Wrong.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
The Fifth Element is returning to theaters in 4K
- Thread starter LordOfLore
- Start date
- Status
Wrong.
PrimaNocta
Member
Thanks. Just grabbed 3 tickets at my local AMC. Always loved this movie. Going to take my daughter so I hope she loves it as much as I did my first time seeing it. If not, I'm cutting her off my will.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
US only??
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
Look, lady, I only speak two languages.
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:
I really hope there will be a 4K UHD release!
Is there really an Eternal Darkness 2
DigitalDevil
Member
I am so there
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
Tough, but fair.
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
She is the Fifth Element. The perfect being.
FelixTheSexranger
Member
4K? Meat Popsicle time.
triplestation
Member
HELL YES
QuantumZebra
Member
God is real
SolidusDave
Member
How anyone could dislike the performance of Chris Tucker in this is beyond me. He's super green in this.
I have no 4k equipment at all, and I'm tempted to get the UHD bluray. Soooo envious of you fuckers for being able to watch this again in your fancy shmancy 4k cinemas. Dammit.
I have no 4k equipment at all, and I'm tempted to get the UHD bluray. Soooo envious of you fuckers for being able to watch this again in your fancy shmancy 4k cinemas. Dammit.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
How are they going to do HDR on UHD if they only have access to low-contrast prints?
radios shipping overview
Member
I remember this getting bad reviews but I loved it. I think it's aged really well. I'd gladly go see it again.
SolidusDave
Member
I assumed if they have access to a master that allows them to restore a 4K remaster, then it has to be on film. AFAIK film should have a higher dynamic range than what was possible to show in SDR. At least that's how I understood the restoration process of older movies for UHD with HDR.
I think that The Fifth Element is a terrible piece of trash.
My best friend thinks this movie is "the greatest science fiction movie ever made" (excluding the Star Wars series).
More frequently than you'd think, this topic comes up in heated discussions. We often see movies together, and as we are walking out of the theater he will bait me by saying something like "I thought that was really good, but not as good as The Fifth Element." Often our discussions on this matter end up with me rattling off science-fiction movies that are very obviously better than The Fifth Element, and him scoffing over my picks.
He frequently holds my hatred of the film up as an example of my stuffy snobbery, and I point to his exaltation of the film as an example of his lack of taste and poor perspective.
I think we're going to have to see this together in 4K. It's a shame that we will have to pay FathomEvents ticket prices.
My best friend thinks this movie is "the greatest science fiction movie ever made" (excluding the Star Wars series).
More frequently than you'd think, this topic comes up in heated discussions. We often see movies together, and as we are walking out of the theater he will bait me by saying something like "I thought that was really good, but not as good as The Fifth Element." Often our discussions on this matter end up with me rattling off science-fiction movies that are very obviously better than The Fifth Element, and him scoffing over my picks.
He frequently holds my hatred of the film up as an example of my stuffy snobbery, and I point to his exaltation of the film as an example of his lack of taste and poor perspective.
I think we're going to have to see this together in 4K. It's a shame that we will have to pay FathomEvents ticket prices.
dukeoflegs
Member
I tried the link in OP on my phone and it doesn't show anything about the movie. I also searched for it on the site and nothing (on phone too). I'm I doing something wrong... I do that a lot.
Warm Machine
Member
It took about 4 watches to finally get past all the French in this movie where I finally appreciate what it was trying to be, which was a French Heavy Metal sci fi comic book movie.
One of my favorite scenes from the movie:
That gif is wrong. It's "Gimme the cashhhhh."
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
That's usually done from the camera negative. Someone was saying that Sony doesn't have access to it. Unless Sony didn't do this transfer?
Noisepurge
Member
They should reuse the taxibox dvd for the 4K restoration, it even opens up from the middle:
Well, the Metal Hurlant Chronicles are originally french (Heavy Metal is the english localized version)
Sidewinder
Member
I agree, watched it in cinema 20 years ago and was blown away! Aged very well too.
Even bought the OST, which I very rarely do.
the_batman
Banned
don't most theaters only project in up to 2K though?
give me Blade Runner and/or 2001 though and i'll run people over to see it.
edit: nevermind, looks like it's just a special event at a location.
give me Blade Runner and/or 2001 though and i'll run people over to see it.
edit: nevermind, looks like it's just a special event at a location.
IIRC, she was doing some live interview in France and the interviewer asked her about her dad going to jail and she blew up on him and walked out. I wanna say she had specifically asked for this subject not to be brought up, but I don't remember.
Herb Alpert
Banned
I didn't know this film was loved by so many people.
I hated it back in the day and still think it sucks at each and every level.
I hated it back in the day and still think it sucks at each and every level.
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
I know a girl who legally changed her name to Leeloo because of this movie.
Have you seen the woman on YouTube who can actually sing this in real life with no assistance? It's CRAZY.Dolby Atmos please!
I'd say 65mm would be the closest analogue to 4k. Seeing a 65mm print in the cinema is truly eye-popping (see: Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet).
Shadowhelper
Banned
There is nothing better in this world than a brand new spanking 70mm print. Need a proper projectionist so they won't get it blurry, but when it's projected right. And that sound. Amazing. I think Imax, even the 70mm prints actually use digital sound.
Well, I am someone who just likes the movie quite a bit. I don't worship or have the same nostalgia for it that everyone else does. French Hollywood movies usually rub me the wrong way, with their weird euro trashy fashion and dialogue full of English cliches. But there's too much awesome stuff in Fifth Element too dislike the movie. A very cool movie, that any comic book lover probably cannot help but love.
Things like Chris Tucker and I guess I am the only one, the Alien Opera scene, still annoy and grate me. It does seem you either love or hate this movie.
Daniel Jackson
Member
I love this movie!
Great characters, visuals, story. I also find it very interesting that the hero and the villain never even have a single interaction.
Really too bad this return to theatres seems to be a US only thing.
Great characters, visuals, story. I also find it very interesting that the hero and the villain never even have a single interaction.
Really too bad this return to theatres seems to be a US only thing.
The Hamburglar
Banned
as a kid I hated the chris tucker character. But as I got older, I appreciated it more. The guys funny as fuck in this film.
One of my favorite scenes from the movie:
On a slightly unrelated note, this actor is also the director of La Haine, one of my favourite French movies. Completely different genre from The Fifth Element but I really recommend watching it.
- Status