Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Best movie ever!

An action-packed slog

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

A year ago, I had never heard of Michel Hazanavicius, Jean Dujardin, or Bérénice Bejo. They became well known to Americans following the release of and Oscar wins by "The Artist" (which is worth seeing). But they had worked on movies before that. One of these was "OSS 117: Le Caire nid d'espions" ("OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies" in English). Dujardin plays a spy very similar to James Bond who investigates intrigue and arms trading in Egypt. Much of the movie makes fun of western attitudes toward the Arab world, and in particular plays on the stereotypes of French men. It's the sort of movie whose purpose is mainly to be funny, and it succeeds. Bejo looks mighty sexy as the spy's contact in Egypt, as does Aure Atika as an Egyptian princess. Whether or not you've seen "The Artist", you're sure to love this one. In fact, watching either one is sure to help you appreciate the other more. Really cool.

I just saw this movie, actually it was a decision after watching "Jean Dujardin" amazing performance in "The Artist".The movie is nice and funny and sense of humor is surprising and far from being French.What really annoyed me is everything in the movie is not Egyptian or has do anything with Cairo. It's such a shame for a movie that's produced in 2006 to be unable to deliver such basic things, any kid can Google and get these info. The dialect is Moroccan -which you can consider a complete different language than the one spoken in Egypt, the Arabic translation is wrong with all plaques and signs in the movie, the customs, dresses and outfits are Moroccan, the locations and building styles are all Moroccan. I know it sounds irrelevant to most of people, but for me being Egyptian it does make a difference. Plus, you spend all that money on a movie and neglect such a thing where you could have easily hired some Egyptian staff to guide you through it on 2006? Other than that, it's a nice and funny movie and I recommend it!

What I liked about this film was it took the James bond 007 movie idea and made it into a comedy. I did not like the humor I found it to be corny and a little to dry.The Director Michel Hazanavicius Was born and raised in Paris. Started off in Short Films then moves on to the 0SS 117 spy movies.He is best known for The Artist it won the Academy Award best Picture and won him Best Director .He has won Countless awards for his films and the OSS 117 was nominated for a French Cesar for best writing and won 2 awards At the Seattle film festival and Tokyo Film festival. Two idea's I felt were raised in this movie are it does not matter how good you are it matters how hard you try. He is not the best Agent he seems to get into more trouble by getting killed and followed through out the movie. Another idea raised is you can not always trust a pretty face. He seems to let his attraction for women get the best of him which lead him to trouble through out the movie. I felt the music helped make the fighting scenes and movie funnier with the loud bang or drums and horns. It also help set the mood for being in Egypt. The action effects were not impress they were very staged you saw them coming which took away from the humor of the movie and what the director was trying to capture.

The two new OSS 117 movies has a kind of humor which is both intelligent and dumbed-down at the same time, which I find extremely amusing. It really reminds me of the classic Pink Panther movies with an almost as good leading man as Peter Sellers in Jean Dujardin. And unlike Steve Martin completely ruining Clouseau, Dujardin is quite brilliant.The comments regarding the movies' being anti-semitic, are obviously a case of a complete lack of humor and therefor understanding.Whether you will enjoy or hate this movie really comes down to what kind of humor you have. I can't wait for the sequel!