![]() Thanks to Grandfather’s meticulously detailed clues and quotes, and some help from spirited African tribesmen who can only appear on the night of a new moon, Arthur finds himself transported down into the Seven Kingdoms of the Minimoys. Oh, and did I mention Minimoy just happens to be underground outside Arthur’s house? If Arthur can find the rubies, he can sell them and get the money for Grandmother to buy back their home. ![]() It seems that fantastical stories and tales don’t pay the mortgage and Grandmother, deep in debt, was unable to pay her bills.Īrthur, an avid student of his grandfather’s water-colored journals, realizes he has the ability to save his beloved home and Grandmother for, as Grandfather wrote, there lies a king’s ransom of rubies deep in the land of the Minimoys, an African tribe who grow to be no more than one inch high and who comprise a world of trolls and fairies and other little creatures living harmoniously with nature. But that special kind of magic can be fleeting and life can turn on a dime as Arthur finds out when an unscrupulous real estate developed shows up at the door taking title to the property due to foreclosure. Picket fences, rambling vines and flowers – the scene is enchanting, idyllic and magical. Arthur lives with his grandmother in a quaintly large home that looks if plucked from a picture book. And the fact that his world traveler grandfather who disappeared in presumably the deepest darkest corners of Africa, penned a beautifully illustrated journal of his travels, only fuels Arthur’s own imaginative fire. She can tell a story that evokes such fascination and awe that it makes one belief these imagined far away places have to be real. Wildy entertaining and a tad on the eccentric side, Grandmother has one of the most vividly enchanting imaginations around. And now I want to know where the $80 million was spent because it certainly wasn’t on this film.Īrthur is loving lad whose greatest champion and greatest love in life is his grandmother. A charming story helmed by the wunderkind responsible for the unparalleled imaginative insanity and techno-kaleidoscopic stunner “The Fifth Element”, I was certain that Besson’s imaginative visionary interpretations would effectively translate into live-action/computer animation project such as this one. As with the recent “Charlotte’s Web”, I have waited with bated breath and excited anticipation for the release of Luc Besson’s latest directorial effort, ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES.
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