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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Amazed no one else has mentioned The Fifth Element. It was planned at one point I think but got cancelled.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The fifth element is a perfect self contained story. I’m not sure how you could up the stakes for a sequel. You could tell other stories in that world maybe, but I don’t think a sequel featuring the original characters would be good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was something of a spiritual sequel by the same filmmaker, but it turned out to be an unentertaining bag of cinematic butt.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I found it to be rather entertaining, I liked the action, I liked the design and I liked some of the charactets. Unfortunately both the main characters and the plot seemed rather underdeveloped to me, so it kind of did turn out to be a bag of cinematic butt.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The leads were supposed to be flirty and romantic, but they came off as siblings. Any romance felt weird.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yes, they did come off as siblings! It would be so much better if they were just friends. The sibling chemistry was there. I also found it strange that in the end the leading guy was supposed to finally stop playing it by the book, but he never really did during the whole film. That was a whole missing arch. And the bad guys were sleeping most of the time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Oh my goodness. I loved The Fifth Element! I strongly believe that it's a great example of movie pacing.