There's a lot to see in this movie but very little to say. The plot is very basic, but every plot point takes 20 minutes to get through because some convoluted excuse to go through an extra chase scene and a dozen CGI environments. Everything is only for show and exists to pad out the running time, nothing is ever revisited or has any importance beyond its immediate introduction.
Infodumps are clumsy while being unnecessary. For example, for some reason, Valerian wants to know the history of the station where his home base is at the beginning of the film. It's just so obvious and clunky.
The acting is crappy too. I can't like any of the characters, the obvious intended relationship isn't believable, the plot is simple yet unnecessarily weighed down with pointless diversions.
Normally i love a movie with lots of worldbuilding. But this is probably the most inelegant worldbuilding I've seen. The clumsiness makes it less engaging than reading an encyclopedia.
Pure spectacle and nothing else
There's a lot to see in this movie but very little to say. The plot is very basic, but every plot point takes 20 minutes to get through because some convoluted excuse to go through an extra chase scene and a dozen CGI environments. Everything is only for show and exists to pad out the running time, nothing is ever revisited or has any importance beyond its immediate introduction.
Infodumps are clumsy while being unnecessary. For example, for some reason, Valerian wants to know the history of the station where his home base is at the beginning of the film. It's just so obvious and clunky.
The acting is crappy too. I can't like any of the characters, the obvious intended relationship isn't believable, the plot is simple yet unnecessarily weighed down with pointless diversions.
Normally i love a movie with lots of worldbuilding. But this is probably the most inelegant worldbuilding I've seen. The clumsiness makes it less engaging than reading an encyclopedia.