The Fifth Element may be one of the most unique science fiction movies ever made, and the most divisive. Join me as I review the 1997 Luc Besson movie that became a cult classic.
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Ruby Rhod is legendary. A minor role which can't carry the entire movie alone of course but the character is a stroke of genius and has only gotten better with time.
Ruby Rhod was fanastic. No other character has done a better job of embodying the vacuousness, frivolity and mania of celebrity. When Corben looks exasperated with him, the audience literally feels it.
First scenes with Ruby... Me: c'mon! Kick the shit out of him. Kill him!!!!! After aliens attacks the ship and ruby loose his "celebrity personality"... Me: Corben, save his ass please
Perfectly said. The general audience can forgive plot holes and just enjoy the ride if you give them a good film. Most people that watch movies are just looking for a way to relax and escape the daily grind for a couple hours.
The real strength of The Fifth Element is, quite simply, world-building. Besson takes a relatively straightforward and uncomplicated plot, builds a coherent and complex world around it, and immerses the viewer in it. It's a crazy, bonkers world he builds...but between the excellent acting, directing, pacing, and visuals, he brings the audience in to it, and there's never a moment where it's so over-the-top that the audience is forced out of it. It's a lesson in movie--making up there with Raiders of the Lost Ark: if you bring the audience in to your world and keep them there, all the plot holes in the world won't matter, because the audience won't notice.
@@davidh7246 then that's more on George Lucas and the prequels for doing it wrong than on this movie. Ruby is great because, aside from being legit funny, he appears in like the last third of the movie which means he doesn't overstay his welcome PS:Its like saying LOTR is at fault for all the low effort copies that were spawned after it became popular in the mainstream
@@rohemoriyama The protagonist (Korben Dallas portrayed by Bruce Willis) never meets the Antagonist (Jean-Baptist Emanuel Zorg portrayed by Gary Oldman) eye to eye in the whole movie and vice versa!
Which makes the elevator scene where they go into one a fraction before he comes out of the other a really great piece of storytelling. The funny thing being, even if they'd have met, neither would have known who the other was. But the audience do. :D
Ruby Rhod was one of the most brilliant characters in cinema history, and played to perfection by Chris Tucker. How anyone couldn't appreciate the role he played in this movie is beyond me.
@@danielseelye6005 I have no idea if Prince could act (as I've not seen him in any movie), but it's hard to imagine he could have been as good as Tucker.
I've always said that the 5th Element is the best acted movie ever. Everyone and I do mean everyone plays their character perfectly. Look no further than the nuclear technicians working on the space ship before it takes off. Their short scene is acted so well that you can believe them as if they have an entire back story.
Same here! He grows on you the more you watch it. I think hitting the spot of an obnoxious character who irritates without crossing the line to where you straight up hate him is difficult, and he did it.
Glad to see I am not alone here! lol I enjoyed Christ Tucker in this movie. Or maybe being young watching the movie the first time had to do with it. loll
After the 5th element came out Milla at a interview was asked "what's next". She said she wanted to do action movies and her own stunts. That's what she did. Good for her.
I rarely watch movies twice, I must have watched The Fifth Element 20 times and the latest was with my kids who just got old enough and loved it too. Just pure, fun entertaining cinema. Wish there were more like it.
This movie has every type of actor from every color and creed, and I’ve never stopped and felt like it was beating me over the head with “diversity.” This is how movies used to be made before “the message” took over.
Exactly. The president of Earth, for example. The woke like to claim people have some major kind of problem with it recently but there’s decades-old evidence to the contrary. It’s the atrocious politics. Not who’s in a film. Nobody had a problem with Sigourney Weaver playing the toughest character in every Aliens movie. The first of which was released in 1979, a mere 43 years ago.
This is a story of a straight couple though, evidently the codes are here to make you comfortable and relate. Being able to relate is precisely why people want more representation. Whether or not the USA turns everything into clown district, from the so-called far-left to the utter bigotry and social regression, this is a fact. If the hero was Ruby in a today's theatre you would be the first to weep over good old westerns. Enough with the big bs.
yeah, the movie had diversity without feeling like it was forced in, it also has a strong female character who also has weaknesses and vulnerabilities, something movie makers of today just won't ever understand.
Damn, what a fantastic point. I've never even really thought about it and yet you are 100% correct. True diversity among cast when it actually makes sense to do so.
The character of Ruby Rhod was disturbingly ahead of his time. He's like a picture perfect allegory for current celebrities and internet personalities (Granted, Ruby is at least a decent human being and funny to boot)
@@benwinter2420 yup. Although not gay, ironically. The character goes down on a female flight attendant in what is probably one of the funniest sequences in the movie LMAO
The fact they basically took a bunch of classic ideas and tropes, put them all together in a colorful blender on cranked speed, and formed a masterpiece from it is remarkable
That's a good way of putting it. It has to be recognized that while there are plot holes in this movie, does anyone really care about it? It's a fun ride to watch it. Whereas the recent Marvel and Star Wars movies, the plot holes are stark and obvious because we're desperately trying to find anything to enjoy about those movies. If the movie sucks, all you can do is criticize how bad the plot holes are.
Yeah, I have to agree. Chris Tucker's character is meant to be an overboard, abnoxus, snowflake that starts simply screaming at everything and everyone, once you take him out of his comfort zone. I think he adds a HUGE amount to the film. The reluctant comedy sidekick. Fab writing.
@@thecloudtherapist Yep, I thought his character was actually great, and was in perfect keeping with the zany nature of this top-notch movie (I was going to play it for my Dad and brother, on my 5.1 surround sound system, as it had superb sound (that Opera segment...), but my Dad had probably seen it and also didn't like the Ruby Rhod character...), and he's like Neelix on Star Trek Voyager; he takes some getting used to, but in the end he made a great contribution to the show.
4:16 I love the fact that Luc Besson has the audacity to depict a skull 💀 in the flames just before the ship was destroyed. This is the best use of CGI I can imagine-- instead of just creating literal scenes and backgrounds, Besson creates a visual metaphor: they are headed for the jaws of Death. Brilliant 👏
The Fifth Element is one of the best movies of all time. It doesn't take itself too seriously but has an excellent story, great acting, astounding visuals and AMAZING editing. The little details are amazing and the soundtrack is excellent. The Ruby Rhod character is awesome. One of the highlights of the film and Chris Tucker does an great job. This was the first movie I saw in the theater more than once since I saw Star Wars multiple times in 1977 and 1978. It was also the very first DVD I purchased when the format debuted. Hell, we named one of our dogs Leeloo. In short, it's super green.
Remember when we saw Ruby Rhod and thought, 'Why would anyone like someone like him? Why is he so popular in this future?' Then infuencers happened. Luc tried to tell us.
and that's kinda the heart of good scifi. They might not look exactly like Ruby Rhod but they do exactly the same thing. Plus his obsession with "soundbites" is exactly what we have now with clickbait titles.
Chris Tucker's extremely feminine screams when everything was blowing up was absolutely hilarious, I can't understand why you didn't like that character.
@@tastycookiechip But that was the point of his character. Honestly, this isn't an intelligence thing. It has everything to do with taste. I loved the movie. I wish more people agreed with me.
I absolutely love this film...it's a bizarre, crazy, mixture of many things....and, somehow, it works. In my opinion, Besson created a real ( thoroughly wacko) masterpiece here. Filled with superb talent, funny, scary, and fast moving...it just works. Great visuals, wonderful music, improbable ideas, well-paced, and always interesting, it just....works. I have it in my collection, and I'm picky! Excellent review. Yes, I'll go away now!
agreed. Besson has yet to make another movie that was this good. Lucy had potential but in general I find his movies careen off a number of half decent ideas but never stop long enough to explore them
I agree. Even with plot holes it's still a masterpiece. Most movies can't get away with having plot holes and still be entertaining because they're so bad overall. The Fifth Element gets you invested in the characters, being high energy and that its just so much fun to watch. The plot is very simplistic, with all the holes, but that never particularly defined what bad story or movie is. Some of the best stories are simplistic and a lot of plot points are left out unexplained I think because generally it's just not an important point of the story that the writer wants to tell, and it takes up more time on the screen. I never notice the holes in the Fifth Element because it's so fun to watch and that it gets the job done in just 2 hours.
The blue opera singer Plavalaguna (a blend of two Croatian words, "plava" = "blue", and "laguna" = "lagoon" -- a nod to Milla Jovovich's role in "Return to the Blue Lagoon") is significantly taller than the humans around her, so fitting the four element stones within her anatomy (she's a human/alien hybrid from the Angel Constellation) is not so far-fetched. Although... with all that stone buried deep within her abdomen, one still wonders whether she sings from a diaphragm as humans do, or if the volume, range, and richness of her voice emanates from farther up. Well... who cares? It's just another wonderful part of this wonderful story.
@@caronstout354 They can come close, but nobody is able to make the pitch changes as quick as plavalaguna. That's why they needed the synth. Even the guy who did the score said that it's not that a human singer can't sing the notes, it's that they can't change their pitch fast enough.
Underrated comment right here....over the top, dramatic, self serving, yet when shit hits the fan, just another scared beta who still clings to their relevancy... Love this flick
One day there may be a time traveler who tries to stop The Fifth Element from ever being made because they pinpointed it as the cause of the widespread retardation that is influencer worship. It's a tough choice because the movie is one of my favourites but the retardation is strong.
I remember watching this film 20 years ago and not understanding his character because I had no point of reference for him.... Now? Now I unfortunately understand.
I mean it encapsulates the late 90s early 2000s perfectly. Corporations were refreshingly honest, we are going to go balls deep to shill this product. None of the bland souless activist your making a difference. Buy our product because it's EXTREME
What plot holes? I didn't see any, ah sh*t, I just fell in one. One of many top one movies on my list. This movie made Star Wars seem to be like a car driving in the slow lane.
"Aziz Light!" This film lands a spot in my Top 10 films of my life. I appreciate the quirky story and art direction, but at the heart of it all, it is in fact; a love story. Perfection.
@@revolverswitch I think Jar-Jar's voice actor actually brought with him the idea to speak in West-Indian Pidgin as a nod to his Caribbean heritage. You can imagine what that backlash did to the poor guy 😅
@@droe2570 Yes but it wasn't well writen and far from perfectly executed. As for the acting and casting the actor could only work with what he was given.
"I'm screwed." "You asked for a case. We brought you a case." "A case with *four stones in it!* Not one or two or three, but four! Four stones! *What the hell am I supposed to do with an empty case!* " "We are warriors, not merchants." "BUT YOU CAN STILL COUNT! Look, it's easy. Look at my fingers. Four stones, four crates. Zero stones, *ZERO CRATES!* Pack everything up! We're outta here!"
"You know what I like, a killer. A dyed in the wool killer. Quick, clean, methodical and thorough. Now a killer, when they picked up the ZF1, would have immediately asked about the little red button on the bottom of the gun." [KABOOM!]
"We risked our lives!! I believe a little compensation is in order" "Ah, so you are merchants after all....leave them one crate....for the cause" Man i love Gary Oldman
A very enjoyable movie indeed, one of the few movies I like to rewatch every now and then. The world was inspired by the universe of a French cartoonist called "Moebius". The costumes were made by the famous and most creative French fashion designer : Jean Paul Gautier. This movie really feels like a cartoon to me and like a cartoon, it doesn't always make a lot of sense, but it's so damn fun !
I was twelve the first time I saw this movie and it will forever have a dear place in my heart. It spoke to me 100%. The humor was perfect, the action was awesome, the notion that humanity might not be worth saving - but love is hit me like a bag of bricks aaand Millas boobs... Pure masterpiece.
The Fifth Element is part of the late 90s early 2000s period I really love. A period where movies and games alike dreamed of the future and we played along having fun with their ideas even when said media was not well put together, they always had heart. Well, now we have that future and all of a sudden, we want to go back...
He kinda mellows out neat the end anyway yet still keeps his personality. Him realizing what is needed for his element is pretty intense and funny too.
@@wesleyswafford2462 high pitched screaming def should have been toned down but the movie really lacks an everyman type of character to react to all this craziness and the movie was trying to transition the main characters into more serious roles because they knew what was at stake. Some of his stuff should be toned down but the last 1/3rd really needed an everyman and comic relief which he filled pretty well until that screaming part. The other parts he worked pretty well for IMO.
I always loved how Ruby Rhod kept streaming everything, to an audience of millions, during the siege of Floston Paradise. People sat in their homes, cars, bars etc. are hearing every gunshot, every explosion, every nervous mumble and shriek, as well as Ruby's running commentary on how badass Korben is as he singlehandedly takes the Mangalores down, and it makes that entire sequence _so much cooler_
Reminds me about the theater in Moscow, that was held hostage about twenty years ago. The journalists were filming the most of it, even giving away the positions of people, who tried to survive. This movie was sort of prophetic. Not always in a good way.
The Super Vic Show what the fuck are you on about live television is as old as the medium itself, presenters wanting to bank off of controversy and suffering is just as well. it wasn’t predicting anything, it’s just an observation of the world of “entertainment” as it was, and continues to be.
Yeah this was one of those movies my family had on casette when I was a kid and that me and my brother watched religiously, and we both loved Tucker's character. The Fifth Element made for a really great kids movie (although I'm sure it took a while for us to actually get some of the jokes), when you're young enough to not give af about plot holes or inconsistencies and when the gorgeous visuals, quirkiness and earnestness of it all really resonates. I genuinely don't know - is this a movie that everybody who was watching movies in the 00s knows about, or is it like a culty hidden gem? For me and my brother it was up there with Star Wars, LOTR, the first two spiderman movies, The Matrix - a go-to favorite that formed our taste in entertainment. But I don't see it mentioned very often tbh.
@@SquareNoggin Ehhhh... I think it's more of a cult classic now. It had kind of a small run in theaters, but I don't remember it flopping. It wasn't a huge hit that most people into movies saw like the others you mentioned, and it's not aimed at a typical sci-fi nerd like Star Trek. Probably more in the niche of Blade Runner, Running Man, Cherry 3000, etc. Or a cross section of that and French dramedy like Amelie and Mic Macs, I guess. Besson was considered more like an auteur director with a very distinct style that produced things for a certain niche of film lovers, kinda between an indie genre guy and what people consider an art house director now. Fifth Element's one of the best movies ever made imo though, and it seems like a lot of people love it. It's one of a kind.
People who love this film love other people who love this film like nothing else. In 2019 I drove up to the entrance gate at Yellowstone, held up my national park pass and said, "Multipass". The attendant laughed, didn't bother to look at the pass, and wished me a wonderful day. Although he was old enough to be my father, we were brothers immediately just on the basis of this film. Brilliant.
"The Fifth Element" is one of my all-time favorite movies, and deserved a nomination for best editing. Just look at the "This box is empty" back-and-forth that involves Drinker's favorite laugh!
@@Hatrimn Yep, and none of them are to the level of what we see here. “In Beethoven's 2nd, when the puppies are still being hidden from the father, there are several close calls where he almost finds one.” 🙄 Not even remotely on the same level as what we’re talking about here.
"Bonkers, Baffling and Brilliant" is a great description! I love this film, and oddly enough none of the plot holes ever occured to me despite many rewatches (though now you point them out they are obvious in hindsight.) Ruby Rhod is such a source of ridiculous joy for me, and gosh I love all the characters in this one, but he brings such a smile to my face. But in general you are absolutely right, I have never forgotten this film :D
The first time I saw this, in a packed cinema in Paris, a voice came over the PA system during the closing credits, asking us to remain seated. Then the director Luc Besson and the composer Eric Serra walked on stage for a surprise Q&A session. They had a couple of fully armed Mangalores with them! Seen this masterpiece at least a dozen times since and am definitely a card carrying member of Team Ruby.
Wow! That's better than a 'Blues Brothers' screening with two people abseiling down the sides of the screen during the film. ... 'Valhalla' Cinema, suburb of Melbourne, Australia, circa 1983/4.
Did anyone ask Luc what was Zorg's motivation? Because this quite important question hit me immediately during the first watch, even though I was but a teenager. Zorg obviously wasn't willing to die, as shown in TWO different scenes in the movie.
It was still a bit too much Even back then, when if first came out. You had weird mila and that space opera girl That was kinda enough. It however didnt hurt the movie, so its ok
I had a roommate who was a huge fan of Luc Besson's work. This was the first of his films I ever saw and it got me hooked. To this day, The Fifth Element is one of my favorite movies ever.
"It's all absolutely bonkers, but damn you can't help but enjoy the sheer insanity of it!" - That pretty much sums it up nicely. It's a complete blast and total classic.
@@hmonster1XL my girlfriend too. After I first showed her the Fifth Element and Rubys first scene, I remember exactly what she said while laughing. "Chris Tucker is F#&@ing awesome"
Besson wrote the original script for this movie when he was 15 or something. That's why this movie is fun. It's the dream of an unjaded teen who grew up with things like Valerian and Buck Rogers.
One of the best space comedies of all time. When the arab jamaica music popped up in the chase scene, I was hooked forever. Luc Besson and everyone involved in making the Fifth Element, Thank You.
The first time I went to see this in the theatre, It was my friend's idea. I had zero clue what it was about, walking in seeing a poster, and going "oh Bruce Willis, ok". It was an amusement park of a film, all over the place but so damn fun that I went back to see it again.
Both satirize their respective genres, but do it tastefully while giving us (the audience) an original story based off those tropes. Tropes where our "expectations are subverted" in a logical way. (Rian, take note)
Perhaps thats why I dislike both. Both were just too on the nose for me but still have some witty moments I did enjoy. But I can't stand watching either but I would put Bride far above Fifth Element.
One of the greatest "what the fuck is this?!" films ever. All the plot holes, of which there are MANY, are easily overlooked by the sheer entertainment of the film and the editing is masterful. Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod was genius. Nobody could have brought him to life like Chris. As annoying and over the top as he is, I absolutely love the character.
Chris Tucker's transformation from Smokey in Friday to Ruby Rhod a cross dressing, lady killing, personality with legs, with an platinum blonde permed actual blow dryer for hair was the 2nd most drastic change between roles in both films. #1 Tony Lister going from wife beatin gang banging Deebo in Friday to President Linberg, the indecisive second guessing leader of the known universe. Told myself I forgot his name in this movie, then saw President Linberg and have to fully admit no chance I knew that even after double digit views on its TBS loop alone.
it doesn't have plot holes, it is roughly an hour and half of fairy tale in a universe never explained with no genuine backstory. it can have no plot holes because it is too short to know what the full situation was, which is a characteristic modern IPs are sorely lacking.
I watched this movie with my dad at the cinema when I was about eleven years old. I remember as soon as it came out on video I hired it and watched it several times. It's a masterpiece for sure - truly a unique film - decades and decades ahead of its time. Thanks for the review.
I STILL love watching this film, and I can't help but notice that Ruby Rodd seemed to have been predicting the way "influencers" behave in the modern-day almost 20 years beforehand.
Saw it in the theaters when it came out, and as I stepped outside and saw the real world I was kinda shocked. I remember that sensation, that I saw the cars running on asphalt and I found it odd. Lol
_The Fifth Element_ is one of the movies that I can watch any time. If I were going on holiday and packing some movies to take with me in case I decide to watch something, this would be one of them because it's one of those movies I'm *least likely* to look at and say "nah, not in the mood for that today."
“It turns out that shooting missiles at a demonic entity that feeds on evil is about as effective as firing chicken nuggets at a fat positivity activist.” 🤣
Firing chicken nuggets would work on a fat positivity activist. Throw them one at a time around a room forcing them to chase the food. Instant exercise.
"Bonkers, baffling and Brilliant" is perhaps the most fitting description of this movie I've ever heard. Ruby Rhod is fucking great my dude. Movie wouldn't be the same without him.
Our host sums up this movie well with one word - bonkers. I love it mostly for that. (1) I love the humor that's woven through, often in unexpected places. Who wouldn't want to see the bad guy android from Alien (Ian Holm) play a fretting, nervous, quietly comical monk? And he pulls it off perfectly. (2) Great action. (3) Tone that goes from somber sci-fi to over-the-top media star antics, and everything in-between, with a score that plays into it perfectly. Who does that? (4) A great cast that seems to be having a great time. Maybe it is a pretentious movie, but it makes for a movie that never just rests on its laurels. I understand why some people don't like it, but it's one of my all-time favorites; much because it is, there's that word, bonkers.
I always interpreted Ruby Rhod as a kind of stinging social satire. How women will fawn over basically the strangest things so long as the thing has celebrity status.
Yeah Post Malone is a prime example of how easy it is to attract a lot of women. In the end it doesnt matter if you look like a desk in detention or probably smell like someone’s underwear after the gym or such an alcoholic that your face is bloated and red daily. As long as you’ve got that money and status, you’re good to go, champ!
Ruby Rhod was funny. he was written to be annoying, but i always loved him! he's actually a damn good comic relief character. he's funny when it's appropriate, he's quiet when he should be and far as i can remember, the only problem he ever caused was when he accidently shot a baddie, alerting the others, which i wouldn't really blame on him. Corben told him to shoot if the baddie moved and it was kinda Corben's fault for trusting Ruby with a gun when he knows Ruby has a very jumpy personality. every time i saw an opportunity to ruin his character, they didn't take it. when Corben pins him to the wall and tells him to be quiet, he shuts his mouth. he's also useful to the plot; he carries the stones for Corben so he has his hands free to fight. his constant talking was also good thing because he was broadcasting live the whole time, keeping the president and the military updated on the situation. i seriously don't understand the hatred he gets from some people. he's awesome!
"Time not important, only life important" - my favorite line, And Eric Serra´s music is magic.. This Movie is a painting with sound and light a true art piece that will be remembered for ever. - The most important thing in the universe is to protect life.
I found Ruby Rhod to be hilarious. The movie wouldn’t even be as funny without him. On a different note: you make some great points about the plot holes. I never thought of them, testament to how enjoyable I find this movie.
If you're having fun you don't have time to notice plotholes. The Sequel Trilogy wasn't fun, so the plotholes that they refused to address stick out like a sore thumb. It doesn't help the fact that the ST is riddled with plotholes and contrivances far moreso than your average Hollywood blockbuster.
I can do without Ruby Rhod. Still, I have to say good on Luc Besson for making a movie he dreamed up when he was just a boy. And who could ever forget that crisscross mummy lingerie?
I'd say the movie would be missing something without him. There's just something funny about a ridiculous, self-absorbed diva having to help safe the entire galaxy.
When I saw it in the theater when it came out, I really did not like Ruby Rod but after watching it many times the character really grew on me and I really have come to love his character.
Seriously, Parker should have gotten an Oscar for Ruby Rod. Every character in this movie was "over the top", but Ruby most of all. Hilarious that he kept the broadcast going the whole time. And he got one of my favorite movie lines of all time: "Why I always gotta get the broken one?" Seen the movie prolly 20 times. Up there with Groundhog Day and GalaxyQuest. Fantastic!
This is one of those movies I watch at least four times a year and can foresee me doing this until the day I die.... And yes... I enjoy it every. single. time.
Not my favorite movie, but possibly the most entertaining movie I can think of. I love how the future is not depicted as dark, metallic, bleak and hopeless , but instead as vibrant and full of life. There's never a dull moment and even Ruby Rhod fits in well with this story once you get used to the over-the-top character. I've watched this movie so many times and I'm never bored with it. I just take the flaws as they are because the movie is otherwise so rewarding and a lot of fun.
Gary Oldman is the greatest actor ever. When you realize he played this guy, Sirius Black, and the bad cop in the Professional; it will blow your mind.
One of my favorite cult classics of all time. As TCD stated, all the actors were in top performance at this time and, combined with the style of humor, make this movie re-watchable.
Wasn't sure if this was a European made sci-fi film, but it definitely had the feel of it. First saw it in 1998 when it was new on VHS, and thought it was abit weird but entertaining for sure. Didn't really see it for about 15 years. Now I appreciate it more, and makes me feel nostalgia for that late 90s space opera renaissance which came with CGI advancements. Watching it now really makes me want to relive that time.
This film is a cross between "Blade Runner" and "Flash Gordon." It has the slick special effects and subtly smart script of the first mixed with the over-the-top look and complete campiness of the second.
That explosion was the biggest ever shot indoors. It actually set fire to the studio. My very first job on that film and the film industry was painting out a dude holding a fire extinguisher on the stairway as Korben leapt off the balcony!
@tom st From memory the shot was about 175 frames long (before being edited) that equates to 7.5 seconds or thereabouts. 24 frames per second. In the shot, in the lower left corner was a fireman holding an extinguisher. So I had to digitally paint him out so it looked like the stairway was clean - 175 times! The software helps make that easier of course. It happens all the time with wire removal and any other bit of studio equipment that gets forgotten and later found to be in a shot! That was my very first job on that film and the film industry. I went on to paint several of the matte paintings in the film. Fond memories.
I know this was done 2 years ago, but I have to chime in The Fifth element was a mishmash of brilliance! With all the characters quirks and tribulations, it was a congregation of incredible dialogue, and subtlety! It was and will be in my top ten
It's amazing the cult following this film has. I still watch it to this day, while so many other films today get tossed in the dust bin of history totally forgotten about.
One of my favorite parts in this movie was when as soon as Zorg opened the box, thinking the stones were in it, he stressfully laughs. That quick transition was priceless.
