First Time Watching THE FIFTH ELEMENT - A Sci-Fi Laughfest!

[@Shoomer1988]

Getting Jean-Paul Gaultier in to do the costume design was a masterstroke. Just the right mix of class and camp, it complements Besson’s direction perfectly.

[@colerains]

You don't know how much I love this movie. It's a relic of its time that could not be reproduced today.

[@goat1408]

Aziz.....LIGHT!!! I still quote that to this day lol

[@cadleo]

Chris Tucker is incredible here

[@goat1408]

FIRST TIME????!! Where you been my boy??? Cult Classic.

[@chilisaucecritic]

Fun Fact: Prince was originally cast in the part Criss Tucker played but do to scheduling conflicts he dropped out.

[@axspike]

The priest was Ian Holm and he was indeed bilbo baggins.

[@philb2085]

...and Ash in "Alien".

[@axspike]

@philb2085 and a bad cgi rook in romulus.

[@petersidell7511]

He was also in The Day After Tomorrow, Brazil, and From Hell. Quality actor.

[@DeathsxKeeper]

Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, Heart with your powers combined I am Captain Planet...I mean the Fifth Element

[@marieclaudeb.2366]

Chris Tucker inventing livestream ❤🎉 love this one, can’t count the number of times I’ve seen it 😂

[@nathanciszewski4875]

Milla wasn't one of the armored aliens. She was inside the statue that they carried away. The 5th element statue.

[@phunkjnky]

I'm glad you dropped the Zeus reference. No one references "No Holds Barred."

[@cyberdragon451]

They need to add Demolition Man, Space Balls and Princess Bride to their lists of cult classic movies to watch.

[@philb2085]

Everyone laughs at the set but I'm pretty sure the gold foil (@17:59) was MEANT to be gold foil (like on the lunar lander)? It's not a cheap set?

[@aidanclarke6106]

It's a giant Ferrero Rocher 😅

[@thefallofoscar]

this is an entirely original movie!!! we don't get these anymore at all

[@Jacob_Junge]

The people mostly responsible for the look of the movie are the legendary French comic book artists Moebius aka Jean Gireaud and Jean-Claude Mézières (who is mostly known for the sci-fi series Valérian, which Luc Besson later made a not great movie of), and Jean Paul Gaultier who designed most of the wardrobe.

[@Mark_E_M]

One thing I will say about Mila, she is VERY good at acting with just her facial expressions!

[@mozzyquodo5532]

The guy you recognised from something about Mary is Lee Evans, he is a very popular and successful stand up comedian fromt he uk. Might be worth checking out some of his stuff for funzies, really entertaining. Try starting with Lee Evans - Talking about the wife, and go from there, he's a legend.

[@petemarkey626]

A cult classic. It was classed as a family film typical of the time when they put something in for every age bracket, it was comic book for the young, comedic, no blood violence, hidden(just about) sexual joke for the adult. boy meets girl for the ladies alien shoot em ups for the lads. everything tongue in cheek and timed to perfection. all done in the days when camp was coincided harmless . Happy days.

[@phunkjnky]

BTW, that's trip hop DJ and Massive Attack menber Tricky as Zorg's "Right Arm."

[@thenatural1sttrpg]

This is all luc Beeson as far as story, its based off a concept he had when he was 18. Brazil is a terry Gilliam joint. Had a fun time watching this again. Thanks chef

[@christophergreen6595]

Here for Zorg's assistant with the gravel voice; the trip-hop poet 'Tricky', formerly of 'Massive Attack'.

[@simplyambyy]

This is one of my all-time favorite movies! I was only a toddler when it first came out, but thankfully this year, it returned to select theaters so I got to see it in theaters for the first time last month. I was definitely the youngest one there lol But absolutely worth it. Really enjoyed watching yall's first time seeing this movie! Some people raise a brow at Chris Tucker, but knowing that his role was originally created for Prince (who turned it down for being *too* feminine-expressed), I think he did an amazing job. It's also one of the few movies where the protagonist and the antagonist don't meet at all. So clever how they did it.

[@shakawhenthewallsfell8570]

Saw this in the theater three times when it cam out. This movie is fantastic.

[@tammyknoll1496]

The "metallic fist" from which the supreme being is reconstructed is the same "metallic fist" seen on the sarcophagus when it is removed from the room with the stones in Egypt.

[@classictowers668]

This movie felt like a Heavy Metal comic magazine story when I saw it in theaters

[@goat1408]

RIP to Luke and Shannon (who passed this year) 😞

[@tightyellowshorts]

Brazil is Terry Gilliam (Monty Python). Should do his Time Bandits/Brazil/Baron Munchausen (unofficial) trilogy. Luc Besson got most of his ideas while being high in junior high (I say affectionately). "What if... there were 5 elements, not 4, and the 5th is love?" "What if... we could use 100% of our brain?"

[@Shnazzmeister93]

Im 99% sure this whole concept is a Luc Besson original idea from when he was young and was a passion project for him.

[@siangoodwin867]

Your friend needs to fix her background filter before ripping on 90's CGI 😂

[@lemoncakes0]

Of course it’s Bilbo Baggins aka the marvellous Ian Holm. And while the CGI may be of inferior quality, everything else is superior to the majority of the dross that’s made today.

[@questionablehumor2800]

SuperGreen!

[@asian-americanwithanopinio8954]

Prince was casted first for Christ Tucker's role, but Prince quit. He hated Gaultier's designs for his wardrobe (Chris Tucker's wardrobe).

[@billbishop6109]

Fun fact, the alien language was actually fully created, and Luc and MIla learned how to speak it.

[@platinumspider7859]

When I first read this I thought you meant Luke Perry, who had no reason to learn it. Luc Besson, not Luke, did speak it with Milla though. It had 400 words and was created by Luc.

[@goat1408]

9:06 before Rush Hour

[@juliafloreshernandez6854]

Custume design jean Paul gautier so fabulous ❤

[@yzolakitchi]

Such stunning costumes and sets! I really hope you react to Luc Besson's (2010) The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec. Based on a fantasy comic from 1976. Visually stunning and wonderfully quirky like 5th Element.

[@platinumspider7859]

50:53 400 is a tiny number of beaches for a planet, Earth has over 370,000 beaches.

[@antondzajajurca7797]

brasil was a movie by monthy pyton's (only us cast member) Terry Giliam (the artist/animator from Monthy Python group)

[@JoeFF85]

Don't forget to replace your ducts!

[@antondzajajurca7797]

@@JoeFF85 nice! Mine are brand new :D

[@mikedignum1868]

A much better film than the second sci-fi made by Luc Besson (Valerian)...All the clothing was designed by Jean Paul Gaultier.

[@platinumspider7859]

The way he says Besson😩

[@benjamansharer7969]

Very similar story is Harry Canyon, cabbie driver in "Heavy Metal"

[@phw6526]

Garbage was from Zrog firing 1million employees

[@Richardwho-vv5bh]

For me thats still the part that shock me the most about the story. Imagine having the power and cold blood to fired 1 million people.

[@gorgejung307]

@@Richardwho-vv5bh considering there’s like 5 companies that own everything it’s not much different than what happens today in corporate America

[@larsickenroth7169]

You should really watch Brasil together; hands down my favorite movie of all time! That's a Terry Gilliam film though ;)

[@platinumspider7859]

It's a real fever dream movie, the oddest of an odd trilogy. My favorite of them is The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. If they're going to watch Brazil they should watch all three, Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988).

[@dallesamllhals9161]

9:00 Yup! Best of both worlds...to bad it ain't around that much anymore... 18:00 Naah! Clearly 2020s CGI!(just better)😛 36:24 You sad little♂! Thats a FINE. STRONG Leia♥ 52:04 STAR-Struck?

[@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735]

The movie is an original but they did write the book after the movie.

[@mglmouser]

Moebius did concept art on the original Alien, along with HR Giger.

[@JoeFF85]

Nobody does sci fi like the French do sci fi

[@rogersjgregory]

Why would you have a large poster of a movie you haven’t seen?

[@ginahouston9352]

🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍

[@IsiahBradley]

😄😄😄😄😄😄😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@jamesbrown5262]

Its almost never really the first time, and Im not a fan of the split screen, being in the same room is always better.