Leon: The Professional (Extended Cut)

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 Twitter Dean - @dean_lsgmedia Matthew - @matthewfromlsg LSG - @lsgmedia Support Support LSG Media by becoming a member

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Leon: The Professional (Extended Cut) is an episode from Science Fiction Film Podcast by LSG Media.

This episode is 02:37:38 long.

This episode was published on Aug 12, 2019.

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