Watched the 2.25 hour Luc Besson movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The plot was a bit thin, the creativity, visuals and special effects pretty good. Besson also did the marvellous The Fifth Element. There were distinct resemblances in creativity.
@Miraz that's unfortunate, plot wise, as he's done some pretty good movies before, i.e. Taken, Lucy, Leon, along with The Fifth Element of course.
@matpacker It was OK. I kept watching. Some whizzy chases and shoot-outs etc. Amazing (and sometimes bewildering) conceptions of aliens and the City.
@Miraz @matpacker The Fifth Element is a family favorite. Panned by critics at the time, who seemed clueless that the movie is an action/comedy. Similarly for Con Air, which came out at about the same time – nowhere near as good as The Fifth Element, but still a good movie and very enjoyable one that critics did not seem to understand was supposed to be funny.
