I like his appearance very much. It seems very simple and honest but actually very cunning. His eyes always reveal inspiration. This kind of person is very suitable to play a role like a mad scientist, because strange ideas will burst out of that head. .
Luc Besson’s strength lies in the fact that he is not like a European or French director in the ordinary sense, always frowning or deep or avant-garde trying to make all the movies into adult education propaganda films and always squinting at the Hollywood people on the other side of the ocean. However, Luc can easily control a clean and pollution-free green movie like "Blue Sea and Blue Sky" while perfectly manipulating a blockbuster with a Hollywood-like fighting plot like "This Killer Isn't Cold", or he is also directing the spoof series of shooting taxis like a joke. Joan of Arc's epic is staged again. All types are always easy to catch for him.
Of course, he still won't let go of entertainment films, just like this "The Fifth Element".
This seems to be a sci-fi movie, and indeed it is, alien creatures, the destruction of the earth, the new century's human beings, the new century's cities, spaceships, high-tech weapons, all are essential elements of a sci-fi story, and then, as always, the president of the United States carries the world. The hope of the people, a hero assumes the dream of saving mankind, Hollywood-style Americanized lonely hero model. As a result, this movie was called the failure of Luc Besson's career. It was criticized for having no connotation and no literary meaning. It was criticized for being full of special effects. How it was criticized was not like that genius Luc Besson.
Oh, why bother? Why do we have to frown when watching a movie to dig out its so-called humanistic meaning? Why despise all Hollywood entertainment elements? Why can't a big director be allowed to entertain for a while like a ticket? Don’t you guys see that this is a comedy?
Looking beyond the sci-fi model of thinking, in fact, this is just a comedy disguised under the appearance of a sci-fi movie, nothing more than entertainment. If it is regarded as a science fiction film, it is obviously a story with no new ideas and no breakthroughs. As a comedy film, then this is suddenly full of new ideas and unlimited creativity.
Why not prove it?
1. The ending is beautiful, this is comedy, this is the basic principle of drama.
2. You absolutely laughed while watching the movie, because he definitely has humor. Where is the humor? For example, the stupid half-orc warrior, stupidly moving and brainless like his appearance. For example, when boarding a plane, the alien face will be pierced by the beast face around in embarrassment. For example, the priest put on the holy clothes to greet the antics of the god-man. For example, when Lilu didn't hesitate to change clothes, the men turned their backs. For example, the extremely fast speech rate of the crazy host. Such as the general who was frozen in the refrigerator. For example, Gary Oldman who saw another bomb. For example, if you can't go on, there are too many.
3. The production of this film is actually different from the so-called orthodox science fiction disaster film. For example, the president who appears in all movies. Do you think the president of this movie is familiar? By the way, he should look like a passerby in various gangster movies, such as the one who beat George Clooney in the Arhat series (a dozen I forgot). However, he turned out to be the president. Isn't this a joke in itself? The presidents in other disaster movies are without exception an old man, even gray-haired, with a heavy face looking worried about the country and the people and ready to be generous at any time, this one? There is no decisiveness, and the disaster is imminent. Calling is the cliché of "how I will represent the federal government". Isn't this a ridicule?
4. Villains are generally evil, but Gary Oldman is evil and ridiculous this time, especially in comparison with the perverted policeman in "Hitman". There are two villains now. Either they are extremely ugly, gnawing and gnawing their teeth, or handsome and heroic. All the bad water is flowing in the stomach. When have you ever seen a cripple with a funny head? Or a cripple who almost choked to death by a cherry? From the moment the villain debuted, the intent of the comedy couldn't be more obvious.
5. The image of the military is no longer ugly. Sometimes the military as a government image in disaster movies often confronts the protagonist to show the protagonist’s loneliness. This time the general will be like a child to molest the gods and get hit by a punch. , Would go to the slums for help and be frozen in the refrigerator, and shiver in the monitoring room with the president without dignity.
After the fifteen minutes of the opening of the opening minutes of the narrative atmosphere, the story develops more and more to the routine of comedy, and there are more and more scenes that can’t help but laugh. This is all humor. I don’t know if it’s American Hollywood, but at least it’s not. European-style acrimony. I wonder how many so-called "humanists" can't find the pleasure of watching movies in this movie?
Of course there is pleasure, and this pleasure depends more on the director's superb editing techniques. Two shots at different times and locations were quickly connected in series. The question in shot A was answered by the person in shot B, and it was not abrupt but harmonious. The classic movie history scene with super high pitch and fighting is the perfect display of this editing technique. The fighting action and the rhythm of the sound are perfectly combined. Each accent in the music is a heavy blow. The last two women even spread their arms in exactly the same posture and synchronized at the same time. This shot is enough to show Luc Besson’s ability, and People will never tire of it.
Another highlight of the film is the music. The fusion of various music styles complements the film. In addition to the unforgettable treble, the Indian or Arab-like music when Bruce Willis appeared is not only novel but also harmonious. This makes People are particularly emotional.
Of course, a good director is inseparable from a good actor. Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, and another Mira who made Luc Besson.
Bruce Willis is too good at acting like this kind of tough guy with a combination of softness and softness. It is not the first time that he has become the savior of all mankind. So it is too easy for him to continue to pretend to be down and down. When he was in danger, he continued to show his muscles and agility, and continued to linger with the heroine for a while. However, this time he needs to be a little humorous, facing the mother who never showed up but created the greatest comedic effect at the end, or to do a bit of embarrassment of secretly kissing a beautiful woman but being shot at the fingertips.
Gary Oldman is an old showman. He could be the bohemian Sid, he could be a policeman who was perverted to kill people, he could be the charismatic Sirius, he could be an evil and dumb villain lame. With him, the movie is complete, and sometimes the supporting role will be more brilliant than the protagonist.
As for this red-haired and blue-eyed man who is known as a flawless god, look at her primitive behavior when she was just trained, look at her embarrassment when she can’t speak English, look at her holding an international pass. The innocent smiley face, looking at her confusion and confusion about protecting humans at the moment of life and death, these are enough to attract people. If there is a god, I really hope that he is like this.
Perhaps "Hitman" is Luc Besson's most successful film, but at least "The Fifth Element" is not a failure at all. Even if it disappoints countless "humanists" and "anti-Hollywood", it is still one. A successful comedy with a sci-fi coat.
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