Leon: The Professional (Extended Cut)

Science Fiction Film Podcast (2019)

LSG Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Improv, Comedy

4.7 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2019

⏱️ 158 minutes

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Episode Rundown

03:20 - Separating the art from the artist
11:44 - Natalie Portman's thoughts on the movie now
14:06 - Mathilda's confused feelings - Part 1
15:32 - Who does the 'sexual misunderstanding' plot appeal to?
18:07 - Age of consent around the globe - YUCK
22:35 - Why did Leon never explicitly say, "NO!" to Mathilda's advances
34:11 - The most French pants of all time
42:30 - The setting as a heightened version of reality
44:41 - Gary Oldman's improv and Stansfield's collision course
46:56 - Please beat your children quieter
49:27 - Mathilda's world before Leon
51:19 - Stansfield as the Angel of Mercy
54:07 - Don't sugar-coat how terrible life is to your children
55:32 - Maybe just murder Mathilda and move on?
57:11 - The Stansfield and Beethoven connection
1:02:20 - Mad Oldman and Hot-Head Matt
1:13:28 - Besson corrects Matthew's assessment of Natalie Portman
1:15:19 - Leon's stunted social development
1:24:27 - "S" comes after "K" except with sniper rifles and knives
1:35:05 - Matthew is derailed when he forgets some names
1:40:00 - Matthew's sketch playground "studies"
1:42:29 - Mathilda's confused feelings - Part 2
1:45:53 - The most distracted cop of all time
1:48:16 - A couple of nerds discuss some vampire powers
2:00:32 - Besson directs a child as if she were a woman. YUCK.
2:04:40 - Mathilda's confidence withers under Stansfield's presence
2:11:42 - "It's about time this child has sex." Luc Besson
2:14:59 - "She asked for it." Matthew the Defendant

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the science fiction film podcasts by LSG Media.
0:12.6	I'm Dean.
0:13.4	I'm Matthew.
0:14.3	And on this week's episode, we're talking about The Professional from 1994, by Luke Besson.
0:28.1	All right, Matthew,
0:28.9	we're back,
0:29.4	and I do not want to
0:30.3	bury the lead this week.
0:32.4	I don't want to.
0:33.3	I think it's very important.
0:34.7	Coming out of the gate,
0:35.4	very strong.
0:37.1	I think we should go right into Luke Besant.
0:41.7	I know that you were doing some research asking me if I did any and I didn't.
0:45.1	And I'm excited to hear what you have to say.
0:47.2	I did read one article.
0:49.0	And we got to talk about, I don't want to bear the lead on this because I think it is important
0:56.1	because I think the crux of this entire picture is the relationship between Matilda and Leon.
1:02.2	Definitely.
1:02.8	And I think that relationship is weird.
1:07.1	Definitely.
1:08.2	And I want to talk about it.
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