Milla Jovovich as Aeon Flux! well not really.....

[kagenaki koe]

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/ultraviolet/index.html

[justy]

Wow, is *that* derivative. Spotted shots lifted from any of the Blade films, Ghost in the Shell... could be fun derivative, though.

[joethelion]

wow - yea

kinda a rip off isn't it?


btw - is it just me, or are all the scenes where she's wearing sunglasses look really hoaky

[cured]

actually all the scenes looked really hokey. I mean...how many Aeon Flux movies does this world need, anyway?

[holden]

actually all the scenes looked really hokey. I mean...how many Aeon Flux movies does this world need, anyway?

Dunno, but Milla Jovovich still rocks my socks! She's made a bunch of very hokey movies almost watchable for me!;)

[Drix]

I agree with the glasses thing.
Milla usually fits these type of roles well, but she looked a little weird in this one.

[kagenaki koe]

the trailer (same one) on apple.com/quicktime is much clearer btw.

OT for this thread: on that sony site there is also a trailer for Silent Hill the movie (though i dont have flash/shockwave 8 installed on my computer so i cant view it). i wonder if it's the same as this one:

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/silenthillqt.html

[b.miller]

after it was cool to not like The Matrix anymore, i remember A LOT of people saying they liked Equilibrium better. Seeing as how it'd be much easier for me to say i liked an imitator better than the Blade movies and Aeon Flux, coupled with the fact that Milla's hotter than Charlize and Wesley combined, I am pretty excited to see this.

[botkiller]

It looks ok - though there's that annoying trend in it started by "domino" recently, the repetition of saying one's name a billion times - "my name is ultraviolet"... meh, I don't know. it'll probably be better than most of the junk that's come out lately. I'd like it if it were directed by Luc Besson, though - "The Fifth Element" rocks my socks.

[adam]

The Fifth Element has its moments, but is seriously overrated, IMO.

However, the dude in the hallway with the photo of the hallway on his head kicks ass.

[grady]

The Fifth Element has its moments, but is seriously overrated, IMO.

However, the dude in the hallway with the photo of the hallway on his head kicks ass.

I think the best part of fifth element was the second trailer for the film with the Moby song playing over it.

[Malt Refund]

That Domino movie already did a trailer like this didnt they? "My name is Domino Harvey.. blah blah"

[potatobroth]

Fifth Element is a very fun movie to watch. whats to be overrated about? It doesn't take itself seriously. It also has some wonderful editting and cutting between scenes. Clever and fun :)

Milla Jovovich looks like Selma Blair in that poster.

[Aaron Contreras]

Horrible trailer. Probably some really cool action sequences.

[holden]

Fifth Element is a very fun movie to watch. whats to be overrated about? It doesn't take itself seriously. It also has some wonderful editting and cutting between scenes. Clever and fun :)


Absolutely! I've never heard of The Fifth Element being overrated..in fact, it was fairly well panned when it came out, and has more of a cult following than anything resembling mass appeal, methinks. Milla looks like a lot of fun, nomatter. ;)

[adam]

Well, I recognize your right to your opinion about it, but in response to "what's so overrated about it?":

It's a dumb, dumb, pretty movie that I can't even call overrated without a bunch of people springing to its defense. Hence...overrated.

[holden]

Well, I recognize your right to your opinion about it, but in response to "what's so overrated about it?":

It's a dumb, dumb, pretty movie that I can't even call overrated without a bunch of people springing to its defense. Hence...overrated.

Fair enough, but just because some people like something doesn't make it overrated. Yes, the movie's mostly crap, and i think most people will tell you so. What's overrated about liking it, if only for Milla Jovovich in surgical tape tops and sexy orange hair and....well, i digress.

Meanwhile, back on track, yeah, the trailer's poo. My larger concern is why video games and cartoons that were aimed toward a certain demographic (say, 13 - 30 yr old males with not much better to do than play video games or discuss anime), are being made into movies with multi-million dollar budgets? these movies rarely do well at the box office or in the critic's eyes. I dunno...i guess any way to make a buck.

[potatobroth]

Well, I recognize your right to your opinion about it, but in response to "what's so overrated about it?":

It's a dumb, dumb, pretty movie that I can't even call overrated without a bunch of people springing to its defense. Hence...overrated.

i believe i said, "whats to be overrated about?" in order for something to be overrated it needs to be hailed as a great movie in the first place, no? this movie received awful reviews and was panned by critics across the boards. i dont think anyone here said it was a great movie and im certainly not jumping to its defense as an underrated science fiction masterpiece. its a movie that never tried to be serious.

other than that, i WILL give it proper dues in that i cant think of a single sci-fi movie that has the same feel that 5th Element has. Don't ask me to describe that because i just spent 2 minutes trying to and all i came up with is feel. ;)

aw fuckit, its just a fun movie to watch. certainly not overrated or underrated because it was never rated to begin with. that movie was so off everyone's radar, even when it was in theaters.

i do however, feel that the editting is underrated. hats off to the editor/story-boarder.

[b.miller]

i distinctly remember a quote on the TV spots saying The Fifth Element was the next Star Wars, which it certainly is not (whether i mean that it didn't have close to the same tone as Star Wars or that it turned out to be way better than all three prequels I'll leave as an exercise for the reader). In my eyes though it was completely sold as a really serious space action movie with all the explosions, action sequences, and gravitas of a real epic. A lot of my friends were disappointed at the time... also because LeeLoo's scene in the cab when she tries to convince Bruce Willis to help her was a total not-as-good version of natalie portman walking down the hall with groceries hoping Leon would open the door.

BUT

i think with time all those expectations have been stripped away and now everyone knows it's pretty wacky and french. I really like the movie personally... I still tell people that I am a meat popsicle.

[crank]

This looks so much better than the Aeon Flux movie ever did.
and MIlla does look quite hot.

5th element at least had a decent story line that didn't take itself too serioiusly. I mean how can anyone not like especially with Chris Tucker doing his thing?

And those costumes? really neat world IMPO

crank!

[adam]

well, i think chris tucker is a shithead, so there you go

loud does not equal funny

[potatobroth]

well, i think chris tucker is a shithead, so there you go

loud does not equal funny

wow, you really hate this movie don't you?

[adam]

No, no, I just think it's cheesy and full of dumb lines. That venom was for Chris Tucker.

I guess my irritation with 5th Element really has to do with how close it is to being a genuinely good movie, but the problem is, every time I'm about to forget the last horrible line, or whatever, another one is thrown in. I tend to be more antagonistic towards movies like that, that could have been good but are ruined by some twat's bad taste/awful humour, than just a flat out bad movie.

[Tom]

Yeah fuck chris tucker!

[Scott Warner]

loud does not equal funny
I think it worked once for him: here. Obviously his recent track record would support your general theory of his qualities.

Personally, I think the 5th Element was a total mess with the occasional bit of fun; Tucker being one of those parts.

[adam]

Tom's post is actually making me laugh out loud.

[potatobroth]

I think it worked once for him: here. Obviously his recent track record would support your general theory of his qualities.

Personally, I think the 5th Element was a total mess with the occasional bit of fun; Tucker being one of those parts.

and i got quite annoyed by chris tucker but enjoyed the other bits of fun.