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The film 'leon'

xxsarahxx

16:34 / 17.04.04

has anyine seen leon its an ace film about a hitman. there is some great scenes in the film.

Grey Area

16:36 / 17.04.04

I've seen it. It rocks the casbah. What do you want/need to know about it?

xxsarahxx

16:38 / 17.04.04

i dont no really just to chat bout it.

any nit piks

wots ur favourite scene/ quote

Grey Area

17:12 / 17.04.04

Mathilda: "Is life always this hard, or just when you're a kid?"
Leon: "Always like this..."

xxsarahxx

17:28 / 17.04.04

matilda: u shud water me if u want me to grow.

from the plant scene

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17:42 / 17.04.04

My fave scene(s) : whenever Gary Oldman and his bodyguards turn up at the apartments. (twice i think)

He's one of my favourite actors and he does that part brilliantly.

Jack Fear

18:00 / 17.04.04

Sarah--this sort of thing is best suited to the Film, TV and Theatre forum, no?

Mazarine

19:17 / 17.04.04

Well, since Sarah's said she just wants to chat about it, I think it probably still falls more into the realm of conversation.

Our Lady Has Left the Building

20:15 / 17.04.04

It probably should be moved but as the thread's almost certainly going to be dead in a few hours I can't be bothered to mod it to move it.

miss wonderstarr

22:32 / 17.04.04

I can think of a "nit pik". You asked any1 got imformation on the film 'leon' , But you didn't want any kind of specific imformation at all! It turned out you had very little to say about the film despite all the unwarranted generosity you've received here.

My fuck! don't ever make me a mod on this board, because threads like this wouldn't survive past their first five seconds.

LykeX

23:28 / 17.04.04

I personally love the scene when Gary Oldman (gotta love him) and his goons show up to kill Mathilda's parents. Pop a pill, cue music, start killing.
It's grand.

D Terminator XXXIII

07:53 / 18.04.04

Please remember that two (or perhaps more) versions exist of this movie. Which I found out to my delight some years ago. It was originally cut because the grown man (but not intellectually so), underage girl love story was dangerously ...upsetting for some.

This other version - the uncut one - has an extended riff on the relationship between Leon and Mathilde (a dinner at a restaurant, champagne, lies and all - "I'm 18," claimeth & giggleth Mathilde - is funneh!).

I believe the DVD is the extended, standard one now.

ONLY NICE THINGS

11:07 / 18.04.04

My fuck! don't ever make me a mod on this board, because threads like this wouldn't survive past their first five seconds.

Not quite how moderation works here, Kovacs - check the FAQ.

xxsarahxx

16:47 / 18.04.04

why is everyone so geeky
moaning weither this conversation will last.

thank you if u have answered my 'questons'

PatrickMM

16:52 / 18.04.04

I love the film. Very few scenes get to me emotionally like Mathilda standing outside Leon's door, begging him to let her in, while Leon is reluctant becuase he knows that that would be the end of life as he knew it. Their relationship was so well developed, and complex, it made the entire film riveting viewing.

I believe both the US cut, known as The Professional, and the international version are available widely on DVD. Based on one viewing of each, there's not that many differences, though the international is clearly the movie of choice.

And, I heard rumors that Natalie Portman might be doing a follow up as Mathilda. On the one hand, I'd like to see it, considering it's by far her best acting performance, however, in a lot of respects, I don't think that there's really anything to add to the original.

ONLY NICE THINGS

18:40 / 18.04.04

Mod Hat - xxsarahxx, you may find many of your fellow posters here "geeky", but there are also right. One of the things that distinguishes Barbelith is a generally high level of conversation, and a correspondiong respect for one's interlocutors. Take a look at some of the other threads in Film, TV and Theatre and see how they play out.

PatrickMM

19:05 / 18.04.04

And, Sarah, not to be rude, but most posters will take the time to actually write out words, not just use the net abbreviations. You is only two more letters than u.

Cat Chant

06:56 / 19.04.04

Well, as usual (cf me on Donny Darko, Angel season 5 and The Passion of the Christ), I disliked it. I thought it was basically a Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan fluffy romance ("He's a hitman! She's a tiny child! They fall in love!" instead of "He's a single father in Seattle! She's a jaded engaged woman in New York! They fall in love!"), but with pretensions, which meant it wasn't even as enjoyable or competently paced/structured as Sleepless in Seattle. But then I'm collecting cross-age movies at the moment, so I paid more attention to that relationship than to the plot.

miss wonderstarr

10:21 / 19.04.04

Not quite how moderation works here, Kovacs - check the FAQ.

I'm sure that's actually for the best because any board I sole-moderated would soon be whittled down to a single poster.

Tom Coates

12:01 / 19.04.04

Can't we delete this and start again, only properly this time?

xxsarahxx

14:27 / 19.04.04

thank you for all your information

ill look out for the film about matilda!!

and im 14 please dont be rude, i only want to talk to other fans!!

many thanks xxxxx

xxsarahxx

14:33 / 19.04.04

*laugh out loud*

my mistake im 15

i was 15 on the 8th of april

Happy Birthday!

Are you cute?

This thread's got about two more posts to turn itself into an actual discussion about the film before it goes into Conversation.

Pan Paniscus

16:44 / 19.04.04

Kovacs - are you grooming?

FinderWolf

17:09 / 19.04.04

Here's a real question - is this film called LEON or THE PROFESSIONAL? I've heard it referred to by both titles. Although when I saw it I'm pretty sure it was titled THE PROFESSIONAL. I know it's not based on a foreign film or something, is it?

FinderWolf

17:12 / 19.04.04

Also, how is it that Natalie Portman's acting is so good here yet she's been pretty bad and wooden in pretty much everything besides LEON/THE PROFESSIONAL and her small bit in BEAUTIFUL GIRLS?

PatrickMM

20:17 / 19.04.04

I believe it was originally called Leon, but was retitled The Professional when released here in America. My DVD has it listed as Leon: The Professional. But, I'm pretty sure the intended title was Leon.

The Strobe

20:34 / 19.04.04

That's right. In the US, it's called "The Professional". Which is a shit title. In Europe it's called "Leon". And everywhere else, it varies, though both with a colon is not unknown.

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