Could Be One Of The Worst Films Ever Made!

Story = 7.5
Acting = 8
CGI/Virtual Worlds = 9.6
Originality = 10
Intensity/suspense = First half of movie is 5, second half is 7.5

Would I recommend it? I "bought" the DVD and copied it on my 40gig harddrive with no compression so that the picture/sound would be DVD quality. I really liked the movie and anyone that doesn't is not capable of appreciating originality.

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I reaally have no problem with CGI in this film. It was somewhat dissapointing that final result appears unfinished and rather flat. Perhaps the idea was to make the images seem like a live action comic book story, which it resembles...I was a big fan of original strip published in Heavy Metal, but in the areas where strip was exciting and original, movie fails badly. Perhaps it wasn't a wise decision to let an author of the comic strip to direct the screen version? Bilal is one of my favorite artists, but as a director, film could have used a more seasoned choice....Luke Besson ?
Why not make a movie with human actors? Why not make it all CGI?
Combing human actors with CGI is a very tricky process and in this film it was not always on the mark...

So far when I look at all the positive comments about this movie you all just seem to be saying the same thing, "If you like Hollywood then you won't understand this." I find that a sad misjudgement. I enjoy hollywood movies that are well done or entertaining, but I also am the kind of person who scours NYC for independent gems that have fallen through the cracks. This movie was not one of those gems. The box cover intrigued me, and the concept has great potential, but in the end the movie had an excruciatingly bad presentation. The directing to the acting and the lackluster, sub par videogame CG all left a bad taste in my mouth. The problem is for low budget films to shine and be seen among the profusion of hollywood trash (which I don't deny there is an ever increasing amount of) they need at least three things: to have an engaging story, a director with at least a tiny scrap of talent or vision, and actors that can actually act. There is a plethora of independent and foreign non-Hollywood movies out there that are outstanding, but this movie falls far short of those.

I liked the film, but honestly, don't fool yourselves, the film had three major flaws:

1) The acting is near awful. Only the actors who played Jill and John really did a great job. The rest were bad.

2) The CG. On landscapes, it was the best I have ever seen, but in close ups it was lame. If all had been CG that woul dnot be a problem, but since there are real humans there the flaw is more notorious.

3) The awful edition in the last scene. The famous "jump" when John dies. Was the director not careful? It's a HUGE mistake.

Overall the film is very good but pelase, to call it the best french film is just plain ignorant.

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I watched this film last night. I usually enjoy movies that are departing from the realm of hollywood's common grounds, but not just because they are "not hollywood". Being "not hollywood" does not alone lift a story in terms of quality. If one leaves the CGI question to the side (in parts it was awful), the film was poorly acted and poorly adapted. I can see the thoughts and witticisms collected in this movie, but they are just arrayed one next to the other. The story is bitty and somehow a collection of scenes, which are "cool", "intelligent", "witty" or "funny", but they don't seem to fit well with the rest.

To say this film is full of esoteric and occult symbolism and that only one that understands those symbols can also understand this movie is a silly argument and gives me two options:

1. Either the film was made for a very select crowd, which means that the filmmakers miss the whole point of a publicly viewable movie, thus making this a bad specimen or
2. The film does not have any serious symbolism and some people are misinterpreting and overinterpreting this.

I have the impression it is option nr. 2.

To summarize: Being non hollywood, out of the box and "esoteric" does not equal good. If some filmmakers think that is the case then they have missed the point of filmmaking and acting, as is the case with this one.

PS: I enjoyed the monopoly scene. Sadly, that was the only one.
PS2: Excuse my english.

I just finished watching this film and I rather enjoyed it.

I read Heavy metal back when I was younger (but haven't in years) and it reminded me of the stories I'd see in that.

While the storyline had holes, I just took it as more of a symbolic story and let my own mind fill in the blanks.

The CGI was a bit distracting at first, how some characters were rendered and some weren't, however as someone who plays adventure games (IE Syberia, The longest journey, still life, etc) I got used to them and didn't find them that distracting after watching a bit more.