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The cast is just perfect IMHO. Super green! ; Also one of my all time favorites.

• lotsofpulp 7mo ago
  I thought slightly less of the casting for Fifth Element after I learned about the "Born Sexy Yesterday" thing in conjunction with Luc Besson's personal life. Same with Leon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_Sexy_Yesterday https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_Sexy_Yesterday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thpEyEwi80 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thpEyEwi80 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson#Personal_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson#Personal_life While I enjoyed watching the movies, I feel like I would have to point out this dynamic if I were to show the movie to my kids.
  • ryandrake 7mo ago
    That's a pretty wild take, but ok. I think you really have to be digging deep and "looking for trouble" to take issue with a fun and relatively wholesome movie like Fifth Element.
    • ChoGGi 7mo ago
      Not to mention them getting together for the Fifth Element led to the Joan of Arc movie they did together afterwards (or at least contributed).
  • joquarky 7mo ago
    Let's just cancel everything.
  • steve1977 7mo ago
    Hmm, I mean that "thing" appears to be the opinion of one guy on YouTube. Which he is entitled to of course, but I don't necessarily agree. Especially considering he's using Leeloo as "the most quintessential example" but then also "emphasizes that the Born Sexy Yesterday trope intensifies the dynamic by positioning women as submissive rather than equal partners", which is clearly not really the case here. Or for example a scene early on where Korben tries to kiss her, to which she reacts with a gun to his head and says "never without my permission". Doesn't really sound very innocent or without agency to me. I get the point of the analysis and it's certainly not completely wrong, but it seems to be a bit far-fetched and incoherent to be honest.