Mega64 Movie Club: Leon the Professional
Added 2021-07-10 10:35:12 +0000 UTCThis week's schedule is gonna be kind of weird as we catch up on some of the Patreon stuff we missed this last week! But bear with us- lots of fun to come!
Is this Leon? Or The Professional? Is this a French film? The director did WHAT? There's a lot of confusion in this episode, but we decided to snipe right through the questions and finally see the movie we've always heard lots about: Leon the Professional!
Comments
How do you like it so far is something I say to myself so often
Ross MacKinnon
2021-07-17 07:31:57 +0000 UTCBeen a big fan of The Professional since the 90s, and didn't know about the longer version until a few years ago. It is honestly a way better movie than the "theatrical" film. More scenes about Matilda and Leon's "relationship" which, depending on how you feel about that element of the plot, I can understand if that's not for you, but there is also way more scenes of Leon taking Matilda to cleanings to teach her. I think Derrick got it the most, where the story is a lot about Matilda and her coming of age, not knowing what to feel about this savior/father figure in Leon, and Leon being a loner his entire life and now being in this protector/father-figure role. I think it's easy to pass everything off as pedo bait, but it's a very one-sided attraction that Leon never reciprocates, and I really enjoyed watching that dynamic play out amidst all of the crazy action and violence.
Bill Murphy
2021-07-16 14:28:49 +0000 UTCNext week is INDEPENDENCE DAY.
Mega64
2021-07-12 11:03:26 +0000 UTCRight on! Legendary funnyman Stephen Chow randomly dresses characters like this in Out of the Dark too. https://imgur.com/jFUYHk5
Ian Groovy
2021-07-11 21:30:14 +0000 UTCI love learning more about movies I've seen with my favourite boyz but like Derrick I think this knowledge has changed my opinion of Luc Besson I had no idea, and when I watched this movie I was way too young myself to be aware of the seductive elements
Fromaginator
2021-07-11 01:19:08 +0000 UTCWhy does this movie have pedo shit? Because it's made by a French guy. Same reason all Ubisoft games are bad. All their most prominent philosophers and thinkers are obsessed with lowering the age of consent. And baguettes, I presume.
fluff_diva
2021-07-10 17:17:13 +0000 UTC
