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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Review Thread
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Well I hope so for everyone interested in it. I know I'll probably see it because there's always one movie every year I go see by myself that looks like it could go either way in quality out and this is probably going to be that movie for me.
Brian_FETO
Banned
Even more important is that the people who totally called it being bad are right
metsallica
Member
I saw it opening night. What do I win?
Nerdkiller
Membeur
Ditto. He was amazing in Chronicle.
Currently at 77% with 14 reviews.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/valerian_and_the_city_of_a_thousand_planets
I expect it to fall but this is way better of a start than I expected. I thought the commercials have been poor. Bad marketing, perhaps?
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/valerian_and_the_city_of_a_thousand_planets
I expect it to fall but this is way better of a start than I expected. I thought the commercials have been poor. Bad marketing, perhaps?
starchild excalibur
Member
This and Dunkirk come out the same weekend, but I'm far more interested in this. Good or bad, there's something that's always delightfully interesting about what Besson does.
plagiarize
Banned
Which I am 100% okay with. This has flop I would love all over it.
shira
Member
Your eyes and ears will be fucked up if you do.
AuthenticM
Member
I'll still be seeing it. We need more sci-fi movies like this.
Reading some of the reviews, I think the commercials seem to be a fairly good representation.
ratcliffja
Member
I hadn't heard of this until the trailer before Spider-Man. My wife pointed out that the music was just Gangsta's Paradise. Try to unhear it.
Insane Metal
Member
I thought the trailer looked like crap.
And yes I love The Fifth Element, so I'll watch it anyway.
And yes I love The Fifth Element, so I'll watch it anyway.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Can't wait for Luc Besson's Métal Hurlant in 2037.
Violence Jack
Member
This one is review proof for me. I'm seeing it regardless.
makingmusic476
Member
This movie looks right up my alley. I love the Fifth Element.
yeah pretty much. I love fifth element enough that idgaf what the reviews are
Jon Carter
Member
Why does the OP still say "the reviews are..." followed by an excerpt of what is by far the most scathing review, despite there being a link to Rotten Tomatoes, where it's at 79%?
Plus the movie look pretty amazing.
Nah. Reviewing pretty decently right now honestly.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Not sure how I feel about Danes casting but I think it looks good. Ill definitely give it a watch. Those visuals are very pleasing to me.
Well that's because OP laid all the turds up front lol. I read the first few bad reviews, clicked the link, made a funny face, and went back to read more of the quotes.
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
Was "Eurotrash" even a thing?
Keep on counting those eggs like they're chickens.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
I fucking KNEW I remembered it from somewhere.
andythinkpad
Member
What worries me is that it doesn't campy ass shit lik the McDonald and Chris Tucker in Fifth Element. As far as I am concerned they are the BEST ELEMENTS in Fifth Element.
As far as I can tell neither lead has charisma, nor can act.
As far as I can tell neither lead has charisma, nor can act.
plagiarize
Banned
I started singing that in the theater and my wife elbowed me to get me to shut up.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
You thought that was supposed to be a secret?
I can sum up my reservations about this movie in six words:
"Clearly you've never met a woman!"
You should probably reverse your viewing order...
"Clearly you've never met a woman!"
You should probably reverse your viewing order...
Cabbagehead
Member
Going to see this anyway. Not even the negative reviews seem to outright hate it.
Hello Boston fam. I do Jordan's Natick, they just show one movie usually. So I'm assuming they won't show Valarian at all, just Dunkirk for the next few weeks.
Haha, already bought the tickets. Plus there's a good hour in between, it'll be fine!
(I'll probably want to see Dunkirk again, though...)
The OP cherrypicked the shit out of the reviews lol.
This is my thing, it doesn't matter how good the movie looks visually when you have two black holes of charisma for leads. Valerian is more of a young Han Solo kind of character in the comics, somebody like Emile Hirsch or Alden Ehrenreich as Valerian, and Lily James, Mary Elizabeth Winstead or Evan Rachel Wood as Laureline.
In general though, the look of the film doesn't even look like they got the look from the comics right, as the comics have more of a classic Star Wars, lived-in universe look to them with lots of big, industrial looking ships populating it's universe.
digitalrelic
Banned
What the hell, OP? Way to cherry pick shitty reviews.
The reviews are great so far:
Can't wait to see it! Watching my 4K UHD copy of The Fifth Element tonight as a primer.
The reviews are great so far:
Can't wait to see it! Watching my 4K UHD copy of The Fifth Element tonight as a primer.