"30000 lieues sous les mers"

"30000 lieues sous les mers"... ou qui peut le plus peut le moins

"C'est la pire adaptation de Jules Verne que j'ai jamais vue. Impossible de dire, entre le scénario, le jeu des acteurs, le casting lui-même, les effets spéciaux, le son ou la mise en scène... ce qui est le plus mauvais. Sans doute tout à la fois. Jules Verne doit s'en retourner dans sa tombe !".
Bien sûr, on ne saurait décrier un film sans l'avoir vu. Mais force est de constater que ce témoignage, qui reflète parfaitement l'avis général des internautes à propos de ce nouveau DVD, n'est guère encourageant. A vous de voir si vous en avez le courage... mais vous êtes désormais prévenus !

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http://julesvernenews.blogspot…les-mers-ou-qui-peut.html

Und hier ist ein Trailer bei YouTube: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ToXNFP9F-2Y

Zitat

It would seem to be difficult to go further downhill than the 2004
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS or the 2005 MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, but 30,000
LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA succeeds in achieving this lamentable goal. As a
2007 direct-to-video release from, appropriately, The Asylum, 30,000
LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA begins with the unpromising notion of updating
Vernes classic, trying to cross Verne with Tom Clancy. Certainly Verne
has been updated before, and the results were not promising; THE AMAZING
CAPTAIN NEMO comes most prominently to mind. Yet, as bad as that
predecessor was, it was a masterpiece by comparison to 30,000 LEAGUES
UNDER THE SEA.

As in THE AMAZING CAPTAIN NEMO, 30,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA begins with
the idea of having Nemo interact with modern naval technology. Some
characters remain; there is a scientist, Aronnaux, and Conceil, now his
ex-wife and military superior. There is even Nemobut none of these
individuals have any resonance with those in the novel, nor do any of the
other supporting characters. Indeed, Conceil is pronounced, not as a
French name, but as if it were a type of seal.

Aronnaux and his crew are dispatched by Commander Farragut from the
U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in a special deep-sea diving sub into the Marianas
trench, where another, larger submarine was lost, apparently caught in the
grip of a giant squid. Making contact, the rescuers somehow wake up
aboard the Nautilus. Nemo introduces himself as a jolly eccentric
billionaire who plans to release his captives shortly and is on the
friendliest of terms with Farragut. Already the disjunctures typical of
the plot are evident.

The Nautilus itself has vastly more in common with the Seaview of VOYAGE
TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA than anything of Vernes imagining. Nemo regards
himself as an idealist, determined to save the deep and create a deep-see
utopia since humankind is defecating on the surface world. His crew seem
to contain all types; the Nautilus is more of a city than submarine theres
even a nightclub on board and apparently prostitutes ply their trade with
approval. Certainly the language and morality of a Jules Verne film has
changed in the 21st century; gone are the days when Verne implied family
entertainment, or the civic idealism of CAPTAIN NEMO AND THE UNDERWATER
CITY.

Scriptwriter Eric Forsberg claims to be a fan of Verne who has named his
son for the author, but his screenplay has more reverses and nonsensical
twists than a movie serial, but none of the genres charm. 30,000 LEAGUES
UNDER THE SEA constantly returns to plot points to recycle shots and
sets. The end has Nemo pursuing the escaping Aronaux to retrieve the
oxygenator supplying air to the Nautilus. It is not clear whether this is
a device Nemo had shown Aronnaux, of his own invention, or another to
convert water into air invented by Aronnaux.

Only two motifs beyond character names are to be found in the book: the
sunken land of Atlantis, and the giant squid (several of them, and under
Nemos control). Nemo himself spins steadily further from Vernes
conception, and even the weakest other previous filmic
impersonations. His tunic has naval tour-of-duty pins, which of course
make no particular sense. Sean Lawlors Irish brogue is entirely out of
place, and he proves steadily more monomaniacal in trying to capture
Aronnaux. He turns nuclear torpodoes on Aronnaux and his crew, who has
arranged a booby trap that destroys the Nautilus. As Nemos own followers
haplessly declare Abandon ship! leaving their captain to weep
uncontrollably, the Nautilus crashes into the remains of Atlantis. Surely
no film has ever offered so pitiable an etching of Vernes hero of the
deep.

Not that Lorenzo Lamas offers more as Aronnaux, or Natalie Stone as
Conceil. The actors have little opportunity here, however, given the
script and Gabriel Bolognas direction, which does little more than
alternate between close-ups and extreme close-ups. While at least the
2004 AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS or the 2005 MYSTERIOUS ISLAND had offered
a few points of interest or discussion, 30,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA has,
lamentably, no virtues whatsoever. Even the DVD commentary track is
almost inaudible with none of the speakers introduced or discernably
saying anything worthwhile.

Brian Taves

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