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Topic	Gauntlet Crew Ranks Sci Fi Films I-2
scarletspeed7 11/26/18 12:24:44 PM #59:	#19 - The Fifth Element (1997) Johnbobb - 10 Genny - 11 Charon - 13 Karo - 13 Stifled - 13 Inviso - 15 KBM - 24 scarlet - 24 JONA - 26 Snake - 28 Wickle - 30 Total: 207 "Nothing about this movie seems like a good idea on paper. Bruce Willis as a flying cab driver who crashes into a half-naked 20-year-old alien girl and Gary Oldman with some-weird ass hair hunting down some Infinity Stones and Chris Tucker at his loudest and most flamboyant with ever weirder-ass hair and everything dipped into a giant bucket of tie-dye paint and rejected Guillermo del Toro prosthetics. It's the Oops! All Berries of sci-fi and I LOVE IT" ~Johnbobb "It's not difficult to see why The Fifth Element became a cult classic in the same vein as Rocky Horror Picture Show. The Movie has style if nothing else. But it does have something else. It has many things to offer such as a unique sense of humor and charm, stunning visuals achieved with practical effects, a refreshing plot, and memorable characters. It's honestly not a great movie that will withstand the test of time, but I wouldn't look at someone funny if they said The Fifth Element was their favorite film. It's got (earth! fire! wind! water!) heart!" ~Genny "This is a weird one. I definitely enjoyed it, but it was at times all over the place too. The eclectic cast all work together pretty well, even though I will say it takes time to get used to Chris Tucker but strangely I enjoyed his part by the end of this. Zorg deserved/needed more screentime also in my opinion; I like zany and eccentric villains like this. What makes this film great are those characters and the way they interact with one another; what holds this back a bit is the overall plot, because it can end up being a little hard to follow and understand at times. Placing these enjoyable characters in a bit more coherent of a plot would have been golden, but this still has plenty of shine to it as it is." ~Charon "In the far future, theres this hovertaxi driver who has a young alien girl drop in on him, and of course the government is after her because she is the mysterious 'fifth element' needed to summon Captain Planet and save all life from some sort of unexplained evil force. A stereotypical evil industrialist also wants the elements to give them to mr evil hate moon so he can destroy the universe, because clearly he has a long-term business strategy built around all of existence being atomized. Every aspect of the movie is very bizarre, from the costumes to the very world itself, and strangely enough it works... to a certain extent. There are a mite too many characters, and a lot of them are not very good. Korben and Leeloo are amazing as a pair and yet they sadly spend so little of the film together. Why would anyone ever want to focus on the heart of the movie when you can have the misadventures of Boring McPriesty or Chris Tucker squealing like a castrated pig? It is a very different kind of sci-fi film, and the quality of the movie varies wildly depending on the quality of the weed Luc Besson is smoking at any given time, but when it is at its best it is quite a ride." ~Karo --- "It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful <cite>scarletspeed7 posted [p:913066235] in Gauntlet C... [t:77231113]...</cite> <quote>#19 - The Fifth Element (1997) Johnbobb - 10 Genny - 11 Charon - 13 Karo - 13 Stifled - 13 Inviso - 15 KBM - 24 scarlet - 24 JONA - 26 Snake - 28 Wickle - 30 Total: 207 "Nothing about this movie seems like a good idea on paper. Bruce Willis as a flying cab driver who crashes into a half-naked 20-year-old alien girl and Gary Oldman with some-weird ass hair hunting down some Infinity Stones and Chris Tucker at his loudest and most flamboyant with ever weirder-ass hair and everything dipped into a giant bucket of tie-dye paint and rejected Guillermo del Toro prosthetics. It's the Oops! All Berries of sci-fi and I LOVE IT" ~Johnbobb "It's not difficult to see why The Fifth Element became a cult classic in the same vein as Rocky Horror Picture Show. The Movie has style if nothing else. But it does have something else. It has many things to offer such as a unique sense of humor and charm, stunning visuals achieved with practical effects, a refreshing plot, and memorable characters. It's honestly not a great movie that will withstand the test of time, but I wouldn't look at someone funny if they said The Fifth Element was their favorite film. It's got (earth! fire! wind! water!) heart!" ~Genny "This is a weird one. I definitely enjoyed it, but it was at times all over the place too. The eclectic cast all work together pretty well, even though I will say it takes time to get used to Chris Tucker but strangely I enjoyed his part by the end of this. Zorg deserved/needed more screentime also in my opinion; I like zany and eccentric villains like this. What makes this film great are those characters and the way they interact with one another; what holds this back a bit is the overall plot, because it can end up being a little hard to follow and understand at times. Placing these enjoyable characters in a bit more coherent of a plot would have been golden, but this still has plenty of shine to it as it is." ~Charon "In the far future, theres this hovertaxi driver who has a young alien girl drop in on him, and of course the government is after her because she is the mysterious 'fifth element' needed to summon Captain Planet and save all life from some sort of unexplained evil force. A stereotypical evil industrialist also wants the elements to give them to mr evil hate moon so he can destroy the universe, because clearly he has a long-term business strategy built around all of existence being atomized. Every aspect of the movie is very bizarre, from the costumes to the very world itself, and strangely enough it works... to a certain extent. There are a mite too many characters, and a lot of them are not very good. Korben and Leeloo are amazing as a pair and yet they sadly spend so little of the film together. Why would anyone ever want to focus on the heart of the movie when you can have the misadventures of Boring McPriesty or Chris Tucker squealing like a castrated pig? It is a very different kind of sci-fi film, and the quality of the movie varies wildly depending on the quality of the weed Luc Besson is smoking at any given time, but when it is at its best it is quite a ride." ~Karo --- "It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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