Hello All,
Before I begin today, want to make a quick shout out to my friend and colleague Warren for giving me these tickets. I know he doesn’t read the blog, but I thought you lovely people might like to know who to thank for this.
Man I’ve been waiting a while for this one, when the trailer dropped roughly 8 or 9 months ago, I was excited. A movie adaptation of one of the earliest sci fi graphic novels that massively influenced the genre as we know it today, how could you possibly go wrong? So did it? Let’s find out together shall we?
Plot Summary - Major Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Sergeant Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are agents of the united human federation, which runs Alpha aka The City of a Thousand Planets. When a threat to Alpha forces Valerian and Laureline to come, they soon find themselves in a tangled web, as they learn that it might be more than just Alpha on the line.
Pros - Dane and Cara bounce off of each other wonderfully as Valerian and Laureline. Both characters are great individually, but you can definitely see where they work better together throughout the film. The plot overall is really imaginative as well, as it begins as sci fi action, then slips more comfortably into the heart of the story which is a mystery. The visuals are are jaw dropping, as there are no redundancies in character and set designs, which is always great to see in a sci fi film.
Cons - That being said about the visuals, you can clearly see which elements later sci fi films were influenced by, so don’t be surprised if you see very familiar looking designs occasionally. At 2h 16m the plot, while never boring, does veer off a lot into side steps some more relevant to the story than others. You can also kind of figure out a good chunk of the mystery early if you pay close attention, but this might have been intentional so keep that in mind.
Final Score - 8/10
While definitely flawed, it’s interesting how the film manages to work rather better than expected despite them. If you think you won’t get too hung up on it’s weaknesses, then it’s worth your time.
Next: Dunkirk - I will definitely try and catch up to big sick as well, and we might try for girls trip later on, and maybe a few surprises in between, but it’s play by ear at the moment.
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Until next time, I’ll see you folks at the movies.
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