Editing The Fifth Element (section)

==Legacy==
The film has been described by [[CBS News]], Rotten Tomatoes, and ComingSoon.com as a science-fiction [[Cult film|cult classic]].<ref name=cbs>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jean-paul-gaultier-fashions-wild-child/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021083156/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jean-paul-gaultier-fashions-wild-child/ |archive-date=21 October 2014 |title=Jean Paul Gaultier: Fashion's wild child |last1= Teichner |first1=Martha |date=22 January 2012 |work=[[CBS News]] |access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/resident_evil_extinction/news/1662363/milla_jovovich_on_resident_evil_and_her_ultraviolet_beef/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030091431/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/resident_evil_extinction/news/1662363/milla_jovovich_on_resident_evil_and_her_ultraviolet_beef/ |archive-date=30 October 2014|title=Milla Jovovich on Resident Evil And Her Ultraviolet Beef |last1=Yamato |first1=Jen |date=13 August 2007 |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=11 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://io9.com/5663948/luc-bessons-next-film-is-the-fifth-element-to-the-power-of-ten |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807183748/http://io9.com/5663948/luc-bessons-next-film-is-the-fifth-element-to-the-power-of-ten |archive-date=7 August 2012 |title=Luc Besson's next film is 'The Fifth Element to the power of ten' |last1=Woerner |first1=Meredith |date=14 October 2010 |work=[[io9]] |access-date=11 December 2014}}</ref> In 2007 the [[Visual Effects Society]] placed ''The Fifth Element'' at number 50, tied with ''[[Darby O'Gill and the Little People]],'' on their list of the fifty most influential visual effects films of all time.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-visual-effects-society-unveils-50-most-influential-visual-effects-films-of-all-time-58100072.html |title=The Visual Effects Society Unveils '50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time' |date=11 May 2007 |agency=PR Newswire|access-date=12 September 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203060150/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-visual-effects-society-unveils-50-most-influential-visual-effects-films-of-all-time-58100072.html |archive-date= 3 December 2016}}</ref> In 2014 ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' listed the film at number 42 on their "100 best sci-fi movies" list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-100-best-sci-fi-movies-50-41 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213001750/http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-100-best-sci-fi-movies-50-41 |archive-date=13 December 2014 |title=The 100 best sci-fi movies: 50-41 |date=22 July 2014 |work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref>

Film critic [[Mark Kermode]] reported that ''The Fifth Element'' was one of the most divisive films among his readers, regarded as both the best and the worst summer blockbuster of all time. Years later, Kermode recalled: "I remember very clearly being in Cannes when ''[The] Fifth Element'' was first played, and it ''really'' divided the audience."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/markkermode/2012/08/summer_blockbusters_-_your_bes.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130034640/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/markkermode/2012/08/summer_blockbusters_-_your_bes.html |archive-date=30 January 2015 |title=Summer Blockbusters – Your Best and Worst |last1=Kermode |first1=Mark |author-link=Mark Kermode |date=28 August 2012 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> Stephen Cass of ''[[Discover (magazine)|Discover]]'' ranked the film the third-best science-fiction film on subscription service [[Hulu]], writing, "People seem to either like or loathe ''The Fifth Element'' {{spaces}}... Lavish visuals and entertaining performances from Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, and Gary Oldman make this movie worth watching."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/12/24/5-best-science-fiction-movies-on-hulu-3-the-fifth-element/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023115614/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/12/24/5-best-science-fiction-movies-on-hulu-3-the-fifth-element/ |archive-date=23 October 2014 |title=5 Best Science Fiction Movies on Hulu: #3, The Fifth Element |last1=Cass |first1=Stephen |date=24 December 2008 |work=[[Discover (magazine)|Discover]] |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> In some circles, the film has gained a "so-bad-it's-good" status; Meredith Woerner of [[io9]] listed ''The Fifth Element'' as one of "The 20 Best Worst Science-Fiction Movies of All Time."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://io9.com/5052003/the-20-best-worst-science-fiction-movies-of-all-time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815091851/http://io9.com/5052003/the-20-best-worst-science-fiction-movies-of-all-time |archive-date=15 August 2014 |title=The 20 Best Worst Science Fiction Movies of All Time |last1=Woerner |first1=Meredith |date=18 September 2008 |work=[[io9]] |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref>

===Cast comments===
Willis spoke favourably of the film in a 1999 interview, concluding: "It was a real fun movie to make."<ref name=special>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/11692611692/The-Fifth-Element-Luc-Besson-and-Bruce-Willis |title=The Fifth Element: Luc Besson and Bruce Willis |date=25 January 1999 |work=[[Special Broadcasting Service]] |access-date=30 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208034021/http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/11692611692/The-Fifth-Element-Luc-Besson-and-Bruce-Willis |archive-date=8 December 2014}}</ref> Tucker and Jovovich also spoke favourably of both their experiences making the film and working with Besson in interviews on the ''Ultimate Edition'' DVD; Jovovich described Besson as "the first really amazing director I had worked with."<ref>{{cite AV media |year=2005 |title=The Fifth Element – Ultimate Edition (The Star Element) |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group]]}}</ref> Asked in a 2014 interview if he liked the film, Gary Oldman stated, "Oh no. I can't bear it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playboy.com/articles/gary-oldman-playboy-interview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123231957/http://www.playboy.com/articles/gary-oldman-playboy-interview |archive-date=23 January 2015|title=Playboy Interview: Gary Oldman|last=Hochman|first=David|date=25 June 2014|website=[[Playboy]]|access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> He had explained in 2011: "It was me singing for my supper because Luc had come in and partly financed [my film] ''[[Nil by Mouth (film)|Nil by Mouth]]''."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liveforfilms.com/2011/09/28/gary-oldman-a-life-in-pictures-bafta/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228100359/http://www.liveforfilms.com/2011/09/28/gary-oldman-a-life-in-pictures-bafta/ |archive-date=28 February 2015|title=Gary Oldman 'A Life in Pictures' @ BAFTA|last=Hamm|first=Matt|date=28 September 2011|website=Live For Films|access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref>