Contains spoilers but Iโm saving you 2.5 hours of your life you wonโt get back.
Valerian is a charmless character and thinks himself imposing physically on his underling so that she canโt move is not only appropriate but endearing. For some reason this stunning woman whose every line is 100% sass doesnโt slap him, because when she says no she really means yes. That might cut it in France but it doesnโt apply in many others places! I ended up fast forwarding through their scenes their relationship was so utterly unconvincing.
Weak plot, unsympathetic and one dimensional leads, clichรฉd military bad guy commits genocide and itโs quite obvious after seeing his first on screen interaction with said (beautiful, gentle, wise clichรฉ) alien species, but leads save day and boy gets girl for unknown reasons.
Itโs very pretty but like another reviewer said, just use it as a screen saver. Itโs The Fifth Element mashed with Avatar. If you like action, and lush visuals knock yourself out. It you like a little more plot, ethical dilemmas and less black and white like the real world, look elsewhere.