Something on your mind, lass?
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) features a 1900s Adèle striving to revive her beloved sister, Agathe, who appears to be brain-damaged in a most unfortunate manner. A horde of incompetent men hamper, pursue, and otherwise annoy Adèle – and the audience – as she searches for a solution in the ancient ways of the world. But will she find it, or will those ancient ways find her?
Gorgeously photographed and not badly acted, it is far less than the sum of its part. Buffoons as foils has its virtues, but sharply limited virtues; Adèle working in the company of competent men, good or evil, would last far longer as an entertainment mechanism.
And the pterodactyl, as much as a scene-stealer as it is, made little to no sense.
Sorry, I cannot recommend.
