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Saturday, September 23, 2006

SNMR 2.3: "The Fifth Element"

Tonight's SNMR feature is "The Fifth Element" (1997, PG-13, 127 minutes), starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker, Milla Jovovich, Luke Perry and Brion James. The film was directed by Luc Besson.

This is one of those films that I've always told myself I wanted to see when it came out in the theater and told myself the same thing time and again seeing it at the store. So I'm watching this movie for the first time tonight.

From the DVD's dust case:
New York cab driver Korben Dallas didn't mean to be a hero, but he just picked up the kind of fare that only comes along every five thousand years: a perfect beauty, a perfect being, a perfect weapon. Now together, they must save the world. Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman and Milla Jovovich star in director Luc Besson's outrageous sci-fi adventure, an extravagantly styled tale of good against evil set in an unbelievable twenty-third century world.


From Martin & Porter's DVD and Video Guide 2006, p. 382:
This hyperkinetic sci-fi thriller doesn't score for logic or coherence, but it sure knows how to dazzle and delight. Twenty-third century cabbie Bruce Willis gets involved with a gorgeous extraterrestrial who holds the key to saving the universe. The two dodge nasty aliens, befriend a befuddled priest and a manic media talk show host, all while staying one step ahead of the dangerously insane villain. You may hate yourself in the morning, but you'll have to admit this is a lot of fun.

Action? Definitely. Weirdness? Absolutely. Did the film make sense? Sort of. Two hours should have been enough time to sort everything out but the story took too long to get up to speed. The script I thought was weaker than it should have been because there is simply too much going on all at once. The premise of the story was good but could have been executed much more efficiently. The characters were raw and could have been developed more, especially Leeloo, played by Milla Jovovich, who is supposed to be the perfect being and savior of the universe. The special effects were decent but not great. I'll give this film two and a half out of five stars.

6 Comments:

At 24 September, 2006 00:44, Blogger Mellissa said...

I just wanted to say hello!

I hope you are well.

xoxo,
Bug

 
At 25 September, 2006 19:40, Blogger Cezi said...

I loved The Fifth Element, favorite part, when the blue lady is singing and LeeLoo is fighting.
Anyway, just checking on you sweetie, nothing new on my blog, I've been really busy.

 
At 25 September, 2006 20:25, Blogger c nadeau & t johnson said...

This was, hands down, the worst science fiction fiasco put to film in the Nineties.

 
At 25 September, 2006 23:08, Blogger Tim said...

mellissa: hello to you too! Glad you are back!!

cezi: I'm not sure if I had a favorite part.

scribe: the film had potential, for sure. I'm not sure it was the worst sci-fi film of the nineties. There's always something worse...

 
At 27 September, 2006 10:14, Blogger c nadeau & t johnson said...

Name it!!!

 
At 28 September, 2006 17:11, Blogger Tim said...

scribe: How about the disaster that was the big screen edition of LOST in SPACE??

 

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