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"very satisfies", Arrived quickly and appears in good shape. It is a Christmas gift and I haven't played it.
"Good, stupid action", I love this movie for what it tries to do, which is be a good action movie. It doesn't try to be anything it's not (at least I don't think so). It's so over-the-top with everything, explosions, stupid laughs, and its characters. Pretty much what I want from my dumb action movies.
"The Fifth Element DVD", This was a movied I had wanted for a very long time and got it at a great price with very reasonable shipping costs. Thanks guys!!
"Luc Besson has made so many great films - choose one of those instead", 300 years into the future, aliens bring the Fifth Element, Leeloo (Milla Jovovich), to Earth, a supreme being capable of saving humanity from destruction. However, when the aliens are killed, it is up to soldier-turned-cab driver Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) to help Leeloo and to protect her from those intent on killing her and bringing about the apocalypse.
It is hard for me to believe that Luc Besson, the man who wrote and directed "Leon - the Professional", one of the best movies that I have ever seen, is also responsible for this uneven, clichéd action movie that never quite decides whether it wants to be a comedy or not. It's not that "The Fifth Element" is a terrible film (I would describe it as mediocre, rather than terrible), it's just that with so much talent involved in the making of this film, it should have been much better. Sure, the special effects are incredible (even more than a decade after the film was made), the action sequences are pretty good (but not fantastic), and some of the jokes are funny, but the film is let down by just about everything else.
Leeloo has no personality at all and I question the message that Besson is trying to send through her character. Early in the film it is set-up that Korben Dallas is looking for the "perfect woman", whom he finds in Leeloo. Except "perfect" as defined by this film is a woman who looks pretty but who can't speak English (or can't speak it well), so is more or less incapable of conversation, who speaks like a child and acts like one too, and who needs to be protected (even though she is capable of punching her way out of an "unbreakable" glass case). Furthermore, the overall message of the film, that "war is bad", although something that I agree with, has been used far too many times and feels tacked on at the end. The villain, played by Gary Oldman, dies far too easily, so viewers are cheated of a decent showdown; and no film has ever been improved by the inclusion of Chris Tucker. In this film, Tucker, with his irritating helium voice, seems completely superfluous, so I wonder why his character was included at all.
Luc Besson has written/written and directed so many great films, including "Leon - the Professional", "Nikita", and "Taxi" (the French version, not the American remake). Watch one of those instead, you'll prefer it.
"My First Blu-ray - Thoughts from a former HD DVD person", This is my first Blu-Ray, and while my expectations were somewhat high, especially since I'm a former HD DVD exclusive consumer, they were completely met by this presentation. Granted, I'm already a big fan of this movie, which I consider to potentially be one of my favorites. Despite that, I had heard of the issues with the first round of this movie and I'm pleasantly reporting that the "Remastered" version is as pristine as you could hope for in a late 1990s movie transfered to Blu-ray. Playback was via a brand new Playstation 3 using HDMI 1.3 with deep color and displayed on a Samsung 52" 65F series LCD HDTV.
The sound was high quality and cinema-like on a simple Denon system using the disc's 48khz/16bit 5.1 PCM sound via a Toslink optical audio cable. The early ledge scene was particularly pleasant. It was at that point that I knew this would be one awesome ride.
Like many of you, I was lured by the incredible price cuts that Toshiba made during the pre-2007 Christmas season on HD DVD hardware. No regrets, since the movies I purchased are all of excellent quality with the hardware to match. It's just a shame that some sort of unified standard or dual-format standard could not have been agreed upon. I think the HDM market was really hurt by this.
The death of HD DVD early this year left me with a huge selection of clearance HD DVDs, but that only lasted a couple of months. If you're like me, you were spoiled with HD and could not look back. The void had to be filled and I was too bitter to jump onto Blu-ray. One day while browsing my reactivated Live account, I stumbled upon high def downloads via Live. This is what kept me going throughout summer and satisfied my HD desires. They're mostly 720p, but are very high quality and playback begins within moments on my cable internet connection. The HD TV show selection is fantastic, and you get to keep them forever! I highly recommend the Live service! You don't even need to pay for "Gold" access, the "Silver" membership is free and provides you with the ability to purchase and download all the HD content. I'm also accessing HD content via Timer Warner Cable's HD service, which is lacking but is slowly getting better.
I'm still a bit leery of even Blu-ray, as rumors have it, it may be the last physical format. As highspeed internet access is gaining more mainstream subscribers, understandably some believe high-def downloads are the wave of the future; and certainly Live points to this. Thus, I'm being very discriminate with my high-def purchases, focusing on purchasing only movies that I consider top-notch in visual presentation. No, I'm not going to be buying "The Bucket List" on BR, but "Iron Man" and other such top-notch visual rides would suit very well in a top-notch high def format.
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"Good video, inferior sound", I still have the DVD version of this. Why? While the video quality is definitely superior, the sound quality is nearly unacceptable. The audio transfer was mixed at too high of a level, so certain effects (like the loudest pulse in the intro credits) clip at -0dB. I'm not sure how they let this blu-ray out the door.
The movie is otherwise excellent. Sadly, the sound quality on the blu-ray really gets in the way of the experience.
"Movie: 3.75/5 Picture Quality: 3.75~5/5 Sound Quality: 3.75/5 Extras: 0.75/5", Version: U.S.A / Region A, B, C MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 Running time: 2:05:53 Movie size: 37,710,600,192 bytes Disc size: 38,946,438,756 bytes Average video bit rate: 27.88 Mbps Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (up-converted from 16-bit master) English LPCM 5.1 4608Kbps 16-bit English DD 5.1 French Subtitles: English / English SDH / French / Spanish / Portuguese / Chinese / Thai Trivia Fact Track
"pure entertainment", well after purchasing a 58"samsung plasma hdtv, and playstation for the blue ray,,, I had to get the 5th element blue ray as my first purchase. Wondering how much of a difference there would be from the std dvd, I can tell you that it is just beyond words. Now enough people have talked about the movie here so I am not going there, and they mention lots of other movies that "may" be better but one thing is for sure,,, how many times can you really watch 2001 a space od???? This one you can watch over and over again and still find it very entertaining. You just can't seem to get tired of watching it like those "classics". And chris tucker?, no one, and I mean no one could do what he did in this movie, it was just down hill for him after this role. just a must have DVD
""unnnnbeelievable!"", "In a word, perfect"
No I am not talking about the perfect being, but about the remastered version of The Fifth Element on blu ray. The first release was marred by horrible video transfer and sub par audio. The people cried out, and out voices were heard. Sony even offered to exchange the old ones for the better one. This copy as perfect in every sense of the word. Awesome 1080p video, uncompressed audio, and a great movie.
Bruce willis, milla Jovovich, chris tucker, gary oldman, all do excellent in their parts. But the special effects are MIND BLOWING. I don't agree with the movie critic who called this "the star wars for our generation" when the movie was released in theaters, but it is one of my favorite movies of all times.
If you own a blu ray player, I call this a must buy, blind buy. Meaning that if you have no idea what it is about, it's still a must buy.
"Must See!!", I'm a big fan of this movie. I've lost count of how many times I've seen 5th Element. Seeing it in Blue Ray was like seeing it for the first time. There were so many details I never noticed before. A must buy for your collection!
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