Valerian.....ugh.
Valerian.....ugh.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#1Valerian.....ugh.
Posted: 7/29/17 at 4:56am
Has got to be one of the worst films I've ever seen.
Acting - awful
Writing - awful
Direction - not good
Story line - mundane and unfocused
CGI - good
Make up design - interesting
Trailer for A Wrinkle in Time - excellent.
I could elaborate, but I've already wasted too much time with this film.
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Updated On: 7/29/17 at 04:56 AM
#2Valerian.....ugh.
Posted: 7/29/17 at 10:50am
I liked it, though I thought it was more successful when it went off of little tangents than when it adhered to its plot. The deviations from the rather basic storyline allowed Besson to indulge in some pretty fun, clever set pieces and world building. I thought DeHaan and Delevingne had a loose, flirty chemistry despite the latter's obvious inexperience. There was a strong, unique visual style. The plot doesn't ultimately amount to much but there was enough along the way for me to appreciate.
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#3Valerian.....ugh.
Posted: 7/29/17 at 12:18pm
In science fiction we call this kinda stuff Space Opera (Space opera is a sub genre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, melodramatic adventure, interplanetary battles, as well as chivalric romance, and often risk-taking.)
It is one of the lowest levels of scifi and needs a strong control to bring it up to a story you care about- cough*StarWars* cough. At a certain point JUST visuals can't cut it. There seems to be a real opinion in Hollywood if it looks good people won't care that there is no substance.
Not so much.
Broadway Joe
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/10
#4Valerian.....ugh.
Posted: 7/30/17 at 1:46pm
I haven't seen the movie but I did find it interesting that George Lucas definitely copied aspects from this graphic novel this movie is based on to make star wars.
www.popularmechanics.com/culture/movies/amp15532/heres-what-star-wars-took-from-valerian/
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#5Valerian.....ugh.
Posted: 7/30/17 at 6:08pm
To be fair, SF is full of borrowed influences. David Gerrold once wrote an apology to Robert Heinlein , worried he's stolen the idea for Tribbles from Heinlein's flatcats. Heinlien replied saying they probably both owed Buttler's "Pigs is Pigs" ss a debt.
For a more obvious borrowing/research- try this Northwest Smith character from C.L. Moore
By profession, Smith is an outlaw who lives by a variety of criminal means, including smuggling. By nature, he is an anti-hero, ruthless, self-serving, and cynical. Despite this, he has a core of goodness and often does the right thing in spite of himself. Smith is described as a dark haired man with "space bronzed" skin and pale eyes, who wears brown spacer's leathers and carries a raygun at his side like an old west gunfighter. His ship, the Maid, is small and unspectacular but surprisingly fast and agile.
Cough* HAN SOLO*Cough
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
MrsSallyAdams
Broadway Star Joined: 11/12/13
#7Valerian.....ugh.
Posted: 8/10/17 at 2:33pm
Things I enjoyed in Valerian:
The opening montage where the space station is built.
The inter-dimensional market sequence.
The three comic information brokers.
Some of the visuals in the mad rushes through the station.
Rhianna's campy burlesque dance.
If they'd recast the leads and/or cut all the terrible conversations about their "relationship" it would have been a fairly painless romp.
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