• #994
    Refresh Thread
    By: Dave-A x Show Full Post
    Reply
    There's some mighty powerful overacting in The Fifth Element. Bruce Willis staring his steely gaze just to the side of a special effect, Brion James' awkward mugging, Ian Holm's breathless stuttering, Gary Oldman's prancing stride and announcements of his internal dialog...
    Dec 04, 2009 9:05pm PST
    toggle
    There's some mighty powerful overacting in The Fifth Element. Bruce Willis staring his steely gaze just t... : Dave-A

    Thread Truncated. Click to see all 102 replies.

    • toggle
      outlandish, audacious, epic. : massdev
      • ^All of these things AND MORE! : kallantaThis person is cool!
    • toggle
      green? : varsindarkin
      • supergreen : Grimace233
    • toggle
      Yup, and in that movie, it all works. : trOmblyj
      • toggle
        I don't think it works. : deject
        • thats because you suck : trOmblyj
        • toggle
          well you can't be right all the time : HalenThis person is cool!
          • toggle
            But in this case he is : MoreVespeneGas
            • wrong? you are correct : HalenThis person is cool!
        • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjwaqZfjIY : Veegeezee
    • Corban Dallas multipass? : Arcath
    • That's the one movie I can watch over and over. : ChodThis person is cool!
    • toggle
      yeah, isn't the movie awesome? : nyranger66This person is cool!
      • Full of awesome. : lotus2133
      • Exactly what I was thinking. : freqq28This person is cool!
    • toggle
      Lol this post is about overacting and you don't mention Chris Tucker? : c0braThis person is cool!
      • toggle
        I was going to post this. I loved the shit out of this movie and think that it could have done w/out him ... : jane911
        • toggle
          Ruby Rod is the best thing he's ever done. I love the "I don't want one position, I want ALLL POSITIONS!... : ZombieAcademy
          • Yep, 5th element is his best movie : sikanderThis person is cool!
      • Exactly, he was the first person I thought of when reading the OP. : Mad Brahmin DiseaseThis person is cool!
      • I think his character works really well, and he does an excellent job portraying it. : Dave-A
    • if you think of the movie as a comic book, it works pretty well : grendelThis person is cool!
    • toggle
      This is one of my favorite films of all time. It's also one of the benchmark movies I use for any AV equ... : sukabljat
      • agreed and agreed I could watch this movie every week. Anyone else want to negotiate? : Garnett Lee
    • toggle
      You probably don't classify yourself as human, do you? : Navy Spitfire
      • Negative, he is a meat popsicle. : TheMonkeyWench
    • toggle
      I love hat movie : Albemuth
      • I love shoe movie : Rotten DeaditeThis person is cool!
    • I love this movie. : Fred GarvinThis person is cool!
    • Congratulations, you are OLD and SOULLESS : SapiensThis person is cool!
    • toggle
      yup, it's a pretty bad movie : EvilDolemiteThis person is cool!
      • Big Bada-Boom! : SolrFlareThis person is cool!
    • Too bad for you it's the best movie ever made. : batkiwiThis person is cool!
    • toggle
      You forgot to mention Milla attempts acting in this movie : MagusThis person is cool!
      • I neglected to mention that the Fifth Element is a fucking awesome movie : MagusThis person is cool!
    • toggle
      it's supposed to be like that. it's a melodrama : ass-street
      • WITH GUNS!..... IN SPACE!! : silentbobuk
    • toggle
      The Fifth Element is my ultimate example of an excellent bad sci-fi movie. It's interesting, engaging, a... : SolrFlareThis person is cool!
      • toggle
        Demolition Man is considered sci-fi? : ArcKnight
        • How is it not sci-fi? : ErikTehRed
        • toggle
          It definitely is. Cop and prisoner get frozen then unthawed in an ultra politically correct future after... : SolrFlareThis person is cool!
          • toggle
            I'd just never really thought about it. In my mind I just classified it as an action flick. : ArcKnight
            • I mean, I swear I'd lose my head if it wasn't attached. : ArcKnight
            • It absolutely leans way more that way than sci-fi. I think that's part of why it isn't as good as the Fi... : SolrFlareThis person is cool!
            • A movie doesn't have to be in space for it to be sci fi : rosewoodThis person is cool!
      • I totally agree with the Demolition Man comparison, I throw Total Recall into the same pot. : Mad Brahmin DiseaseThis person is cool!
    • Sorry, I only speak two languages: English and bad English. : BlackCat9This person is cool!
    • Leeloo Dallas Multipass. Moooolltipassss. : grendelThis person is cool!
    • toggle
      If it was in theaters again I'd pay $10 to go see it : locater16This person is cool!
      • I saw it 25 times in theatres. : batkiwiThis person is cool!
    • Haha all the quotes in this thread... it makes me happy :) : Rigg5This person is cool!
    • toggle
      i saw this movie on the last day of school whatever year it came out so it is cemented as FUCKING AWESOME... : papaskotThis person is cool!
      • I always fucking hated the last week of school because it was a huge waste of time and they still made yo... : ArcKnight
    • toggle
      One of the most overrated movies of the last 15 years. I mean sure, it's fun, but I don't really get why... : action wombmate
      • toggle
        Because Milla Jovovich is hot as the sun in that movie. : notdeadyeti
        • Also the Diva song is pure win. : notdeadyeti
      • toggle
        For me, it's the music and artistic style of the film. It just oozes style - not even good style - but it... : BlackCat9This person is cool!
        • Oh I'll agree that it's very cohesive, I'm just not a fan of the overall style. It's almost like it's tr... : action wombmate
        • toggle
          I <3 Contact and The 5th Element also. It's tough to decide which one is the best. I wish Mr. Sagan wa... : ucanbfuzzyThis person is cool!
          • toggle
            Agreed. If this planet Earth was somehow allowed one human being to live forever -- it should have been C... : royalallyThis person is cool!
            • toggle
              My vote might go to Benjamin Franklin. : action wombmate
              • Nikola Tesla. : ArcKnight
      • Because it's paced right, the performances fit the characters and the story, it looks great, even now, an... : HalenThis person is cool!
      • toggle
        completely agreed. crappy plot, annoying characters, stupid costumes. I hated it. : edgewiseThis person is cool!
        • When I first saw it my eyes nearly rolled out of my head when the blue chick started into that ridiculous... : action wombmate
      • toggle
        its a nerds dream: 1 sexy naked chick (who is a goddamned ASS KICKER) 2 a badass dude 3 campy 4 actio... : papaskotThis person is cool!
        • toggle
          + Gary Oldman, funny looking aliens, crazy 'futuristic' outfits, silly campy lines. : TheMonkeyWench
          • toggle
            I love Oldman, but he can do wrong and his character in this movie was just annoying and stupid. I mostl... : action wombmate
            • And here I thought you were the tolerable twin. Tonight, you have proved me wrong. : TheMonkeyWench
        • Also one of the few movies where the hero (Corban) never actually meets the villian (Gary Oldman) Always... : pobone
      • One of the worst posts of the last 15 years. Leeloo Dallas Multeepaaasss. : Pulveri
    • toggle
      Such a great movie. To this day it still holds up really well, every time I catch it on cable I end up w... : atom519This person is cool!
      • also, Gary Oldman is awesome. : atom519This person is cool!
    • if you liked The Fifth Element, did you like Hudson Hawk? I thought they both kinda had the same goofy sp... : GloriousCowThis person is cool!
    • But it has one of the all-time best lines & scenes in a movie, "Anybody else want to negotiate?" So awes... : wytefangThis person is cool!
    • toggle
      Anybody who doesn't enjoy this movie needs to get over themselves. It's so bad, but so, so good. AZIZ... : Ovate
      • And Luc Besson + Eric Serra cannot be fucked with : Ovate
      • toggle
        I don't really enjoy it that much, and I'm quite fine with where I stand with myself. It's not even that : action wombmate
        • Indifference is acceptable. Be glad you didn't active dislike it though, or you get the mace treatment ... : Ovate
        • toggle
          ok seriously, what movies do you like? to put it into perspective. : aldraek
          • toggle
            I like a lot of different kinds of movies. I like Army of Darkness and Citizen Kane. I don't like movie... : action wombmate
            • toggle
              I liked Army of Darkness, Citizen Kane AND Fifth Element. What do you say to that? Maybe you expect all g... : aldraek
              • I really have no idea what you're trying to say with this post. : action wombmate
              • are you high or maybe english isn't your first language? : arizona bayThis person is cool!
            • toggle
              I've learned that there is only one thing that all the films I enjoy have in common and that is a strong ... : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
              • toggle
                Go cry it out with your friend the wombmate. It's okay, he likes that hard emotional core, too.... (I... : Ovate
                • toggle
                  A man who self identifies as an "ovate" (adj. - of an ovarian shape or nature) shouldn't make references ... : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
                  • Yeah, well...ur gay :/ I knew i'd regret choosing this stupid name : Ovate
                • toggle
                  I don't require a "hard emotional core" to like a movie. And Luc Besson is not a universally great filmm : action wombmate
                  • To clarify, I actually like the fifth element a lot. Your remark about liking a diverse range of movies j... : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
    • toggle
      Fifth Element has everything: bad ass retired hero comes back to save everything hot chick with myste... : aldraek
      • that's also almost the description of DUKE NUKEM 3D! coincidence? I think not : razorblade79This person is cool!
    • my favorite : MamiyaOtaru
    • toggle
      Gary Oldman overacting? You don't say. : trelainThis person is cool!
      • lol : druciferThis person is cool!
      • Everyone? http://youtube.com/watch?v=MrTsuvykUZk : AfterglowThis person is cool!
    • you mention all of those people that you say were overacting (really, they were just being awesome), but ... : valaelThis person is cool!
    • Assis! Light! : FlinzThis person is cool!
    • gimme the cash gimme the cash! : daelThis person is cool!
    • Tis is why it's awesome: http://www.doubleviking.com/real-men-love-the-fifth-element-6198-p.html : TissenThis person is cool!