can't believe this was almost 10 years ago!

Rating: 9/10 (11 April 2006)

first off, a quick "me-profile": don't go to movies (can't sit in one place more than half an hour without having to go do something else); don't usually like "sci-fi-type" movies (especially one with lots of special effects and explosions); and finally, i'm about a decade behind everyone else on what i consider "recent" movies -- hence this just now.
just happened to flip on the TV while on vacation, The Fifth Element was on, thought it was bad, then worse, then so bad it ended up being quite good i had to run out and buy the DVD. i'm still hedging about how i feel about what "the fifth element" represented (and its place among the usual four: water, wind, fire, and earth), but i'll leave that to the idealists to romanticize.
basically, i found it hilarious, great veg-out movie, and i'd forgotten how yum bruce willis really is (and Luke perry in the beginning!)...don't know if this is a spoiler, but you shouldn't miss the performance of the diva, sandwiched between show-stealing comedic turns by chris tucker (why is a high pitched squeal always so funny?).
if you find yourself bored and want to just watch something and laugh, rent/buy/see this...this is the stuff from which brain-rot stems...marvelous!