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Where did he learn to negotiate?

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The protagonist and antagonist never meet and doesn’t even know about each other and still this movie is a masterpiece

AZIZ! LLLLLIGHT!

The Italians gave us The Beyond

Absolute masterpiece imho.

It also included the (in my opinion) best sci-fi gun ever. The ZF-1

10:50 to 10:54 This is how you 'competently' subvert expectations, Rian Johnson...

You are on spot EXCEPT for Ruby Rhod. Hes utterly amazing.

Bob's yer uncle should be a required part of modern discourse.

Fifth Element is a classic. The alien opera singer rocked. Ruby Rod is a drama queen and screams his ass off most of the time. Gary Oldman puts on his usual great performance. Bruce Willis kicks ass and takes names. Leeloo Dallas is a strong independent woman that loves her multi-pass and eats like a linebacker and also a supreme being. The Critical drinker drinks too much, but that's what we love about him and that's why we're here. Who else agrees?

How you gonna do my man Lee Evans dirty like that?

Gotta say Drinker, always love your takes and this was almost perfect except you missed the brilliance of Chris Tuckers performance as Ruby Rhod. He may of been annoying at the time, but when you look back at it and realise how much of what he did with the role was probably not in the script, it truly was Oscar worthy.

I really enjoyed the part where TCD had something good to say. :)

Like most of Besson's early movies, boss!

This is a movie I absolutely love while many I know can’t see it. For me, it’s all the things you call out in this review

When my boys were little we used to say to each other itsa itsa no no no no no no no

One of my favorite movies All-Time. ^_^

Been going "bzzzzzzzzzz" to people I don't like since 1997. Thanks Ruby!

I love this movie. Thank you.

I'm sorry but I love Ruby Rhod.

I LOVE this movie - this was a GREAT video about it!!!😀👍

The 1st rule of watching 5th Element is: *Before the intro starts: close all blinds, switch off all lights and put volume up a bit.*

This movie reminds me a lot of older (say, 60s and 70s) sci-fi books. It touched on fairly deep issues (the role of religion in society, the treatment of poor people and police powers, the interplay between life and death [Zorg and Leelu represent two different conclusions on it]). But it remembered that ultimately sci-fi is about humans, with all that entails. Including the fact that we occasionally have fun and do things that are completely insane. The movie also had its own take on sci-fi. Okay, the common tropes are there--space navy, FTL travel, flying cars, Judge Dredd wannabes. But you can't imagine this occurring within the Star Wars, Star Trek, or Stargate universes. This film established its own universe (something Star Wars hasn't been capable of doing since the first movie). In doing so it freed itself of the straightjacket of modern sci-fi, allowing itself the freedom to do its own thing. The other good thing about it is that it ended. The movie had a story to tell, and once it was done telling the story the story stopped. You don't need 50 novels of backstory, 13 films, and 4 TV series to enjoy it; you can sit down for two hours, have a few beers, and have a satisfying cinematic experience. This allowed the film makers to focus on the story, not on the plot holes. I don't need to know how they thawed that guy in the fridge out; it was a funny gag, then we moved on. If this was a franchise the writers would be expected to explore every nuance of this, its socioeconomic implications, and have flashbacks of Dallas doing this in some military op. But since it's a one-shot film this gag (along with so many others) can be throw-away visual humor.

For a Frenchman, the SyFy plot in the movie was very familiar. It was reminiscent of the Bandes Dessinées (French Comics) from the 70s and 80s: L'Incal, Vagabond des Limbes or Valerian. The Incal for instance already featured the same police uniforms, the same flying cars or the same goofy spaceships. Besson took all these ideas from Moebius, Mézières, Druillet, Jorodowsky or Ribera (Moebius and Mézières were credited on the movie) and created this movie, which was the fusion of crazy French SF (many of these guys were actually quite high on drugs when they wrote their scenarii) with Hollywood efficiency.

So we are going to ignore the Dollars Trilogy?

. . . It's so bad! I'm sorry!

I love the movie, but if the script writer spent 20 years on this, then it was either too much time or not enough. A story 20 years in the making should not have plot holes this big.

Ruby rhod had me dying in laughter a few times I'm not going to lie

The only movie I ever cared enough to see in a theatre twice

That's the GOOD kind of crazy!

I remember Mila Jovovich from Kuffs, where she played Christian Slaters Girlfirend! Good movie BTW!

Even those stupid hog aliens were cool AF. Gave me Duke Nukem vibes.

This movie received zero stars when it came out.

Ruby Rod is the second best thing about this movie... Fight me.

This movie is absolute bollocks, a walk in the park of the craziness and I absolutely love every second of it! in a time where doing a funny and engaging movie was top priority, instead of checkmarking sjw quotas.

Continual annoyance and dismissal of black characters n movies is pretty constant on this page..... We know why....

Definitely an all time great movie. It's timeless. Chris Tucker's character is even more (oddly n unfortunately) relevant today as a character..... The costumes, design, cinematography, graphics, etc all hold up well and keep you in suspended belief even now.

Super green.

Please review "In Bruges"!!!

"About as effective as throwing chicken nuggets at a fat-positivity activist" must be the greatest line of all times.

Its the plot of the little mermaid....... 19 year old and a old guy... not stupid but dosen't know what a fork is.... gets a new body etc

I disagree. Mila is the ONLY reason this movie got ANYTHING! Adam

I have watched this a shit load. Back when sci fi was interesting. The last thing that I can think of (that's good) that seems similar is firefly/serenity

Mate, do a review on Primer made by Shane Carruth in 2004.

Firing chicken nuggets at a fat positivity activist. Im dying in laughter. Haha

One of my favourite films of all time, epic entertainment with some of the most quoteable lines in cinema history

I always thought it was cool getting Chinese food straight from your balcony

I'd rather watch chris tucker's character in this movie than watch the SHIT of today.

Mila was one of my very first celeb crushes, hands down

The movies was simply fun to watch.

The Fifth Element is like the bad rip off of itself. Like the Turkish Superman etc

Just about my favorite movie ever. Never went to see it in the theater because the trailer and ads were non existent.

Just watched it for the first time, loved it

This movie is pure passion and creativity.

It’s the little things, like the size of the filter vs tobacco in the cigarettes, that make this such a labour of love and a joy to watch 👍🏽

I had forgotten it before this video. It is funny how much we overlap in our tastes and interest, but then have such extreme differences in a few things.

do Valerian next. really curious what the critical drinker thinks of that one. i think it's fuckin underrated.

Excellent summary and review, one of best films of the mid 90’s

It's an absolute classic, featured so many people in their prime too, Even had my man Lee evans in there. Love it

This is one of the movies I could probably quote at will I've seen so many times. Milla Jovovich was probably my first uhhh celebrity girl-boy awakening thing, if you know what I mean. Truly a movie to just enjoy, nothing more nothing less. Shame about Valerian though.

It really shows just how bad modern films are when you have nostalgia over this

I saw this in the theater back in ‘97 and it’s still one of my favorite sci-fi movies. Not too hard nowadays since all Hollywood puts out is trash.

Omg, tricky was there

Regarding the film's look, feel, and style, I believe that Luc Besson was channeling Heavy Metal magazine. He wanted to create a film that carried the gestalt of the French magazine, that had been popular across the continents for over a decade. So, the look and style of the film emulates the designs by Mobius, Enki Bilal, and other comic creators. It's quite amazing in that regard, bringing to live action film the quirky science fiction subculture of Heavy Metal magazine.

Probably my all time favorite movie.

I loved the movie for what it is, entertainment, critics go home!

multi pass?

To summarise: Earth is basically a farm, the big bad believes he will be ruling over a new garden of Eden to prepare for when the entity returns for another feast, and LeLu is a some sort of generically modified human that contains a special element that binds the other four together and creates a super weapon.. LeLu's outfit though 👀 Real world Jesus was male and got nailed to a cross. Why couldn't we have this one instead!?

The 90’s the peak of Hollyweird before the Woke and politically motivated agendas started.

1:04 - He was the only character that I liked. 2:36 - YAAAAY!!!

One of my very favorite movies of all time. "Father, what does ECTO GAMMOT mean"?

It is a beautiful special movie

I had an ex who surprised me on my 21st birthday sexy Cosplay style dressed as Leeloo. Even down to the multipass. Needless to say I have enjoyed the memories since lol.

She has over two hundred thousand DNA memo groups...that obviously means she can read any language XD. The universe's super uber kickass ultimate sweetheart, should be able to read every known language i mean, supreme being... also the fat aliens spoke english, i imagine from hanging around earth before so why couldn't they have taught her? not too big a jump if you ask me. I just love how they made Lilu awesome without the tiniest hint of modern feminism, but then again it was 1997 and humans were just becoming woke. I loved this film too, even Ruby Rodd. Nowadays these characters don't seem unusual at all ROFL, but back in the 90s, this was a roller coaster of wackiness.

I admit, I was not a fan of it when it was released. Haven't seen it since so I don't know if my opinion would change now.

The production design on this movie was insane, costumes by Jean Paul Gautier and world design by Jean 'Mobius' Girraud who drew The Silver Surfer comic for Marvel and also designed the human tech and the Nostromo sets on Ridley Scott's Alien 👽

I have to say Brother.....you are without question one of the most entertaining guys out there.....I love your crass and self effacing nature couple with some fucking razor sharp wit and stellar observations.....I appreciate and applaud you my friend....you should have millions of subs .....and that is a sincere non hyperbolic comment.....I wish you continued success I tell everyone I know about you...hope that helps and I look forward to your content moving forward ..cheers

The 5th! one of my favorites

Ruby Rod literally became profecy one of the best characters ever.

Great movie please do The Big Hit. I think you will like it.

Anyone enjoy Valerian?

One of my favorite movies

LMAO At the meth head the first time I saw this : ))

3:21 exactly what I thought !!

Fast paced, visual storytelling. Kinda like a Movie !!

Ruby Rod makes me laugh my ass off EVERY TIME I see him lol never gets old.... hahaha his paint roller hair sticking out and Korbin Dallas is like wtf lookin at it haha

If you like this movie, then I highly recommend watching the 4 Luc Besson written "Taxi" films, they're almost just as weird and crazy. + you get to see Marion Cotillard's boobs.

I've seen it 7 times, time for one more :) Thank you. Cheers!

You might want to have a look at The Big Blue, another one of Besson's 'good' films.

Whenever I hear any sort of opera-y melodic singling, I think of the blue lady

We should also mention the impact of the work of grand master Moebius in this film.

Absolutely love this movie. It’s soooo bloody good!

I found this film to be immensely enjoyable the first time I saw it. The first time.

Hey, my dad did the sound for this movie. Was nominated for an academy award, too....but lost to titanic. I’m biased, but I thought this was better.

definitely more of Aldous Huxley a brave new world and not George orwell 1984. But I feel at times its more PEE WEE big adventure.

I love this movie. Great vid.

6:50 She put them right next to her organs, you know, the ones that woman hating feminists complain about with girls that are tiny...

This was so much better than "Lucy." The phrase "bombarded with greasy solar atoms" could have appeared in either movie, but you know that "Lucy" was somehow incredibly taking the pseudoscience seriously, while "Element" was just having fun. Ah, well. At least Morgan Freeman got a boatload of cash for what were essentially voice overs; good for him.