On the plot front, the story of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is actually good, but unfortunately isn’t presented so. Or whatever amplification/multiplication/acceleration comparison you want to use. Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan embark on a … The site's critical consensus reads, "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets uses sheer kinetic energy and visual thrills to overcome narrative obstacles and offer a viewing experience whose surreal pleasures often outweigh its flaws." Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets shows flashes of the fun, excitement, and infatuating creativity you’d hope to see in a modern space opera. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a luxurious, appealingly daffy spectacle, a true vision unchecked by the standards of good taste, and that in and of itself is a quality worth savoring. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets review – Luc Besson's bargain-bin space oddity 2 / 5 stars 2 out of 5 stars. Yes, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets really is that bad, bad enough that you don't know for the longest time that Valerian is one of the lead characters and not a planet or a spaceship. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a movie for science fiction fans who wish every minute of Star Wars was the cantina scene. Valerian looked like a generic sci-fi blockbuster....it's not exactly generic, but...well, here's my review of VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS! ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ review ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ looks lovely, but makes no sense By Mike Epstein July 21, 2017 In VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS, it's the 28th century, and agent Valerian (Dane DeHaan) has a strange vision about an alien race. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a film made up of big swings, and while a lot of them are great, it does take its toll on the storytelling, and some elements just don't work as they really should. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets shows flashes of the fun, excitement, and infatuating creativity you’d hope to see in a modern space opera. The real thrill isn’t there and you know for sure there’s something trying to suck out all the mojo from it. He and his intrepid partner, Laureline ( Cara Delevingne ), are sent on a mission to a huge, interdimensional black market to retrieve a miraculous little creature that can multiply matter with its body. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Review Reviews Luc Besson's Valerian is a psychedelic sci-fi wonderland so imaginative that it overcomes its rather stilted core. But its design is pixel-deep, without the underlying thought that makes great science fiction worth revisiting. Besson’s film is visually stunning (I’ll be shocked if it does not at least garner Oscar nominations for … Review: ‘Valerian’ Is a Rave in Space (but Not Much Fun) Dane DeHaan in “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” directed by Luc Besson. “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” is an utter delight and one of the most gorgeous fantasies to hit the screen in recent memory—the kind of film that can take moviegoers logy from the usual array of craptaculars and render them giddy with its pure fun. He and his intrepid partner, Laureline ( Cara Delevingne ), are sent on a mission to a huge, interdimensional black market to retrieve a miraculous little creature that can multiply matter with its body. In VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS, it's the 28th century, and agent Valerian (Dane DeHaan) has a strange vision about an alien race. Or on steroids. Besson’s film is visually stunning (I’ll be shocked if it does not at least garner Oscar nominations for … Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets review – a sci-fi plot full of black holes Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is his return to science fiction since The Fifth Element twenty years ago, and has been a pet project of his since he was a young boy, reading the French comic books Valerian and Laureline by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières first published in 1967. "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" stars Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne as two Special operatives who must stop evil-doers from destroying Alpha, the city of a thousand planets, and uncover the truth behind the extinction of an alien race.