Besson's work, to me, is always about the ride as much as anything, and it's about entering his world on his terms. Everything ain't gonna make sense. I'm not saying you don't have fair criticisms (you do), but I always find myself taken with Besson's madness.
Lucy is maybe the best example of this, actually, where I thought it was a great sci-fi full of crazy, wacky stuff, cool fight scenes, and yes, the concept doesn't make scientific sense, but it did get me thinking about ascension and evolution and where we're headed, all while giving me a great Scarlet Johansson butt-kick movie, so I walked away happy.
I agree with you that the War thing wasn't great and the archeologist stuff doesn't make any internal, logical sense. But I differ a bit with Zorg's motives. He's anarchic and a servant of Chaos, and he doesn't care what mayhem goes on or when the world ends, he's just in it, and that kind of bizarre villain is Besson to the walls.
That's no excuse for poor plotting, and again, I do think you raise good points, but I'm saying that, for me, Besson is about sitting there with popcorn and just letting the madcap world take you where it wants to go.
All that "disagreement", but I still think your review is pretty accurate, performances and the feel of the film being amazing and all, and I'd rate it around the same - 7 or 7.5/10. I just wasn't as bothered by the zaniness of the plot.
I did find Ruby Rhod annoying, though. I agree that Tucker is doing a brilliant job, but the character just grated on me.
If I were producing Star Wars, I'd give the KOTOR guys a chance, sure.
I do suspect that there kinda isn't a way to live up to the nerds' headcanons and expectations, though, and that Star Wars fans are a brutally-hard audience to please. Even when something is liked, it's often hated later (The Force Awakens and Rogue One, for instance, both were praised on release but dumped on later. Even The Mandalorian doesn't seem to be as lauded anymore).
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