vladimir valentinovich menshov directed valerian and the city of a thousand planets.
who directed valerian and the city of a thousand planets?
vladimir valentinovich menshov
valerian and the city of a thousand planets () is a 2017 english-language french 3d space opera film written and directed by luc besson, and co-produced by besson and his wife, virginie besson-silla. it is based on the french science fiction comics series "valérian and laureline", written by pierre christin and illustrated by jean-claude mézières. it stars dane dehaan as valerian and cara delevingne as laureline, with clive owen, rihanna, ethan hawke, herbie hancock, kris wu and rutger hauer in supporting roles. besson independently crowd-sourced and personally funded the film. with a production budget of around $180 million, it is both the most expensive european and independent film ever made.
valerian and the city of a thousand planets
david ehrlich of indiewire gave the film a grade of b-, praising how "unapologetically idiosyncratic" the film is, while also saying "the vividness of this place only underscores the lifelessness of the people leading us through it ... there are 394 million stories on the city of a thousand planets, and valerian’s might be the only one we’ve seen before. still, any excuse to visit this place is one worth taking." peter sciretta of /film touted the first half of "valerian" as "unpredictable and bonkers insane", while calling the second half more formulaic and "far less exciting", though he still encouraged seeing the film in 3d "on the biggest screen possible". ignatiy vishnevetsky of "the a.v. club" wrote that it was "rare […] to see a film this extravagant that also feels, for better or worse, like the work of a single personality. the longer action scenes may not always rank with besson’s early ’90s highlights [...] or the mania of the more recent "lucy", but there isn’t a moment in this ludicrous, lushly self-indulgent movie that doesn’t feel like its creator is having the time of his life."
valerian and the city of a thousand planets