He continued with Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.

The Fifth Element has similar cinematic feeling as the first Blade Runner.

And now it is clear. There is the same person behind it :)

Cthulhu_ 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Valerian missed the mark; I'm sure it's got great designs (although I also believe it's mostly CGI), but the story of the movie is disjointed (which is a risk when trying to merge multiple storylines into one) and the actors are lifeless.

	▲	throwa356262 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I really liked Valerian. The story was fine and I expected Cara to be crap but she was actually fine. I did however very much hated Dane DeHaan's annoying voice.
	▲	vidarh an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I've grown to like Valerian over rewatches, but unfortunately it suffers from Besson being a massive Valerian fanboy and trying to stuff everything he possibly could into it... I think he'd have done far better if he'd gotten a more limited budget, or had to produce three of them for the cost of the one he did...

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nntwozz 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The Fifth Element and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets are widely considered to share a thematic and stylistic universe, with similar aesthetic influences. There are shared elements (ha!) and aesthetics, with Valerian even featuring a shop called "Korbens" as an easter egg to The Fifth Element.

Unfortunately the movie doesn't do it for me, the 90s were a better time.

Once CGI became good storytelling and creativity took a backseat in Hollywood.

	▲	sixtyj 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Perfect CGI and no-grain 4K (?) flattened the feeling.

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simonh 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Valerian was fun, but I really don't think it held together. Great set piece scenes though.

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metalman 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

waterworld