This is one of the most absolutely gorgeous bit of world-making CGI I've ever seen. Not being familiar with the source comic book material, I can't say whether it truly represents it, but on its own I was happily immersed in the worlds. The story was trite and Buck Rogers-ish, the aliens interesting and well-realized but the lead characters were beyond uninspiring. At first I put it down to my own age, that being in my 60s was what led me to see the two leads, Dane DeHaan as Valerian and Cara Delevingne as Laureline, as children. Apparently others feel the same way. It felt like a Disney teen special, like watching middle-schoolers trying to play Shakespeare. They go through the motions and say the words but can we really believe a thirteen-year-old has the depth of Othello?. There's a reason why Han Solo wins Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker doesn't -- Leia is a WOMAN, Han is a MAN and Luke is a BOY (and of course her brother but we don't know that and neither at first does he.). A young Harrison Ford Dehaan is not!
