The Fifth Element

by Terry Bisson

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Exciting film tie-in to the huge new $90 million sf blockbuster film from Luc Besson (director of NIKITA and THE BIG BLUE) starring Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman. In a timeless story about love and survival, heroes and villains, set in a weird future in which anything is possible, THE FIFTH ELEMENT tells the story of an unlikely hero rising to the challenge of battle against the ultimate Evil.Filled with humour, action and romance, THE FIFTH ELEMENT is written and directed by Luc Besson, the show more visually-innovative director of LA FEMME NIKITA and THE PROFESSIONAL. The film stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman and Milla Jovovich.Filmed in the highest secrecy at Pinewood Studios in the UK, THE FIFTH ELEMENT is set to be the sf film blockbuster of the summer. show less

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Great visuals and humor. Perfect woman equals emaciated teenager clothed only in bandages = bad, perfect woman kicks ass until they shoot at her then she cries and hero has to carry = very very bad. Love the blue woman singing
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Even though it's the novelization of the movie (which usually vary in quality from very good to very bad), I loved this book. It was a fun, easy read and fast paced. I loved the way it was written.
I liked the movie, and the book was cheap, so how bad could it be I thought to myself. The answer is terrible. Its in a big font with large margins, and still only a little over 200 pages long (in other words really short), however its not very well written either, which means that's merciful. The book is full of discussion of how under dressed the young women that is the Fifth Element is. The. Whole. Time. Not the worst book I've ever read, but certainly not one I will read again. Oh and what's with lines like "the search engines cranked and groaned"? Groan. Oh and what's with lines like "the search engines cranked and groaned"? Groan.

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Canonical title
The Fifth Element
Original title
The Fifth Element
Original publication date
1997
People/Characters
Korben Dallas; Jean-Baptist Emanuel Zorg; Father Vito Cornelius; Leeloo; Ruby Rhod; Diva Plavalaguna (show all 9); Aknot; Akanit; Kino
Important places
New York, New York, USA; Phlosten Paradise
Related movies
The Fifth Element (1997 | IMDb)
First words
It was 1913 and "The War To End All Wars," World War I, had not yet begun.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)First the old moon, then the new one.
Disambiguation notice
This is the novelization of the movie. Please don't combine with the movie itself.

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Fiction and Literature, Science Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3552 .I7736 .F33Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-

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