Amazed at Movie's Complete Ridiculousness

Rating: Null/10 (5 August 1999)

Like many, I had high hopes for this film. Then I saw it. Then I couldn't believe how horrible of an experience it was. "Star Wars for the '90s" indeed... whoever wrote that should be shot. I hated this movie from the very first tired cliche, where Corbin Dallas suddenly bolts upright from a bad dream. It was all downhill from there: the "perfect" specimen of a human (sorry, she wasn't), Ruby (COMPLETELY pointless. It was as if this character was just thrown in there for the sole purpose of making this movie unbearable), Zorg's accent, the "duck" aliens, and the diva? What the hell was that? And to think that the movie instantly became TWICE as bad in the final, laughably artificial emotional moments when we learn the 5th element is LOVE! Love conquers all! How profound! Mr. Besson, I don't care if your other movies were good--.