That was fun … !!
No, seriously … !
That was fun … !
Hmmm …
That’s a lot of exclamation marks, isn’t it … ?
Just a touch … !
Lets get moving on, shall we … ?
Yes, I think I should, shouldn’t I … ?
At any rate, you’re probably aware by now that — usually on Tuesdays and Saturdays, but occasionally on other days, as well — I’ll have some friends over to catch a film.
Which is something that happened, last night.
Bless ’em, I had both Kevin D and his wife, Tootles Sarah over.
And the film we were watching … ?
Was something Kevin was keen to share: the Franco-US funded, Luc Besson directed, The Fifth Element.
And I’ve got to admit, I’m thinking The Fifth Element isn’t exactly serious hard core sci-fi.
But I don’t think it’s supposed to be.
Let me explain, if I can …
The Fifth Element opens in 1914, with a French archeologist finding an obscure prophecy inscribed on to the walls of an ancient Egyptian tomb: one that predicts the destruction of the world by a Great Evil, unless a seemingly mythical Fifth element.
A fifth element played by Milla Jovovich who — having been rescued from a crashed spaceship — promptly crashes through the roof of the cab owned and operated by Korben Dallas, played by Bruce Willis.
A cab driver — and ex Marine — who finds himself conscripted by Ian Holm’s Father Vito, into helping get Leeloo, the name that Milla Jovovich’s character gives herself, to the site of the tomb in Egypt where she need to be, in order to save the world.
From …
Well …
Mostly from Zorg, the arms dealer played — with his usual villainous relish — by Gary Oldman, and his henchmen, the shapeshifting Mangolores*.
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Now, I’m going to honest, here, at the risk of repeating myself.
The Fifth Element isn’t exactly what I’d call arthouse.
But it IS quite a fun film, and one I think is definitely worth watching.
And … ?
I think I’m ALSO with Kevin, here …
It IS madder than a box of frogs.
The Fifth Elephant.Paul: ★★★☆Kevin: ★★★☆Average: ★★★☆
* I’m not going to be the first to say shape-shifting orcs, here. But you’ve GOT to wonder, haven’t you … ?
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