Cosmoball

This movie is a russian masterpiece. Everything from the soundtrack to the visuals and the monologue to the acting. This movie is just incredible! Highly recommend! 10/10 looking forward to part 2 already

I had not even heard about "Vratar Galaktiki" (aka "Cosmoball") prior to getting the chance to sit down and watch it. So I had no idea what I was in for, nor what I should or could expect from the movie.

Well, I managed to endure an hour of the movie, then I just gave up out of sheer and utter boredom. The storyline told in "Vratar Galaktiki" was just rubbish. It was so simplistic that it seemed like it was written by a 5th grader, which was just impressive as they had no less than 5 writers working on the script. So I was amazed with the fact that the storyline turned out to be such a boring result.

While the movie lacked greatly in the story department, then the movie was more than generous in the visual effects and presentation department. Wow. Just wow! I must admit that "Vratar Galaktiki" was visually stunning to look at. The attention to detail and the creativity unfolding on the screen was just spectacular. However, visuals can only do so much for a movie that is flatlining in the storyline department.

And I was unfortunate enough to watch a dubbed version. That is a horrible experience. A movie should be enjoyed in its original language, as more than often is the dubbing work of questionable quality.

After having sat through 1 hour of pointless storyline and not caring one ounce about the characters or the plot, I just gave up. And I can honestly say that I have zero intention of returning to finish watching the movie.

My rating of "Vratar Galaktiki" lands on a three out of ten stars. And that is solely because the visuals and CGI does manage to elevate the movie to that point.

It's a shame this doesn't have higher ratings. This is a fun and very well-done roller-coaster ride.

Suspend all disbelief and recognize: This is a Russian film translated into English voice-over (decent enough job) . It is aimed as a family film (not cerebral fiction), and it is intended to be a FUN ROMP. Demanding more or trying to jam this film into one's personal little mold isn't fair to the genre.

I can be very critical of films that fail to achieve their purpose. This one achieves what it set out to achieve-- a fun film with a moral or two to leave with the young ones: people make mistakes. We can bounce back from those mistakes if we try, if we don't give up. Such a story (although seen before) is worth repeating.

The CGI and action sequences in this are nothing less than stellar. Yes the story can be a little goofy in places, but so what? This movie is a thrill from the first moment to the last. Okay, the plot is more than a little cliche: bad guy tries to take over the universe, heroes jobs to stop him. It's not like it's alone with such quirks. But did it do it well?

The villain and his daughter are excellently portrayed, the hero is properly flawed, the heroine displays loyalty, and it teaches younger ones to accept aliens as part of the family. The Amazonians were likeable and gorgeous, and the varied other races fascinating. On that concept alone it deserves a few extra stars.

In general this is quite a good movie... if a person will allow it to be. So let's put down the critical red pens, sit back, grab the popcorn and dare to ENJOY just for the fun of it. :D.

"Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" , 2017

Visually wild, but a somewhat unfocused plot.

Defo worth a peek, it's always refreshing to watch something that has no identity politics

This movie felt like a really bad combination of 5 different movies plot-wise. Watching this in English will confuse the living daylights out of you if you ARE trying to follow the choppy terrible plot, I'm not too sure it's better in the original language.

Visually, the sfx and cg teams did phenomenally. This movie was beautiful, the effects were stunning and believable (to the eye), and the various aliens and strange fauna were fantastic.

Tldr: enjoyable if you really really don't care about anything plot related and are only watching for the visuals! Hope to see more from this cg studio but with better writers!!