I think he's succeeded.Valerian.....when Besson takes himself for George Lucas and James Cameron lol
Valerian is Besson's Phantom Menace/Avatar.
Besson's best IMO remains La Femme Nikita.
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I think he's succeeded.Valerian.....when Besson takes himself for George Lucas and James Cameron lol
Besson's best IMO remains La Femme Nikita.
A terribly overlooked and underrated film, to this day, even though its influence is still seen in nearly all modern action films.
Finally saw this. I liked it well enough, though it wasn't the epic space opera I was hoping for.
Cara Delevingne was better than I expected, but I think Dane Dehaan was miscast.
Though I don't know who I would have cast that would have been a better Valerian. Nicholas Hoult? Sam Claflin? I dunno...
Still a better movie than most of the garbage that passes for entertainment these days.
It would have helped if they didn't treat her as a bond girl conquest and that she was his equal.
Both the lead characters needed to be played by actors at least 10 - 15 years older in order for their experience level and relationship to be believable.
Kept me from buying into the movie. No highly intelligent, highly capable warrior would ever bother with an imbecilic, immature troll like Valerian.
Re: Luc Besson's Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Quoted for truth!!! I can´t remember that I have read anywhere that Mezieres was officially named as an influence, but seeing the body of his work is like seeing (a more livid and at times vibrant and diverse) version of the Star Wars universe. Reading that Doug Chiang kept comics and books by Mezieres in his library is no surprise, but I´d love to see GL name Mezieres as an influence. However, I can see Norman Reynolds probably lift some designs off those pages or become influenced by the designs, since he and Mezieres are of the same generation. And the other art department folks always seemed like people who may read comics or other "alternative" art forms.
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