What's The Deal with The Fifth Element? [/Seinfeld]

[Ol'Canucklehead]

I honestly can not believe there is someone who not only dislikes this movie but can't find any value in any part of it....Were you born without an artistic sense or imagination?

 

[Jackasscoley15]

I got around to finally watching it recently as well after being told that it's "like Blade Runner".

No the **** it isn't like Blade Runner. You see, Blade Runner is actually good.

Whoever told you it was like Blade Runner is a complete moron. Saying something like that is going to raise an impossible amount of expectation. Let alone both movies are COMPLETELY different. It's like saying Life-Savers taste like steak. It doesn't make Life-Savers any less delicious, though.

 

[Rac]

I don't understand how someone could not like The Fifth Element.

It's like a French/Belgian sci-fi comic book brought to life.

 

[El Payaso]

SERIOUSLY! I finally got around to watching this a few months ago, and my friends and I are like "What the hell, why is this movie SO hyped up?". EVERYTHING about this movie is bad. Is it supposed to be a cheesy B movie? Because it sure as hell feels like one! "Gary Oldman gave his best performance ever!!!". REALLY? I think not!

Am I the only one that thinks this?

Oh, absolutely not. I just saw it once years ago and hated every second of it.

Everything was forced, the humour sucked, Oldman was terribly overacted and the whole movie was incredibly pretentious, just trying its hardest to catch anybody's attention by whatever the means.

 

[Manic]

You can call Fifth Element a lot of things, but pretentious? A pretentious film doesn't cast Chris Tucker as a transvestite radio DJ who runs around screaming while a skinny chick with crayon-red hair beats up aliens to the rhythm of a blue chick rocking out on stage.

My god, just describing the movie makes me want to watch it right now.

 

[C. Lee]

Tiny Lister is the President of the Universe......

 

[El Payaso]

You can call Fifth Element a lot of things, but pretentious? A pretentious film doesn't cast Chris Tucker as a transvestite radio DJ who runs around screaming while a skinny chick with crayon-red hair beats up aliens to the rhythm of a blue chick rocking out on stage.

You're right. That's not pretentious. It's plain tasteless and bad.

 

[C. Lee]

I thought it was hilarious.

 

[Project862006]

same here i wish more sci films were like this movie a good old fun entertaining sci fi film

 

[Jackasscoley15]

Tiny Lister is the President of the Universe......

Honestly, can you imagine anybody else playing that part? On paper it would sound like a stretch for him, but when put into Besson's world he just seemed to fit perfectly.

As for the movie, I was always kind of disappointed that we never got a sequel/prequel, or just a different story set in the same universe. I definitely thought there was more they could have done within that world.

 

[Manic]

I thought it was hilarious.

Ditto.

When it comes to me and science fiction, I have a "Stupidity Scale."

Kinda Silly
Some silly element that can easily be ignored or has no impact on the overall story. Some people might not even notice until it's brought up, and they might not even care then.
ex: All of the space ships in Star Trek travel on the same 3-dimensional plane, even though there's no definitive "up" or "down" in space.

Pretty Dumb
A dumb element in a story that might take you out of it for a minute. Maybe you can joke about it later. Maybe you'll just shrug your shoulders and accept it based on the story's inherently unrealistic premise. The more hardcore fans or haters will analyze the hell out of it.
ex: Just about anything involving time travel paradoxes. I'm looking at you, Terminator franchise.

Just Plain Stupid
This one might make or break a movie for you. There's little or no justifying it. It's something that's just plain stupid.
ex: The main bad guy from UltraViolet [blackout]turning out to be a Hemophage[/blackout]

Too Ridiculous
So stupid, you wonder what the writer was smoking or snorting. It likely ruined the entire movie for you, if the movie hadn't already been ruined up to that point by a collection of Just Plain Stupids and Pretty Dumbs. Even in the unrealistic context of the rest of the story, this thing stands out as being too ridiculous.
ex: The flying [blackout]ice cream truck[/blackout] in Southland Tales.

So Absurd It's Awesome!
The movie has actually gone so far that the stupid elements have ceased to be stupid, and proceeded to become awesome. This may or may not be intentional on the part of the creators, but you love it for its absurdity anyway.
ex: The steam-powered train time machine at the end of Back to the Future 3.



For me, The Fifth Element crossed over to So Absurd It's Awesome right around the time a lunch truck flies up to the window of Corbin's apartment.

 

[C. Lee]

I've watched it 3 times the last couple of weeks because it's on the ENCORE movie channels right now....laugh myself silly every time.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I cringe every time during the Chris Tucker scenes. Freekin embarrassing.

 

[JP]

The Diva Dance still gets me all tingly.

 

[JAK®]

The Fifth Element was a sci-fi movie that had a simple story that it wanted to tell and it did it well. The characters were fun to watch, and the world was fascinating with all it's strange quirks.

The only complaint I understand is that Chris Tucker was annoying. Otherwise, I have no idea what those who hated it expected from this movie.

 

[co2]

Whoever told you it was like Blade Runner is a complete moron. Saying something like that is going to raise an impossible amount of expectation. Let alone both movies are COMPLETELY different. It's like saying Life-Savers taste like steak. It doesn't make Life-Savers any less delicious, though.

Agreed. Don't listen to that person's opinion any more.

Fifth Element is a crazy, silly, out there sci-fi, action comedy meant only to be taken as fun. Blade runner is sci-fi, but that's about all it has in common. Not an ounce of humor or silliness in BR.

 

[MadVillainy]

I saw Fifth Element and I didn't like it either.
Bruce Willis gave a good performance as usual and Milla J was good but I found her character annoying

 

[Travesty]

I like it. It's not my favorite movie, but I think it's a good watch. It's not a movie to take seriously at all, it's just an action, sci-fi, comedy.

 

[cryptic name]

SERIOUSLY! I finally got around to watching this a few months ago, and my friends and I are like "What the hell, why is this movie SO hyped up?". EVERYTHING about this movie is bad. Is it supposed to be a cheesy B movie? Because it sure as hell feels like one! "Gary Oldman gave his best performance ever!!!". REALLY? I think not!

Am I the only one that thinks this?

yes. you are.

 

[redhawk23]

maybe people just have a thing for redheads

 

[SuperFerret]

I cringe every time during the Chris Tucker scenes. Freekin embarrassing.

Maybe you shouldn't cringe if you're so embarrassed by it.

 

[Mike_D202]

I love this movie and proud to have the 2 disc special edition in my dvd collection.

 

[El Payaso]

I cringe every time during the Chris Tucker scenes. Freekin embarrassing.

Absolutely. Even Ed Wood had a sense of how far you could go, but Besson thought that the 'over-the-top' concept has a inherent carte blanche and free pass to run free. The more hilarious Tucker's tried to be the more revolting he got.

I saw Fifth Element and I didn't like it either.
Bruce Willis gave a good performance as usual and Milla J was good but I found her character annoying

Which is why I couldn't find anything good about her. Except she's hot, od course. But I can watch pics of her without having to suffer from her character.

yes. you are.

No, he's not.

 

[Spider-X]

I love this movie and proud to have the 2 disc special edition in my dvd collection.

I love this post and proud to have 2 of them in this thread.

 

[Jackasscoley15]

I love this movie and proud to have the 2 disc special edition in my dvd collection.

There's a two-disc special edition? I'm getting one!