Crappy film

The acting in this movie is really good.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Had difficulty following it at times, but overall, very enjoyable. Very conceptual, and with no pre-text for anything, left with a lot of questions. But questions I enjoy, not everything has to be spelled out. Overall, was wanting for more.

This French made but English language sci-fi feature is certainly one of the most unusual films I've seen in recent months and that is really saying something.For a start the story regards a futuristic world full of folks genetically modified while above them sits a floating pyramid full of Egyptian gods......for some reason!? It tells the story of a girl wanting to be human, not knowing exactly what she is but being targeted from all sides each person with their own agenda including a frisky Egyptian god.The movie in many respects looks and reminded me of the television series Farscape (1999) but one thing sets it apart and it's one of the most damaging parts of the film.Live action is merged with animation and by that I don't merely mean the sfx I mean half the characters are animated and animated poorly. The animation is that cheap horrible style you often see in kids cartoons and side by side with live action actors looked ridiculous! The premise of Immortal is solid and the cast were better than I expected but Roger Rabbit did a better job of merging live action and cartoon and that was back in the 1980's! Plus that actually explained why it was full of cartoons, this just looked terrible.If you can get past this (Which I couldn't) you can do worse, but for me personally it made the film look shoddy.The Good: The concept The cast The Bad: Poor animation Holes in plotThings I learnt from this movie: Someone actually thought merging live action and poor cgi animation was a good idea Egyptian Gods are allergic to clothes In the future all women will glue their hair to their heads

I love Bilal's work, but somehow hate this movie. It is just so out of place. A clean three dimensional animation.. of the story. Movie and book are so fare apart, although made by the same person!Anyway, I saw this version in 2006 and recently back on a Two Disk Special Edition. To say, that Bilal should of let an other director direct this movie, Would be right. Obviously the movie suffered and failed because of it.It failed to capture the raw feel and spirit of the comics. You have to remember that the story was conceived somewhere in the late '70's, and the sign of that time seems to have been filtered out. That is to bad. Now it feels a bit empty, adding an late 90's interpretation to it. Physically it also feels superficial, even though they had a budget of over 20 million to play with. Same with the dialogs, they don't feel right. There is no dynamic. Horus's voice for instance is an serious annoyance, and really badly cast. The rest of the acting cast though is great. It is just to bad the scripted dialog's aren't helping them.Technically they did a lot of great work on this project but frankly, most of it doesn't work visually. For example, the use of CGI for the characters was absolutely unnecessary. Great achievement, but not as effect in this film. It is a bit childish in style ..so uncool though cold. It also lacks physical weight, reality and rawness the comics have. Something an great make-up artist could have given it. Again, the whole film looks so synthetic and empty, while the book feels more organic and filled with so much warm detail, even open in a curtain way. After all, these are all some of the major defining elements of Bilal's style.Nonetheless, I still think the story is an source for an great movie. Although the Egyptian elements may be out of interest or out of time(..), and a lot of pieces are already stolen by other directors and movies. The world of Bilal and his style are still very interesting. There is so much more to the story, then what we see in this movie. If you see how physical additions to the body are becoming common place in society, you can still see the relevance. Lots of angles to be explored here. Maybe a American commercial remake a-la Ridley..?( He is a big fan of Bilal's work) Or Besson, to keep it French, maybe Guillermo Del Toro..All in all, if you are a fan you have to see this or try to get trough. Just remember, the movie is nothing like the comics. They rock!

I did not know anything about this movie. I just bought discounted low price DVD of this movie from Stockholm and I was really positively surprised and I enjoyed every moment watching it. The story and also visual side of the movie impressed me. I am huge fan of Sci-Fi movies and Immortal will definitely belong into my personal top 10. This movie of course does not have so good technical effects like for example Avatar and etc, but the story is much better and will leave many questions open which gives chance for audience to use their own imagination. I think Immortal is masterpiece which has been unfortunately underestimated and I urge everybody who is still hesitating - watch this movie, you will not regret.