One of My Favorite Sci-Fi Movies

Rating: Null/10 (25 July 2012)

The Fifth Element is a great film that forces the audience to look at how we operate in the world to each other. Lee Loo (played by Milla Jovovich) is the fifth element, the supreme being who was designed as a weapon against the dark shadow. Every five thousand years there is a battle between Lee Loo and the dark shadow over mankind. The dark shadow wants to kill all humans, and Lee Loo saves them form his destruction.
The guardians of the fifth element are being Lee Loo to earth to protect it for the dark shadow, when all of a sudden they are attacked, and the ship is destroyed. They believe they have killed Lee Loo and the Dark Shadow can prevail in killing the humans, but she survived through a single living limb. Scientist reconstructs her body, and she escapes the lab. Only to land in Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) cab. Korben Dalls helps Lee Loo find her way to the priest (Ian Holm). Together, all three set out on an adventure to save the world.
The central theme of "The Fifth Element" surrounds the truth of human nature. Lee Loo is referred to several times in the movie as being "perfect" As if the existing mankind that is alive today is unless than being perfect. That only a perfect specimen is worthy of saved all mankind. Lee Loo can also be looked at as a symbolic metaphor. When it is time for Lee Loo to active the weapon and obliterates the dark shadow, she mentions to Korben that she was only built to save the world. She is reluctant though because all mankind does is destroy each other. Korben reassures her that there are things worth saving like love, and tells Lee Loo he loves her. When the stones are opened by all the basic elements (Fire, water, earth, and wind), she unleashes a white light from her mouth to freeze the dark shadow. At this point Lee Loo becomes a visual metaphor as a beacon of light; that there is good in the world. Love conquers all and will defeat any evil.
Many motifs play throughout the film for saving mankind, and the destruction of the human race. In one scene we see Lee Loo watching how mankind kills each other through a series of war clips see saw on the internet. She begins to become very emotional, and loses hope to save the world. This parallel coincidence was similar to clips in the movie Prometheus. We as humans are so quick to ask for help when we need it, but we also need help from ourselves with all of the self-destruction we inflict on each other. We can save the world by saving it from war on one another.