MICHEL VAILLANT

[stradale]

Has anyone seen the movie yet? I downloaded a trailer of the movie at http://www.michelvaillant-lefilm.com that said something about the end of november 2003. Maybe that was the release date for the film in France, so that's why I ask. Starting next thursday it's going to be in cinemas in the Netherlands.

I just want to know whether it's any good. Visually, the trailer promises some good action, but I'm scared the rest of the film could be as lame as the Taxi movies. I'm hoping for the best, since I read in a magazine they shot the movie during last year's Le Mans race. The movie team had two cars with real racing car drivers actually participating in the race! :shock:

[TT]

Uhm, I don't even remember if it was already out and gone.. I remember I saw the trailers at the theater more than once... but no idea why, it never fired me up and maybe I simply missed it LOL

[stradale]

I used to read the comics when I was a kid, which were great. But if it would make a great movie... :? There must be some people on this forum that saw it, right?

[TT]

Maybe yg60 or for sure somebody else from France..

Anyway IMO the car scenes could be very nice.. I saw quite a few TV specials about it... but not sure if the whole plot is worth or not...

[stradale]

That's what I'm afraid of too...

It's very much possible we have to wait till the morning to get an answer to this one. Everyone on our side of the ocean is going to bed or already asleep and I doubt that a lot of US/Canadian members have seen this movie. Wrong timing I guess...

[Sachmo12345]

what is it about?

[TT]

Graviting around the LeMans race, but I think the main carachter also race in other cathegories before arriving there.. right?

http://www.michelvaillant-lefilm.com/

[stradale]

It's based on French comic book racing car driver Michel Vaillant and his racing team Vaillant. Basically, they're the good guys and the Leader team are the bad guys. The comics featured lots of different racing classes and had very realistic car drawings and all kinds of people from real racing. The plot usually was thin, but the races were exciting. Now a movie has been made about this, set at Le Mans. You can download a trailer at the url in my first post.

[TT]

So the movie only covers the LeMans race I guess... sure the scenes during the race are pretty exciting as far as I could see so far...

I was just checking the Internet movie database (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0307156/) and it got only 95 votes... very very low :( and the average vote is not pretty good... 4.6/10

And I also read this: [i]Ok, it's a bad adaptation, and the source material (the comics by Jean Graton) is never, ever there[/img] ...

[stradale]

:( I was worried it would be something like that...

[TT]

For sure there was not by hype around here :(

[yellow_rice]

is this a european feature? something me being from north america wouldn't exactly understand? is it in french? will it be shown in the north american market?

sorry for the 20 questions. i just get the jitters when i hear about car movies... cept startsky and hutch of course. -_-

[TT]

Yes it's a French production and yes, original language is french and well, probably like many other French movies it won't be to famous in North America...

[SamuraiGti]

Already at cinemas here in Portugal.

I didn't have have to go see it yet =\

[stradale]

I've seen it in November, really weird it takes so much time untill it shows in Holland.
It's nice to see, some nice shots, but don't expect to much from it. Storyline is rather weak, so if you're going for the storyline you'd better stay home and watch some porn. ;)

Yeah, we're always being served last here in the Netherlands when it comes to movies. :( But remember that Belgium is probably viewed upon by the producers as a (partly) French speaking nation. We were bound to see it later than you guys.

I pretty much expected it, but every time a new movie about cars and races is released I hope for it to be a good movie in all aspects. Why is it so difficult?

[draak666]

Yes it's a French production and yes, original language is french and well, probably like many other French movies it won't be to famous in North America...
Fuck it, I knew it. :x Even in Belgium, where half the population speaks French and the whole population understands french to some degree, they showed a fucking English version. Assholes. I guess I better went to Brussels instead of Antwerp to watch this film.

I hate voice-overs. You feel like a moron watching it. How come voice-overs are still so popular in France, Germany, Italy and loads of other countries? Don't you guys want to hear the original voices and sounds?

About the movie: lame script and you shouldn't go and watch it for the cars (not enough) either. I guess you have to be a real fan to like it.

[RallyeNLD]

I noticed the two cars during the Le Mans 24Hr in 2003 an 2002. A blue and Red Panoz LMP right?

[yg60m]

Sorry, i didn't watch it, i was attracted but i am suspicious on this type of movie so i will wait it to be on DVD, after searching on internet i found the same as TT : opinions are divided, it has 2 stars on 4 possible both by ppl and critics, it seems the storyline is not really elaborate and very basic ...