Review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) by Roastbird — 20 Jul 2017

This is a fine movie you can go and watch for a boring afternoon. I quite enjoyed watching this movie and so is everyone sat next to me. But release on the same day with Dunkirk is a very bad decision. If you are making decisions which movie to go for this weekend and if you are not interested in Dunkirk, this movie will worth your money.

So let me first talk about what is bad:

1. Trailer. Just terrible. Misleading trailer.

2. Story. The story is not that "bad", However, this is a mix of the star trek and the star wars. I had a feeling that "this is star trek beyond" since the beginning to the end.

3. The setting: as title said, this is a movie about "the city of thousand planet", however, the story itself doesn't adapt such nice setting. The story has nothing to do with this "the city of thousand planet". If I change this movie to "Valerian and The death star" it still works. Such a waste!

Let's talk about what is good.

1. CG. Like some users said above, the director is going to have the same life where Zack Snyder will live the rest of his life. The CGI is good. However this is not a selling point in 2017. I promise you if we put this movie in 2008, that's a winner. As for today, it is really not important.

2. Cara Delevingne. Holy **** I just can't stop looking at her the whole movie, she got all my attention and I don't really care about what on earth this movie is talking about. she is so pretty. HEY, why this is called "Valerian and the city of a thousand planets". Change to "Laureline and the city of a thousand planets" please.

3. Rihanna. That's the best 5 mins in the movie. You will know what I am talking about if you go watching this movie.

Overall, this is a fine movie worth your 5 dollar ticket. The movie is full of amazing idea but the director didn't make it in good use.

I will give it a 6 and 1 extra points for Sergeant Laureline.