Hey folks, Harry here... Lest you think this phenomenon of Comic Book movies and the current rash of the blessed beasts is localized to America or even English Speaking countries... THINK... AGAIN... Today in Spain a film of great anticipation is opening THE GRAND ADVENTURE OF MORTADELO AND FILEMON (See the trailer here!) and while I've never come across these characters, it seems a great deal of the rest of the world has. There are fansites throughout Europe, in multiple languages and they all seem to be quite excited about this film. I know from this review and the trailer, I'm excited. Dominque Pinon... well, he's enough to get me to see any film. Sounds like a winner!
MORTADELO and FILEMON are ALIVE!
Hi, Harry!
This is Mr. Ocre from Catalonia and I saw La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón last Wednesday! It was in Barcelona (press screening), with the principal cast (Pepe Viyuela as File and Benito Pocino as Morta)... And it was... Well... I think is the best comic adaptation ever made in Spain! Better than El dÃa de la Bestia, too... As adaptation, of course. Yeah, they're Mortadelo and Filemón (or Mortadel·lo and Filemó for me, 'cause I read that comic in Catalan). And they are alive! It was amazing! Go away, Spiderman! Goodbye, X-Men! Here you have the best super-heros of world in the big screen! When you see movies like Astèrix et Obelix, you think in the bad jokes and hilarious humor that some director has put in the story that doesn't fit with the original characters... But in Mortadelo and Filemón... Well... Fesser (El milagro de P. Tinto) plays with his particular humor in the movie, and fits PERFECTLY with the characters, 'cause that comic characters are the ones he read when he was young.
THEY ARE THE REAL MORTADELO AND FILEMÓN who were created by Ibañez 40 years ago! They are alive! Ibañez was in the Press Screening and was very proud of it: "They're my characters!", he said, smiling.
Dominique Pinon as a mega-super-perfect-agent rules too! It's fantastic!
OK. That's just a movie that just wants to be very funny. And it's very funny. If you liked El milagro de P. Tinto you'll like this one. And for those fans of the characters... Congratulations!
I loved that comic when I was young... And it's the comic in the big screen. No more words.
The best? Mortadelo. Simply fantastic. He is... him. Is the comic character. And that actor it's Catalan (Ibañez is Catalan too)! For that reason, he has a nice Catalan accent when he speaks Spanish... Very funny. (He makes one joke in Catalan, too! Very multi-cultural; it's too difficult find something about other cultures from Spain in Spanish movies! God bless that movie, then!)
The worst? Maybe some characters like Professor Bacterio (Janfri Topera) or the ryth'm of the movie... But, anyway... Last year I enjoyed very much that beautiful and funny masterpiece called "800 Balas"... But this year is Morta and File's year. Uoh!
Is this love, is this love, is this love what I'm feeliiiiiiiiing?
Well... Excuses for my poor English. I will study more, I promise. Greetings!
Sr. Ocre
