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The Fifth Element is returning to theaters in 4K

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AlexFlame116 said:
One of my absolute favorite movies of all time! I used to watch this so much with my dad! Such a great movie!

Plus it brought one of my favorite gifs of all time:
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I really hope there will be a 4K UHD release!
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The misspelling of "Shenmue" bothers me every time.
 
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espher

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I remember having this movie be hyped up as 'Star Wars for the new generation' when it was coming out and being super underwhelmed/disappointed when I went to see it in theatres.

I never bothered re-watching it until a couple of years ago - and I loved it.
 
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rhandino

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Chris Tucker is like the 3rd best thing of the movie!

Me and my brothers still laugh histerically when Korben make him count to 3.
 
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Fergie

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digitalrelic said:
Also coming to 4K UHD Blu-ray on July 11th:

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Fifth-Element-4K-Blu-ray/171526/
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Hopefully one in region B too.

New002 said:
Says in the OP July 11th :)
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Yeah just clocked it afterwards. Awesome.

demosthenes said:
I wonder if the same thing would happen with the original blu ray transfer :lol
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Hopefully not. They did fix it in the end though with that remaster, but we all hope any mistakes have been learned from...
 
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Perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane.
AlexFlame116 said:
One of my absolute favorite movies of all time! I used to watch this so much with my dad! Such a great movie!

Plus it brought one of my favorite gifs of all time:
giphy.gif


I really hope there will be a 4K UHD release!
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YESSSS that gif was amazing. It was super cool back when Wii U hype was at an all-time high.
 
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Sectorseven

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Was always fascinated by the film's mish-mash of French and American sensibilities. Leon had it too, but this being sci-fi amped it up to 11. It's bizarre, yet strangely compelling.
 
frogger

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This movie portrait the future world in such detail (how to cook a chicken, how to use make up), putting other films such as star wars, star trek in shame.
 
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Which Nintendo console is that gif supposed to be about? Wii U? It doesn't make any sense.
 
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This movie strikes me as cheesy due to trying to be over the top in a cheap way yet I also want to see it again
 
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antibolo

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frogger said:
This movie portrait the future world in such detail (how to cook a chicken, how to use make up), putting other films such as star wars, star trek in shame.
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But Star Wars isn't in the future... It's not even connected to the real world.
 
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Apzu

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Nice, I really like this movie, though I'll never get over the ending.

I remember watching it for the first time when I was a kid and after it ended the first thing I thought was, it would have been a lot different if it was not in english. I mean, english is one of the few western languages that takes so long to get to the concept of war in a dictionary, most romance languages would get there by the letter G and other germanic languages woul be there a few letters down the road when it got to K.
 
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Apzu said:
Nice, I really like this movie, though I'll never get over the ending.

I remember watching it for the first time when I was a kid and after it ended the first thing I thought was, it would have been a lot different if it was not in english. I mean, english is one of the few western languages that takes so long to get to the concept of war in a dictionary, most romance languages would get there by the letter G and other germanic languages woul be there a few letters down the road when it got to K.
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It's implied in the movie that there are only two languages still used on Earth, English and something else.

M3d10n said:
Ruby Rhod was an YouTuber.
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Truly this movie was so ahead of its time
 
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M3d10n said:
Ruby Rhod was an YouTuber.
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I had never thought about that...

antibolo said:
It's implied in the movie that there are only two languages still used on Earth, English and something else.
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Really? I don't remember that, this is a good excuse to watch it again. Anyway, I watched it dubbed in portuguese as a kid, so I don't think they went with the idea that english was the only spoken language, I'd probably guess no dubbed version did.
 
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antibolo said:
It's implied in the movie that there are only two languages still used on Earth, English and something else.
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You're not referring to the line "Lady, I only speak two languages....English and bad English!", are you?

Because if you are, I think there's a good chance you greatly misinterpreted that joke....
 
EYEL1NER

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I may go and see this. I may also forget about it, since it is showing five or six weeks from now only in a Sunday and a Wednesday. But if I remember, I'll go. I love Fifth Element.
 
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Scavenger

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Important to note that Sony only owns the distribution rights in the USA and that Sony does not have access to the original camera negative.
 
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AlexFlame116 said:
One of my absolute favorite movies of all time! I used to watch this so much with my dad! Such a great movie!

Plus it brought one of my favorite gifs of all time:
giphy.gif


I really hope there will be a 4K UHD release!
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It's funny how this is all basically true now but for the PS4.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku! said:
I don't understand Fifth Element Nostalgia unless it's in a "so bad it's good" sort of way
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Nostalgia isn't a factor for me, didn't see it for the first time until 2 years ago. Instantly became one of my favorites.
 
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Calabi

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I love this film, wish I could watch in the cinema. I love all aspects, especially Chris Tucker.

I think this was one of those movies that was usually used to show of DVD's when they were first released, so would be perfect in 4K.
 
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HomerSimpson-Man

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The Fifth Element.

I still remember coming out of the theater back in 1997 when this was released and wondering "WTF did I just watch?!"

Then over the course of the home video release on subsequent rewatches, I ended up falling in love with the movie. It's like all these little things just clicked in place. The imaginative visual style and depiction of the future in a classic good vs evil premise, the quick pacing and editing style, great music,the enduring characters....this movie was just became pure fun and awesome.

Now it's one of my favorites movies of all time.
 
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