Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Rating 3 out of 10

I had doubts on this one from the first trailer I watched but I had a rain day and this was the only movie that fit my time frame.  I should have followed my instinct on this one and found something else to do.

This takes place way in the future.  Some of the planets are having problems so a group start merging small planets together in one growing community.  Soon the community has (as the title says) has more than a thousand planets of all types of humans and aliens.  Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and his blonde sidekick Laureline (Cara Delevingne) and like cops of the universe.  Something happens and they are on the trail trying to figure out who the bad guys are.

Visually this movie is a NINE.  Nothing short of amazing.  The problem is the story is barely a ONE. You are two hours in to the 137 minute movie before it's explained what in the world is going on and sadly by then you just don't care.  You want it to be over.  Casting is terrible.  Dane and Cara smirk their way across the planets like they both think they are way better looking than they are.

This movie is a total waste of time.  I was not entertained at all.