tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post6551542393022649034..comments2023-12-19T08:12:59.428-08:00Comments on Post-Punk Cinema Club: Léon (The Professional) (1994)a ppcc representativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03533616493105736109noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-11327830699919880052010-12-01T19:58:09.778-08:002010-12-01T19:58:09.778-08:00Really, the only reason I'm posting a comment ...Really, the only reason I'm posting a comment at all is to leave you with a piece of information I thought you might find interesting, especially since you mentioned it in your review, but also I'd like to say that this is one of my favorite movies of all time and I completely agree with everything you said (even about Gary Oldman's role in the Dark Knight, all I could think about was "is Gordon okay?!"). Anyway, I read that Jean Reno, after reading the script, decided to play Leon as someone who was mentally handicapped and just let Natalie dominate every scene as much as he could. Thought you might find that interesting! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-28801591170757986472010-07-12T07:41:34.425-07:002010-07-12T07:41:34.425-07:00Good review, points up the uncomfortably sqeamish ...Good review, points up the uncomfortably sqeamish nature of the relationship that binds these two characters. And I agree, how fantastically weird and brilliant is Gary Oldman? Who else could have carried this off? My other question has always been who had the stones to first write this and then film it? I can't imagine Leon and Matilda played by any other two actors. Ever. Jean Reno melds into the background a bit when Natalie Portman cranks it up but it's the pairing, the dance these two invoke that's so good. Hard to watch if you let the pedophilic element and violent scenes echo too much in your head but if you can tame those demons, it's an offbeat classic.JDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-12996935611930517042008-07-19T22:40:00.000-07:002008-07-19T22:40:00.000-07:00Memsaab - Jean is great, I agree! And this is one ...Memsaab - Jean is great, I agree! And this is one of his best, best films, def.<BR/><BR/>Ajnabi - I've only seen a few scenes from The Fifth Element, and I was turned off my Gary's ridiculous haircut. However, everyone keeps saying it's such a good film - and it is, after all, directed by the same Luc Besson - that I think I should give it a try. Top ten, even?! Oh, dear, def gotta see it!<BR/><BR/>Anonymous - Thank goodness I didn't spoil it in the review, then! Get thee to a DVD copy of this. Also thanks for the correction.a ppcc representativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03533616493105736109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-80877189206577983632008-07-18T21:49:00.000-07:002008-07-18T21:49:00.000-07:00I've don't remember ever seeing the ending. It was...I've don't remember ever seeing the ending. It was released in 1994, by the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-15171116450840415982008-07-18T10:19:00.000-07:002008-07-18T10:19:00.000-07:00I have to see this film; it's got three of my fave...I have to see this film; it's got three of my faves in it. I really liked Gary Oldman's performance in The Fifth Element too; did the P-PCC watch that OTT futurefest? It's definitely in my top ten.ajnabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296593338690811213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-82486172700402182562008-07-18T07:38:00.000-07:002008-07-18T07:38:00.000-07:00I don't normally like movies with a lot of violenc...I don't normally like movies with a lot of violence (unless it's Bruce Lee violence, in which case I love it). But I did really like this film too, more for Jean Reno than for Gary though. I love Jean Reno, I would gladly bear his children (as long as he took them away afterwards).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com