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Post subject: Re: Film: Valerian, City of a thousand planets (2017)
Posted: Fri July 21, 2017 2:16 am
The Master
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Oh man, I loved loved loved this movie. Some of the most relentlessly imaginative and creative sci-fi in decades. The opening 15 minutes were so beautiful that I was crying in the theater.
Post subject: Re: Film: Valerian, City of a thousand planets (2017)
Posted: Fri July 21, 2017 2:18 am
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Oh man, I loved loved loved this movie. Some of the most relentlessly imaginative and creative sci-fi in decades. The opening 15 minutes were so beautiful that I was crying in the theater.
Post subject: Re: Film: Valerian, City of a thousand planets (2017)
Posted: Fri July 21, 2017 2:37 am
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Oh man, I loved loved loved this movie. Some of the most relentlessly imaginative and creative sci-fi in decades. The opening 15 minutes were so beautiful that I was crying in the theater.
Aww shit. I'm seeing it tomorrow. CAN'T WAIT
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Post subject: Re: Film: Valerian, City of a thousand planets (2017)
Posted: Fri July 21, 2017 2:41 am
The Master
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Some thoughts:
Rihanna has very limited screentime, but I thought she was outstanding. Vulnerability, nuance, authority. She is always compelling.
This is beautiful CGI. It never looks "real," but it doesn't try to. And it doesn't need to because it has character and personality. That is so crucial to interesting CGI.
Desplat's score is also beautiful.
DeHaan and Delevigne are weird casting choices, and I'm not convinced they couldn't have found better actors. But they eventually grew kind of endearing in their oddball ways.
I really cannot stress enough how spectacular the opening 15 minutes are. I was overwhelmed (especially in Dolby Vision).
I felt a lot of influence from the Star Wars prequels, which I thought was kinda wonderful. It's like Lucas's vision of a computer-generated space opera without the plastic, stilted incompetence that plagued those movies. Pure imagination.
I LOVED the old-fashioned pacing. So many contemporary blockbusters just GO GO GO and are filled with so much noise. This movie leaves time for bizarre detours. It leaves time for silence and idiosyncrasy. It lets you get lost in the world.
I also felt echoes of '80s fantasy like Labyrinth and Legend, especially in the creature designs and characterizations.
Rihanna has very limited screentime, but I thought she was outstanding. Vulnerability, nuance, authority. She is always compelling.
This is beautiful CGI. It never looks "real," but it doesn't try to. And it doesn't need to because it has character and personality. That is so crucial to interesting CGI.
Desplat's score is also beautiful.
DeHaan and Delevigne are weird casting choices, and I'm not convinced they couldn't have found better actors. But they eventually grew kind of endearing in their oddball ways.
I really cannot stress enough how spectacular the opening 15 minutes are. I was overwhelmed (especially in Dolby Vision).
I felt a lot of influence from the Star Wars prequels, which I thought was kinda wonderful. It's like Lucas's vision of a computer-generated space opera without the plastic, stilted incompetence that plagued those movies. Pure imagination.
I LOVED the old-fashioned pacing. So many contemporary blockbusters just GO GO GO and are filled with so much noise. This movie leaves time for bizarre detours. It leaves time for silence and idiosyncrasy. It lets you get lost in the world.
I also felt echoes of '80s fantasy like Labyrinth and Legend, especially in the creature designs and characterizations.
Post subject: Re: Film: Valerian, City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Posted: Sat July 22, 2017 5:16 am
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Just saw this. What a fun movie. Just really really well done and told. Some incredible scenes, like the opening sequence. And the market scene was fucking bonkers.
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Post subject: Re: Film: Valerian, City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Posted: Sat July 22, 2017 12:57 pm
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Anders wrote:
How is it compared to the Fifth Element?
Two totally different movies. I'm as big a fan as it gets with 5th Element, but you can't compare the two, they are trying to do two different things. The only thing comparable is that they are both enjoyable
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Two totally different movies. I'm as big a fan as it gets with 5th Element, but you can't compare the two, they are trying to do two different things. The only thing comparable is that they are both enjoyable
It's the same director, so that's interesting. Thank you.
Post subject: Re: Film: Valerian, City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Posted: Sat July 22, 2017 1:21 pm
The Master
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It's a bajillion times better than Fifth. I think they're comparable; both are wacky, colorful Luc Besson space operas. But I love this one and hate Fifth.
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