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Che writes:

quoted 4 lines tricky turns out to be a much better actor than a musician, in fact!

> > tricky turns out to be a much better actor than a musician, in fact! > > i was pleasantly surprised. > > So, who'd he play - Ruby? That was an amazing performance.

tricky was zorg's assistant (ie: the guy with the british accent).

quoted 3 lines I was too busy

> I was too busy > scanning the credits to see who played the General. Recognize him? I'll > give you a hint - "Let me tell you about my mother!".

brion james aka leon in blade runner... got that right off the bat.

quoted 3 lines on now: "the fifth element" soundtrack

> > on now: "the fifth element" soundtrack > > Well how is it? I thought it was pretty kick ass until the end credits.

yep, it's got that irritating end credit song at the start AND end of the CD, but a little judicious programming easily takes care of that. overall it's pretty cool. the ambient bits are really excellent - great synth sounds and fantastic production. some of the low rumbles make the walls shake. the first track, "mondoshawan," is pure abstract idm with lots of nice machine sounds and subdued drum beats. i kinda wish the rhythmic bits lasted longer, but this is all straight from the film so the cues are all on the short side. stuff that seemed longer on the screen (eg: the diva's dance) turns out to be 1:40 on disc! the one track i keep listening to is "ruby rap", which is very cheesy as a piece of audio, but was such a great moment in the film. it's basically the whole first section where Ruby ambushes Dallas and tries to interview him. i still can't believe they pulled that off. i've always liked eric serra's scores; even the james bond one which a lot of fans hated because it wasn't john barry-flavored orchestra.

quoted 5 lines It must be a BITCH to do "music of the future", but I thought he nailed

> It must be a BITCH to do "music of the future", but I thought he nailed > it on the second half of the Diva scene, which was one of the most > amazing pieces of editing I've seen, with Leleru (or whatever her name > is) kicking alien ass while the blue lady sings. It was so good I > clapped. Must see again and again.

i totally fucking loved this movie. i plan to go again and again, preferably while extremely high on dangerous and illegal drugs. -- Jon Drukman jsd@gamespot.com SpotMedia Communications How the drunk and the maimed both are dragged forward out of the arena like a boneless Christ, one man under each arm, feet dragging, eyes on the aether. (David Foster Wallace/Infinite Jest)