Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

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	Year of first release: 2017
	Director: Luc Besson (Leon, The Fifth Element)
	Actors: Dane DeHaan (Metallica: Through the Never, Chronicle), Cara Delevingne, Alain Chabat (Didier), Rihanna (Battleship), Ethan Hawke (Total Recall, Gattaca), Clive Owen (Children of Men)
	Country: F
	Genre: SF, Action
	Conditions of visioning: 06.08.2017, Schauburg, English/French version with German subtitles
Synopsis: In the 28th century, Valerian (DeHaan) and Laureline (Delevingne) are a team of special spacetime operatives charged with maintaining order throughout the human territories. Under assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two embark on a mission to the astonishing city of Alpha -an ever-expanding metropolis where species from all over the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence and cultures with each other. There is a mystery at the center of Alpha, a dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets.
Review: As many of the Luc Besson stories, it deals with love. Today the message is "Make love not war". I fully agree with him. And thenhe spent some 177200 thousand dollars to make the movie and it does not touch me much. I remember the series of anime that starts with episode 1 here. But I do not know the comic books. I liked the humour of Valerian and Laureline, always teasing each other without having any love story. And here the love story takes everything and is a the core of the message by Luc Besson. To be at the level of the Fifth element, the story teling would have needed some humour. There are plenty of special effects that are quite nice or the idea to bring them are good. There is a virtual market from which you can materialise anything. There is a city, the famous city Alpha floating in the space but where you find lakes with monsters and many cities or constructions. There are also the different types of beings, some of them with designs coming from the Fifth elements, other similar to the anime and to the comic (according to several portals comparing the characters in the movie and in the comic books).  I liked Dane DeHaan in his previous movies The place beyond the pines and Kill your darlings. And here he is very stiff in his role of military. In return Cara Delevingne in her both military and human character and Alain Chabat as the crazy doc are great.
Rating: 5 /10