My daughter saw this when she was in high-school. She loved the film so much that she vowed to someday have a daughter she would name Leeloo. Three sons later she gave up on that idea. Ten years later, a switch in birth control caused an unintended pregnancy. I now have a spoiled rotten granddaughter named Leeloo. I'm surprised how many people catch that her name is from "The Fifth Element." I had no idea so many people liked this film.
“That is Gary Oldman, right?” The brilliance of Gary Oldman is that this question can be asked about any of his roles. He is such a chameleon. Also, I love George’s unique insight on these sci-fi mixed cultures. Would love to see you all do Firefly.
More, in the entire movie, he only acts alone or with a bunch of guys under heavy prosthetics. He never interacts with Bruce Willis or any of the other protagonists.
I didn't see many comments praising her, so I will. Milla Jovovich is amazing in this film. The emotions she conveys through a made-up language is phenomenal. And, of course, "chicken good" and "multi-pass" are classic.
8:00 Milla as Leeloo waking up in panic speaking alien language is a pretty fine acting job. She sold the whole film right there. And the cab scene...really does make you fall in love with her. Terrific underestimated job.
Luc Besson is brilliantly imaginative. Fifth Element is a feast of sounds and visuals. If you two haven't seen it yet, I'd recommend LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL, another film by Besson starring the amazing Jean Reno, one of your faves Gary Old Man, and a young, but standout, Natalie Portman.
@@kuhpunkt Maybe it's a tendancy associated with brilliance and talent. Poet, Edgar Allen Poe, and early rocker, Jerry Lee Lewis, both married 13 year olds -- In Lewis's case she was his COUSIN, too!
Also Le grand blue , and if possible the French 132 min cut with original soundtrack , when in Le Grand blue the American versions the Big Blue (118 min) they replaced the whole Eric Serra soundtrack to Bill Conti ... also ending in French version is darker than in American . La Femme Nikita , where Jean Reno is Victor the cleaner , American remake is nothing like the original .
@@pete_lind Indeed, even though the american version of "La Femme Nikita" is almost a shot for shot copy, it doesn't even come close to having the same dramatic intensity. The scene of Nikita looking into the mirror is the most blatant example of that! The smirk was wholly inappropriate for that scene. It was amateurish and not worth the film it is printed on!
Do you know that Milla also does music. This is my favorite track from her Divine Comedy Album called "The Gentleman who fell" . I think she was younger than when she filmed " the Fifth Element". ua-cam.com/video/yr3iqz4miGk/v-deo.html Enjoy !
This is the type of film you just can't take seriously but has a totally unique art style Chris Tucker is hilarious and Gary Oldman is awesome as a Badguy.
I have to disagree about not taking it seriously. Its a comedy sure, but the cyberpunk setting of the world is so established you could tell hundreds of stories in the same '[world'. There's enough hints at the history and the world that its begging for more things to be set here.
"Gary Oldman is awesome" you could have stopped there. * * Except that movie with Matthew McConaughey were Gary Oldman played a dwarf. Not his fault. It was just a bad movie. It failed the Tropic Thunder rule.
I was always of the mind that Love is the 5th element. Leeloo was a conduit for the light of creation. But it was Corbin's love for her that was the final element that ignited the light. She was engineered so she could withstand the energy that was launched out from the weapon against evil. But that's always been my thoughts on it. This is one of my favorite movies ever. I had the pleasure of first seeing this at a drive in when it came out. Such a great film.
It's not just that she was upset about war, love is the fifth element, and just like they needed "air/earth/fire/water" to "activate" the stones, she needed "love" to activate in the same way. So the weapon could not have fired without that connection they formed. My theory, anyway :) As others have said, definitely watch Leon: The Professional.
Luc Besson married LeeLoo (Milla Jovovich) though it only lasted 2 years. The outfits/clothes/costumes were designed by Jean-Paulo Gaultier. I think this film is a brilliant sci-fi film that is not rated as highly as it should be. Definitely worth watching it at least twice.
He also has been married to Maiwenn ( Diva Plavalaguna in the movie ) in 1992 when she was 16 (he was 33), had a daughter wis her in1993, and dumped her for Milla Jovovitch during the shooting of the Fifth Element in 1996. Nice guy ! That said appart, his filmography is pretty good until the Fifth Element, is last good movie in my opinion.
The most amazing piece of trivia about this wonderful movie: "Luc Besson wrote the original screenplay when he was in high school. He had conceived the story of this movie, and invented the world of the movie, as a child so he could escape his lonely childhood. He began writing the script when he was sixteen, though it was not released in theaters until he was thirty-eight."
Milla Jovovich (Leeloo) was born in Kiev .. today known as Ukraine, she speaks Russian, Siberian, French and English and she helped out in making up the Divine language (in 5th element) as she was learning it...
Not only one of the most unique Sci-Fi films ever made, but truly a one-of-a-kind movie experience. Surprisingly I knew many people when this came out that didn't like it, I guess it was too far out of their comfort zone for Sci-Fi or something, but personally I went to see it 3 times in two weeks, and still love it to this day.
This is my most favorite movie of all time. The editing and timing of edits is some of the best in the entire industry. Every scene, every moment has rhyme and reason and flows into each other to perfection! And I absolutely love the setting and characters, I just absolutely love every element of this movie!!!
Bruce Willis was an inspired casting choice for this as a sane person trying to exist in a world full of crazy people we as the viewer feel more connected to him because like us he's baffled fascinated and amused by every other character.
For a different Bruce Willis, watch him in "Death Becomes Her" with Merryl Streep and Goldie Hawn or "The Sixth Sense" with Toni Collette and Haley Joel Osment. Two very different performances and no one gets punched...at least by Bruce.
I know Ruby Rhod was written for Prince but I can’t imagine anyone other than Chris Tucker playing the part so perfectly. Such a great actor’s movie in general - Milla Jovovich gets almost no English dialogue, Ian Holm gets the sort of broad comedy I haven’t seen him do elsewhere, Gary Oldman completely disappears as always into the scenery-chewing villain, and it’s on par with Die Hard at blending Bruce Willis’s comedy and action chops, and they all completely kill it.
This movie is 100% ridiculous and I love every minute of it! No matter how many times I watch it, it still manages to move me emotionally in the end, not to mention all the laughs and quotable moments throughout. Always fun to see people discover this one for the first time. I think you either love it or hate it. That has been my experience anyway. So glad you enjoyed it!
I highly recommend the soundtrack to this movie, it has TONS of extended versions of songs and even extra tracks, and they're all beautiful. :) This is one of my favourite movies, I'm so glad to see you watching it! :)
When this got released on DVD, it was such a great movie to put on to show off your home theater system because it has a great combination of colorful visuals and bombastic score.
I remember in the run up to the PS2's launch, the official PlayStation magazine ran a piece on the specs of the console's DVD drive, and the VHS/DVD comparison screenshots they used were stills from this movie.
Agreed it also had some parts that really put dvd players to the tests and was used to find several bugs in dvd players. Some brands even released updates for their dvd players to correct some of the problems this movie exposed as a result several versions of the movie where used by hometheater installers and video decoder chips for years. I am happy (and sad) to report i still have highly optimised dvd and bluray players costing >5000 euro's a pop mostly gathering dust.
There's a line in the movie "The Gamers 2" where Brother Silence explains: "The four elements, like man alone, is weak, but together they form a strong fifth element: Boron." And I think of that every time this film comes up.
Watching this back I've only just realised that General Munroe is played by the same actor (Brion James) that played Leon Kowalski (a replicant) in Blade Runner, I remember being irritated at the time I first watched The Fifth Element that I couldn't quite place him.
I've always loved Dallas's line of small talk, "You must drink a lot of coffee, being a priest, eh?" It's so awkward and nonsensical and perfectly captures the "just say anything to avoid staring at Leeloo and piss her off again" vibe. Great writing
I can’t even express how much I adore this movie. I actually unsubbed from another reaction channel when she called this movie ‘stupid’ all throughout the reaction. I don’t need that kind of negativity in my life. :)
Bruce Willis started out as a regular co-lead on a hit television Rom-Com-Drama called “Moonlighting” in the early 80’s before hitting it big in movies with Die Hard.
The movie sets and character designs where made by Legendary Graphic NOvelist Moebius ( he was the one who made the Valerian's comics amongst other things) The Costumes where designed by the Famous Stylist Jean-Paul Gaultier. The Humour and pacing is different from your more classical Action/Scyfy flick, cause its basicaly French humour that is put through the lense of an "American" enthusiast( Besson has always had the US movie pop culture as an influence, and is dubbed in France as the most "American" French movie maker) Besson's filmography is nothing but stellar. -Leon the Proffesional -le Grand Blue (Deep Blue) -Nikita la femme fatale( they did a few years a series about Nikita) -the Taxi series( that was a French Fast & Furious years before Fast & Furious was a thing) to name only a few of his movies.
Very reminiscent of the graphic mag & film Heavy Metal and the character of Henry Canyon. There also may have been a lawsuit between the creators of the comic and Besson that was settled out of court.
Over the years, I've come to realize that there are only really two opinions about The Fifth Element- you either love it or you hate it, there's generally no middle ground. It's one of my favorites. I saw it in the theater when it was released and have since owned it on VHS, DVD, and blu-ray. I even own the soundtrack.
I might be wrong but my interpretation of the scene in the hotel, where Diva Plavalaguna has been shot & Leeloo is crying inside the vent - Isn't because Leeloo is injured but because she shares a telepathic/emotional connection with the Diva & can feel _her_ dying. Plus she thinks she's just given up the Stones & ruined everything.
My friend's cat is named Leeloo Dallas Multicat If you noticed the evil was stopped and became a moon, letting us know that our moon was an evil at some point
I love watching the gears turning in your heads when trying to figure out a movie by the title and people involved. Especially ones that I know really well, such as this one. I'd have to take my socks off to count how many times I have watched it. It's got just the right amount of cheesy and whimsical for my palate. Great reactions and commentary as always guys. I'm always look forward to see another one of these. And I guess while I'm on the topic: "Léon: The Professional". It's another Besson film. An acquired taste for sure, but still worth mentioning.
"I never pictured Bruce Willis in a fantasy setting" Three of his biggest hits were "Death Becomes Her" "The Sixth Sense" and "Unbreakable" His vanity project "Hudson Hawk" was about DaVinci's lost alchemy tech that successfully turned lead into gold. (It was also about CIA black ops and burglars who kept time during heists by singing old jazz standards - it was a weird movie.) Before he was a movie star he had a hit TV series called "Moonlighting" about LA private detectives, but it was an off-beat meta-comedy that often broke the fourth wall. One of the most famous episodes has them all in parody of "Taming of the Shrew" in which Bruce rides around on a Horse with a BMW logo and jokes about teenagers getting arrested at a Bach concert.
Gary Oldman indeed. And Ian 'Bilbo Baggins' Holm. This is my comfort movie. Can't count how often I've seen it. Just an amazing combination of style humor, action and scifi. Love it.
If you liked this, you should check out Luc Besson's other work: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Very much like The Fifth Element in many ways, but then very different, too. Also, aliens DID build the pyramids. See the movie Stargate for further explanation.
What do you mean see the movie.... See it all, the movie, series, spin off series, the other two movies to close the series, the 2nd spin off and mini series.
Helloo I am a huge movie-geek from Germany, I discovered your Channel about a month ago and been binging your vids since then. I must say you two are really sweet and awesome, love your Reactions so much maybe because they are totally real. Love it also when the movies "get" you and you both show exactly the emotions as the director intended. Much Love from Germany to you Two
Simone, you can't just have a cat in frame and NOT introduce it to your audience. 3:27 George figures out what the fifth element is a sixth of the way into the first scene. 17:27 In this universe there's apparently a way to bring someone back from being almost completely disintegrated save for a single hand, dying from being frozen is unlikely to be permanent. This is one of my favourite movies of all time. It's definitely just a fun movie, not to be taken too seriously.
Been watching your channel for a while, and I just want to send some love to George for repping Epica so often. Fantastic band that needs more love in North America!
Didnt realize you were a fellow critter. Also you are watching one of my favorite films. Milla Jovovich is my absolute crush from her early german films to the recent...ish Resident Evil films. Keep up the excellent work.
I just saw Zoolander 2 last night and she kills it in her brief appearance in it and the movie is also funny as hell. I think Cinebinge should take Zoolander up for a watch and Zoolander 2. But Milla.. she's ultra-talented. I don't know if anyone else has listened to her album but its hauntingly beautiful.. Especially the 'Ruby Lane' track.
I was already a huge Milla Jovovich fan before this movie. I was absolutely in love with her after this movie. I saw this in the theater, and was blown away.
You already know the four classical (western) elements, but the heavens were believed to be composed of something else entirely, a fifth element that doesn't exist in the mortal realm. Incidentally, using Latin roots, it was also called the "quintessence", from which we get the word "quintessential".
In the late 90s my dad bought our first DVD player and it came with a voucher for 5 free DVDs you could pick from a big list, I can only remember 3 of them, they were 5th Element, Waterworld, and The Postman.
In case you didn't know Luc Besson was married to the actress who played the Blue Alien Opera singer. He left her for Milla Jovovich who was about 19 at the time.
The scene where Zorg opens the Box laughing, closing it, opening it again to check and then just starts crying "they're not here!" is imo the biggest twist in a scene I have ever witnessed :D
1- They hid the stones off Earth in 1914 because of the oncoming World War 1. 2- Luc Besson is French and he has a tremendous sense of style and panache in his films 3- Leeloo's language was created by Milla Jovovich and Luc Besson 4- That was the chameleonic Gary Oldman. 5- They're not dead. It's mostly for the comedy. 6- I love this movie. It's... for lack of a better word... perfect.
A French perspective of sci-fi and adventure film tropes. This was always a fun movie in my film classes where I'd end up watching it three times (because of three film classes) a semester. Every semester. For years. It's still a LOT of fun!
Cute movie. I've always liked it. A 2010 Willis flick you might enjoy that's a bit more grounded in current technology is the spy/action/comedy "R.E.D." It has a fun story and a stellar cast of old favorites. Willis, Mary-Louise Parker John Malkovich, Richard Dryfus, Hellen Murrin, Morgan Freeman, Karl Urban, Brian Cox and Ernest Borgnine. The sequels to it are even better.
Guys, you two make me feel both younger and older at the same time. Younger, seeing you feeling like I did when I saw this for the first time, and older sice I aknowledge how much time has passed. Love U2. Keep it up.
7:44 The movie is different because it is essentially a French movie produced by the Gaumont Film Company and directed by Luc Besson. It has so much elements of the French film culture, comics, sci-fi films, photography, lights and costumes (made by French haute couture designer Jean-Paul Gaultier).
honestly I dont think they could have made this movie better in any way, its just such a fantastic watch and a wonderful story idea and just the perfect combination of comedy, action and drama.
I like how Bruce Willis is always associated with action when he started with comedy which is why he was cast in die hard because noone would suspect him of being the action hero
The director Luc Besson is a strange, strange man. That being said, this has always been one of my favorite movies. And Milla is in it. In a slightly different roll than in Resident Evil.
I love this movie, lol. First saw it in theaters way back in the day and I've been quoting it ever since. ^_^ (Side note: A Strongjaw Ale t-shirt! It's nice to find a fellow Critter!)
10:30 "Are tattoos rare in the future?" Fingers crossed But seriously, Gary Oldman is a great actor. Consider his performance here, then as Sirus Black in the Harry Potter franchise, then as Commissioner Gordon in The Dark Knight trilogy, also as the titular role in Bram Stoker's Dracula, then as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. All very different personas and he plays to all of them.
And O.W.Grant in Interstate 60 But yeah, for a long time I had no idea Sirius Black in Harry Potter was played by Gary Oldman. He's brilliant and always so diffierent
Oldman has another movie starring role to consider, as George Smiley in the film version of "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy". Even stands up to comparison with the TV version of that novel (another great adaptation!), when Smiley was portrayed by the fabulous Alec Guinness.
Add to that his superb performance as Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK, his seriously creepy performance in Leon and his wonderful take on George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Great reaction to a great movie! I recommend another great Bruce Willis sci-fi epic, 12 Monkeys, a mind-bending pandemic-based time travel adventure which also stars Brad Pitt doing some spectacular acting as a crazy rich brat.
My friends and i dismissed this movie when we saw the trailer and i'm happy to say that we were sooooooooo wrong, we ended up loving this movie, the sad thing about this movie is that it didn't do well in America because audiences felt it looked too European and in Europe audiences felt it was too American with all the action sequences.
You're actually wrong. The budget of The Fifth Element was $90 million, and it grossed over $263 million worldwide. So technically, The Fifth Element was a box office success.
The opera in this is known as the impossible opera. It supposedly is impossible for a human to sing. There is some videos out there of real opera singers singing it. It's quite amazing.
I love how into this film you were, it's a classic. Luc Besson and Éric Serra for soundtrack, same combo as Leon, and Gary Oldman woop. I love your 'this film is so chaotic reaction' enter stage left Chris Tucker :)
0:00 "Welcome to cineBUNGE." A couple of days ago, it was "cineHINGE." It's actually kind of cute when Simone mispronounces the name of the channel. As much as I enjoy 'The Fifth Element,' it always makes me sad that Mila Jovovich wasn't as good at doing fight scenes back then as she is in the 'Resident Evil' movies. The scene still works because it's not meant to be taken too seriously, but she is just so great at being badass in the RE movies.
My daughter saw this when she was in high-school. She loved the film so much that she vowed to someday have a daughter she would name Leeloo. Three sons later she gave up on that idea. Ten years later, a switch in birth control caused an unintended pregnancy. I now have a spoiled rotten granddaughter named Leeloo. I'm surprised how many people catch that her name is from "The Fifth Element." I had no idea so many people liked this film.
haha well she could have called her multipasss :)
Does she carry the highly honourable Minai Lekarariba Laminai Tchai Ekbat de Sebat after her first name?
@@scb2scb2 Multipass is her middle name, or at least should be.
@@MichaelSTaylor Or a hyphenated middle name Dallas-Multipass
your granddaughter is a supreme being!!
"This movie is so hectic and chaotic."
And then Ruby Rhod shows up in literally the next scene! :D
Take it to 11!
That almost had me in tears lol...perfect timing.
"Kooorrrbannn Dallaaassssss!"
Not to 11, to 111 at least :D. You would love to hate Ruby, but you end up hating yourself because you love Ruby 😀
It was super green
“That is Gary Oldman, right?”
The brilliance of Gary Oldman is that this question can be asked about any of his roles. He is such a chameleon.
Also, I love George’s unique insight on these sci-fi mixed cultures. Would love to see you all do Firefly.
I second Firefly
He has a unique face. He's easy to spot, actually.
My favourite Gary Oldman film was my first Gary Oldman film: "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" (1990)
More, in the entire movie, he only acts alone or with a bunch of guys under heavy prosthetics. He never interacts with Bruce Willis or any of the other protagonists.
Firefly is a must for any sci fi fan
I love that Dallas and Zorg never meet at any point during the movie.
Holy shit I never realized that! 😯
I'm not even sure that they're aware of each other's existence
@@davidladjani108 Dallas worked for Zorg but got fired
Yeah, this is one of the few action movies in history where the hero and villain never meet.
@@davidladjani108 not personally but Zorg knew Korben Dallas won the trip to Phloston.
I didn't see many comments praising her, so I will. Milla Jovovich is amazing in this film. The emotions she conveys through a made-up language is phenomenal. And, of course, "chicken good" and "multi-pass" are classic.
She really is an exceptional talent.
not to mention "big botta boom!"
And for some reason she never displayed that acting talent ever again
8:00 Milla as Leeloo waking up in panic speaking alien language is a pretty fine acting job. She sold the whole film right there. And the cab scene...really does make you fall in love with her. Terrific underestimated job.
She's a terrific actress. She was also great as Joan of Arc from the same director.
She shows great comedic chops in this movie. Her not getting what’s going on through half the film is hilarious.
"This movie is not about boron at all!"
That made me laugh.
I must have seen this film 30 times. It's such a good film to rewatch, like a perfect Sunday afternoon sci-fi film.
Ditto. I’ve never gone more than a year without watching it since it came out. Had the VHS and everything.
I’d go so far as to say it needs to be watched a minimum of 3 times to really comprehend it. 4-5 viewings would be considerably better.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 e.g. in the beginning of the movie Corben uses his second last match.
I concur. This is one of my Top 10 movies I can watch any time its on. The opening sequence is riveting. Seen it over 40 times at this point.
30 times? That's rookie numbers!
“This movie is so hectic”, I can’t tell you how hard I laughed because you hadn’t even met Chris Tucker’s character yet 🤣🤣🤣
I was thinking the same thing haha
“So it’s something to do with boron…”
You didn’t even start the movie and I’m already dying. Fantastic.
GoT, this was so off the mark an so brilliant at the same time xD
I was impressed that she knew.
Luc Besson is brilliantly imaginative. Fifth Element is a feast of sounds and visuals.
If you two haven't seen it yet, I'd recommend LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL, another film by Besson starring the amazing Jean Reno, one of your faves Gary Old Man, and a young, but standout, Natalie Portman.
Another Besson movie worth watching, though slow and "deep", the complete opposite of Fifth Element, is Big Blue.
@@kuhpunkt Maybe it's a tendancy associated with brilliance and talent.
Poet, Edgar Allen Poe, and early rocker, Jerry Lee Lewis, both married 13 year olds -- In Lewis's case she was his COUSIN, too!
OMG yes I want to watch their reaction to that!!!!
Also Le grand blue , and if possible the French 132 min cut with original soundtrack , when in Le Grand blue the American versions the Big Blue (118 min) they replaced the whole Eric Serra soundtrack to Bill Conti ... also ending in French version is darker than in American .
La Femme Nikita , where Jean Reno is Victor the cleaner , American remake is nothing like the original .
@@pete_lind Indeed, even though the american version of "La Femme Nikita" is almost a shot for shot copy, it doesn't even come close to having the same dramatic intensity. The scene of Nikita looking into the mirror is the most blatant example of that! The smirk was wholly inappropriate for that scene. It was amateurish and not worth the film it is printed on!
I love this movie. It's quirky, funny, witty, and visually stunning... and Milla is a goddess.
Milla 😍
And as proved by the most recent Resident Evil movie, she was the only reason anybody watched all the others.
Do you know that Milla also does music. This is my favorite track from her Divine Comedy Album called "The Gentleman who fell" . I think she was younger than when she filmed " the Fifth Element". ua-cam.com/video/yr3iqz4miGk/v-deo.html Enjoy !
This movie kick-started my crush on Milla Jovovich, and it never quite went away.
@@jculver1674Had a crush on her since her modeling days way before she started acting. She became one hell of an actress too!
This is the type of film you just can't take seriously but has a totally unique art style Chris Tucker is hilarious and Gary Oldman is awesome as a Badguy.
I have to disagree about not taking it seriously. Its a comedy sure, but the cyberpunk setting of the world is so established you could tell hundreds of stories in the same '[world'. There's enough hints at the history and the world that its begging for more things to be set here.
Super Green.
"Gary Oldman is awesome" you could have stopped there. *
* Except that movie with Matthew McConaughey were Gary Oldman played a dwarf. Not his fault. It was just a bad movie. It failed the Tropic Thunder rule.
Correction: Christ Tucker's character is worse than Jar Jar Binks for annoyance factor, and has a voice like nails on a chalkboard.
"This movie is so hectic and chaotic."
RIGHT before the introduction of Ruby Rhod! The timing was perfect!
You guys are rapidly getting to the point where you can fully appreciate Galaxy Quest 👍
@@Rocket1377 I am a heathen who never liked Star Trek until JJ took over but I 100% agree that it is required before watching Galaxy Quest
another funnier than hell movie.
"Mr Besson, your movie is too crazy, we need you to make it tamer."
"I'll call your bluff and raise you one Chris Tucker."
I was always of the mind that Love is the 5th element. Leeloo was a conduit for the light of creation. But it was Corbin's love for her that was the final element that ignited the light. She was engineered so she could withstand the energy that was launched out from the weapon against evil. But that's always been my thoughts on it. This is one of my favorite movies ever. I had the pleasure of first seeing this at a drive in when it came out. Such a great film.
The fifth element, or quintessence, of classical, philosophy/natural history is Spirit. Love is what activates it.
Damn, I never thought of it like that!
Same, love or hate was the element of balance. The opposite of evil that would have taken her place.
So, in other words, the five elements are: Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, Heart.
The Fifth Element confirmed weirdest Captain Planet tie-in.
@@Voldine2 Eh, not exactly. The priest said the fifth element is the 'force that gives life', so basically requires two people.
18:06 😆 Oh, Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich have the most _adorable_ on screen chemistry.
It's not just that she was upset about war, love is the fifth element, and just like they needed "air/earth/fire/water" to "activate" the stones, she needed "love" to activate in the same way. So the weapon could not have fired without that connection they formed. My theory, anyway :)
As others have said, definitely watch Leon: The Professional.
The casting was BRILLIANT! And Chris Tucker made the role of his life. Being the social media before its time, soo OBNOXIOUS! 😅
Luc Besson married LeeLoo (Milla Jovovich) though it only lasted 2 years. The outfits/clothes/costumes were designed by Jean-Paulo Gaultier. I think this film is a brilliant sci-fi film that is not rated as highly as it should be. Definitely worth watching it at least twice.
He also has been married to Maiwenn ( Diva Plavalaguna in the movie ) in 1992 when she was 16 (he was 33), had a daughter wis her in1993, and dumped her for Milla Jovovitch during the shooting of the Fifth Element in 1996. Nice guy !
That said appart, his filmography is pretty good until the Fifth Element, is last good movie in my opinion.
The most amazing piece of trivia about this wonderful movie: "Luc Besson wrote the original screenplay when he was in high school. He had conceived the story of this movie, and invented the world of the movie, as a child so he could escape his lonely childhood. He began writing the script when he was sixteen, though it was not released in theaters until he was thirty-eight."
Milla Jovovich (Leeloo) was born in Kiev .. today known as Ukraine, she speaks Russian, Siberian, French and English and she helped out in making up the Divine language (in 5th element) as she was learning it...
Not only one of the most unique Sci-Fi films ever made, but truly a one-of-a-kind movie experience. Surprisingly I knew many people when this came out that didn't like it, I guess it was too far out of their comfort zone for Sci-Fi or something, but personally I went to see it 3 times in two weeks, and still love it to this day.
This is my most favorite movie of all time. The editing and timing of edits is some of the best in the entire industry. Every scene, every moment has rhyme and reason and flows into each other to perfection! And I absolutely love the setting and characters, I just absolutely love every element of this movie!!!
Bruce Willis was an inspired casting choice for this as a sane person trying to exist in a world full of crazy people we as the viewer feel more connected to him because like us he's baffled fascinated and amused by every other character.
The editing and music is so perfect and was so unique when this came out, it'll never get out of style.
For a different Bruce Willis, watch him in "Death Becomes Her" with Merryl Streep and Goldie Hawn or "The Sixth Sense" with Toni Collette and Haley Joel Osment. Two very different performances and no one gets punched...at least by Bruce.
Oh man "Death Becomes Her" was a favorite movie of mine when I was a kid. Highly recommend.
Also 12 monkeys with Brad Pitt, directed by Terry Gilliam.
I know Ruby Rhod was written for Prince but I can’t imagine anyone other than Chris Tucker playing the part so perfectly. Such a great actor’s movie in general - Milla Jovovich gets almost no English dialogue, Ian Holm gets the sort of broad comedy I haven’t seen him do elsewhere, Gary Oldman completely disappears as always into the scenery-chewing villain, and it’s on par with Die Hard at blending Bruce Willis’s comedy and action chops, and they all completely kill it.
This movie is 100% ridiculous and I love every minute of it! No matter how many times I watch it, it still manages to move me emotionally in the end, not to mention all the laughs and quotable moments throughout. Always fun to see people discover this one for the first time. I think you either love it or hate it. That has been my experience anyway. So glad you enjoyed it!
I highly recommend the soundtrack to this movie, it has TONS of extended versions of songs and even extra tracks, and they're all beautiful. :) This is one of my favourite movies, I'm so glad to see you watching it! :)
Such a great movie. And hilarious lol 😭😂 Gary Oldman never ceases to amaze me with his brilliance. He can literally play any part.
When this got released on DVD, it was such a great movie to put on to show off your home theater system because it has a great combination of colorful visuals and bombastic score.
I remember in the run up to the PS2's launch, the official PlayStation magazine ran a piece on the specs of the console's DVD drive, and the VHS/DVD comparison screenshots they used were stills from this movie.
Agreed it also had some parts that really put dvd players to the tests and was used to find several bugs in dvd players. Some brands even released updates for their dvd players to correct some of the problems this movie exposed as a result several versions of the movie where used by hometheater installers and video decoder chips for years. I am happy (and sad) to report i still have highly optimised dvd and bluray players costing >5000 euro's a pop mostly gathering dust.
one of my MOST FAVORITE movies. it being a stand alone makes it that much better
There's a line in the movie "The Gamers 2" where Brother Silence explains:
"The four elements, like man alone, is weak, but together they form a strong fifth element: Boron."
And I think of that every time this film comes up.
Interesting point, the 20 minutes it takes for the bomb to count down is exactly how long the movie between that point and the other bomb going off.
Watching this back I've only just realised that General Munroe is played by the same actor (Brion James) that played Leon Kowalski (a replicant) in Blade Runner, I remember being irritated at the time I first watched The Fifth Element that I couldn't quite place him.
I've always loved Dallas's line of small talk, "You must drink a lot of coffee, being a priest, eh?" It's so awkward and nonsensical and perfectly captures the "just say anything to avoid staring at Leeloo and piss her off again" vibe. Great writing
I can’t even express how much I adore this movie. I actually unsubbed from another reaction channel when she called this movie ‘stupid’ all throughout the reaction. I don’t need that kind of negativity in my life. :)
Who was it so i know who to avoid
Unsubbed, AS YOU SHOULD HAVE, BRAVO!!👏👏👏👏
Bruce Willis started out as a regular co-lead on a hit television Rom-Com-Drama called “Moonlighting” in the early 80’s before hitting it big in movies with Die Hard.
The movie sets and character designs where made by Legendary Graphic NOvelist Moebius ( he was the one who made the Valerian's comics amongst other things)
The Costumes where designed by the Famous Stylist Jean-Paul Gaultier.
The Humour and pacing is different from your more classical Action/Scyfy flick, cause its basicaly French humour that is put through the lense of an "American" enthusiast( Besson has always had the US movie pop culture as an influence, and is dubbed in France as the most "American" French movie maker)
Besson's filmography is nothing but stellar.
-Leon the Proffesional
-le Grand Blue (Deep Blue)
-Nikita la femme fatale( they did a few years a series about Nikita)
-the Taxi series( that was a French Fast & Furious years before Fast & Furious was a thing)
to name only a few of his movies.
Very reminiscent of the graphic mag & film Heavy Metal and the character of Henry Canyon. There also may have been a lawsuit between the creators of the comic and Besson that was settled out of court.
Jean-Claude Mézières made Valérian, not Möbius (Jean Giraud), but they worked both on the movie.
@@brom00 The Harry Canyon segment of Heavy Metal was based on the comic "The Long Tomorrow" by "Alien" writer Dan O'Bannon with art by... Moebius.
@@chrisleebowers I mostly remember his segment from the film. My 57 year old brain can't remember reading the story in the mag. :-)
Thank the lucky stars that nobody ever tried to make a sequel or reboot of this movie. It's a one and done, perfect movie, no notes.
"It's something to do with boron..." really cracked me up
I love this movie. The masterfully hilarious cuts and the humor in general make it wonderful.
Over the years, I've come to realize that there are only really two opinions about The Fifth Element- you either love it or you hate it, there's generally no middle ground. It's one of my favorites. I saw it in the theater when it was released and have since owned it on VHS, DVD, and blu-ray. I even own the soundtrack.
I was 15 when this film came out, and it was INSTANTLY one of my absolute favourites! Can't even count how many times I've seen it 😅
I might be wrong but my interpretation of the scene in the hotel, where Diva Plavalaguna has been shot & Leeloo is crying inside the vent - Isn't because Leeloo is injured but because she shares a telepathic/emotional connection with the Diva & can feel _her_ dying.
Plus she thinks she's just given up the Stones & ruined everything.
My friend's cat is named Leeloo Dallas Multicat
If you noticed the evil was stopped and became a moon, letting us know that our moon was an evil at some point
I love watching the gears turning in your heads when trying to figure out a movie by the title and people involved. Especially ones that I know really well, such as this one. I'd have to take my socks off to count how many times I have watched it. It's got just the right amount of cheesy and whimsical for my palate.
Great reactions and commentary as always guys. I'm always look forward to see another one of these.
And I guess while I'm on the topic: "Léon: The Professional". It's another Besson film. An acquired taste for sure, but still worth mentioning.
5th Element uses the same "elements" as Captain Planet. Earth, water, wind, fire, heart. There were a lot of jokes about that back in the day.
George making another Futurama reference with "horizontal monster mash!" 😂
Im glad people are starting to appreciate this movie more.
"I never pictured Bruce Willis in a fantasy setting"
Three of his biggest hits were "Death Becomes Her" "The Sixth Sense" and "Unbreakable"
His vanity project "Hudson Hawk" was about DaVinci's lost alchemy tech that successfully turned lead into gold. (It was also about CIA black ops and burglars who kept time during heists by singing old jazz standards - it was a weird movie.)
Before he was a movie star he had a hit TV series called "Moonlighting" about LA private detectives, but it was an off-beat meta-comedy that often broke the fourth wall. One of the most famous episodes has them all in parody of "Taming of the Shrew" in which Bruce rides around on a Horse with a BMW logo and jokes about teenagers getting arrested at a Bach concert.
1:41 have you guys watch "Death becomes her (1992)" ? One of the best Bruce Willis performances ever.
The coolest thing is how Milla Jovovich basically improvised all her dialog and then just dropped in key words… made it all up on the fly.
She was brilliant. Not bad to look at either.
@@ronhall5395 absolutely!
Gary Oldman indeed. And Ian 'Bilbo Baggins' Holm.
This is my comfort movie. Can't count how often I've seen it. Just an amazing combination of style humor, action and scifi. Love it.
If you liked this, you should check out Luc Besson's other work: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Very much like The Fifth Element in many ways, but then very different, too.
Also, aliens DID build the pyramids. See the movie Stargate for further explanation.
you spelled documentary wrong
What do you mean see the movie.... See it all, the movie, series, spin off series, the other two movies to close the series, the 2nd spin off and mini series.
@@Forbidaxe - Agreed. The movie is the best place to start, but the rest is an absolute must.
You got about 10 years of content just with SG-1 alone.
The main difference between this and Valerian is that this one is worth the time it takes to watch it.
This one is a favourite of mine. I rewatch every year. Badaboom
Helloo I am a huge movie-geek from Germany, I discovered your Channel about a month ago and been binging your vids since then.
I must say you two are really sweet and awesome, love your Reactions so much maybe because they are totally real.
Love it also when the movies "get" you and you both show exactly the emotions as the director intended.
Much Love from Germany to you Two
Simone, you can't just have a cat in frame and NOT introduce it to your audience.
3:27 George figures out what the fifth element is a sixth of the way into the first scene.
17:27 In this universe there's apparently a way to bring someone back from being almost completely disintegrated save for a single hand, dying from being frozen is unlikely to be permanent.
This is one of my favourite movies of all time. It's definitely just a fun movie, not to be taken too seriously.
Been watching your channel for a while, and I just want to send some love to George for repping Epica so often. Fantastic band that needs more love in North America!
Didnt realize you were a fellow critter. Also you are watching one of my favorite films. Milla Jovovich is my absolute crush from her early german films to the recent...ish Resident Evil films. Keep up the excellent work.
I just saw Zoolander 2 last night and she kills it in her brief appearance in it and the movie is also funny as hell. I think Cinebinge should take Zoolander up for a watch and Zoolander 2. But Milla.. she's ultra-talented. I don't know if anyone else has listened to her album but its hauntingly beautiful.. Especially the 'Ruby Lane' track.
I was already a huge Milla Jovovich fan before this movie. I was absolutely in love with her after this movie. I saw this in the theater, and was blown away.
So over the top and unlike any other SF-Action flicks you just gotta Love it!
You already know the four classical (western) elements, but the heavens were believed to be composed of something else entirely, a fifth element that doesn't exist in the mortal realm. Incidentally, using Latin roots, it was also called the "quintessence", from which we get the word "quintessential".
In the late 90s my dad bought our first DVD player and it came with a voucher for 5 free DVDs you could pick from a big list, I can only remember 3 of them, they were 5th Element, Waterworld, and The Postman.
Milla Jovovich is an action movie goddess. Love her Resident Evil movies and as Joan of Arc.
In case you didn't know Luc Besson was married to the actress who played the Blue Alien Opera singer. He left her for Milla Jovovich who was about 19 at the time.
The scene where Zorg opens the Box laughing, closing it, opening it again to check and then just starts crying "they're not here!" is imo the biggest twist in a scene I have ever witnessed :D
"This movie is so hectic and chaotic".
Ruby Rhod: *all night long*
1- They hid the stones off Earth in 1914 because of the oncoming World War 1.
2- Luc Besson is French and he has a tremendous sense of style and panache in his films
3- Leeloo's language was created by Milla Jovovich and Luc Besson
4- That was the chameleonic Gary Oldman.
5- They're not dead. It's mostly for the comedy.
6- I love this movie. It's... for lack of a better word... perfect.
A French perspective of sci-fi and adventure film tropes. This was always a fun movie in my film classes where I'd end up watching it three times (because of three film classes) a semester. Every semester. For years. It's still a LOT of fun!
Cute movie. I've always liked it. A 2010 Willis flick you might enjoy that's a bit more grounded in current technology is the spy/action/comedy "R.E.D." It has a fun story and a stellar cast of old favorites. Willis, Mary-Louise Parker John Malkovich, Richard Dryfus, Hellen Murrin, Morgan Freeman, Karl Urban, Brian Cox and Ernest Borgnine. The sequels to it are even better.
@@ThreadBomb This movie is iconic.
Guys, you two make me feel both younger and older at the same time. Younger, seeing you feeling like I did when I saw this for the first time, and older sice I aknowledge how much time has passed. Love U2. Keep it up.
I love this movie! Chris Tucker was born for the role of Ruby Rhod!
7:44 The movie is different because it is essentially a French movie produced by the Gaumont Film Company and directed by Luc Besson. It has so much elements of the French film culture, comics, sci-fi films, photography, lights and costumes (made by French haute couture designer Jean-Paul Gaultier).
honestly I dont think they could have made this movie better in any way, its just such a fantastic watch and a wonderful story idea and just the perfect combination of comedy, action and drama.
I like how Bruce Willis is always associated with action when he started with comedy which is why he was cast in die hard because noone would suspect him of being the action hero
Definitely watch Leon: The Professional. Another fascinating movie by the same director.
As well as Le Femme Nikkita
EVERYONE!!! Love Gary Oldman
If you're going to watch it, I would definitely recommend "The Professional" over "Leon: The Professional". It's got way fewer "pedo vibes" in it.
@@jeffgray7922 Yeah that director, he's good, but personally he's a lot fucked up
when the scientist looked weird, it’s way they look like under black light!
The director Luc Besson is a strange, strange man. That being said, this has always been one of my favorite movies. And Milla is in it. In a slightly different roll than in Resident Evil.
I love the Critical Role nod Simone gave with her shirt
First Jurassic Park, now The Fifth Element - this is MY week!
"This movie is so hectic and chaotic"...just before Chris Tucker appears. :D
I love this movie, lol. First saw it in theaters way back in the day and I've been quoting it ever since. ^_^
(Side note: A Strongjaw Ale t-shirt! It's nice to find a fellow Critter!)
The very rare and elusive comedic fantasy space opera
10:30 "Are tattoos rare in the future?"
Fingers crossed
But seriously, Gary Oldman is a great actor. Consider his performance here, then as Sirus Black in the Harry Potter franchise, then as Commissioner Gordon in The Dark Knight trilogy, also as the titular role in Bram Stoker's Dracula, then as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. All very different personas and he plays to all of them.
And O.W.Grant in Interstate 60
But yeah, for a long time I had no idea Sirius Black in Harry Potter was played by Gary Oldman. He's brilliant and always so diffierent
Don't forget True Romance, i think he was in that movie for like 5 or 10 mins and he stole the show.
@@Jindrolim So many different accents, too. Many actors do it, but few do it very convincingly.
Oldman has another movie starring role to consider, as George Smiley in the film version of "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy". Even stands up to comparison with the TV version of that novel (another great adaptation!), when Smiley was portrayed by the fabulous Alec Guinness.
Add to that his superb performance as Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK, his seriously creepy performance in Leon and his wonderful take on George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
The design is by one of my favorite artists, Jean Giraud aka Moebius.
Love this movie so much. It's so much fun. Saw it in theaters back in the day. Honestly, it's probably underrated.
3:05 - No, that's Stargate. Another great movie you two should react to.
and the spin-off TV series Stargate: SG-1 and Atlantis are also awesome.
"It has something to do with Boron." ROFL 😂🤣😂🤣
Great reaction to a great movie! I recommend another great Bruce Willis sci-fi epic, 12 Monkeys, a mind-bending pandemic-based time travel adventure which also stars Brad Pitt doing some spectacular acting as a crazy rich brat.
And the amazing Madeleine Stowe and David Morse.
@@crhu319 And not a too bad part from Brad Pitt ...
"It's not about Boron." LOL!
This is one of my all time favorite movies. I'm so excited to see you react to it! :D
Edit: This was so much fun to watch!
Every time they ask a question, I'm like "its a Luc Besson movie, don't worry about it"
My friends and i dismissed this movie when we saw the trailer and i'm happy to say that we were sooooooooo wrong, we ended up loving this movie, the sad thing about this movie is that it didn't do well in America because audiences felt it looked too European and in Europe audiences felt it was too American with all the action sequences.
So...it's Canadian or Australian style lol... Mad Max or Ginger Snaps lol.
You're actually wrong. The budget of The Fifth Element was $90 million, and it grossed over $263 million worldwide. So technically, The Fifth Element was a box office success.
"That is so much." - the perfect commentary on meeting Ruby Rhod :D
The opera in this is known as the impossible opera. It supposedly is impossible for a human to sing. There is some videos out there of real opera singers singing it. It's quite amazing.
not all of it. most of it, yeah, but not all of it
I love how into this film you were, it's a classic. Luc Besson and Éric Serra for soundtrack, same combo as Leon, and Gary Oldman woop.
I love your 'this film is so chaotic reaction' enter stage left Chris Tucker :)
0:00 "Welcome to cineBUNGE." A couple of days ago, it was "cineHINGE." It's actually kind of cute when Simone mispronounces the name of the channel.
As much as I enjoy 'The Fifth Element,' it always makes me sad that Mila Jovovich wasn't as good at doing fight scenes back then as she is in the 'Resident Evil' movies. The scene still works because it's not meant to be taken too seriously, but she is just so great at being badass in the RE movies.
She probably spent all her time learning that language, didn't have time for fight training
I thought that I imagined that in the last video and never checked afterwards.
I'm waiting for CineMinge..........Yes, I'm 12....Apologies.😀
I think she was just thinking about Cinnabon