This movie is very, very good, just short of brilliant!
Don't listen to the incredible flak the critics have fired at this film, it's simply out-of-this-world stupid and mean.
My two cents :
1) Many people keep raving about the introductory sequence ; I think it was a very good idea, but one of the most perfectible technically and cinematically in the film, yet very good, which says it all
2) Many people say there is no plot : are they crazy? the plot is better than 99% of what Hollywood dishes out regularly, and there are no plot holes!
3) Many people say they felt hammered by the diversity and sheer number of different aliens in the movie and felt the film was too long...I for one would have asked for more, more!, and was entertained to the very end
4)True Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan were not acting brilliantly but frankly their act was OK
5)I was waiting for very thick humor and clichés but Besson managed to restrain himself to little touches that were sometimes very welcome
6)And yes, the ultra imaginative universe of the comics Valérian and Laureline is present in this film...The CGI is unbelievable,better than "Avatar" and way better than the "Star wars" franchise, and is now the standard to which a film will be rated.
In short : Hats off to Besson, hats off to Weta Digital, this is a remarkable achievement and a very entertaining film...I'll watch "Valerian (and Laureline)II" anytime!
And Yes, I also have been in love with Laureline from childhood on, but I'll stick to the comics version, sorry, she's more beautiful and feminine than you Cara!
Don't listen to the incredible flak the critics have fired at this film, it's simply out-of-this-world stupid and mean.
My two cents :
1) Many people keep raving about the introductory sequence ; I think it was a very good idea, but one of the most perfectible technically and cinematically in the film, yet very good, which says it all
2) Many people say there is no plot : are they crazy? the plot is better than 99% of what Hollywood dishes out regularly, and there are no plot holes!
3) Many people say they felt hammered by the diversity and sheer number of different aliens in the movie and felt the film was too long...I for one would have asked for more, more!, and was entertained to the very end
4)True Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan were not acting brilliantly but frankly their act was OK
5)I was waiting for very thick humor and clichés but Besson managed to restrain himself to little touches that were sometimes very welcome
6)And yes, the ultra imaginative universe of the comics Valérian and Laureline is present in this film...The CGI is unbelievable,better than "Avatar" and way better than the "Star wars" franchise, and is now the standard to which a film will be rated.
In short : Hats off to Besson, hats off to Weta Digital, this is a remarkable achievement and a very entertaining film...I'll watch "Valerian (and Laureline)II" anytime!
And Yes, I also have been in love with Laureline from childhood on, but I'll stick to the comics version, sorry, she's more beautiful and feminine than you Cara!
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