Adrián Almorín’s review published on Letterboxd:
20 years after the magnificient "The fifht element", Mr Besson gives us a present in the form of another great science fiction movie.
I was attracted to the project just for being a new movie from one of my favourite directors, but the 20th anniversary of his big contribution to the genre was something special, and after that i discovered that the comics were the original source of "inspiration" (Right, Lucas? hahaha) to the first movie in the Star Wars saga, so...the hype was getting bigger.
I was supposed to be in France for the international release and i was planning to go to the biggest Imax in Paris, pretending to see it in the best conditions, but finally i was back in my town, so at least i could go to one of our biggest screens that luckily in the recent times got an ATMOS update.
So, i tried, and achieved, to know the less possible details about the cast, the plot or anything.
And, it's not as perfect or life-changing as "The fifth element", but i loved almost every single aspect about the film, who is a lesson from Luc Besson to George Lucas or James Cameron on how to make a great adventure in space.
The love story is what i like less, because of it's ending, but even with that little negative aspect for me, is thousands of times better that all the (childish) love stories in the Star Wars or Avatar sagas. There are the proper amount of politics, the characters are really funny, it has Luc's european touch, and i never felt stupid in all the footage.
It lacks maybe one or two ultra-epic moments that could become cult classics like the best parts of the original Star Wars saga, but, in return, it has none of its defects.
Now, i can't wait to buy and devour all the comics from "Valérian et Laureline" (Why the change of name to only Valerian!!!).
And i hope Luc adapts more stories from them in the future.