The Fifth Element - Nostalgia Critic

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[@blackmagician7645]

Milla Jovovich has a lot of fun facts around this film about her. Like when the director was looking for idea of her costume. Milla suggested her character wore something like bandages for easier surgical implications. As hospitals would usually have patients in open garments for easier access for operations and examination. The process that would die the root of Milla's natural hair went awry. As a result of misuse of chemicals. Her hair ended up mostly falling out. So Jovovich spent the entire filming wearing a wig. And lastly for me to add in. Milla was instructed by the director to speak her lines as one run on sentence. Taking breathing pauses only before and after each line she spoke. Not during. This gave more of a alien expression toward the language she spoke.

[@blackmagician7645]

@Poem2myself🤔 I think...I- saw someone do a short documentary on her somewhere in You Tube.

[@joshbarbour6483]

I think I watched the same thing last week. It was really enjoyable. It was like a documentary or a GQ interview type thing.

[@MichaelLaFrance1]

Here's the Vogue interview, I just watched it right before coming here, while going down a 5th Element rabbit hole, lol. (and not for the first time, I love this movie.) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJi1hqWXf7CSn9k

[@MrMarinus18]

I heard about this movie actually from a behind the scene's of Mario+rabbits where they said they largely based the weapons in the game off of this movie.

[@dantependragon9895]

Unless it’s one of those Mandala Effects, I also remember hearing before that Milla Jovovich actually injured herself during the “Restoration Scene”, when she stood up and smacked her head on the top of the glass tube, the hit actually hurt her pretty badly.

[@algernoonpapadopoulos8610]

Ruby Rhod parodied social media stars 10+ years before they were even a thing with astonishing accuracy. Incredible character

[@chayden153]

definitely

[@-th1rty3-]

I always thought he was a VJ host like Carson Daly and other MTV hosts that were all up in your face before presenting a music video?

[@JacobyJ56]

Pee stain

[@katherineheasley6196]

@@-th1rty3- that's definitely what he was based on, but it was also weirdly prescient of social media culture.

[@stringer2295]

@@-th1rty3- both things can be true

[@ShadyDoorags]

8:00 "You could cut him out and miss nothing." Yes and no. You didn't necessarily need a wacky character, but the scene itself plays a purpose. It foreshadows Corbin's expertise in guns as well as his military past. If you'll notice throughout the movie, Corbin instantly knows how to use every weapon he grabs and he practically never loses his cool during any situation, especially the dangerous ones. This first scene gives you a taste of what's to come later. Corbin easily manipulates a guy pointing a gun at him into disabling the gun himself and has a pull-down shelf full of guns he's collected over time. All of this is brought up directly by the general later in a scene that explains why the military tried to assign Corbin to the mission in the first place, so yeah, you technically don't need the mugging scene, but showing is a lot more fun than telling.

[@JSwanKilowJ]

And this is one of the things that makes this one of my favorite movies of all time. The storytelling and writing is PHENOMENAL. Even the conversation with Finger when he first wakes up. It's a funny, realistic conversation that tells you everything you need to know about Korben. I LOVE good writing like that. Nowadays they would've had "as you know" dialogue and Finger would be telling Korben about all of his missions like he wasn't the one flying them.

[@dzov3485]

*Korben

[@kingsleycy3450]

It also informs you that senseless danger is always lurking just around the corner in this world.

[@xerothedarkstar]

I always thought it was an homage to the opening vignette in "Heavy Metal".

[@Doc141]

In addition to that, the mugging scene absolutely slaps hahahaha. Like yeah we need that. Come on give me the ca-ishhhhhh!

[@Darkmage1293]

The 5th Element is the quote "lightning in a bottle", but taken to a Galaxy level. It just IS, it doesn't need an addendum. You grasp the characters and the settings, the generals of politics and such. It literally just vibes it's way through and you believe it because everyone in the setting does. Everything is relatively straightforward and understandable and enjoyable. It's not the movie I cite as "my favorite", but it is one of "my favorites".

[@nicholastosoni707]

It's my favorite for testing new equpiment--soundbars, new screens...

[@swanpride]

It's a movie I like to watch again, which is for me the bar for a good movie. (The bar for a very good movie is one I would watch again and make sure that I won't miss a single scene and the one for an amazing one is that I really, really want to own the movie).

[@samuraikitty18]

Very well said!

[@bemusedbandersnatch2069]

Pacific Rim is another one of those I think. Like, no it won't change your life forever but you will have a lot of fun watching it every time. There are interesting characters, evil to fight, things going boom, and somehow it's just done with this wonderful level of passion, humor, and eye for detail that is pure movie magic.

[@william3100]

​@bemusedbandersnatch2069 your kidding right? The characters are boring and generic. There is nothing substantially interesting in this whole film.

[@milestrombley1466]

Gary Oldman is really good at his job. He may not like the movie, but he won’t get lazy at his acting skills.

[@milestrombley1466]

@@TheWorldisQuietHere3 From an article or video about his interview.

[@scottneil1187]

He doesn't really like any of his films apparently.

[@joeszymanski3540]

I really hate that he didn't like playing this part.. Mr. Zorg is one of my favorite villains.

[@rainylupin]

The opera/fight scene is fantastic. Not only does there need to be more techno opera, but we need more techno opera as soundtracks to fight scenes.

[@TheSchaef47]

I liked that it had been designed as an alien-slash-digital song that couldn't be replicated with the human voice, and now twenty years later we have examples of people singing this exact piece note-perfect.

[@erainmartinez8175]

He's pretty funny next to Chris Tucker 7:45

[@thomaskositzki9424]

I was thinking the same! ^^

[@scottneil1187]

​@@TheSchaef47Nearly note perfect.

[@GothicZeek]

The Diva was played by a French Opera singer. My favorite thing, is the reactions everyone has to seeing her on the stage are REAL. The cast was not allowed to see her full costume till then.

[@GothicZeek]

The Diva is played by French Actress Maiwenn Le Besco, the then-wife of Luc Besson. Her singing voice is provided by Albanian Opera Singer Inva Mula-Tchako

[@GuukanKitsune]

The song was also written to be impossible to sing... or so the writer thought. They were going to overdub her with a voice synthesizer. Except she totally blew their minds by managing to sing 90% of it unaided, and the remaining 10% with only the smallest amount of aid.

[@dannygreen5477]

No that was Chris Tucker.. Oh you mean, right.

[@nathancruz9172]

@@GothicZeek that’s right. And, Luc Besson has a second ex wife Milla Jovovich.

[@DerHausmarder]

@@GuukanKitsune yep. The tricky part is that low to high pitch crescendo that was done by mixing composer's voice into the one of the opera singer to create a wider pitch range.

[@Cloud-zb8lw]

I love the blue alien singing. It’s one of the most underrated masterpieces in film history.

[@ddz1375]

There is some footage floating around of her rehearsing with a green screen behind her it's pretty boss. Google or KZbin will help you find it

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

@@ddz1375 it's on the dvd

[@Torlik11]

It's good but I would hardly say it is underrated. It's the only thing most people talk about when talking about the film

[@thefinegameofnil7158]

Her voice is Inva Mula

[@ddz1375]

@@TheAllSeeingEye2468 oh that's cool. I'm off grid so I really don't have access to that type of device. I depend on my phone and my rechargeable charger. I'm glad to know that you have access to it though.

[@MusicDecomposer]

I know you were only talking about 90s future movies, but Back to the Future 2 is another example of a future that’s actually fun and not dystopian.

[@adam1984pl]

There is only one Back to the future film,first one.next should never happen.

[@cmartin5982]

Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey was a great future! George Carlin is a teacher and brings Jim Martin of Faith No More to class? I would never skip school!

[@mervannear603]

@@cmartin5982 I see a Faith No More reference, I like the comment. I must!

[@Spaceghost5446]

@@adam1984pl you couldn't have a worse opinion if you tried

[@HAL-st4ll]

​@@Simpsonsboy93 gee, it's almost as If that had been the Point of the original comment

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

A lot of awesome 90s sci-fi had one thing in common: They weren't trying to make a classic but instead a fun blockbuster. Turns out that when you're not stressing about trying too hard, you make a classic. Independence Day, Men in Black and this

[@NeoConnor1]

Dark City and The Matrix are great 90s sci-fi too.

[@joeycoe85]

@@NeoConnor1Dark City never got the praise it DESERVES, at least not here in the USA. And it did come out a year before The Matrix, but it’s more like the many other times Hollywood produces “Dueling Movies”. Both of them actually do borrow from the comic book “The Invisibles”, but I don’t think it’s as bad as Grant Morrison alleges.

[@calebmauer1751]

@@NeoConnor1 eXistenZ and Gattaca too.

[@scottneil1187]

Men in Black doesn't really count, it was a comic first.

[@reeltimeoffical]

Chris Tucker was amazing in this film.

[@Basedguy1]

Chris tucker was the main reason i hated this movie

[@peterdcrowley]

It's not often you can say that but as a future shock jock he was kind of perfectly cast

[@claymathewselevator8121]

DAMN

[@edgarfriendly4731]

It was his greatest performance

[@barcey]

The reason why I occasionally just say bzzzz at people.

[@scarletcroc3821]

I never really had a problem with the “humanity bad” part towards the end, but hearing you explain it does make me realize that it should have been introduced sooner. Still an amazingly entertaining movie

[@jr2904]

I think that it was a double meaning, that humanity is simultaneously the best and worst form of life. We are capable of so many things

[@denverarnold6210]

Even in story, it should have been. You can't tell me you learn what destruction, bombs, or atomic is without some reference to war.

[@docpepper5909]

I think it is thematicaly ok, but from the movie we see that leeloo is just going by alphabet and "w" is at the end)

[@BadgerOff32]

I actually don't think it should have come sooner. When Leeloo finds out that humans can be a bit shitty to each other, it's literally as they are travelling to the weapon to stop the evil fireball thing, so it's fresh and raw in her memory, causing her to think twice about saving humanity and needing some convincing from Corben. If she had found out earlier in the film, then the emotion she felt at the end might have had time to die down a bit and she probably would've seen that we're actually ok, so she probably wouldn't have needed to have second thoughts. I actually think it came at just the right time

[@MouseGoat]

The humanity evil is definitely such a stupid "im 14 and this is deep" plot idea, but because so much else is going on in this film the simplistic good vs evil story works so well. And the goofy fun is pretty fun

[@blackfire3744]

Personally, I think Doug missed out on a commentary about this. Bruce's character was trying to quit smoking and the method used was number of cigarettes issued for the days' use where the filter for each sequential cigarette gets longer and longer, allowing the smoker to ween themself off the habit. Possibly a very plausible stop-smoking method.

[@Craxin01]

Don't forget the matchbox being introduced early, almost as a throw away scene, but pays off in spades at the end. It's a prime example of Chekov's Gun.

[@ЯАга-я4л]

@@Craxin01 indeed it MATCHES the description of Chekhov's gun.

[@Nicholas_Steel]

The filters on cigarettes don't stop the addictive chemicals getting breathed in, the filter component of cigarettes is the result of a marketing stunt from cigarette companies decades ago.

[@blackfire3744]

@@Nicholas_Steel true, but there's still less tobacco in each sequential cigarette though. So, even if the filter doesn't actually filter anything out, there's still less to smoke as you go on.

[@jtfbreedlove]

Zorg is one of the few villains that never meets the hero, this is still one of the perfect "mindless background fun noise" movies ever.

[@Somanous]

The Mugger at Corben's door is another French movie director so it also served as a fun cameo for French audiences. Also, Corben moving too fast in the beginning and too slowly in the end makes perfect sense to me. He is simply learning his lesson and seeing the value in her and thus treating her with more care.

[@ismokemadherb4677]

I absolutely love this movie, I was hoping you’d do a video on it some day, to EVERYONE at Channel Awesome. Keep up the great content and keep up the awesomeness.

[@BlazerK1914]

Me too. I watched this since childhood.

[@ChannelAwesome]

Hope you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!

[@Rgoid]

@@ChannelAwesome Still hoping you review David Lynch’s Dune.

[@ismokemadherb4677]

@@Rgoid that would be great.

[@ismokemadherb4677]

@@ChannelAwesome it was great.

[@bigginsd1]

I find it kind of sweet that Milla Jovovich has been married to two film directors and both seemed so obsessed by her that they cast her as a genetically perfect being in completely seperate films.

[@jessetorres8738]

So, is Leeloo the first MTF transgender protagonist/love interest in a film? I mean, it's implied that her original form was a male, but when they reconstructed her body they made her into an attractive female. Also, as the Priest says "He's a she?", implying that even he thought that she was supposed to be a male. Oh, and while it's not brought up in the film, does Leloo know that originally she was male but prefers being female given that she falls in love with Corbin Dallas and saves the world because he loves her as a female? So many questions are brought up by the implications of this idea that they just gloss over or completely ignore in this film from this concept.

[@DmonHiro]

@@jessetorres8738 It was never implied that the original form was male. What are you talking about? She as never "supposed to be male", they just all assumed. Again, the 5th element was never stated to be male. "The supreme being" does not imply the gender. Stop seeing things that aren't there. They reconstructed her from her own DNA, they didn't change anything.

[@brianstraight9308]

That the "supreme being" is female and not male is kinda the "joke." We'd all assume the being made to protect all life and fight evil perfectly word be a man but, no, it's a woman. That's. The. Point!

[@zarcon42]

@@jessetorres8738 umm.how about NOoooooooooooo

[@sannakarppinen4163]

I think he means this, that the both had so big obsession on Milla Jovovich that the both directors formed "LOOK AT MY HOT WIFE" fetish.

[@santinojoshuatorre1695]

i remember watching this in the theatre when i was in the 7th grade and absolutely loving it. written by a teenage boy, you say? Makes sense.

[@Macapta]

I haver a soft spot for films that just go for it, like even if the idea isn't fully formed but they just commit 1000% to the concepts. Like the Chronicles of Riddick, its weird and tonally off, the story isn't particularly fresh but the world it takes place is just taken so seriously. From the characters talking lore and politics to the insane architecture of the Necromongers and their weird but cool religion about descending to another plane of existance.

[@Zed-fq3lj]

One of the best Nostalgia Critic episodes ever for the true 90s gem! So relaxing, so fun, so thorough Critic, you nailed it completely, the whole crew was awesome! You've said pretty much everything there is on The Fifth Element. Truly one of your special inspirational reviews!

[@ChannelAwesome]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nodorog448]

It would have been nice for it to initially do better, so we could have gotten the planned sequel. We did get Valerian, with Besson adapting the story for the screenplay and directing. Making it spiritually part 3, where 2 never happened.

[@otacon6566]

"You're a monster Zorg." ".......I know." One of my favorite movie lines in history. Love this movie.

[@kingsleycy3450]

It's not just visual world building. Good actors can go a long way to selling viewers an outlandish setting.

[@JohnSmith-bn5mi]

What I like is that when Ruby Rhod is on commercial, he does play things a lot more subtly. Not.... like a normal human, but it's more toned down. It's just one of those nice touches that shows that he really is an entertainer playing a role during most of the movie.

[@ElonlFFF]

I've seen this movie many times (mostly when I was a kid), but I've never given thought about the stupidity of some things. And even now the stupid and silly moments still don't bother me, for some reason almost every moment and every character in this movie just feel like they belong there, that it is just how the world is, that this is all normal. I feel this movie shows one of the most believable sci-fi worlds without the need of having to explain its history and technologies.

[@KamenRiderSeiryuXV0]

11:09 That was funniest ever. lmao By the way Bruce such cool action scenes were great. "Everybody else want to negotiate?" That catchphrase was nostalgia. lol

[@ballinlikestalin878]

Great stuff for Malcolm pulling off that outfit at the end. I feel like I remember another video saying Malcolm has worn more women's clothing than Tamera over the show, so props to him!

[@TVmaniac947]

I COMPLETELY agree the Thai food scene is my favorite scene.its always stuck with me since I saw this as a kid. “YOU ARE FIRED! Awwwww” gets me every time

[@TheVeyZ]

It's the way his face changes in mid-setence from smile to frown 🤣

[@pessolano461]

I know I'm being "that guy", but it was a Thai food truck(boat?)

[@PrototypeSpaceMonkey]

Not to mention it sets up a connection between Zorg and Dallas, and how Zorg's callous disregard for his employees eventually leads to his downfall. That goes for both Dallas as well as the Mangalores.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Yeah it's a really well done which i think we do have to give some credit to Bruce Willis acting on that cause man that was amazing.

[@Cliff_Dixon_42]

For years I used the "You have a message" as my e-mail notification ding.

[@katherineheasley6196]

I love this film. It's weird, inconsistent, and makes about as much sense as a teenage boy's first attempt at writing, but it's so much fun. Sometimes, you've just gotta turn your brain off and watch an action/comedy/sci-fi that doesn't take itself too seriously. I'm also very glad that it didn't get turned into a big, stupid franchise.

[@steelshade]

27:22 Fun fact: the evil planet stopping specifically at 62 miles from impact is significant. That is 100 kilometers above the surface of the Earth where it is thought space begins (but not really as the atmosphere has no definite boundary). Also, 62 miles above Earth is really frikin' close given that Earth is about 8000 miles in diameter! It would have to be orbiting about every 90 minutes, like the ISS, to maintain orbit!

[@Artemas_16]

It's a future, they will figure something out. Like, put some city size engines on moon and pull it farther away from Earth.

[@Arvidus89]

Fun Fact: This movie was heavily inspired by the French Sci-fi comic book series Valerian and Laureline. An IP Luc Besson would get the chance to fully adapt into cinema years later in a spectacularly horrible fashion.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Doug should get a Oscar just for that performance as Zorg

[@WolfRamAndHart]

Its a pretty good impression. Gary Oldman Im sure had to work hard to nail down his version....so its not easy.

[@Dim4323]

Time to change the beat

[@chestshavenbelgium]

The Fifth Element is the only movie to capture the essence of Japanese Anime (ie. attention to detail, world building, wacky characters, etc.) and put it to live action. Great movie.

[@frankcastello9320]

Damn that is a great point I have never thought of. I think this is the only way you can make a concept like live action anime work, with an original story. You don't get stuck trying to shoehorn in elements because you know fans would demand them. Love it.

[@bZman]

That is the perfect description of it! It feels like a slice of life anime brought to live action at times.

[@ThomasBlueWorkshop]

Judging by the review, Alita was quite close as well?

[@TheSchaef47]

@@bZman The Cowboy Bebop we all thought we were getting last year.

[@Alex.R.L]

2nd best anime, right behind Cory in the House.

[@platinumdragonslayer6128]

It’s amazing how the ZF-1 is still one of the most talked about sci-fi guns ever even after all these years.

[@slynthehedgehog8061]

It's an over the top weapon in a over the top sci-fi setting (which is already over the top in most cases). It's just begging to be talked about.

[@RutraNickers]

I seriously can't imagine a more iconic sci-fi weapon that really looks from a place in the future and not just a prop based on some modern rifle or ww2 pistol

[@robertnett9793]

@@RutraNickers There's still the Phaser Type III - not as good as the Isomagnetic Disintegrator - but way easier to get through customs...

[@kommodore979]

My favorite part is how the self-destruct button has no cover or safety and is huge, you just could bump it on anything.

[@djpegao]

It's basically a proto-needler

[@Oscar_Myk]

My favourite scene/lines is Cornellius' deadpan delivery of "weddings are down the hall my son" to Corben with Leeloo passed out in his arms. It conveys so much about this universe and characters - he immediately assumes Corben is a scumbag, shows that this kind of thing is the way this society operates, that he's above such stuff. It's those kind of little quips that really sells the world building, gives us the reason why he wants Corben out of the picture as soon as possible and why he steals the tickets from him later on.

[@redjakOfficial]

Doug's "favourite character in the movie" is played by French director Mathieu Kassovitz (la Haine, Gothika...), he also was Nino in Amélie.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I still have to say Leeloo is still probably my fav hero i've seen in quiet some time. The amount of story that the writers add to her as a character makes you want to feel like she can accomplish and conquer this very powerful task she is given, while also being more sympathetic towards people, adding on to this i think is also Milla Jovovich wonderful acting and tone she gives to this character that added all together give it such a wonderful coat on a already really well done portray that just gives it that extra layer that you were so wanting from a character like Leeloo and just makes for a better character overall!

[@mumfordboydylan8450]

It's amazing how much she adapts to modern life without it feeling rushed or abrupt. By the end she's speaking English without an accent.

[@RutraNickers]

It's kinda funny that her best role is probably the first one that made her name know to the industry. Imagine if Hercules was the best character Schwarzenegger made in his whole career

[@Zireael83]

yeah, i love heroes like leeloo! had the same feeling at the first wonder woman movie... doesn´t know her powers, don´t know about bad people in the world, likes/trusts everybody at the beginning... love it ^^

[@matthewmoran5297]

*Love* this movie! Especially it's soundtrack. Eric Serra's blending of different ethnic sounds with his traditional techno/electronica style makes the film feel as futuristic as it looks.

[@orangeslash1667]

@Residentevil1998racooncity Fun Fact: The weapons in this film was the biggest inspiration for the guns in Mario plus Rabbits Kingdom Battle.

[@MarvelMTs]

Chris Tucker proved that pleasing flight attendants would still be a thing in the distant future. What a legend

[@Joshwolfman]

But he screams like a little girl and that has made our side sores of laughter

[@FargonNemeloc]

a future chad (he was supposed to be the representation of sexy masculinity of the future)

[@Cliff_Dixon_42]

"I don't want ONE position -- I want ALL POSITIONS!!"

[@arisucheddar3097]

The parsec-high club.

[@ThZuao]

Always found it weird that leeloo would flip her feelings on saving the earth and stuff when she learned about "war", when she passed by "Massacre", "Genocide", "Holocaust", "Nuclear Weapons". I guess what did her in was experimenting violence first hand? Love this movie. Too bad nothing else was made with that universe.

[@dooivid]

Or is it wonderful nothing else was made so it was never watered down?

[@kitrocks8058]

Love how he says Disney sitcoms and then instantly shows a Nickelodeon sitcom instead.

[@kyliethelittlespider-mangirl94]

Exactly I noticed that too! 😂

[@FabledHeroes3351]

Chris Tucker was the *G.O.A.T* in this movie

[@Dim4323]

A slapping performance

[@Harri927]

This movie is a Sci Fi classic of the 90's.

[@Chkhitoooo]

It's all-time classic ✌️

[@MaverickTsuki]

@nemo pouncey Yeah, but... we better don't talk about that game

[@kajirmellor873]

Yup a movie that has aged remarkably well for being made 25 years.... ago.... oh gods! When did I get old!

[@calebmauer1751]

All you have to do to not be old, is say "older". Apparently it works for old people, I don't know yet, I'm just getting older but I'm not there yet.

[@Starfals]

I love this movie actually. It has it all, and the future is kind of awesome too. Sometimes the future is boring or not interesting.. here? Not the case.

[@SegaMario]

Take a shot every time Doug says "Written by a teenager, you say?"

[@packnetadaija]

I recently watched this movie and I really enjoyed it, I haven’t watched it in a really long time so it was like rewatching it all over again and Mila Jovovich does a really good job doing action movies

[@randalgraves6979]

Don’t think too much about it and just enjoy the movie. 🧐🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Pebkio_Nomare]

If you thought your favorite line is weird... mine is when the pilot repeats "Helm to One Oh Eight." It's just the way he had to be yelled at to even hear the order and then just repeated it back calmly and in a, frankly, cool-sounding digital voice. My second favorite is the Mangalore that yelled out "Fight fair!" when Corbin shoots the leader.

[@yourpsychoexgirlfriend]

Ok good I’m not the only one who appreciates this bizarre scene😂 I was watching a documentary about famous shipwrecks and how they could have been avoided the other day and kept imagining a guy yelling, “HELM 108!”.

[@jayone8891]

Proud to say that I own a 'screen used' prop for this movie! Nothing special, the Mcdonalds hat that the woman who serves Bruce Willis wears. My brother bought it for me with a letter of authenticity from an Auction for just under $250.00

[@ChannelAwesome]

That's awesome!

[@RhiannonLorelei]

Bruce Willis doesn't go to McDonald's in this movie though. The cops that end up chasing him do though.

[@Gadgetman1989]

Something I dunno if anyone else touched on was that during the filming, the blue gal was Jean Luc Bassons wife, and during the filming, he and Milla got close, and the opera is about how her life is over and how her partner left her, and low and behold Milla and Basson got together after this movie....so take that as you will

[@SquishyProductions]

The only negative I have for this movie was Tucker's constant screaming. I love this movie. I love Ruby Rod. But I dread the screaming parts so much I normally fast forward through them.

[@justanotherchannelonyoutub126]

Don’t spoil it for me! I still haven’t even seen the first four elements yet!

[@MissBarker93]

Ha

[@argoth231]

3 of them are one movie. "Earth, wind and fire

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

At least this review is making me realize how incredible talented and also how underrated as a actor Milla Jovovich is in general!

[@tristanhartup4936]

As long as her husband isn't around to direct her that is.

[@RutraNickers]

The problem is that all roles she's been doing lately (cof cof Resident Evil and Monster Hunter cof cof) doesn't play off her hange at all. They're basically casting her to do some generic one-liners, 80's protagonist chadette with no personality. She's a great actor, but damn the scripts they give her are awful.

[@shinrailp1416]

@@RutraNickers Doesn't help that her husband is pretty much the modern version of Uwe Boll(as a german i'm still sorry). Buying prominent IP's and making stupid crap without much connection to the source.

[@ThreadBomb]

@@shinrailp1416 Not exactly. Anderson and Boll were born the same year, so neither is the "modern version" of the other, and anyone who's seen movies by both of them knows that Boll is much, much worse.

[@shinrailp1416]

@@ThreadBomb The modern thing was mainly because one of them still makes crap while the other one can't make movies to evade taxes anymore

[@cmm07r]

I always like the ZF-1 introduction scene, especially when Zorg talks about how a trained killer would ask about the red button. I also refer to the ZF-1 anytime a politian tries to explain an AR-15, because it usually sounds exactly the same.

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

This is a movie...

[@ryans756]

Without doubt, the role Mila Jovovic was born to play.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

So this is what outer space dehydrated Charlie Sheen would look like.

[@BlazerK1914]

Ruby is the best part of this movie. Man, I love the way he screams/shrieks😆

[@RoseBaggins]

I know, same. I lose it every time he screams/shrieks. 🤣🤣

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@Derrick Finzer no he wasn’t lol

[@Locadel2003]

"The Fifth Element" is probably the only big hit sci fi action movie where the villain and the protagonist dont fight in the end

[@ShadowSonic2]

They never even meet, I think.

[@fashionablechangeling2003]

@@ShadowSonic2 yeah Doug mentions that here. I've never seen that before

[@carlosspeicywiener7018]

They're not even on screen at the same time.

[@bigbaddawg101]

@@ShadowSonic2 They never meet, but the bad guy actually fired him from his job as a cab driver. He ran the company that owned the cabs and sent out an order to fire half their employees.

[@Thespeedrap]

That is crazy especially seeing Gary Goldman and Bruce Willis in the same movie but don't have a scene together that's very criminal if you ask me.

[@TheWorldisQuietHere3]

9:03 she was neither a turtle nor a statue. She was INSIDE the statue like it was a sarcophagus. The turtle people (Mondoshowans) are either her creator or just protectors of her and the stone.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

I think the "gunk" on people when they talk to Shadow is them sweating blood, which actually IS a thing that happens under *extreme* amounts of stress. That seems to fit

[@chrishartzog9189]

This has been one of my favorite 90's movies. Is it good? No. Is it Oscar worthy? No. Is it engaging? Yes. This movie doesn't need a lot to make it good. Everyone including: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, (awesome) Chris Tucker, Ian Holm, Gary Oldman (unsung hero), and of course, the late Luke Perry, was instrumental in making this film good in the 90's. If you did not grow up in the 90's, this might confuse you. I say watch it with an open eye. Forget current trends and jokes and enjoy the film. Not everything needs to make sense.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

To quote the late great Norm Macdonald and something i hope Milla Jovovich might be thinking about is "In theatres, you're kind of disconnected. Also, it's way too big for the likes of me. Unless you're Robin Williams or someone that can fill a stage with movement and energy, it just looks like a small man on a big stage."

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Zorg kind of reminds me of a southern Hannibal Lecter but if a southern Hannibal Lecter went insane in space and broke glass everywhere to fit in with younger demographic that was doing the same thing at the same time.

[@GBart]

I love how in this future, people still use the Brooklyn Bridge even though they have flying cars

[@fearnloathingingeneral]

The Opera scene was almost lost because the film reels were spilled on an airport runway. The scene was pieced together and saved in time for release.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

It's amazing that this film came out 25 years ago and still is a enjoyable film to watch!

[@kimifw58]

How is that amazing? Does enjoyability have a shelf life?

[@jr2904]

@@kimifw58 I think you're overanalyzing a simple comment

[@jr2904]

This makes me feel old, even though I was a young kid when it came out

[@Mbdxwwe18]

Chris Tucker was so amazing in this movie scratch that now everything about this movie was amazing this is probably one of my favorite movies of all time top five

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I'm honestly kind of glad you reviewed this because it makes me remember all those wonderful films Bruce Willis was in also screw you 2022.

[@yousaywhatnow2195]

“This line makes no sense, why do I love it” pretty much just encapsulates this movie in general, eh?

[@samutley7178]

The old Asian guy isn't just the first food trunk he is Uber eats before Uber eats exsisted

[@Locadel2003]

Bruce willis was fun in this movie, because sometimes he looks he doesnt give a shit and sometimes he is having fun. Half invested and half not and that is funny

[@NewPaulActs17]

one of the few non idiots in the film

[@MrTibster]

Still one of my all time favourites, the right amount of Awesome and Weirdness, love it

[@ChannelAwesome]

Agree!!

[@MrTibster]

@@ChannelAwesome Video's brilliant btw, completely reinforces why I love the film so much. Hope you and the Team are doing great and I look forward to future videos! Still got fingers crossed for Highlander one day 😂

[@parsel9411]

I'm not ashamed to admit that I actually love this movie 😂

[@ChannelAwesome]

No shame needed, this movie is a ball of fun!

[@MultiBoxingKid]

Yeah, it’s pretty great, video game is shit though.

[@erikhermansen3431]

Why would you be? Its great.

[@ISBuckley8]

I kind of love that Gary Oldman, a classically Shakespearean-trained, Academy-award winning actor that's widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of his generation, frequently takes over-the-top villain roles where he gets to chew the scenery like mad. And the least cartoon-y one is probably Shen from Kung Fu Panda 2

[@dekai7992]

I love this movie so, so much. Here, Milla Jovovich delivers the best performance of her entire career, easily. It's so out there and full of character and always on point; whether the plot needs her to be light-hearted, goofy, serious, badass, desperate, or empathic, she delivers. Every. Single. Time. And with flawless comedic timing to boot. And I've not yet even started talking about the amazing chemistry between the three leading cast members and everybody obviously having so much playing their parts. There is never a time I can not watch this movie.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I'm pretty sure Chris Tucker is the human form of a Apple mixed with LSD in this film

[@thedisneynerd7866]

Yaaay we get a Nostalgia Critic this week 🥰

[@rubynall80]

"I might as well be in a concentration camp." "JESUS!" That was my exact reaction upon hearing Donald Duck say such a thing.

[@somerage]

Thank you could not understand him

[@atomicgamer1069]

Hands down my favorite movie of all time. It's not defined by a single genre or limited by one trope. It's a wonderful movie filled with great actors and amazing scenes/environment.

[@MrRedgrin]

I'm surprised Critic didn't point out that the Diva probably intended to poop out the stones. Or how Leeloo would have had to gone through words like Armageddon, Battle, Catastrophe, Devastation, Extinction...

[@silvananoir]

This movie is flawed but I still really love it. It's really fun and charming, the world building is really great too. It's one of my go to rainy day movies.

[@chayden153]

i love how Chris Tucker's character is foreshadowing to over the top social media influencers. Looks like this movie did predict something from the future

[@kimifw58]

Or something you know about is older than you think?

[@Whocares158]

True.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Ok even though that hair is really bad and goofy Zorg is still one of the most scariest villains i think i've ever seen and i still think Gary Oldman was still robbed a Oscar for a amazing performance as a bad guy

[@nemosthebandit]

I am consistently blown away by this channels content quality. This is what it looks like when you actually have unique things to say and a keen wit to share it with. Bravo.

[@garysprandel1817]

This was one of my late wife's must see films. We both agreed Fifth Element is a live action, expanded version of the Harry Canyon ( and yes the double entendre of the character name only clicked about 40 years after I saw the movie) segment from Heavy Metal.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Fun Fact: Leeloo real whole name is Lalalaleeloosaminaï Lekatariba Lamina-Tchaï Ekbat De Sebat

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Man someone gave Chris Tucker too many lemons again

[@timothymorris157]

Fifth Element is such a good movie that even Kim Chang (Uncle Benny from Lethal Weapon 4) has a brief yet compelling performance in this 1997 cult classic starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Milla Jovovich, and Chris Tucker.

[@jp3813]

Bloody marvelous!

[@A_Redheads_Ramblings]

I heard that the Opera song was supposed to be unsingable by humans but that the singer who did it for the movie actually managed to sing 85% without editing which I thought was pretty cool 😊

[@williamkarbala5718]

Not only do the villain and hero never meet, there not even aware the other exists.

[@klimmr]

5:15 Even The Mummy (2017) didn't open in Egypt.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Honestly we might have to censor Chris Tucker's hair for this film.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Zorg could probably destroy the Kool-Aid man with one single punch

[@KingMasadaX]

I've seen this movie countless times, and I just realized that's Commissioner Gordon playing discount chop-top, seriously I had no idea. Props to him for literally becoming the character.

[@Tysakasa]

I've always viewed Oldman as one of those chameleon actors. You don't always realize he's in a movie because he blends into his character, where as you look at most actors and they always kind of stand out with their appearance.

[@JoshTyrReece]

When you imagine nowadays everything has to have sequel potential, hell even movie universe potential. Nothing can be finished completely because there should always be a next movie. This movie on the other hand created a whole colorful and interesting universe with so many details and quirky characters for ONE single movie.

[@MisterXenomorph]

Given the fact the Bruce isn't doing to well, I doubt one will ever happen

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

You know even though the late 90's especially 1999 are talked about a lot still as far as films are concerned, but very rarely do i hear this one brought which is a shame because i still think even though it is a little bit of a goofy film it also is one of my fav films of the 90s and even one of my fav films to involve space and it's still is amazing how well the acting, dialog, tone and music are all presented to us and yet this film still takes itself serious and mature as it should be though, but you do feel like it is one of those films that involves space so lets get goofy with the idea and make a screwball cheezy comedy. It never does that though and i'm just still amazed on how well this film is.

[@jp3813]

In case you didn't know, NC supposedly hates late 90s cinema.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

So this is why Leeloo hates Michelin Tires so much

[@claytonrios1]

Hopefully you can handle Chris Tucker. Because man is he over the top in this!

[@jordanhunter3375]

Now to wait until Doug covers the Rush Hour trilogy

[@Jdo4031]

He is why I walked out on this movie.

[@jr2904]

@@Jdo4031 man, he was hilariously over the top though. I thought it was great

[@johnharris6655]

have you ever seen the 30 for 30 short film where he talks about when Lebron and Magic show up at his church and he can't see over them.

[@RoseBaggins]

@@jordanhunter3375 oh boy yes, cannot wait for those!!

[@MegaPlayerXxX]

Fun fact: There is a racing game called NYR: New York Race, where you control those flying cars.

[@InvaderKaz2008]

I think the Fifth Element managed to succeed at what to most is impossible: having something for everyone. Very memorable, very enjoyable.