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[Succinct Verbosity]

Please release this in the UK. Come onnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

 

[Neff]

I remember being quite underwhelmed when it came out, but it's one of those movies that's grown with time to become a classic.

Basically.

I saw it late, expecting a sci-fi classic based on years of high praise, and thought it was all a bit silly. But the more I watch it, the better it gets.

Please release this in the UK. Come onnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

I'd go see it.

 

[Staf]

One of my all time favorites! M-U-L-T-I-P-A-S-S!

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Is it this one?

https://youtu.be/kJl2uPNsJEk

I prefer this https://youtu.be/bgo0CDL6bd0 but the one you posted is great too!

 

[DieH@rd]

I hope that UHD release will be super green.

 

[Escape Goat]

Are we green?

 

[McLovin]

I loved this movie!! I'll admit its not perfect, but I'm a sucker for sci-fi.

 

[KDash31987]

For film there's not an exact digital resolution equivalent. But it does require a new scan and I believe the last blu-ray remaster was done at 2K back in 2007(?). So they'd need a new scan at a higher resolution remaster.

Actually, there was another Blu-ray remaster that was done at 4K which was released in late 2015. I just picked that up a few days ago for $8 at Best Buy, and it looks spectacular. It's also got a Dolby Atmos track, which is terrific. I'm sure that this theatrical release and the 4K UHD Blu-ray are based on the same remaster.

 

[Slixshot]

I hope that UHD release will be super green.

Are we green?

Green like what?

 

[Bold One]

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.

Oh, I see...shame.

I wish Milla was in more stuff, she's a good actress.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Green like what?

A Meat Popsicle

 

[Jintor]

i'll be honest. the pacing is shot. the main villain does incomprehensible things for no good reason and turns out to be the pawn of a sentient planet of evil or some shit. bruce willis spends the entire movie being the straight man for some truely bizarre shit. It concludes with some total freaking bullshit.

despite its many problems it is still one of my favourite films to watch.

 

[Bold One]

i'll be honest. the pacing is shot. the main villain does incomprehensible things for no good reason and turns out to be the pawn of a sentient planet of evil or some shit. bruce willis spends the entire movie being the straight man for some truely bizarre shit. It concludes with some total freaking bullshit.

despite its many problems it is still one of my favourite films to watch.

The pacing is one of the best things about the film. It's almost perfect.

 

[Valkyr Junkie]

1997 was such a great year for films.

 

[mrklaw]

It's one of the ultimate B movies. Like Star Wars EpIV or Flash Gordon. Just pure unadulterated escapism. Will be added to my very short list of UHD discs.

 

[old manatee]

I didn't realise until very recently that all of humanity wasn't on the same page about the Fifth Element being the best.

 

[Skeletron]

Can't wait to see this again. Such a fun and unique movie. Chris Tucker's greatest role by far.

 

[AlexFlame116]

Waiting on Amazon to open preorders. Come on Amazon!

 

[Stare-Bear]

I've got a shitty Blu Ray release where the film isn't cropped correctly and all the FX shots have their shot numbers and other info in the top corners. Worst release ever.

Hopefully this will be better.

 

[dukeoflegs]

https://www.fathomevents.com/events/the-fifth-element

Thank you

 

[Vagabundo]

I wish there was more SciFi like the Fifth Element. Soo good.

This needs to come across the pond. No way it should just stay in the US.

 

[Amon-Lau]

Bought a ticket for it, heck yeah~

 

[Beeks]

AZIZ! LIGHT!

 

[Deleted member 102362]

I got a ticket that covers three people. I guess that makes it a Multipass.

 

[Syriel]

Would be great if there is a 4K Blu-ray down the line too. Love to add it to my small 4k collection.

Proving once again that lots of GAFfers don't bother reading the OP.

 

[Magilla]

2 hours away....

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!

 

[Apt101]

Negative. I am a meat popsicle.

 

[Syriel]

Was 35mm not already 4k?

35mm > 4K

This is mostly a marketing stunt for the Blu. Plus it's cheaper to distribute a 4K digital file than it is to make and distribute 35mm prints.

 

[DangerMouse]

Sweet.

Will buy the 4K blu-ray right away in July.

 

[dallow_bg]

Actually, there was another Blu-ray remaster that was done at 4K which was released in late 2015. I just picked that up a few days ago for $8 at Best Buy, and it looks spectacular. It's also got a Dolby Atmos track, which is terrific. I'm sure that this theatrical release and the 4K UHD Blu-ray are based on the same remaster.

Yup. That BD version is a big upgrade vs the 2 older versions.

 

[Ursn]

Saw this movie in jr high when it originally came out. Love it and everything about it.

 

[-shadow-]

Actually, there was another Blu-ray remaster that was done at 4K which was released in late 2015. I just picked that up a few days ago for $8 at Best Buy, and it looks spectacular. It's also got a Dolby Atmos track, which is terrific. I'm sure that this theatrical release and the 4K UHD Blu-ray are based on the same remaster.

I had no idea it was already remastered in 4k. I'm still rocking my 2010 re-release and absolutely adore that transfer already. Can't wait seeing this one!

 

[televator]

What I really love in this movie is the true commitment from the actors to these characters that sound like the most ridiculous things on paper. lol

A DJ diva, gender bending playboy

A pretty angel with orange hair, that was reanimated from the severed hand of some hulking armored thing

A retired soldier who's now a dead beat cab driver that saves the galaxy

Space Hitler

 

[Rest]

That'd be something to see, I might have to get a ticket.

A pretty angel with orange hair, that was reanimated from the severed hand of some hulking armored thing

I couldn't quite grasp the relationship between Leeloo and the thing in the ship when I was a kid, but watching it again as an adult it seemed pretty clear: The thing in the suit was Leeloo, they wear the wear suits for religious reasons.

That's how it seemed to me, anyway.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Fuck yeah 4k multipass and Chris Tucker with a penis hair!

I wish this would come in my country I'd watch it in a heartbeat

 

[PjotrStroganov]

I remember going on a school trip to Paris and seeing all the posters of this movie in the metro. Watching this movie will always be connected to one of favourite times of my life. And the movie rocks of course.

 

[Stasis]

I don't understand Fifth Element Nostalgia unless it's in a "so bad it's good" sort of way

I was gonna reply in detail but so many others covered what I'd say.

You don't understand is the only correct thing you said. At least you know it.

 

[Jakabok]

The only thing that always bugged me was the lack of explanation for the big bad ('Mr Shadow') and Zorg's relationship / deal with it.

 

[adamy]

hmm can't decide which theater to pick

thoughts?

 

[SolidusDave]

That'd be something to see, I might have to get a ticket.


I couldn't quite grasp the relationship between Leeloo and the thing in the ship when I was a kid, but watching it again as an adult it seemed pretty clear: The thing in the suit was Leeloo, they wear the wear suits for religious reasons.

That's how it seemed to me, anyway.

Huh? No those were the keepers of the five elements. An alien species. Leeloo/her original body is/was in the sarcophagus that they transported.

 

[GlamFM]

Amazing movie.

Jean Paul Gaultier costumes FTW.

 

[Skeletron]

Huh? No those were the keepers of the five elements. An alien species. Leeloo/her original body is/was in the sarcophagus that they transported.

But the hand that they clone Leeloo from looks like one of the alien's armored hands holding some kinda handle. Not a piece of the sarcophagus.

I've heard theories that Leeloo had already been revived onboard the alien ship and was wearing one of their environmental suits when their ship was destroyed, but it does seem like an inconsistency that requires weird assumptions.

 

[Bishop89]

Huh? No those were the keepers of the five elements. An alien species. Leeloo/her original body is/was in the sarcophagus that they transported.

what?

They clone her from the hand of one of the dudes from the start of the movie that failed to escape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO7RNReR9Ys

 

[hateradio]

35mm > 4K

This is mostly a marketing stunt for the Blu. Plus it's cheaper to distribute a 4K digital file than it is to make and distribute 35mm prints.

I was thinking the same thing...

I was like a 4K projection would have to be worse than the original film. I wish we could get a film screening.

 

[Bold One]

what?

They clone her from the hand of one of the dudes from the start of the movie that failed to escape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO7RNReR9Ys

I don't think that's right either

 

[Skeletron]

what?

They clone her from the hand of one of the dudes from the start of the movie that failed to escape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO7RNReR9Ys

That alien who gets his hand smashed by the trap door? Nahh bro, those dudes from the start of the movie return 300 years later but get blown to bits by Zorg's pirates. The hand is from the wreckage of that ship.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

This thread makes me feel Valerian will not be able to measure up..

 

[Baloonatic]

I always took it as them using the alien DNA as a starting point for making Leeloo. They combine it with whatever technology they have that clones humans and that's why she looks human.

I never really thought of the aliens as being in suits either, just some sort of weird fusion of metal and organic material. If they are in suits, which would totally make sense, then they must resemble the shape of them to a degree.

Also, this is the greatest film ever made.

 

[RedSparrows]

I straight up don't have room in my life for people who don't like this movie.

Word. So so so good.

I mean, Zorg makes little sense but is ACE.

 

[Scavenger]

I was thinking the same thing...

I was like a 4K projection would have to be worse than the original film. I wish we could get a film screening.

35mm release prints generally have less resolution than 4K-2K projection and Blu-ray and that's because of generation loss that occurs between original camera negative and release print.