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For all of you who think guns = good movie, I finally have a deal for you in the form of Leon The Emotionally stunted Babysitter Professional

Don't look into the script's original direction and pretend this is a wholesome time about a middle aged man and his 12-year-old girlfriend friend who is a young girl and you'll be sure to have a great time 👍🏻

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  • Jake T on 02/09/2024 - 15:53
    +12

    Excellent description lol. Also can thoroughly recommend the 4K, but hard to beat this price for the blu!

    • [Deactivated] on 02/09/2024 - 18:57
      +1

      @Jake T - Which 4K BD release? The 4K versions available in the countries that this title has been released in are not all the same, for example the colour grading of the StudioCanal UK release is different to the colour grading of the Sony U.S. release.

      • Faro on 02/09/2024 - 19:23
        -5

        ☝️🤓

      • Jake T on 02/09/2024 - 21:04
        +1

        You’re right, and I’ll hazard to say both version will be an impressive step up from the bluray. I have the StudioCanal version because I prefer the cover and the fact it has Dolby Vision. But I haven’t seen the grades side-by-side to know which I prefer.

  • Jack D Price on 02/09/2024 - 16:00
    +3

    Oh nice deal, I'm feeling something in my stomach

  • Fatboy74 on 02/09/2024 - 16:15
    +1

    "Matilda (the 12 year old girl), I want to have roots"

  • Homr on 02/09/2024 - 16:18
    +23

    Bring me everyone.
    What do you mean "everyone"?
    EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!1111one

    • Mr Bob Dobalina on 02/09/2024 - 16:26
      +2

      For the longest time after seeing this movie I thought Gary Oldman was American (this was in the days before Google).

  • KKHT on 02/09/2024 - 16:20
    +4

    This is from Matilda

  • Broden on 02/09/2024 - 16:20
    +2

    Please open the bargain bin.

    PLEASE

    • Magpye on 03/09/2024 - 00:00

      That was such a good scene

  • admr on 02/09/2024 - 16:28
    -2

    I love this film.. but it has seriously not aged well!

    • Mr Bob Dobalina on 02/09/2024 - 16:32
      +2

      In what way?

      • kamykazi on 02/09/2024 - 16:54
        +8

        The dinosaur cgi is terrible.

        • Mr Bob Dobalina on 02/09/2024 - 17:20

          ?

          • perfectlydark on 02/09/2024 - 17:29
            +9

            @Mr Bob Dobalina: the bit where the raptors break out and leon has to save the day

            • Faro on 02/09/2024 - 17:30
              +5

              @perfectlydark: I liked the part where Leon looks at the raptors and says "first it was Godzilla, now this!?"

              Cracks me up every time

      • theknight27 on 02/09/2024 - 20:00
        +6

        It's a highly problematic relationship between a grown man and a 12 year old.

        The director has confirmed that the movie was inspired by his relationship with his second wife, whom he started dating when she was 15 and he was 32. He got her pregnant by age 16. (All on his Wikipedia page).

        • Jake T on 02/09/2024 - 21:05
          -3

          Wiki for the win! /s

        • Magpye on 03/09/2024 - 00:48
          +4

          Movies are art, and art is highly subjective.
          This was my take on the relationship between the two.
          This is a 90s movie, and there was a strong entertainment theme at that time of estranged father's reconnecting with their kids after bitter and vicious divorces, with the problematic relationship between them, leading to an act of redemption by the father.
          That was the lens of the time.

          She was a child starved of attention from her entire family, save the little brother. Family is slaughtered, and she seeks safety from the only other adult she knows.
          He's the perfect father figure for her to act out on, and he doesn't brush her off and tell her to go elsewhere.
          He's awkward around her, because she demands attention and he's spent his entire adult life avoiding it, but there's nothing creepy about it.
          They exchange world views. He knows nothing about American culture, she knows nothing about headshots at 400m.
          They bond over these things like a new father daughter team, and Leon ensures that his final moments (not going to spoil it for you) is his last protective act towards Matilda. His act of redemption as a father.

          Is it problematic ? Only in the sense she's the last remaining member of a slain family being hunted by corrupt DEA agents, and he's a professional hitman. That's it.

          For what it's worth. Wikipedia is most certainly not a validated source of truth, and Luc Besson is well known for generating controversy for publicity.

          By all means, you can see it as creepy if you want, but I think you'd be missing the intended dynamic between these two.

          • tobia on 03/09/2024 - 07:17
            -1

            @Magpye: Well said

          • Faro on 03/09/2024 - 07:20
            +1

            @Magpye: This long-winded statement is still ignoring the original scripts explicit direction (that can be relatively easily found online, but many people seem intent on ignoring that part) and, considering the connections mentioned, you cannot seem to disprove the wiki statement without the disregarding of the entire site.

            As you've said, art is subjective in its interpretation. If you took its story literally and could not apply the subtext to the writing's origins, that's merely another subjective take.

            • Magpye on 03/09/2024 - 08:11
              +2

              @Faro: I've ignored the original script because it's not relevant to the actual version everybody has seen.
              Just like Disney's version of the Goldilocks bears (excuse the pun) little in common to the original source, because it's tailored to the audience of the time. That is most certainly a complicated relationship but it's not the story that is told today.

              Be my guest, go charging off on your white horse crusade against Disney, because the original version of Goldilocks had her being gangraped by three generations of men. I mean, how dare they change the script.

              The vast majority of our well established stories have dark, violent and ugly origins, and they've all been prettied up over time, because that's actually the story people would rather hear.

              Reading the original script gives you insight into Luc Besson, and for that he should be judged accordingly.

              But the movie can, and should be judged on its own merits, not least because it was created by a lot more people than Monsieur Besson.

          • theknight27 on 03/09/2024 - 10:08

            @Magpye: Art is subjective. If you watched the movie and didn't feel uncomfortable then you're entitled to feel that way. If you want to like the movie, then like the movie.

            I watched the movie, having no prior context, and felt really uncomfortable by the end. Not at the behaviour of Leon but by the way it depicted a 12 year old child. Here's the scene that I remember being the biggest offender: https://youtu.be/vEYBY9K3ZqA?si=UjrlBPfU1yz7Mm_k You can brush it off as "Matilda is acting older than her age as a defence mechanism" etc. but I just can't help thinking that a team of people came together to have a 12 year old try and seduce a grown man.

            After watching it I did some research and what would you know, the director (a 32 year old man) is in a 'relationship' with a 15 year old. And he states that his relationship with his child wife inspired the movie.

            Art is subjective, but if I walk away from that with "weird, creepy movie" then I still think I'm perfectly valid in my take. And if you can't acknowledge that then we're probably not going to see agree on anything…

            Lastly I'm not sure why we're litigating Wikipedia but here's the SBS article: https://web.archive.org/web/20100912042536/https://www.sbs.c…

          • Homr on 03/09/2024 - 15:27

            @Magpye: That's the way I saw it too when I first watched this film when I was 10. I see Leon as a protector rather than a creepy lover as some people in social media pointed out.

  • bio on 02/09/2024 - 16:42
    +12

    I don't know anything about "script's original direction" but unless my memory fails me there was nothing creepy in the movie. Matilda was probably in love with Leon, but it wasn't reciprocal.

    • Faro on 02/09/2024 - 16:54
      -2

      Amazing! Don't look it up!!

      • bio on 02/09/2024 - 17:06
        +6

        I mean, why would it matter? In the original Cinderella story the pigeons pluck out stepsisters’ eyes, but that's not the version we watch these days. A movie is not its equivalent to its source material.

          • bio on 02/09/2024 - 17:07
            +1

            @Faro: How so? Please elaborate.

            • Faro on 02/09/2024 - 17:24
              -1

              @bio: I just don't see how animated animals committing an act of violence that is relevant to the story's subtext (even if it is excessive) and planning an intimate relationship between a middle-aged adult and a pre-pubescent child are the same level of moral indecency I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️

              • bio on 02/09/2024 - 17:46
                +4

                @Faro: But the movie was not shot/cut that way. Again, I might be remembering this incorrectly as it's been a while, but it clearly indicated that the pre-pubescent child had a crush on the middle-aged adult, not the other way around.

                The script might have a totally different vibe, but that's irrelevant for someone who only watched the movie (a la Cinderella).

              • unifex on 02/09/2024 - 20:37
                +1

                @Faro: II think you missed the point it's not about the subject of the difference. It is the difference is there and people measure the movie on its own merits not another version of the story that people hadn't seen.

                • Faro on 02/09/2024 - 22:43
                  -5

                  @unifex: You're speaking in an objective manner about a subjective medium. Your take is as relevant as anyone else's here.

              • Magpye on 03/09/2024 - 08:57
                +1

                @Faro: "I just don't see how animated animals"

                Aww bless, that's not the original story, pumpkin. Not by several hundred years.
                For someone who is busy catigating others for not familiarising themselves with the source material, this is too precious.

                • Faro on 03/09/2024 - 09:06
                  -3

                  @Magpye: Oh, so if it's several hundred years I guess the revisionists aren't the same people who thought the horrific content was needed, right?

                  And I never actually got mad at people for not understanding the source material. It's just that people who defend this film are unaware of the intrinsic connections with the writer/director and his intentions. In this case the revisions were still done by the same person. No need for the belittling language when I've merely been arguing ideas.

      • Caped Baldy on 02/09/2024 - 17:10
        +2

        Jean Reno played Leon very well. Luc Besson is a bit of creep…

    • drillvoice on 02/09/2024 - 17:05

      There was definitely some creepy stuff, maybe not the character of Leon, but more the character of the people making the film.

    • theknight27 on 02/09/2024 - 20:33
      +3

      I have seen the film and the relationship made me uncomfortable.

      The director has confirmed that the movie was inspired by his relationship with his second wife, whom he started dating when she was 15 and he was 32. He got her pregnant by age 16. (All on his Wikipedia page). So I feel that justifies the alarm bells the movie set off.

    • dankru on 02/09/2024 - 23:16

      Your memory fails you.

  • DMFD on 02/09/2024 - 17:02
    +7

    International cut is the one you want.

  • Faro on 02/09/2024 - 17:21
    -8

    Full transparency: haven't seen the movie. I hear people love it and think it's great. Unfortunately I heard about its "controversies" before getting the chance to form an 'independent' thought on the matter.

    Ordered this, though. Maybe one day I'll get around to actually watching it.

    Please enjoy the movies you want to enjoy

    • havebeerbelywillsumo on 02/09/2024 - 17:42
      +10

      Watch it and ignore the (overdone) "controversy" IMHO

    • dregs on 02/09/2024 - 21:46
      +2

      "I hear people love it and think it's great"

      FWIW, it's No. 41 in the IMDb Top 250 of all time.

      • Faro on 02/09/2024 - 22:36
        -5

        Not in the Letterboxd top 250

    • Nom on 02/09/2024 - 22:00
      +2

      There is no controversy, because that controversial version never got made.

      It does not exist.

      This movie is not that movie.

      • Faro on 02/09/2024 - 22:37

        Is the director the same director who wrote it based on his love for his wife he impregnated when she was 16 and he was in his thirties?

        • Nom on 02/09/2024 - 23:56

          The director is a weirdo, and the movie is great. These two things are both true, and are also unrelated 🤷🏼‍♂️

          I'm not sure what you're trying to say ?

          • Faro on 03/09/2024 - 07:13
            -3

            @Nom: But they're not unrelated and it's bizarre that you can't see that

  • escrew7 on 02/09/2024 - 17:23

    Oos!

  • alan737 on 02/09/2024 - 17:31
    +1

    great movie

  • caboose on 02/09/2024 - 17:54
    -1

    Rewatched this a few months ago and it is pretty problematic. Liked it when I was younger but probably wouldn't be recommending it to anyone now, except to see Gary Oldman.

    Good price though.

    • XxBargainHuntaxX on 03/09/2024 - 03:09
      -1

      I watched it with my wife a couple weeks ago going in blind because I’d heard it was a classic. Extremely uncomfortable watch for both of us, I honestly feel bad about it

  • The Value on 02/09/2024 - 18:05
    +2

    EVERYONE!

    • Rimzi on 03/09/2024 - 07:05
      +1

      What do you mean everyone?

      • The Value on 03/09/2024 - 09:08
        +1

        E V E R Y O N E ! ! !

  • muwu on 02/09/2024 - 18:35
    +2

    I remember an interview when NP was 12 years old and thankfully she didn't know much about this film when she shot it 🤔

  • Cyphar on 02/09/2024 - 18:52

    I loved the movie, but I cannot watch it again. I felt like a dirty creep watching it. Natalie Portman played her role well, a role that shouldn't have been what it is. Still it is a fantastic vengeance movie and worth watching for those that haven't.

  • Sum-Ting Wong on 02/09/2024 - 19:10
    -1

    Could make a movie marathon of this, Lolita, and Let the Right One In.

  • paloverde88 on 02/09/2024 - 19:14

    Alien Romulus already out! That distinct poster is recognizable

    https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1781056353/alien-romulus-movie-poster-minimalist?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_au_en_au_all&utm_custom1=k_CjwKCAjwxNW2BhAkEiwA24Cm9IKub_4LC5FD7BLFXkMuwDCgJUMemC3OuJ47bGsFD6fTzjbctBlIxxoCmcQQAvD_BwE_k&utm_content=go_21081196511_159050505105_692925575702_pla-293946777986_c__1781056353enau_102845289&utm_custom2=21081196511&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwxNW2BhAkEiwA24Cm9IKub_4LC5FD7BLFXkMuwDCgJUMemC3OuJ47bGsFD6fTzjbctBlIxxoCmcQQAvD_BwE

    • Mr Bob Dobalina on 03/09/2024 - 00:23

      Huh? What are you on about?

      • inertia8 on 03/09/2024 - 09:04

        They be pointing out the similarity in the colour palettes for the posters of both these movies methinks.

  • nige0090 on 02/09/2024 - 20:36
    +1

    I have seen different cuts which have different levels of creepiness…
    The first cut I saw, was not creepy, that I remember.
    A different longer cut, that I saw years later had an scene where Matilda does a like a virgin/Marilyn Monroe seductive dance for Leon, and persuades Leon to sleep in a/her bed instead of his usual chair. These did feel creepy and spoiled the movie a bit for me.

    But Gary Oldman was so good.

  • kingarthur on 02/09/2024 - 21:17

    OOS

  • DarnyBoy1982 on 02/09/2024 - 21:32
    +1

    The virtue signalling in here is embarrassing. Its a great movie, nobody cares about your opinions on what is appropriate or not.

    • Cyphar on 02/09/2024 - 22:29
      +2

      I love the irony.

    • Faro on 02/09/2024 - 22:38
      -3

      Me stating a known controversy that makes me personally feel put off by a film is hardly virtue signalling

  • DMFD on 02/09/2024 - 21:41

    All these people mentioning creepy etc etc. Something you want to get off your chests?!

    • Faro on 02/09/2024 - 22:41
      -3

      The creepiness has been detailed in several comments. If you can't empathise with that, that's a you problem. Sorry people don't like the same movie you seem to?

    • [Deactivated] on 03/09/2024 - 12:48
      +1

      PSA: People that are sexually attracted to children may find this movie uncomfortable.

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