Gary Oldman wasted

Rating: 1/10 (31 December 2000)

Gary Oldman is one of the finest actors around. Since "Sid and Nancy," he has been the ultimate unappreciated gem, similar to Kevin Spacey was before "The Usual Suspects." Oldman needs an Oscar and a legitimate big-budget starring role.
He doesn't need crap like "The Fifth Element." This is akin to asking Tarantino to direct "Drive Me Crazy" and forcing him to stick to the script.
Aside from Oldman, none of the acting was good, which probably doesn't say as much about the actors as it does about the script. Leeloo learns about all the bad and nasty things in the world through a cyber-Brittanica and becomes morose. Oooh, wow, try walking through an American city sometime, hon. Come to think of it, isn't watching Bruce Willis act one of the bad and nasty things in the world?
We need movies that do not build to stupid, sappy endings and do not take themselves seriously in that endeavour.