My all-time favorite movie

Rating: 10/10 (12 September 2001)

If I had to write a one-line review, it would say: SEE THIS MOVIE. It is my absolute all-time favorite movie and after seeing garbage like JP3 it's positively refreshing to pop in a good video like this. It's the perfect mix of science-fiction/romance/comedy/parody/fantasy/action. The story, definitely from the realm of sci-fi/fantasy, is told in a suspenseful, grabbing way. Special effects are spectacular. What keeps grabbing me are the opening sequences, especially when I got the stereo and the subwoofer hooked to the VCR. Then we see twenty-third century McDonald's employees in costumes that might suggest we are watching a parody of a sci-fi movie. Milla Jovovich as Leeloo appears and opens the romance section of this film. Bruce Willis gets some of his usual action scenes, but the role has a lot more depth than your run-of the mill action movie hero. They both deliver some superb acting. Throw Ruby Rhod into the mix and you get a totally colorful, strange depiction of our future, but still the movie manages to get back into the "Movies To Be Taken Seriously" department towards the end. This movie has suspense, has laughs, has feasts for the eye, has dialogue, a story and superb acting by Willis, Jovovich, the ingenious Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, and of course, whats-his-name Rhuby Rhod. The soundtrack is also great, especially the singing performance by Inva Mulla Tchako (the Diva from the movie, the actress is not the one who sang though) which was probably aided digitally a little. Towards the end we have a hardcore-Kleenex scene...*sniff*...love saves the world despite all evil...but the ending scene is a lot less melancholic and philosophical. *grins* You'll see what I mean. The director is also to be commended, cause transitions from one scene to another are perfect. (Examples are to be found during the shuttle's liftoff or when the countdown arrives at "10"). Watch this movie. It's great. 10/10.