When Valerian finally meets the last surviving Pearl princess (the ethereal Elizabeth Debicki), she doesn't scream for revenge. She weeps. She sings. She asks for justice, not violence.
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What emerges is Alpha: a sprawling, chaotic, living metropolis the size of a small moon. It is not a utopia, nor a dystopia. It is a congestion . When Valerian finally meets the last surviving Pearl
Besson has admitted he doesn't care about realism. He cares about credibility . He wants you to believe that a giant jellyfish-eating creature lives in the market, not because it makes sense, but because it feels right. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets lost money. It ended the trend of big-budget European sci-fi for a decade. But in the streaming era, it has found a cult following. Why? She asks for justice, not violence
The movie knows it. That is why Besson gives us Bubble.