It's "The Time."

What a thoughtful thing to say about a complete, total garbage movie! I don't know what it is about The Fifth Element that causes so many otherwise smart people to give in to such terribly misplaced praise. The movie is a pile of shit, Chris Tucker's character is a horrible caricature, and just because someone dressed as an alien but -- oh my gosh! -- is an opera singer! Oh my gosh! Who would have expected such a moment of manufactured beauty! The movie is bad, and you should feel bad for liking it.

When Lady Gaga first showed up she reminded me of Ruby Rhod.

Exactly. Purple Rain makes no sense unless you consider the gender expectations that are being challenged. It's all about the rift between The Time and The Revolution and The Purple One's codified inner gender turmoil.

And I love The Fifth Element. Especially the take-off montage!

@2: why do you hate everything? the art direction and over the top acting are very enjoyable.

While I completely agree that, if nothing else, The Fifth Element took Tucker well out of his typical zone (and I disagree that the movie is completely garbage -- it introduced us to the lovely Milla Jovovich, gave us yet another amazingly rich villain played by Gary Oldman, and even had room for a small role played by elder Bilbo Baggins himself), I don't see where Tucker's character Ruby Rhod blurred any sexual lines. Sure, maybe his costuming isn't a three piece suit, and next to Willis' burly, hairy-chest, Action Man maleness, it shows up as very distinct, but Rhod's character is 100% straight, baby; he exudes girl-friendly sexiness, particularly in his seduction of the stewardess. This is an unidentified future, and fashions change. Take the 1970s, when it was fashionable for straight men to look like gay men; take the 1770s, when men wore powdered wigs and makeup and foppishness and dandyism were the order of the day, and it's pretty clear (to me, anyway) that this arbitrary line of masculinity and femininity that Charles seems to be unable to let go of after all these years is just that -- arbitrary, and nowhere written in stone for eternity. Not just for the future, but even for the past.

@2: It is a narm-fest, comical love letter to the ridiculous and over the top sci-fi from previous decades. It was not really meant to be Citizen Kane.

It is quite good at doing and being exactly what it wants to be. More that can be said of most movies. It is not a great film, but it is fun in small doses.