Another film slammed by the critics, Valerian suffered from four things many critics hate:
1) It has a long title
2) The source material is French
3) The director is French
4) One of the stars is a successful model
So cue the complaints that it would have been great if only the story was better and the lead actress could act...
Are you kidding? Cara Delevingne is at least as good as Dane DeHaan in this movie... and considerably better than Clive Owen who, bless him, chooses cold from his repertoire of "hot or cold". And she's nicer to look at.
OK. It's not perfect. But it is bloody good fun. There is so much going on... I think the bad-mouthers probably missed a lot of the good things because they were too busy looking at Cara Delevingne to notice... then were embarrassed to admit it at the end.
Sometimes with these "critics hated it, fans quite liked it" films I feel the need to defend the people who made it. This time I don't think I need to, because it is so obviously good. Just like The Fifth Element which also split the critics on release, I think it will become more appreciated over time.
Cool film.
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