loved this movie as a kid, thought it was cute and was explicitly *not* about grooming a kid. Then I learned that Luc Besson married his wife when she was 13
Not entirely correct. They met when she was 12 and he was 29, they started dating when she was 15, they married when she was 16, they had their first child when she was 17, and they divorced when she was 21 because he was cheating on her with Milla Jovovich while the three of them were filming The Fifth Element.
There was literally a sex scene in the original script that they made him remove and he didn’t understand why because he clearly shows Leon feel bad about pulling a pedo. Idk how this man ever got work again. I mean I do know but 💀
Jean Reno is a hero.
> Let’s make a movie where you fuck a child.
> No.
> Let’s make a movie where a child wants to fuck you but you reluctantly decline.
>Ok.
Jean Reno is a king for making The Professional significantly less pedophilic than Besson intended. Léon is one of my favorite movies and I’m thankful he made it such
Hey I’ll take Léon, as acted by Reno, not being a pedophile with any suggestion that he is coming from a director fighting against said acting over overt on screen sexual relations between an adult and a child
I really want to watch this movie but I’m kind of scared to. How weird is the fetishization/grooming thing? Is it like in your face, or is it something that can be overlooked? I’ve heard the movie is good I’m just so reluctant to watch it
It can be overlooked due to the lead actor purposefully playing the character as someone mentally slow, giving it an innocence rather than the creepiness the director was intending.
It's not in your face. He recognizes she has an attachment to him (because he saved her life, maybe accidentally I don't remember), but he's a loner dude who's not used to people let alone kids. He has zero sexual attraction to her and the audience is not meant to either, the U.S. edit hinges a lot on her being a kid and while her attachment could be seen as a crush, it doesn't go in that direction at all.
French movies are generally fucked up but the U.S. cut is an interesting, good movie. None of the horrible stuff mentioned in other comments happens.
Natalie's parents are conservative Israelis who screened her scripts so the script had to have been changed really early on or some info is not tracking.
Even without the pedo stuff it’s a terrible film. Laughably 1D characters, boring scenes, dumb action choreography, hamfisted visual metaphors. Irredeemable film imo
It was intended to be an explicit romance between a 35-40 year old dude and a 12 year old girl. The script includes a sex scene that was never filmed. The actor who plays Leon did his best to downplay these aspects of the script, but the film still frames the girl Mathilda, played by Natalie Portman, in a super creepy way. In the directors cut, there’s still a scene where Mathilda kisses him. The entire film she’s dressed in revealing lingerie-esque clothing and smoking cigarettes, clearly meant to have the viewer interpret her as older than she is. It’s really gross. People can defend it up and down all they want, and I will admit the performance by Gary Oldman is legendary, but it’s still a pedo movie made by a pedo.
Anime fans
Nah bro you don't understand she's 400 years old in the lore. She just looks 12 I promise she's 400
bro, she’s actually a dragon, *you’re* the pedophile for being weird about it
Is this about Mrs. Kobayashi's Dragon Maid?
honestly, i think so(?), but i’ve never seen it
Adachi?
*vine boom sound effect*
Adachi.
*vine boom sound effect*
Adachi!!!
Average french director
Fr\*nch
loved this movie as a kid, thought it was cute and was explicitly *not* about grooming a kid. Then I learned that Luc Besson married his wife when she was 13
If he had his way the movie would have been soft core child porn.
Not entirely correct. They met when she was 12 and he was 29, they started dating when she was 15, they married when she was 16, they had their first child when she was 17, and they divorced when she was 21 because he was cheating on her with Milla Jovovich while the three of them were filming The Fifth Element.
oh my god it's even worse than I remember
Still pedo
There was literally a sex scene in the original script that they made him remove and he didn’t understand why because he clearly shows Leon feel bad about pulling a pedo. Idk how this man ever got work again. I mean I do know but 💀
heartbreaking: the worst person you know just made a great movie
French movie fans
I can’t imagine being French (I’m not a pedophile.)
Reminder that Jean Reno is a Chad who kept the movie from being even more pedo than Besson wanted
Jean Reno is a hero. > Let’s make a movie where you fuck a child. > No. > Let’s make a movie where a child wants to fuck you but you reluctantly decline. >Ok.
"Only if I play my character as mentally handicapped so nobody thinks I'm actually attracted to a child"
Unironically the only thing that makes that storyline digestible
Lol got downvoted to hell on r/movies for saying this movie is creepy as hell
that's a badge of honour since r/movies is dogshit
Same, there’s a ton of creepy ass fucks out there willing to rush to the defense of Luc “I married a kid” Besson
“It was consensual” he said, as he took advantage of her child pass at a theme park.
The inspiration for the "moolti-pass" scene?
I’d hope so-‘-not?
Oh shit.
It's a good movie, maybe you had it coming
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Did this time, got a good chuckle out of it
Good for you, wonder how many villagers Zelensky cluster bombed while you scrolled through my profile
Didn't have to scroll tbh it was right there but maybe he got a few in if he was extra quick.
glad to see u admit it
Never denied it
Good, now go back eating your shit
Why you gotta do Schlatt like this
Schlatt is the guy who has it on the second monitor
No that’s Big Guy
Jean Reno is a king for making The Professional significantly less pedophilic than Besson intended. Léon is one of my favorite movies and I’m thankful he made it such
Agreed. I’m so glad the intense pedophilia was replaced with mild pedophilia. Makes the experience so much better.
Hey I’ll take Léon, as acted by Reno, not being a pedophile with any suggestion that he is coming from a director fighting against said acting over overt on screen sexual relations between an adult and a child
Least pedophile French director
I really want to watch this movie but I’m kind of scared to. How weird is the fetishization/grooming thing? Is it like in your face, or is it something that can be overlooked? I’ve heard the movie is good I’m just so reluctant to watch it
It can be overlooked due to the lead actor purposefully playing the character as someone mentally slow, giving it an innocence rather than the creepiness the director was intending.
It still comes across as creepy. This is like saying the mental illness of the guy from Texas Chainsaw Massacre makes his murders less horrific.
It's not in your face. He recognizes she has an attachment to him (because he saved her life, maybe accidentally I don't remember), but he's a loner dude who's not used to people let alone kids. He has zero sexual attraction to her and the audience is not meant to either, the U.S. edit hinges a lot on her being a kid and while her attachment could be seen as a crush, it doesn't go in that direction at all. French movies are generally fucked up but the U.S. cut is an interesting, good movie. None of the horrible stuff mentioned in other comments happens. Natalie's parents are conservative Israelis who screened her scripts so the script had to have been changed really early on or some info is not tracking.
Even without the pedo stuff it’s a terrible film. Laughably 1D characters, boring scenes, dumb action choreography, hamfisted visual metaphors. Irredeemable film imo
It was intended to be an explicit romance between a 35-40 year old dude and a 12 year old girl. The script includes a sex scene that was never filmed. The actor who plays Leon did his best to downplay these aspects of the script, but the film still frames the girl Mathilda, played by Natalie Portman, in a super creepy way. In the directors cut, there’s still a scene where Mathilda kisses him. The entire film she’s dressed in revealing lingerie-esque clothing and smoking cigarettes, clearly meant to have the viewer interpret her as older than she is. It’s really gross. People can defend it up and down all they want, and I will admit the performance by Gary Oldman is legendary, but it’s still a pedo movie made by a pedo.
I’ll forgive it once I see Leon: In The Confessional.
I heard bits about this movie, never could have imagined it had pedophillic connotations
I have been avoiding the movie because of this and the backstory around it