w-a-r

Rating: 9/10 (20 October 2007)

For a deployed troop, this flick hits all the necessary elements: Action, guns, space vehicles, hot model, Bruce Willis, and even has an antiwar pacifist message thrown in.
I've seen The Fifth Element many times before, but last night was the first time I had watched it while deployed. Luc Besson's visual feast was just as vibrant and exciting as the first time I had seen it. I know some complain that the plot is weak, and it may move like a music video at times, but there is not a dull moment in the entire film! Even the some classic elements of the alien relationship building: the first exchange of names, learning English on TV, and a good remake of the Captain Kirk "On Earth, we have a thing called love..." flow smoothly and entertainingly between Willis and Jojovich.
And of course Oldman just eats up scenes so well that you could almost root for him.
Jojovich does a great job with the quivering angry face when she faces off against opponents and the quavering horrified face when she learns about w-a-r. But even if she couldn't act as well as she does, there is no other Leeloo Minai Lekatariba Laminatcha Ekbat De Sabat in the world.
Last note I can tell you how cool this film is for deployment by relating what the troop in front of me said as we boarded the military transport to Iraq. When the guard asked him for i.d. he held up his c.a.c card and replied "Mul-ti-pass".