I hated Valerian. I just don't "get" Luc Besson. Sure, the chick is super-hot, but the story itself just went nowhere fast and I didn't care about anybody, just as I didn't care about anyone in The Fifth Element. The CGI was sensory overload just the way it was in Ready Player One.
I know the source-material of Valerian was an inspiration for Star Wars but the tone didn't work for me, especially when the plot came to a halt at the strip club and you're left feeling like you're watching Moulin Rouge, which is the same damn thing Besson did when Chris Tucker started stealing scenes as a cross-dresser in The Fifth Element. It's like the worst aspects of suspension of disbelief breakage of Star Wars x10.
I know the source-material of Valerian was an inspiration for Star Wars but the tone didn't work for me, especially when the plot came to a halt at the strip club and you're left feeling like you're watching Moulin Rouge, which is the same damn thing Besson did when Chris Tucker started stealing scenes as a cross-dresser in The Fifth Element. It's like the worst aspects of suspension of disbelief breakage of Star Wars x10.