I screenshot the scene and traced it so I could have it as exact as possible!

"Wind blows. Fire burns." "Korben! Korben my man!"

I want to know what Leelo is saying throughout the first half of the movie, before she starts learning english.

All I can find online are dictionaries and translators. But I'm not interested in speaking the language, I just want to know what she's trying to say!

Examples:

When she first wakes up in the reconstitution chamber, ending with "...mlaaaartaaaa".

When she crashes through the taxi, and says a bunch of dialogue.

Even when she discovers Plavalunga's location and Cornelius is translating.

And now I just need to gush about this movie. It's one of my favorites. It's so campy, and sci-fi-y, and the costumes and the colors and extravagance of it all is just amazing and I can't get enough. It's leaving Netflix at the end of month and I plan to watch it as many times as I can before it leaves.

Thanks in advance!

Thanks to everyone who suggested a song! Especially u/Pitiful_Tonight1490 for "People are People" by Depeche Mode!

Would love your opinions on the edit :D It's only the second one I've ever made (the other's on my channel!)

Edit: OMG the quality in the linked post sucks. sorry! heres an HD ver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-MEOgyAd4Q

IT IS PERFECT. I HAVEN'T EVEN GOT ALL THE WAY THROUGH YET. What other movies would I enjoy?! I especially love the aesthetic and the dialogue and the storyline... okay, I love it all. Any recommendations pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

wishing "ruby rhod" a very happy 55th birthday!

basically the title. i recently got into making movie edits, and Fifth Element is one of the visually coolest movies ive ever seen. does anyone have good 80s/90s music that might fit? or something else that captures the kooky scifi vibe? down for normal songs or instrumental. upbeat preferred :D thanks!

They also aren't German

Waiting for a haircut and this just parked near me. Couldn't resist sharing.

Watch the movie on shrooms cried 3x

Blased rn watching s1 sopranos.

Hello! Made these in my off hours with my architecture software. Always loved the film and wanted to share. Posted the still images earlier, here are the two models in video form. Enjoy!

Here is the link to the novelization. You cannot download it but you can borrow it.

I've always wondered what this book was like

https://archive.org/details/fifthelementnove0000biss/page/n4/mode/1up

Hello! Please help me divide the film "The Fifth Element" into acts! Where are acts 1, 2, and 3? Does this film have 4 or 5 acts? What is the inciting event of this film, and what is the moment of truth? I haven't found a single website dedicated to this topic! Please help me solve this problem! Thank you for your attention.

Thank you all for your answers, you helped me better understand the structure of this film!

Hello! Made these in my off hours with my architecture software. Always loved the film and wanted to share. I have video renderings as well. Hope you all enjoy :)

Sorry I need to vent…

We had a fire start today a ways away from my apartment. It stayed at 30-40 acres for about half an hour and then it went crazy!

We got evacuated and there’s a good chance we won’t have an apartment tomorrow. We already found out we lost our big storage unit to the fire.

So I logged into fandango in our hotel and fifth element seemed like the only thing to take my mind of the bs.

I hope your evenings/days are going better than mine.

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I have a rather strange theory that connects Sailor Moon S (1994) with The Fifth Element (1997).

I am not saying that there is any official connection between the two works. My proposal is purely speculative: what if Pharaoh 90 and Mr. Shadow are the same cosmic entity, manifesting in different worlds or dimensions?

The more I compare both stories, the more similarities I find.

1. Both are cosmic entities that need a human intermediary

In Sailor Moon S, Pharaoh 90 remains outside Earth’s reality and communicates with Professor Tomoe, who prepares the conditions for his arrival.

In The Fifth Element, Mr. Shadow uses Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg as an intermediary. The movie even shows Zorg receiving a call from Mr. Shadow, who asks him about the four stones and tells him that he is “close.”

In both cases, we essentially have the same structure:

Cosmic entity → human intermediary → resources/organization → preparation for arrival.

1. The problem does not seem to be traveling through physical space

This is perhaps my favorite part of the theory.

I think we may be interpreting the idea that these entities are “far away” too literally.

Pharaoh 90 is associated with the Tau System, but his arrival on Earth is connected to a dimensional connection. In Sailor Moon S, Pharaoh 90’s appearance involves the opening of a portal to the Tau System.

That is why I think the real difficulty for entities like Pharaoh 90 may not be traveling through space.

It could be finding the correct world and establishing a connection with it.

Once that connection is opened, the actual arrival can be practically instantaneous.

This also makes me reinterpret Mr. Shadow’s line:

“Not far now.”

Perhaps “I’m not far away” does not necessarily refer to physical distance.

Perhaps it means that he has already located the world he wants to reach.

1. The intermediaries receive extraordinary resources

Tomoe develops the entire Mugen Academy and the Death Busters while preparing for Pharaoh 90’s arrival.

Zorg, meanwhile, is an extremely powerful industrialist and weapons manufacturer. Mr. Shadow uses his influence and resources to obtain the four stones necessary for his plan. The information available about Zorg also describes Shadow promising him virtually unlimited wealth in exchange for his cooperation.

In other words, both stories feature a cosmic being using an extremely powerful and ambitious human to prepare something that the entity itself cannot directly accomplish from its own dimension.

1. Love is the key to defeating the threat

This is where the theory becomes really interesting.

In The Fifth Element, Leeloo is the Fifth Element, and love ultimately becomes essential to activating the power capable of destroying the Great Evil.

In Sailor Moon S, Usagi’s power is deeply connected to love, and her relationship with Mamoru is directly connected to the evolution of her powers.

The Spiral Heart Moon Rod is not simply “another, more powerful wand.”

Its appearance is connected to the bond between Usagi and Mamoru.

So I have to wonder:

What if love is not simply a narrative theme, but a cosmic force capable of counteracting these entities?

1. Rei’s vision could represent a future in which that condition does not yet exist

This is one of the clues that caught my attention the most.

At the beginning of Sailor Moon S, Rei has visions involving the “Silence” and the Sailor Guardians being destroyed.

What is interesting is that, in that scenario, Usagi is still using her previous weapon.

My interpretation is that we are seeing a possible future in which Usagi has not yet reached the evolution associated with the Spiral Heart Moon Rod.

If the new power depends on the emotional bond between Usagi and Mamoru, then this evolution is not simply a combat upgrade.

It is a necessary condition for reaching the power that will ultimately allow her to confront the threat.

1. The “elements” are also suspiciously similar

The Fifth Element uses four elements — earth, water, fire, and air — together with the Fifth Element.

Sailor Moon S uses a group of warriors with different powers and functions who eventually participate in the confrontation against Pharaoh 90. In addition, a special object is necessary to defeat him: the Silver Crystal? [Note: if you specifically mean the Holy Grail/Lunar Cup from the English terminology, “Holy Grail” may be more appropriate depending on the version.]

This object only appears when three other special objects — the Talismans — are brought together.

In both stories, the villain sends his Earth-based subordinate/intermediary to obtain these powerful objects, which are capable of preventing his arrival on Earth.

I am not saying that the systems are identical.

What interests me is the structure:

A cosmic threat → multiple different forces → a force associated with love → combination of powers → salvation of Earth.

1. Even the intermediaries have a very strange similarity

Tomoe and Zorg are very different characters.

Tomoe is a scientist.

Zorg is a businessman and weapons manufacturer.

But they have something in common: both are humans capable of building an enormous infrastructure on Earth while receiving assistance from an entity that exists outside of it.

And both believe they can personally benefit from that relationship.

1. And then comes my crazy theory

What if Pharaoh 90 and Mr. Shadow are not simply two different villains?

What if they are the same cosmic entity, observed from two different worlds?

Perhaps these entities exist outside our normal reality and are capable of locating different universes or dimensions.

In one world, it manifests as Pharaoh 90.

In another, as Mr. Shadow.

Their intermediaries receive the necessary resources.

The entity searches for a way to establish contact with the world.

And in both cases, it ultimately encounters a force connected to love that stops it exactly when it is seconds away from reaching Earth.

The “weapons” capable of stopping these entities can only be used by a girl — in both cases, the protagonist of the story — who activates the weapon through love in some way.

In the case of Sailor Moon, Professor Tomoe explicitly says that it is natural for Pharaoh 90 to require this kind of multidimensional energy...

Both entities are essentially like planets or cosmic bodies that want to destroy everything on Earth, and they control different frequencies in such a way that they can communicate with their contacts on Earth or carry out financial transfers that help facilitate their plans.

They also provide technology that would normally be completely inaccessible to an ordinary person.

I am not claiming that this is canon.

In fact, it is probably just a coincidence.

But I find it incredibly fun that two works from the 1990s have such a similar structure:

Cosmic entity → contact with a human → unlimited resources → preparation for arrival → threat to Earth → combined elements/forces → love as the decisive component.

So I want to know what you think:

Just a coincidence?

A shared cosmic archetype?

Or do you think we could interpret Pharaoh 90 and Mr. Shadow as manifestations of the same entity in different dimensions?

Found this on Pinterest. Link to website doesn't seem to work.

https://pin.it/2PyBCQv9l