Everything GREAT About Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets!

Valerian and The Township of 100 Planetary Bodies or whatever is the worst! Just kidding, I actually enjoyed this movie. I might be alone, but oh well. You find me a platform shooting gun and we'll be friends forever. Here's everything right with Valerian and The City of A Thousand Planets!
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Outro Music: "Rise of the Heroes" by Jon Wright

[@CascadianRanger]

This is the only movie I outloud said something in a theater. During the weird "wedding" scene I just out loud said "what the fuck is going on?!". Several people around me laughed. 1 said "no idea dude". Fantastic theater experience. This movie is a total guilty pleasure of mine

[@analbreacher7198]

Love it

[@Meggsie]

Ppl: I hate how Hollywood only makes remakes, reboots, and sequels. _Valerian comes out_ Ppl: This is weird and I don't get the MCs Me: *face palm* Ppl: Hollywood makes too many remakes, reboots, and sequels. _Alita comes out_ Ppl: This is weird and I don't get the big eyes Me: *double face palm*

[@Vissaius]

This is what I've been telling people and they just look at me like I'm crazy. Another original movie that came out fairly recently was Mortal Engines. It was a flawed movie but it was original at least.

[@FallingOranges]

I enjoyed Alita, but I struggled to watched Valerian to the point I almost stooped watching at the scene where the Mul invade the summit room, for me I think mainly to do with pacing of the movie.

[@That80sGuy1972]

I can count the number of people who are not drones on their entertainment tastes on one hand. I respect their points of view, no one else's. So, I used to facepalm like you. Now I just roll my eyes when people show they are their own opposition to their opinions... just speaking word salad.

[@miwoj]

valerian wasn't weird, it was just a really bad movie.

[@Meggsie]

@@That80sGuy1972 True! I don't really face palm, just commenting on something that struck me as funny at the moment. I don't pay a lot of attention to other people's opinions on media anymore because there's always someone who has something ugly to say about something I enjoy. (You can even see it on this thread haha) I don't really see the point, if someone is enjoying something why rain on their parade?

[@morebakeder]

this will end up becoming one of those movies that flopped in theaters that everyone will end up seeing later and fall in love with, like i did. I didn't hear anything about it when it was released eventually found it on some streaming service and gave it a try.

[@ace448]

It’s the inverse avatar. Who re-watches that movie? No one and it’s forgettable. This movie is one that ends up in a digital queue that gets played a bunch because it’s fun camp. An A quality B movie

[@MaximumMadnessStixon]

That's what happened to me. I skipped it in theaters because I was frightened off by the mixed reviews. But I ended up renting it on a whim months later while I was visiting my folks, and we all really enjoyed it. Ended up picking it up on 4K disc when I upgraded my TV this year-- totally worth it. I feel like it has the potential to become a bonified cult classic in the future. It's just so weird and creative... I feel like it's bound to build an audience over time.

[@Nebuloid1]

Yep really feels like the old cult hits that got huge when everyone rented the vhs/dvd... Seen this movie about 15 times already.

[@alexalexandar1923]

I freaking loved this movie. Had no idea it flopped honestly....

[@artemisfowldragon]

Right?

[@bjbrooks6659]

Same here!?? I thought this was going to be as big as the marvel universe type shizz... sad to see it flopped, I freaking loved it and would still rewatch it again

[@darkwolf1202]

had too much creativity.

[@christophhermann6913]

maybe because nobody knows about it :D i have never heard of it. i just satrted watching this video because i have seen all the other EGA Videos. i stopped after 90 seconds because i instantly want to watch the movie.

[@forgesoulfire1320]

😊 well I can remember a lot of the complaints about this movie I never gave them any credit and thought they were an in passing thing... In short; I did not know it flopped either

[@one_man_community]

This movie should of got oscar for best digital effects. Cause thats what its based on, completely astonishing effects.

[@JohnnyKronaz]

"should of" lol

[@hillhouseproductions]

Hippo *should have*

[@Roadiedave]

1/10 for "Is a movie" 10/10 for "Best commercial for graphics technology ever made"

[@lilia2178]

Should’ve *

[@fukkandre]

@Dr. M. H. You're getting upset over someone just making a nitpick

[@jaspr1999]

I guess I'm still the weird man out as I loved the movie. I don't have a reddit account so I guess that's why I didn't know I wasn't supposed to enjoy it as much as I did.

[@nmitch5883]

jaspr1999 I love this movie too!

[@quoniam426]

I kind of like it for some of its aspects, the originality from other blockbusters make it an UFO in blockbuster industry.

[@miletilblight2181]

jaspr1999 loved it too i wouldnt say its the best syfy film lf this decade but it does deserve a sequel or an immediate reboot to attempt to rewrite wrongs

[@mikeyparker961]

I absolutley loved this movie, you're not the only one!

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

Lets face it. Not having a Reddit account is an important step in being less miserable.

[@aixaaa_1117]

Finally🖤 so sad that people think this is a rip off of Star Wars when it’s actually the other way around. Thanks for giving this movie the hype it deserves. I wish more people would read the valerian and lauraline comics they’re amazing

[@mrpowershield]

Aixa Martinez how people should see this as a star wars spin off?

[@aixaaa_1117]

kaffaj idiot just reread it I said rip off not spin off

[@Cancoillotteman]

Especially since Besson has been a fan of the Valerian comics since he was a child, so before 1977, which means it cannot be a Star Wars ripp-off ;)

[@averyyeah]

@@aixaaa_1117 Clearly English isn't Kaffaj's first language, no need to get rude. But still, how does anyone think this is a star wars rip off?

[@richicamacho7989]

This movie was beautiful and it made me less depressed after seeing it lol Star wars is overrated

[@TheOnlyToblin]

4:24 YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT!! Nog has the best character arc of the entire cast, you take that back, sir!

[@Dag0n3t]

Finally, a reasonable youtube comment.

[@eddixon2015]

Dude, the song is called Space Oddity, you’re one of the most knowledgeable people on the internet, so I forgive you, but just for the future

[@CinemaWins]

So weeeeeird. I think I just wrote and said Major Tom because I cut the audio there. I'm sorry David Bowie, RIP.

[@eddixon2015]

CinemaWins, I think that’s my bad, the second I wrote that I was like, oh that probably came off a lot more aggressive than I wanted, but thanks for responding, we all miss one of the greats.

[@gyrosphere376]

These comments are pure and beautiful.

[@gyrosphere376]

Caradoc g Agreed

[@nicholascross3557]

Mildly interesting fact, the session synth player for the re-release was one Rick Wakeman who, later, went on to be the keyboard player in Yes, among other things.

[@CWR032]

Laureline says "Valerian" 50 times, this film was released on the 50th anniversary of the comic. Coincidence?

[@darrellkiely91]

Maybe that's the real reason there are a bunch of seemingly pointless sub-plots. The point was to give her more opportunities to shout 'Valerian'. lol

[@giselaponce8820]

I was the 50th like. Coincidence?

[@ericrscastillo5358]

I think NAWT!

[@James-eq4bk]

Now i have to watch the damn movie to see if you're right lmao

[@FPV-wi8fw]

This also confirms that 9/11 was an inside blowjob

[@Helixsnake35]

I love how 4:42 nudges at Everything Wrong With Valerian: City of a Thousand Planets. Where he asks how laureline knows to put the converter into a uranium chamber. Well played

[@ranwolf7650]

EWE has a habit of calling things that are actually explained a sin. It's one of the reason I stopped watching

[@Scifi4life]

Great film. Amazing visuals and good story. Criminally underrated.

[@maxximumb]

I really enjoyed the film. It was one of the best comic book adaptations I've seen. It was a beautifully shot movie. The attention to detail was great. The details were fantastic. The film was a good action film. Laureline wasn't just eye candy or a helpless damsel to provide a plot for Valerian. Overall it was good entertainment, like most of his films.

[@konnosx1213]

Maxx B ok, I'll be the asshole to point out whats wrong with this movie... keep in mind, i've never read the comic and I don't hate anyone who liked it 1.The plot makes no sense, sidequests aside, the plan of the pearls is stupid, they live in a utopia that accepts every alien species (even canibals) and they know everything about this utopia and their policies so why don't they simply talk to the humans and expose general Triggerhappy instead of creating a planet building cult just to get a few square kilometres of beach... I know this would make a boring movie but what I am trying to say is that the current plot of the movie made no sense 2. The world felt vast but it was still generic, quantity over quality, we learn nothing about most alien races apart from, if it's ugly shoot it, if it's fuckable don't... Even the pearls are obvious avatar rip offs. And because they had each concept artist working separately the movie feels like a mixture of aesthetics that don't add up... 3. Rihanna

[@nmitch5883]

AGREED I loved this movie.

[@emmalane3528]

have you actually read a single Valerian book ?

[@nathanjora7627]

Konnos X, Rihanna was not a problem, although Valerian’s impersonator was, and some of Lauteline last sentences (when she talk about love and trust) are just... stop it Laureline, it resembles nothing we saw in the comics or the movie. As for the Pearls’s plan... I wouldn’t have put a fingertip in the capital of the confederation that blew up my planet, especially if the species that did it is so powerful in the said confederation. For the alien species not being explored enough, that doesn’t bother me at all. Look at Star Wars, first and last episodes : if you except the prelogy, you don’t learn a lot of things about aliens of this universe really, and it’s fine. Although it would certainly be better to do it late « Valerian and Laureline » style and make them immerge in an alien culture (alien=/=human here) and using this immersion to really help them out, it’s fine to do it early « Valerian and Laureline » style and just making them solving problems without having much experience with the culture they are dealing with (because the problems don’t stem for the said culture). And everything feeling generic... 1) don’t agree and 2) we are talking about a guy who took part in setting the standards about what should look how in sci fi, adapting a comic book that set the iconic standards of the sci fi genre Bessons explored in the cinema. So it’s a bit like saying « urf, 2001 a space odyssey is so cliche, with all this white, and cleanliness, and an evil AI » Of course there is a risk of it seeming generic, because it (Valerian and Laureline+Besson) originally set the standards for what is generic. Only in part, of course, and it’s not an excuse that I would accept after this first movie, if he is ever gonna do a second (which I really hope, but doesn’t have much confidence in) he needs to something that feels more different and innovative in its writing (because I feel like it’s where the genericness stems from).

[@radomirt6001]

@@konnosx1213 yeah you are just an a-hole no one cares about

[@g-rated3514]

Living in France it made me really sad how bad this movie tanked :( I was an audience member leaving thinking it could have been much better, but I saw so much potential and it would have been a great relief from the repetitive remakes and sequels coming out nowadays. Thank you for giving a knowledgable nod to a worthy series! :)

[@Roadiedave]

By that metric, X-Men Origins: Wolverine was a masterpiece.

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

@@Roadiedave honestly, I kinda like that movie.

[@tomf3150]

Most people over 40 in France probably grew old with Tintin, Asterix, Gaston Lagaffe, Yoko Tsuno, Valerian, Le Marsupilami etc. What worked in the original comic is that they were adults. Making the characters teen/young adults kinda killed the charm. Watching the trailer I remember thinking "Wait, is that the fifth element's extended texture pack"

[@shahannagrey8427]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!! Why does a movie have to always be some earth-shattering moral lesson? This movie is great fun and very beautiful!

[@jh5kl]

i m sorry for just spamming this around to everyone that really liked the movie, but i m really compelled to do it, the comics is an absolute must! (note that its older than star wars) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnybc2RmlNSMa8k

[@virus5567]

I remember going to watch a movie a couple months before this movie came out. I remember one of the preview trailers before the movie started was the opening scene with the ISS and the aliens. I was completely invested in it and forgot which movie I came to watch until that preview ended. Anyways I love this movie and am sad that there most likely wont be a sequel due to the low preformance

[@sawanna508]

Did Luc Besson ever make a sequel of a movie? I only know single titels.

[@BestNickNameEver]

Pls do everything great about *MegaMind* !

[@BestNickNameEver]

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[@jmachero5852]

BestNickNameEver Speaking of Megamind, I found out something. The movie came out 2 years prior to Wreck-it Ralph. And it talks about a villain turns hero. Megamind is the one who made that life lesson!

[@JakkFrost1]

J Mac Hero ~ Hardly an original idea from Megamind. I mean hell, Despicable Me came out 5 months before Megamind did. Then of course there's Puss-in-boots from Shrek. There's Vegeta and Piccolo from DBZ. And you could go WAY back, and there's Ebenezer Scrooge from 'A Christmas Carol'. There's many more examples out there, well before Megamind.

[@BestNickNameEver]

Jakk Frost so u telling me they wrote and animated MegaMind in 5 months not because a movie with similar idea came out in the same year. That would made it better

[@peskynationalist6823]

Just rewatched it the other night! So much genre subversion!

[@avionprime8757]

i liked the movie, it was visually appealing. Rihanna so far has never disappointing me as an actress (Battleship, Valerian) The male lead however wasn't as.. good. During the entire movie he sounded like he had only just woken up and that didn't give the feel of a focused soldier

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

For me, it kinda make him more interesting for me. Valerian as the soldier who is not serious with his job, being partnered with the more serious Laureline, and kind of a narcissist.

[@vaIe_]

I felt like that was kinda the point

[@avionprime8757]

@@vaIe_ to have the male protagonist sound like an unfocused lame?

[@Road_to_Dawn]

I absolutely loved this movie. I realize it was originally a comic, but it was also very much in the same vein as (and in many ways you can consider this a remake of) The Fifth Element, one of my all-time favorite movies. Valerian was an automatic win for me. EDIT: Plus, I just love Dane DeHaan in literally everything he does. (Who else has seen A Cure For Wellness?!)

[@Mr_Yod]

At first when you said: "No one walked out of Avatar saying, what a twist! The 3 scar face guy was the bad guy the whole time." I was like: "Wait: Zuko has only one scar... And he is the bad guy at the begin."

[@jacobschmidt2771]

I do really like this movie, but I'm going to be honest, they really needed someone else to play Valerian. I like the guy (forget his name) but he just doesn't have to right level of charisma. Strangely enough I really liked Delevigne's perforance.

[@Xaw13]

Same here. Cara is a perfect Laureline, same face, same attitude, same sexiness. But Valerian... uhhhhg. Dane embodied a wanna be macho man. Valerian just has charisma. He’s not faking it. He IS badass. (Yet sensible, at least for Laureline) That Valerian was just trying too hard, it didn’t feel natural. And I think that’s what ruined the movie for me, the rest was just incredible!

[@richicamacho7989]

Yea the guys performance was so bad even tho he's a good actor with good movies under his belt

[@eponaalbion]

I disagree, they were fine, theyre 400 years old, so not all mushie teenager love like most Yanks like, idk.

[@VoidLantadd]

When I got the notification on this video, I used it as an excuse to give the movie a watch on Netflix, and I'm glad I did. Whenever a "bad" movie comes out, instead of going with the hate, I like to watch your video on it. There's too much negativity in movie fans these days. I'm waiting for you to do Justice League so I can watch it and then your video immediately after. I've heard it's okay, but has some serious problems. But that's exactly what I heard about Valerian. So I'll give it a go, whenever you give your take.

[@Ancientreapers]

This one movie is light years better than all three of Disney's Star Wars trilogy movies. I've watched Valerian so many times (Disney Star Wars Trilogy just once each and even that was too many times). I just recently got this movie in 3D and damn a new benchmark for 3D execution. It needs to be watched in 3D.

[@KARTIKSHARMA-fs2bo]

Ancientreapers hey freind star wars movies are also good

[@aragorn4242]

i agree. i've seen hundreds of movies, and this was better than all of the reboots, and lazy sequels. underrated, just wish they had better writing. could have got better partner for cara ?

[@clashsupreme9394]

@@KARTIKSHARMA-fs2bo he specifically said the disney star wars movies which sucked (force awakens sucks by association)

[@alistaircampbell]

@@zeeoracle Star Wars actually borrows from the French Valerian & Lauraline comics quite a lot.!!!

[@Kajisdaddy]

I love this movie. I really want some sequels, even if they’re animated.

[@zarinaa1135]

You guys are the best!!! Keep up the great work!!! Please do: 1) The Circle 2) The Princess Bride 3) Arrival 4) Murder on the Orient Express 5) Jack Reacher never go back 6) Tropic Thunder 7) The Huntsmen Winters War 8) Kung fu panda 3 9) Pitch Perfect 1,2,3 10) HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2!!!!!!!!!

[@thedoruk6324]

To be really honest the movie was very enjoyable to watch; and definetly wasn't as bad as the so-called movie ''critics'' claim it to be

[@ten1086]

The DORUK I agree, it wont win an Oscar but it was a lot of fun, havent enjoyed a film as much in a long time.

[@thedoruk6324]

Justin RM Exactly

[@davidray3133]

The DORUK *definitely*

[@sparkymist]

Not this much fun since the 5th element tbh

[@jmachero5852]

The DORUK Your right.

[@Shritistrang]

Bubble is my favorite character in the movie. Such a cute and creative character! I was sad and disappointed when she died. I would have loved to see more of her.

[@shadeshadow2347]

Valerion: what’s the quickest route Laureline: That way Valerion: that’s a wall Me: haha, what a funny joke. That I’ve seen before. Now for the second shortest route which is also a dead end until she stops sassing him and gives him a wa- Valerion: runs through wall like it’s paper Me: Me: i think ive just discovered a new facet of my sexual orientation

[@frickenflapcraps]

Bruh what the 😂

[@shadeshadow2347]

@@zeeoracle for me it’s a quick and simple way to do dialogue, without worrying about all the “she said he said” sorta stuff, which can clog up a comment. The blank is meant to be more of a pause, if this is meant to be read as a running dialogue, then the “Me: “ part is where everything stops for a beat as I process, although ymmv on the comedic timing of it admittedly I should have put asterisks around “runs through the wall like it’s paper” to indicate it’s an action, but ehhh. This comment’s two years old

[@shadeshadow2347]

@@zeeoracle thanks

[@thomsons16]

@@zeeoracle ShadeShadow234: for me it’s a quick and simple way to do dialogue, without worrying about all the “she said he said” sorta stuff, which can clog up a comment. The blank is meant to be more of a pause, if this is meant to be read as a running dialogue, then the “Me: “ part is where everything stops for a beat as I process, although ymmv on the comedic timing of it admittedly I should have put asterisks around “runs through the wall like it’s paper” to indicate it’s an action, but ehhh. This comment’s two years old Zeph Orac: It's annoying and immature as hell. Me: "thinking while reading all that" Yeah, talking with people, books and movies are really annoying and immature as hell. I mean, how dare they put dialogues in those things. Shame on them.

[@extatixz]

Ok that’s it, this is the third time you’ve uploaded a video while I’m watching your channel! Stop spying on my phone cinema wins, just stop. (Still love you guys tho)

[@IamaPERSON]

Evan Burns lol and I bet if he saw this comment, he would say, "Viewer win. Also, loving win." *2 dings"

[@extatixz]

I am a PERSON ayyyy lol thanks

[@SpottedPredator]

Evan Burns not really that uncommon

[@extatixz]

Also if you do manage to see this comment, viewer win is now a rule, you added character wins with ragnarok therefore viewers shouldn’t be too much of an issue 😉

[@IamaPERSON]

Evan Burns ayyy you get it. "Compliments." *Ding*

[@Psiberzerker]

Laureline is a Sociopath. She plays it to the hilt. Literally. Nobody noticed, because she's a girl, but that's why there's no "Chemisty" between them. They're soldiers, a Narcissist, and a Sociopath. Cold blooded killer. They don't do "Chemistry." She teases him with the "Love" carrot on a stick, then pokes him with it, sadistically. It's how he introduces her character.

[@angshumanbora8974]

Damn... thats a cool theory... or is it an actual thing in the comics?

[@Psiberzerker]

Explicit? No, and she was a lot less sociopathic in the comics. I mean in the movie, look at her attitudes about sex, love, killing, caring, about the only time she showed any emotion is when she got snagged by the baiterfly, and that was massively out of character. Or anger, Valerian actually cares more about the refugees, and grows from the experience (Of literally having a Princess inside him) so he actually has to use the Emotional argument to get her onboard. Then later she turns that argument around to get him to help the Pearls. IDK if that was her direction, but she definitely played it like a cold sociopath. Considering this is Luc "La Femme Nikita" Besson, I'm suspecting he did it deliberately. People don't notice the Emotional role reversal, because it's subtle. The Physical reversal of Leelu being a supreme being, and Corbin being able to keep up, is blatant. It's a halmark of Luc Besson's work, the abused child who's family is annihilated wanting to become a "Professional" as another example.

[@Psiberzerker]

Okay, look at the extremely brief Bubble arc. It's at a strip club, and it looks like a boner on Valerian's part, but then he turns it around, "Frees" her, and that's probably the most emotional beat in the film until the climax. Now, imagine Laureline in there. Imagine her delivering that emotion watching Bubble die in her arms (Shape shifter, she could have pulled a Magic Mike) Or, would she move on, having served it's purpose? Valerian learned that there was something greater than himself, and even attempted the Self Sacrifice, as the Narcissist. Would Laureline? She would sacrifice him, but would she sacrifice her for even an entire race of strangers? I don't think so, but as you pointed out, that's just a theory.

[@angshumanbora8974]

Psiberzerker Now that you say about it, it seems plausible. I thought Laureline's emotional response at the end seemed out of character, but I guessed it was due to inconsistency. It does seem like sociopathic if you really think about.

[@Psiberzerker]

At the very end, when she "Warms up to him?" Okay, there's 2 plausible theories on this: Either she's affecting "My hero!' because she's horny, and kinda didn't not promise, and the other is the instant redemption, which falls kinda stale for me. Either way, it bookends the adventures in between.

[@naranara1690]

Nog growing from an illiterate kid that cut class into a badass Starfleet officer was an awesome character arc. I honestly don't know how you can hate him.

[@bastian9713]

100 percent agree. I was so shocked when he said this. I've been bingin CinemaWins for the last three days and this was the first statement I cannot get behind

[@meowpurpur]

I know this is late but I would love the main two actors to play a cocky brother sister duo. I got that vibe from them in the beginning and overall that's the chemistry they have. It would probably have to be a comedy movie, or an action film that doesn't take itself too seriously.

[@Wdomino]

This was for me the most enjoyable movie of 2017. Stunnig CGI and shots. Yes story and acting could be better but seriously this felt like a new franchise to me. It felt like the most upgraded movie with having a bit of James Bond agents, Star Wars and others, but still yet original! Oh and it had one of the most awesome trailers ever!

[@quoniam426]

Come on, the cheesy dialogues were a pain to hear in Valerian !!! As painful as bad dialogues in SW II AotC...

[@haasher10]

CinemaWin video for: GodFather Trilogy Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy James Bond Casino Royale The Mummy trilogy Indiana Jones trilogy Toy Story trilogy (mainly 3rd one) Wall-e Lion King Jurassic Park/World Lord of the Rings trilogy Hobbit trilogy

[@spoonabenson8762]

I’ve been waiting for the Pirates of the Caribbean ones

[@spookypal4199]

Hunter and Stanley Kubrick films

[@raidenthenctzenwithinsomni4961]

Pirates is not a trilogy...

[@christopherkim3317]

Please do LOTR

[@OSUBucknuts55]

Mainly Toy Story 3? Bro it's good but you can't forget OG Woody and Buzz from the first one.

[@gabdraws7003]

whoa, this movie looks incredible. I can't believe this passed me by. When I watched Jupiter ascending I thought it would've been something that looks like this. This is almost a movie of my dreams. I can't believe it did so poorly D:

[@Wolfen443]

I watched both, the point where the films failed to me was a mirror case of decent casting in Jupiter Ascending in a badly delivered film and poor casting in an other wise entertaining Valerian.

[@Menageryl]

I’m definitely in agreement: I enjoyed this film. It wasn’t earth-shatteringly anything, but it was good and enjoyable enough (and original enough) that I’d actually watch it again. I don’t really understand why it bombed as hard as it did. But then we see that the best products aren’t always those that rise to the top, and vica-versa.

[@bryantalksfilms9573]

Such an underrated film

[@alexheed5654]

I think I speak for at least one other person when I say please do Everything Great About Lord of the Rings.

[@coriusfarinprimarchofthese7007]

Alex Heed I second this statement. Though I wouldn't be upset if you only did the LotR Trilogy and left out the Hobbit...

[@nickpeterson8080]

I agree the setting and places and ideas or into this movie were visually amazing. I looked the movie for that. I guess I just really like movies that show an amazing planet, places or ideas in space...

[@romulo560]

YESSS! I just LOVE this movie and it's great to see that other people think that it's great too! Still a big mystery why it flopped at the box office. I wonder if it would have done better if released during a period where there were no other big blockbusters released at the same time.

[@luciusdouglass3645]

Love this film. Saw it in theatres and found it fun as hell.

[@SoapyOnHere]

Honestly, when I saw this movie in the theatre I really liked it. It's not perfect, but it's fun to watch. It definitely isn't some terrible, unwatchable movie.

[@adamashbourne6954]

Still better than The last Jedi

[@SoapyOnHere]

Adam Ashbourne I actually really liked The Last Jedi.

[@funmeister]

THANK YOU for making this video. Unlike the bazillions of critics who hated this moving, I for one absolutely loved it. And the visuals are incredible. Finally, a video about the good parts and what makes this film tick.

[@areyou3229]

I loved the movie that much that I bought a DVD of it after seeing it, don't get the hate but eh each to their own 🙂

[@captain_awesome2134]

I think for me it's the pacing. Everything feels like it's going at 100 mph. But I think it definitely has good effects and an interesting world/universe.

[@robprunyi]

I Really enjoyed this movie the world is incredible and easily one of the most gorgeous movies i've ever seen. I was disappointed this movie didnt do better as the comic is really the grandfather of modern sci fi that star wars borrowed so heavily from.

[@Binxie_]

Cinema win for IT, the greatest showman, and the shape of water please!!

[@fernthegreenfairy]

Allie Marie IT was terrible but I agree with shape of water

[@gabesolis4402]

Fern Alderton more like terrifying

[@crimsonhunter7598]

Allie Marie yeah "IT"

[@Redflametrow]

The Greatest Showman really fits with the theme of the channel. It's a movie about fun and joy. This channel tries to look at the positive side of things. Sounds like a great combo.

[@thewinchester7955]

IT was great, and even if it wasn't the point is also to find good things in every movie, even the terrible ones. ( but IT wasn't tho )

[@michael-tx8rw]

saw this today. thought it was sweet! Thank you for covering.

[@Ali_OT7]

I adore this film! I've seen it dozens of times and find something new to fall in love with it every time 💜💜💜

[@SparkyUpstart]

Please do a video on Power Rangers (2017)! Yeah it had some issues, but it was hella under appreciated in my opinion.

[@angelusprowler6368]

Wdym everyone liked it?

[@johan4974]

Fucking finally. So many people hate that movie and I cant tell why. I loved it. Ye it had problems but its about teenagers who get fucking mecha suits WTF did you think it was going to be.

[@rey187]

It's below average in many regards.

[@angelatennant7814]

Yea, it is. Sure it has flaws, but doesn't every movie have at least a dozen?

[@a.morphous66]

Power Rangers has always been super cheesy and kind of stupid, so of course it has flaws. It wasn’t a very good franchise to adapt into a modern Hollywood movie, with their obsession with “realism” and grit.

[@pierrebouquet9468]

I’m from your French audience and I get it ! ... 3:36 voilà voilà

[@pierrebouquet9468]

And also, Oliver Twist next week ?

[@andiran23]

J'ai honte, j'ai pas compris le "haha, get it, 'cause he time travels?"

[@clementtrochet3517]

J'ai peur de dire une connerie, mais je crois que c'est parce que le voyage dans le temps joue un rôle très important dans la bande dessinée. Si je me souviens bien, Laureline est même censée être une paysanne du moyen-âge à la base x).

[@MrKimvidard]

Une licorne... Laureline est une licorne dans la BD, pas rop surprenant qu'ils aient changé cela ;) Ca reste dur d'avaller les humains comme police du cosmos quand leur place dans la BD est plus pariat à peine toléré par les autres éspèces plus avancées.

[@andiran23]

Ah oui, je vois, merci ! J'avais entendu parler de ça, oui. En soi c'est des agents spatio-TEMPORELS. Mais bon, les films de voyage dans le temps sont interdits en Chine (no joke) du coup ça aurait été encore plus un suicide commercial de faire une histoire avec le temps, même si j'aurais adoré

[@zahari_s_stoyanov]

I love it. Must've seen 4 or 5 times by now

[@evertoncardoso5937]

This movie is amazing!!! It introduce me to comics series ti was based in. Here in Brazil the whole series started being released about time the movie premiered.

[@kadajawi6567]

Absolutely loved this movie. It gave me that watching Star Wars for the first time feeling like pretty much no other movie ever did. Well, Jupiter Ascending tried, and had some good ideas, but it was a mess. This... it still is a bit of a mess, but it has way more great moments, and it even has a decent plot. Not a big fan of Dane in it, but Cara was wonderful. And we've seen bigger actors do worse in a green screen movie. I really hope this movie picks up steam, enough so that it warants another. Even if it has a smaller budget. I think what made the CGI scenes so good was that they had time. They had a decent budget, and no pressure to release the movie, like, tomorrow. That's why in the Marvel movies for example the CGI sometimes looks unfinished. Basically that is because, well, it is unfinished.

[@jh5kl]

your star wars feeling is not random kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnybc2RmlNSMa8k

[@DarkSoulsSauron]

I feel this movie built an amazing world that they didn't spend enough time in. I feel like i was watching Valerian's demo real, and the main characters had NO chemistry AT ALL

[@forgottenfamily]

So just saw the film.... loved everything but the main 2 characters. By the end they were somewhat more tolerable but their chemistry just didn't work and the pieces of their personality just didn't combine into necessarily compelling - the pieces are there, but they didn't fit together. Your idea that they were intentionally meant to be unsympathetic initially might explain it. Otherwise, the story was fun, the visuals were great, some of the concepts were incredible and it was a fun ride. The two highlights for me are the incredible world building at the start (my wife and I thought everything up to meeting Valerian was incredible) and Rhianna who immediately became the most compelling character when she was on screen (admittedly because the others were not)

[@richardevans6955]

Just one great, entertaining film, with amazing special effects, alien races, planets etc etc, oh and Cara is gorgeous.

[@bladersmosh]

I really enjoyed this movie too. It's not the great but it's a fun sci-fi flick you can watch every now and then. I also think this is the 2017 equivalent to John Carter; both ambitious sci-fi films that got mixed reception from critics, based on popular literature material, made by directors who were huge fans of the books and wanted to launch a huge franchise from them. However, due to poor marketing from their respective studios, Disney and Lionsgate, both bombed at the box office thus cancelling the planned franchises. While I think Valerian is good, John Carter I love. Anyone agree/disagree?

[@grayscribe1342]

Valerian and John Carter have something in common, other movies have 'borrowed' a lot of material. Valerian had the freedom to go beyond the comics and a crazy director making it work. John Carter got a basic 'good guy vs. bad guy save the princess' story. The sad thing is, having read the original, John Carter had the backdrop to be really interesting.

[@konstantinmostakov6914]

Love this movie so much. Happy to see it get the love it deserves.

[@wakeeqq]

Konstantin Mostakov I agree!

[@keylime9322]

The director’s word ‘for my father…’ at the movie’s ending made me look back on great things about this movie and led me here. I see that Luc Besson put a lot of work in this film and I admit that there was many thing great as much as much as they were missing. Hope director besson’s father be proud of his son’s work.

[@janing.8188]

I remember watching it with my dad at home and we both actually really liked it. It's a fun, kind of adventurous movie with great colours and animations

[@thebois4884]

Is next week Mission: Impossible?

[@notAshildr]

I think so too, but I'm really not quite sure...

[@IsacSandelin]

My first thought as well.

[@LegoTim82]

Me (No, not Ashildr, I had the name before Doctor Who, and I'm not changing it!) best channel name ever

[@notAshildr]

Thank you ^^

[@christianjendraschek8201]

It shouls be. Its the Bridge at the beginning of the movie.

[@elizabethhardister8831]

i watched it and i liked it. i can kinda see why some people did not like this movie. for me, movies are my escape, i do not overthink it while watching and just let the film tell its story. i have a lot of fun watching them.

[@neightneight1280]

Incredible Trip film, had to re-watch it again once I'd returned to earth. The visuals alone EARN your attention

[@ladyalibat6564]

I'm so glad you covered this movie; it's one of my favorites!

[@marcusporter7565]

I think I speak for myself and one other person, if not several, when I say do an everything great about Eragon video.

[@coriusfarinprimarchofthese7007]

Marcus Porter You speak for me with this comment.

[@marcusporter7565]

Kad Gaming Good to know. I mean, I haven't read the book series the film is based on, and I never will, because I only read books when they're based on certain films/subjects.

[@pieisdeath30]

that would be tough to win, having read the books, the movie is a sad, poor imitation

[@Thewhitenight99]

by itself the movie is decent, but when compared to the books it lacks depth and a LOT of the story.

[@coriusfarinprimarchofthese7007]

True. In this case, I would say don't read the book first. If you see the movie then read the book, you can enjoy both. If you read the book then see the movie, you will enjoy the book but spend the whole movie being like "wtf is this? that wasn't in the book"

[@nope5657]

This film would work a lot better if it had a lead actor that could pull off carefree, playboy badass. Dehane is just....not that guy.

[@burstingstitches]

Yeah, I really like him as an actor but he's better suited to darker characters. The closest he's been to convincingly portraying a playboy was in Kill Your Darlings, but even then the character had a lot going on under the surface.

[@quoniam426]

What we needed is a Harrison Ford kind of guy, is there anyone that come that close???

[@valsptsd814]

I love this movie. Just gorgeous. Mikey’s crowd did a great job with it too. Excellent.

[@usetobeasurferchick]

The fact that some people think every movie has to be deep and make some sort of STATEMENT makes me think those people are shallow and desperate for meaning in their lives. I want fun and happy endings and this movie delivers. I also loved the Fifth Element and was thrilled to see that Luc Besson had created another dense, mind boggling, imaginative universe, based on earth's potential future. Although both universes were hundreds of years into the future, they both contained familiar elements that grounded the stories in reality. The Chinese junk food vendor in Fifth Element was CLASSIC! Ethan Hawke as the cowboy pimp was also CLASSIC! I Love this movie and watch it on a regular basis when I just need some fast moving FUN.

[@davidearnest5355]

Pirates of the Caribbean next please!!

[@crimsonhunter7598]

Drummerfett 777 yeah!!!!

[@SerathDarklands]

Awesome! I've been waiting for this! Now, if you can just do 2005's Doom movie, I''ll be ecstatic.

[@freighttrain6932]

David Meyer if he does doom thatll be awesome

[@megbaes1590]

I waited a hole year for this movie to come out and in my opinion it was great! I think that maybe if the movie was released in the 90's and even if the CGI effects weren't that great, it would have been a smashing hit. The problem is that nowadays people are making so many movies that you have to have a truely unique story or an excellent approach to the visual side of your film in order to please most of the viewers. Sad, but true. Awesome review by the way, I just subscribed!

[@rajasarapi8082]

Thank you. VALERIAN was amazing creative work. Enjoyable to watch. We loved the ride. 🌺🖖🏼🤖👽🙌🏽💖🙏🏽

[@neo.noni.]

I remember seeing this in the cinema and really enjoying it and not really understanding the negative wrap it got

[@StardustYT]

French audience is here !

[@cheymilion3168]

Yeah all 16 of you.

[@robbedecordt]

Could you maybe explain the joke? I speak a decent amount of French (I'm Belgian, so I learned it in school from a young age and still get classes when I'm 18), but I didn't get it.

[@nikalvhin6192]

@@robbedecordt There was no joke

[@huyxiun2085]

@@robbedecordt which "joke" needs to be explain? Since you reply after the first "answer", it's unclear. If you replied to the original comment: there is no joke. If you replied to Chey Mjiliwhatever: there is a joke attempt, but it's not funny, just he hates french people and is acting like a smart-ass, not knowing the difference between "being fun" and "being a dick". Anyway, if you still don't get the joke attempt, because you need to be an asshole to get it, which luckily for you, i am, let me try to explain: at the time he replied, there probably was "only" (stress on the quote) 16 tumbs up, those it was "funny" (stress on the quote) to point out that "french audience" (stress on the quote) was "limited to" (blablabla) 16 persons. So yeah. Joke attempt. Not funny. Failure. Story of Chew Matchatever's life, most certainly.

[@aaronmazur8056]

Cool? I don't get it. American audience is here.

[@davznothere]

Dude, this channel is just what I needed.. Thank you for providing a different perspective.

[@madviking2195]

Damn! That "Valerian" montage at the end was so awesome!! As if anyone needed an excuse to watch this video to completion!! Must have taken some serious time to edit all that together for such a funny little clippet. Just made up that word. Claiming it!! Kudos on another in a long and ever growing line of GREAT content. I'm on my third rewatch of everything on this channel and I love it!

[@thatnativeking1333]

Do Star Wars: The Last Jedi. I want to see your optimistic perspective lol.

[@TMX1138]

Chris Tso He'll probably do it around the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story next month.

[@IlhamKamaruddin]

Chris Tso I think he'll do it near Solo too! to push up the hype. :)

[@ColonelCactus89]

Should be easy for him considering how fantastic the movie was too!

[@calebfelsinger8215]

Good movie and without context of star wars With the context of star wars lore it's easily the worst though lmao

[@GwyndolinEnthusiast]

Colonel Cactus nah, that movie was pretty bad. But that is why its nice to see an optimists view on it like CinemaWins.

[@AndyGilleand]

The opening of this movie is fantastic, but once things actually get going, well, eh...

[@oussamacheta7106]

I loved it... I hope they make another one!!

[@kathvodkath]

I loved this movie so much and I keep remembering it from time to time

[@alisterfolson]

Of course the opening scene was epic...I got mad at the plot of Valerian crashing through the other planetary rooms during the chase. Not an engineer, but I can't fathom how much that affected the adjoining races by making a whole in their little 'universes.'

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

2:18 My guess is that chemicals in the clouds (such as sulfur or ferrous oxide) have rained onto the rocks and stained them that color. Alternatively, unusual wind patterns and frequent storms could keep clouds of rock dust circling in the atmosphere.

[@night_owll28]

I can't believe the timing! I just watched it with my dad. he hated it but I loved it! great job!

[@FanFilms101]

I literally watched your review of this after seeing your Ender's Game review. Thanks for pointing out the similarity.

[@thatgirl298]

I think if valerian was.played by someone else this wouldve been great. Anf nothing against Harry Osbourne, but he felt flat and monotone and had no charisma like the character he was trying to portray....imo

[@OddPhill]

Man for a second there I was like what's James Franco have to do with this movie then I remembered Amazing Spider-man 2 was a thing.

[@OctoStar20]

Pirates of the Caribbean please

[@davidearnest5355]

OctoStar YASSS!!!

[@recreationuniverse]

Yes!!

[@thaddeushenry9730]

Yes

[@chrissonofpear3657]

Including World's End...

[@recreationuniverse]

Definitely.

[@gypsyjr1371]

Over the years, I've watched this a dozen times. It is a hella fun ride and well done.

[@Cutiejuliya]

i love you! hehe ur voice and jokes is firee! and i absolutely loooooved the movie 😍😍😍 the visuals had me stop breathing

[@DasReverend]

It amuses me how many people didn't get that Valerian and Laureline were rejuvinated old people with lifetimes worth of experience under their belts, rather than super kids

[@DarthBiomech]

It would probably help if that was, I dunno, mentioned in the film?

[@Cancoillotteman]

I have to admit it wasn't once made clear or even hinted

[@gerardmontgomery280]

Mate if I knew that then their chemistry would've made a lot more sense.

[@jessicav931]

Oh!! I never saw the film so the EWW video and this one confuse me a lot. Scenes like "I learned about you in school" don't help either

[@Roadiedave]

It wouldn't really help to know they're insufferable old people, as opposed to insufferable young people.

[@jocax188723]

Finally, Tom Cruise dangling from a long wire. Are you ever gonna hit the Matrix or John Wick? Some Keanu would be nice.

[@crimsonhunter7598]

jocax188723 matrix yeah, john wick no

[@ConquerorOfDemons]

I rlly liked watching this movie tbh- so many different worlds and species to see was absolutely amazing

[@Fizzlefuse]

Everything great about Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: The CGI was very nice. ...that's it. I saw this movie on my flight to Tokyo and every scene had me roll my eyes so hard, the flight attendant asked me to stop because the sound was louder then the engines.

[@avrandlane2735]

i love this movie i thought it was done really well.

[@JaslynFellows]

Everything wrong with this movie: The two main characters, their relationship and everything that leads away from the central story. (not the subplots but the stuff that has nothing to do with the central story at all) Everything great about this movie: Everything else.

[@dragonmanfirebane5078]

the "everything that leads away from the central story" part is kinda vague to me care to elaborate?

[@JaslynFellows]

Dragonman firebane For example: I don't mind the character Bubble, but just when's she's introduced, she dies in like ten minutes. She doesn't add much to the story and takes time away from the main plot. Time that could've been used to elaborate more on the Pearls or Commander Arün Filitt.

[@dragonmanfirebane5078]

fair point with bubble thought the pearls seem self explanatory being powerful part of their planet and are integral part of the (who the fuck are they again) life's, I am also sure they elaborate on the pearls to a decent extent and commander Arün Filitt doesn't seem like that good of a villain sure they where getting fucked up but couldn't they have just retreated? I mean they weren't boxed in nor did they really need to keep fighting full force they could have tried some other tacit to beat those aliens at another time, right?

[@thingy2377]

It's important to remember the exposition dump entering the city. It totally disengaged me as a viewer. I think that was the worst scene in the entire movie. It was an exhausting few minutes of background of the city not really necessary to anything at all. The characters should already know that information. I admit, it was a visually stunning scene but we see the same set pieces not long after in positions tipsy from the way they were described. This could have been weaved into one slightly slower paced scene as a creative pano. No dialogue necessary, our imaginations could fill in the blanks.

[@Roadiedave]

Eye candy meets maguffin, exposition occurs, stuff intensifies, arbitrary side plot happens, red shirt dies, ex machina happens, exposition occurs, feelings...? happen?, moralizing ensues, obligatory side plot commences, side plot ends after filling allocated runtime, ex machina digs writers out of corner painting, heroes kiss, maguffin returns to maguffinfolk, great rejoice.

[@TimTurkeyTerd]

I really enjoy your optimistic spin on all the content you make. I'm able to enjoy movies even more than I already did. This movie wasn't as amazing as I hoped, but I still liked it a lot and will continue to be a fan of Luc's work. Keep up the great content.

[@kristaliaastari2856]

This is one of my all time favorite movies. I will always be hoping for more.

[@thomasstetina6410]

one of the greatest movies i've ever seen!!!

[@windowgoblin7343]

I really liked this film. Whether it's because of being raised of The Fifth Element, my already high tolerance for various movies others hate, or the actual merits of the movie itself. I take everything at face value. I'm not really into comics of any kind, and most of the time I don't end up reading book series until after the movie comes out. So everything I watch is brand new and exciting. There's been very few movies I've watched that I end up hating. So few that I can't even name one. I felt like the way they moved the plot felt realistic to the type of world they were trying to build. I was enamoured by the scenery and designs in the first minute after they revealed Mul. Just the similarities to the Na'vi while also having a completely different kind of coexistence with their environment was completely fascinating and made me yearn for it to be be real. I find that the movies I like most are the ones I can almost feel myself in. Moving with the characters as they flow with the story. The only thing I would really change is having more screen time for the Pearls, just because I love them so much. Even more after finding out how they survived in the city and learned all those years. Just growing stronger in order to build a new home that they desperately deserve and the reveal in the end just makes you root for them even more. Not every movie can be flawlessly acted or directed. You can clearly see their effort to work with their budget in packing in as much action and effects where it would count most while also keeping that alien/human intermingling feel throughout the movie. You get flashes of the militaristic humans alongside diverse and captivating alien species of all shapes and sizes. I think anyone that hasn't watched the entire movie is really missing out on a hidden gem. Not sure why everyone hates it so much, but they can think whatever they want. TLDR; Pearls are awesome, I want five and we'll move to Pandora. Aliens are cool, and the haters can suck it.

[@Hornystick]

Best comment so far!

[@windowgoblin7343]

@@Hornystick Thank you so much! I don't know what possessed me to go on such a tangent but I felt like some people needed to hear it.

[@Hornystick]

@@windowgoblin7343 I loved to hear it! My soul yearns for more Valerian. Either another movie or a series! I really don't understand why errbody be hating on it, this film is stunning!

[@emilyfoutch]

you are not alone on your idea. I loved that movie so much and I didn't even know until I watched this video that the whole movie was based off of a french comic book series so couscous to you. I happen to also love the 5th Element allot, and when my dad and I watched together we saw all of thr references to that amazing movie. I want a remake of the 5th element. And I loved this movie for all of the fun hummer and the amazing character designs. that would be my inner artist there but still great movie and great review. keep up the amazing work.

[@TJSchongar]

So glad I found you through Quentin Reviews! I agree with a lot of your points. I was disappointed by the film, but most of what you said is absolutely right - there's SO MUCH that was legitimately fun and great and made it worth it seeing this in the theater! Makes me sad that there wasn't more finessing. I would have watched the hell out of a sequel :)