For his part, Besson would argue that any replacement voice work is the decision of a US studio system trying to micromanage a hit out of what is basically a wistful work of visual wonder. In their place are Selena Gomez, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and.well, it really doesn't matter. Gone are talents like Madonna, David Bowie, Jason Bateman, and Robert DeNiro. There have been a few changes in the world of Arthur and his garden variety Minimoy pals in the last few years. With giant mosquitoes threatening the populace, the boy must find a way to save the day as well as his beloved Princess Selenia's kingdom. Then, he will use the teleportation device/system that Arthur has access to and transport himself up to the planet's surface.Īrthur and the Invisibles 3: The War of the Two Worlds (Score: ****) - with Arthur still shrunk down to less than a millimeter and stranded among the Minimoys, Maltazard runs ramshackle all over his town. The storylines involved are as follows:Īrthur and the Invisibles 2: The Revenge of Maltazard (Score: **1/2) - still smarting from his defeat by Arthur, Maltazard devises an evil plan to get the human boy back down into the world of the Minimoys. The first film combined the initial two books, while these cover the last pair.
That's right, just like the sci-fi folly of Element (great to look at, a nightmare to make sense of), Arthur's adventures come from the filmmaker's own literary efforts. With a few voice work cast changes and a slightly more cartoonish bent, the two films that make up the rest of this triptych all take their material from Besson's own books. While new distributor Fox maintains many of the Americanized version's viable faults, these direct to DVD sequels seem much more in tune with Besson's vision - for better and for worse. Three years later, he decided to return to the director's chair to complete his planned Arthur trilogy. and the Minimoys as part of the label), The Weinstein Company eviscerated it before release, citing poor focus group reaction to the fantasy's frilly love story. While the rest of the planet got Besson's preferred cut of Arthur (complete with. One of the reasons was the rash reception the latter film received in the West.
With his final two films - the live action Angel-A and the combo CG fantasy Arthur and the Invisibles, he bid goodbye to the limelight and resolved himself to a place behind the scenes. A few years back, prolific populist French filmmaker Luc Besson ( The Fifth Element, Leon) "retired." The plan was to sit back, produce and write, and basically avoid the rat race that was the international motion picture business and the warts and all battles he had to fight.
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