sorry to tell you the "thin" body was CGI

maybe, maybe not, but then what strikes me odd is that everyone is going about how amazing it is.

like the movie, its like everyone had a amnesia and forgot everything about star wars went back and got tickled by it

A Cure for Wellness - A very troubled movie with impeccable visual flair.

Believe this is a pretty daring movie who thinks big with story but too ambitious for it's own good. It does not have faith in it's audiences to unravel the mystery on our own. Every one step forward marred by two steps backward. Disturbing scenes that are gorgeously lensed. There are truly hideous uncomfortable scenes given the high class treatment that felt a little David Lynch/Stanley Kubrick. Then occasionally the scenes overstays their course with unnecessary plot deviation. The premise is pretty great but lacks conviction to be exceptional. I will still gladly buy the blu-ray due to the beautiful production design and I like the lead actress and Jason Isaac performance a lot. Dane DeHaan misses the mark for me. Gore Verbinski is a lot like Ridley Scott, even their bad movies still being filmed a lot more better than say your average joe film director. 

Not sure this will screen locally due to shocking taboo nature of the premise and if they do still worth checking out on blu-ray/vod to avoid unnecessary censorship. Also can see this as a potential cult hit if one to seek out that controversial plot twist. It's a malformed shutter island-esque type of story.

Ghost in the Shell (2017)

This... is maddening.

This is very difficult to write.

Difficult because it got so many things right and at the same time so many things wrong....

What they got right

The production of this movie is OFF THE CHARTS (with a budget of 110 Million dollars)

There are two previous movie that gave me this "wow" factor, namely

1) Star Wars (1976) (Now known as New Hope) (George Lucas coined the term Used Technology)
2) Blade Runner (1982) (when it first released)

Now this movie used the concept of Used Technology to the next level! Bravo!!

The surprising representation of the character Aramaki (by Takeshi Kitano a veteran Japanese actor) wowed me. Kuddos!!!

What they did not

I will be crucified for stating this, Scarlett Johansson. I am very sure alot of you went to this to see her. I just thought she was so... awkward here. I don't think she was quite sure what she was doing and it shows.

I never read the original comics. My introduction to this material was thru the animation Ghost in the Shell (1995). So many of the action sequences in the animation ran rings around this live action movie. It is like DAY and NIGHT!!! Meaning there is NO COMPARISON....

And another signature of the animation is the soundtrack. From the first frame, the very unique soundtrack grabs you and never lets go until the last frame...

If I use cognac to describe the animations soundtrack, the soundtrack of this is.... drain water???

They did use the original soundtrack at the end of this movie, and again very diluted and too little too late...

So, this movie, is a disappointment...

Just my opinion

My Two Sens

is valerian really so bad?  

wow this is luc besson here mang.  

I swear to myself ill gtfo from the theatre if there's a jabba the hut and princess leia tied to his leg kinda scene . Unlucky there isn't (jabba dining?, oh well) but Shouldn't have gone out early anyway.

Even for me a non movie enthusiast , feels this not a good show.  It's like 80% about hero-heroine relationship stuff 20% everything else