doberman. Badass, action, iconic. And it`s not to be "cool", everytime it connect it`s because it has to. Kounen is the only guy I would trust giving a progect called "Batman" to.
Newspapers said "It sucked" by Jugulator	Feb 16th, 2004 04:55:59 AM
This movie had the worst reviews ever in local newspapers. It is badly edited, badly dubbed in French and just sucks ! I did not go to see it because they only show the French dubbed version (which I cannot stand).
why it's called "blueberry" by mimilemp	Feb 19th, 2004 10:52:55 AM
Hi! for those who wonder why the movie is called blueberry even if it's quite different from the comics : 1. the main characters exist in the comics (blueberry, prosit) 2.even if the movie is "loosely based" on the comics, both the shamanic story and the "mountains of gold" story are featured in the comics. 3.jan didn't want to call his movie "blueberry" actually. it's working title was "muraya l'exp

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