The City of Lost Children - anyone seen this film?

[Vanguard3000]

I was checking the TTLG.com fora, and I saw some screenshots of the French film the City of Lost Children. It looks really good. Has anyone seen it, and can anyone recommend it?

It looks amazing. It has a neat steampunk look to it (that's why it was on the TTLG fora - apparently it resembles the atmosphere of the Thief games). it almost reminds me of the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas.

You can see pictures and a synopsis here: http://www.sonyclassics.com/city/index.html

[edit]Fixed the subject line.

[mechadragon]

City is a beautiful film and one of my top five of all time. But it's not for everyone, espicailly the ADHD generation. It can be very drawn out and hard to follow at points.

It's visually stunning beyond the works of David Lynch or Stanley Kubrick, which says a lot. And if you do decided to watch this, get the subtitled version since part of the humor is in the french announciation. If you like it, try and track down one one of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's earlier films, namely Delicatessen, because it is just as creative and twice as disturbing, but lacks the visual kick becasue of budget constraints.

Other works I know of by Jean-Pierre Jeunet are Amilee whcih I have not seen but heard is literaly "green", and Alien Ressurection, which is an abomination.

And if you should see it, tell me if you think there is some kind of implied adult desires from Miette towards One.

[Vanguard3000]

What's ADHD?

It was the atmosphere and visuals that attracted me to the game in the first place. I'm a huge fan of cyberpunk and steampunk. I ordered it on the weekend for my local video rental place, so I hope they get the subtitled version. I usually prefer subtitles to dubbing because, well, dubbing sucks.

[Davidu]

I never saw this film, but heard something about it some years ago.

Actually I saw a poster, a grim atmosphere... cool.

[SpiceGuid]

I saw it during national service.

I agree it has a grim atmosphere and colors much like Dune2000.

Anyway, any movie is good enough during national service, so may be I have underestimated this one.

I remembers vilains as a bit cartoonish, that may either add to the fun or ruin it, depending your preference regarding realism.

[Vanguard3000]

I like that stuff, so it should be pretty interesting.

[mechadragon]

The whole film is cartoonish, as it is a very grim children's fable gone awry. In the case of this film, it not only adds to the fun, it's intregal to the story.

ADHD is Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. In a nutshell, it means all those brats that GUNWOUNDS said needed to be smacked.