It started out really sweet and nice. The opening felt a bit like Up, as far as the emotional impact, and the way it immediately pulled the viewers into the emotions of the storyline.
Then it got weird. I was kind of expecting Fei Fei to meet the goddess, but everything to do with Chang'e was just strange.
Definitely one of my top five favorite movies of all time. I could never get tired of it.
The story really shows the beauty of the American judicial system, and the importance of a trial by jury, in particular, the gravity of a juror's duty.
If you were trying to make the most boring moving, you might come up with the premise: "Let's put the entire movie in a phonebooth."
This movie has some gorgeous visuals. And the design of the various alien species was great.
The action was pretty good, but nothing particularly special.
The storyline was derivative and unimaginative. If you've seen Avatar or Dances with Wolves, you already know the story. Story-wise, it was pretty boring.
And none of the characters were likable, especially the main characters. I spent most of the movie waiting for someone to punch Valerian in the face. The Na'vi Pearls were sympathetic, but incredibly boring.
All in all, not really worth the time.
This wasn't a terrible Batman/Superman movie, but it wasn't great, either.
In particular, Jesse Eisenberg was a terrible pick for Lex Luthor. He played it exactly the same as he played Mark Zuckerberg. It really was basically the same character.
