Otherwise, it’s a wonder of world building and a mesmerizing piece of entertainment. It’s the thin characters and particularly the two leads (Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne as galactic heroes Valerian and Laureline) that keep it from truly shining. Much of the criticism with the flashy and crowded space adventure has had to do with it not having a great story, but the plot is just fine. Not that this pulpy adaptation of a 1960s French comic book series is dumb, just kind of simple. Luc Besson delivers another stunning spectacle following his previous effort, Lucy (my 14th favorite of 2014), and it is a similarly brilliant movie in the visual sense, not so much in terms of intelligence.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets As for my number one pick, apparently, it’s debatable whether it actually qualifies. Happily, a DC superhero movie did for the first time in four years, and the X-Men franchise cracked the top 10 for once, while the Marvel Cinematic Universe kept to the back half despite delivering some of its best films yet (2017 was that good a year for the genre!). Sadly, no animated features made the cut this time around ( Coco came close). And the future looked more dazzling and detached than we could have possibly hoped for, or feared.īelow is my annual personal ranking of the best in sci-fi and fantasy cinema. Ghost stories reached new heights, as well. Superhero pictures collectively hit a new peak while becoming both more dramatic and more comedic than ever before.
This year at the movies, we saw many surprises with the sci-fi and fantasy genres. From superheroes to the supernatural, this year’s most imaginary films gave us sea creatures, celestial comedy, and the sunken place.
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