The Dark Tower Reviews - 33 Metacritic - 19% RottenTomatoes

[archer9234]

SvennoJ said:

archer9234 said:

Intill I saw the trailer of Valerian at the last minute, on Youtube. Like 2 weeks before the movie came out. I never heard of the movie or the comic in my life. That was the problem with the movie. Not the fact its french. Seeing the cool visuals was nice. But from my experiance of films all these years. Is that trailers lie when they focus on the: oh look how cool this is. So I wait for actual reviews. Blue alien woman running in the sand is not gonna give me an emotional moment. If I don't know the series. People didn't like the story. It had issues. So I passed on it. It's not 1997 where VFX will get people into seats.

Avatar wasn't that long ago, nor Gravity or Captain America last year. For all I know Valerian still sucks yet that bolded statement is false.

Gravity and Cap have stories. I didn't watch Avatar because recycled plots from older movies. My point is that they where using the VFX as the main ploy to market it in the US. That is a sign the movie doesn't have a compelling story along with the effects. I have a connection to Cap. Because I love reading comics and I know the character. Valerian I knew nothing. So i'm going to be automatically weary. Blame Hollywood for programing me for decades of VFX movies with no substance. Transformers Knight being a current example. And if the movie followed the comics perfectly. i commend them they stuck to the material. But from reviews, I wouldn't of liked the original comic then. Since the story and characters of the movie is what failed it.