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He continued with Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The Fifth Element has similar cinematic feeling as the first Blade Runner. And now it is clear.

by sixtyj 6mo ago

He continued with Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The Fifth Element has similar cinematic feeling as the first Blade Runner. And now it is clear. There is the same person behind it :)

metalman 6mo ago
waterworld
simonh 6mo ago
Valerian was fun, but I really don't think it held together. Great set piece scenes though.
Cthulhu_ 6mo ago
Valerian missed the mark; I'm sure it's got great designs (although I also believe it's mostly CGI), but the story of the movie is disjointed (which is a risk when trying to merge multiple storylines into one) and the actors are lifeless.
- throwa356262 6mo ago
  I really liked Valerian. The story was fine and I expected Cara to be crap but she was actually fine. I did however very much hated Dane DeHaan's annoying voice.
- vidarh 6mo ago
  I've grown to like Valerian over rewatches, but unfortunately it suffers from Besson being a massive Valerian fanboy and trying to stuff everything he possibly could into it... I think he'd have done far better if he'd gotten a more limited budget, or had to produce three of them for the cost of the one he did...
  - sixtyj 6mo ago
    Impossible job as Valérian and Laureline has 22 volumes :)
    - vidarh 6mo ago
      I know, hence why I think he should have gotten a smaller budget so that he was forced to try to contain himself to one story. Then maybe it'd have done well enough for a sequel as well... It feels like he got into it thinking he had this one shot so he better see how many things he could put in it, and as a result ensured he got only one shot...
nntwozz 6mo ago
The Fifth Element and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets are widely considered to share a thematic and stylistic universe, with similar aesthetic influences. There are shared elements (ha!) and aesthetics, with Valerian even featuring a shop called "Korbens" as an easter egg to The Fifth Element. Unfortunately the movie doesn't do it for me, the 90s were a better time. Once CGI became good storytelling and creativity took a backseat in Hollywood.
- sixtyj 6mo ago
  Perfect CGI and no-grain 4K (?) flattened the feeling.

by sixtyj 6mo ago

He continued with Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The Fifth Element has similar cinematic feeling as the first Blade Runner. And now it is clear. There is the same person behind it :)

metalman 6mo ago

waterworld

simonh 6mo ago

Valerian was fun, but I really don't think it held together. Great set piece scenes though.

Cthulhu_ 6mo ago

Valerian missed the mark; I'm sure it's got great designs (although I also believe it's mostly CGI), but the story of the movie is disjointed (which is a risk when trying to merge multiple storylines into one) and the actors are lifeless.

throwa356262 6mo ago
I really liked Valerian. The story was fine and I expected Cara to be crap but she was actually fine. I did however very much hated Dane DeHaan's annoying voice.
vidarh 6mo ago
I've grown to like Valerian over rewatches, but unfortunately it suffers from Besson being a massive Valerian fanboy and trying to stuff everything he possibly could into it... I think he'd have done far better if he'd gotten a more limited budget, or had to produce three of them for the cost of the one he did...
- sixtyj 6mo ago
  Impossible job as Valérian and Laureline has 22 volumes :)
  - vidarh 6mo ago
    I know, hence why I think he should have gotten a smaller budget so that he was forced to try to contain himself to one story. Then maybe it'd have done well enough for a sequel as well... It feels like he got into it thinking he had this one shot so he better see how many things he could put in it, and as a result ensured he got only one shot...

nntwozz 6mo ago

The Fifth Element and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets are widely considered to share a thematic and stylistic universe, with similar aesthetic influences. There are shared elements (ha!) and aesthetics, with Valerian even featuring a shop called "Korbens" as an easter egg to The Fifth Element. Unfortunately the movie doesn't do it for me, the 90s were a better time. Once CGI became good storytelling and creativity took a backseat in Hollywood.

sixtyj 6mo ago
Perfect CGI and no-grain 4K (?) flattened the feeling.