 History is on the march So the man that brought you to Lucy in the fifth element a classic to me is now back My name is brandy Keith Avery, and this is just my opinion Valerian in the city of a thousand planets. I remember when I first saw this trailer I was like, oh my gosh, this looks amazing. I was like man This is kind of reminds me of the fifth element and then like a few seconds after that a subtitle came up I'm a Luke Besan the director of the fifth element. Oh my gosh I'm on board with this because I love the fifth element and I remember back when I was I think I was in junior high when Yeah, junior high when this movie not this movie, but the fifth element came out and I was listening to K1 on 4 Because I'm here in Dallas or whatever and it was a radio contest and those like Like the radio jockey was like the DJ was like, yeah, you win You won a new tickets to go see Chris Tucker in the fifth element or whatever. Aren't you excited in? He was like, yeah, you know, I'm glad I'm excited because back then no black people were interested in seeing the fifth element Or at least of my world But when the movie came out and everybody saw it it kind of became a cult classic And it's like everybody loved it. Everybody slept on that movie and had you know Their expectations, but the movie ended up being amazing and I love Luke Besan, you know for that movie Also did like Lucy a lot of people didn't like that movie, but I actually had some fun with it So, you know now we're back for Valyrian and the city of a thousand planets when I first heard that title I was like how the hell do you fit a thousand planets in the city? but early on in the film they explained that you know what that means and I like it or whatever and You know what this movie is about is? Just like the title suggests is there is a city that is being built in space and it started in the 70s And what it is is a thousand different civilizations and different species from all four corners of the universe are coming You are bringing represent or rip are bringing people that represent their race and their species over and sharing their infinite knowledge with everybody Everybody's are sharing all their knowledge all their technology Science whatever in one large community and it's just peaceful and just you know imagine, you know How how fruitful that would be or whatever? So they did that early on the film and I really did like that. It's very easy to follow very easy to understand and some mysterious force some this Crazy character from around the way is just trying to destroy all that and that is the base basic premise of this movie The two leads in this movie are Dane Dahan and Cara Deleving I you know, I'm a fan of both of them Carla Deleving. She was in suicide squad I didn't like that movie, but she was also in paper towns Dane Dahan he first popped up on my radar were Chronicle They came out a number of years ago and he was also the hobgoblin or the green goblin or Harry Osborn in the Spider-Man franchise with Andrew Garfield and I'm not Andrew Garfield And what was director's name mark mark way up or whatever and they're the two leads and now I like them There isn't really too much of their character. They do have a cute relationship I do like that. They are a couple Luke. I'm not looking for son Dane Dahan's character a major Valerian he's very confident But a little clueless when it comes to the emotion of women and I like that not because he's cool It's just because they kind of you know makes his character more human when we're watching these people fly around in space You know, that's just something to ground you and give you something to relate to as far as all the effects Concerned this is some of the best that I've ever seen. Well, it's in the league of the best It's not the best, but it's up there if you want to see this movie I recommend you do on the biggest screen possible And I really want to give it to Luke Bassar with his creativity and how he designed all the different aliens and in their Landscape and where they come from and their biology was really creative I mean you will see seven or eight different aliens and species that are just so Abstract and abnormal to anything that we've seen before here on earth and then you know He will give you double that and should be that even more I mean it was a true testament of how you know vast his imagination is Especially in the beginning when he they're showing all these species, you know work together, you know And I really did like that. So the visuals were great. The story itself was pretty good, too You can kind of tell that this is an ongoing series I don't know if this is a comic or a book or both But I can tell if there are more chapters to be told within this franchise And you know if there are more stories to be told hey bring it on because I really did enjoy this One thing that I did not like is this movie was far too long It came in in two hours and 17 minutes and they could have easily shoved off 30 minutes of this There was one scene in particular where one character had to rescue the other and it was fine But it didn't add anything to there was no, you know No new revelation to be had there was no new character development or they found some secret power over here I mean they're just you know flying down the highway, you know looking beautiful on the highway with their wings out so and this is the movie I'm speaking of but then they just pull over to the side of the road You know to make a little pit stop and that pit stop was come Unnecessary there was nothing at that pit stop that was beneficial to keep them going, you know back on the road So, you know, they could have at least shaved 30 minutes off At one point in the film I kind of was like, okay, we're world-building now and they've built the world But what is the plot of this film? What is the point besides who is trying to destroy? The city of a thousand planets because they did not reveal who the villain was until the very end of the movie And they can work sometimes and they can't work in this film. It would have worked better in my opinion if they would have Let you know more early on in the film because there was a point So I was kind of like, okay, we're just kind of sitting here, you know watching the characters, you know Go on about their day, but I really can't grab on to anything. I don't know what the point is I don't know what we're going but overall guys. I really did enjoy the film It is a great nice little at side science fiction action adventure It did give you a great example of future technology and what can be accomplished There was one part where they towards the beginning where they were doing shopping in a different dimension And the contraptions and the devices they use, you know, that spoke volumes to me and I really did enjoy that So it is a it looks great visually I did like the characters for the most part of the story was pretty good too But there were some parts to where I was like, okay, you know, why are we here? What's going on? But overall, I did enjoy the film if I had to rate this out of a one out of ten I would give it an eight out of ten. Yes an eight out of ten But guys that is just my opinion. Have you seen Valerian in the city of a thousand planets? You know, do you want to do not do that? I'll tell you one that I'll tell you off Do you agree with me or do you disagree with me? 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Like I mean, this is my most anticipated movie in life I'm a black guy that movie comes out in Black History Month. This has never been done before. I love Marvel I love comics. I love Black Panther. I mean like seriously, this is my most anticipated movie in life Like I mean, I'm I'm probably gonna cry in the theater or whatever Just be from there my level of excitement if I had a chance. I would love to be on the red carpet with all the fans I mean, who wouldn't you know, whether I'm on the on the red carpet on the side with the fans either Okay, with me But of course, I'd rather be there with the stars And why am I bringing this up because you can help me get there by sharing this video 1,000 times This is a long shot. Yeah, but hey, I'm going for it guys I just want to thank you again for tuning in for my opinion slash review for Valerian in the city of a thousand planets And before you go, don't forget that my name is Brennan Keith Avery. And that's just my opinion peace