@@europeanpatriot8031 Maybe if you cant get the attention of a grown woman like Discord mods that might attract you to young girls. But real men would have zero interest in a 13 year old kid
@@europeanpatriot8031 First part: Yes. You are right. Second part: No. You have to talk with her, about what she really feels. She needs to understand.
In a way this movie explores the “Daddy issue” complex. Matilda lost her father and what she is experiencing now is just overall love for Leon. But she is confusing it with sexual love. She’s lacking a family now and so now love is a confusing land that she is beginning to explore. Probably doesn’t help that she is maybe close to puberty. Leon has probably gone through what Matilda went through and knows better. He’s a professional, he has ethics and a code to follow. A gentleman not a monster. Only a monster would take advantage of that “daddy issue” complex.
Exactly! I couldn't agree more. To all men out there: become a professional and a gentleman. Don't be moved by desires, feel for the other person. There is no greater love than that. It's easy to manipulate, but true love requires a sacrifice at all times. (Edit: When I first saw this scene on the cinema I was attracted to it... It was wrong. A desire grew up inside me and I was exploring it for a long time, more than considered healthy. But in the end, I got rid of it on the whole. Deleted everything related to it... I was addicted but now I'm free. I won't miss anything...)
Yea but Portman is above standard actually even as a young girl, so... Maybe it's better with something like, "I maybe a killer, but I'm not a pedo" or shit like that.
I like how emotional Leon feels when he tries to get into character and struggles to turn into the cold hearted assassin he always was. It’s like he doesn’t want to kill people anymore after he met Matilda
It's like, when you have a kid and you can't be that cold hearted anymore, you have the second one and you're scared. Someone tries to touch them... and you get 100 below zero.
@@Jackw00pw00p2 yeah 'cause now he has something to lose. he has Matilda, his pseudo-daughter. this movie is excellent and has many talented actors in it.
this is a thing that happens more often than people realize - young girls fall in love with a much older man because she feels safe and secure with and around him, she is finding herself and has all these new feelings that she has no experience with so it can all be very confusing....it is up to the adult to know better and teach them because they aren't going to feel safe and secure anymore if that boundary is crossed....the boundary....is what made the feeling of safety and security possible in the first place
Nah, not really. My friend has a crush on our math teacher, not because she feels safe or secure with or around him. The man has this illness where he couldn't move too much, though he's in late 40s. Instead it is my friend who always prevented him from being hit by things, and protect him from the so-called popular boys who often mock him for being a "nerdy teacher".
@@Addaxx_ How Was Natalie Portman Discovered and Cast in “Léon: The Professional” at Such a Young Age? Natalie Portman kicked off her illustrious film career with her role in Léon: The Professional (1994), cast at 11 years old from a group of more than 2,000 hopeful girls. Litterally just google it
as a girl myself that doesn’t have a stable completely good relationship with her dad i understand what they’re going for with Matildas character she had never felt a fatherly guidence and she hasn’t ever really felt a father figure in her life until leon and she feels a bond, that longing for a male guardian but mistakens it for love it’s a very real thing amongst young girls
I had bad feelings about the sexualisation of children during this movie from the first scene where Matilda was introduced just by the way she was dressed. By the end I was willing to brush it off as exploration of a taboo subject through film and had come to the conclusion that it was trying to show how young naive girls don’t know how to express their feelings properly, especially those who lack male role models. But after finding out that the director had a child with a 15 year old when he was 30 and that he originally wanted to include more explicit scenes I can’t help but think that there was a more malicious and perverse intent behind some of the scenes.
yeah. ever since I heard about the director, I’ve hated the movie, because every scene that was off was actually some sort of “fantasy” that the director wanted. 😐🫤 it’s disgusting. and I hate the director.
These scenes become a little creepy when you realize that Besson said they were inspired by his relationship with his second wife who was 15 when they started dating (he was 31).
@@JohnPopcorn06 yes, i can see that you forgot that during the time people were consideret adults with 15 was when life expectancy was around 40 years old which is almost halve of what we have today.
@@xraystudios3693 i wasnt replying to the original comment but to the fellow who compared the 11 yo in the movie with the 15 yo that got married. those are 4 years difference
It's important to learn from Matilda and Leon's dynamic around love. She thinks she is falling in love for him, but he knows she is wrong. But deep inside, he knows both are developing true love for each other. Not romantic, but love nonetheless. And for the first time in who knows much time, he is scared he may lose something.
What she feels is the affection a girl feels towards a guardian figure who cares for her. She never had a parental figure in her life, an adult, that keeps her safe and protects her from the cruelty of the world. The thing with Mathilda is that her perception of love and affection is skewed due to her upbringing and environment she had to grow up in. She can't differentiate Parental love from Partner love, adult love, because she grew up in an environment where she had to present as a woman rather than a little girl. Leon is right to say how do you know what love feels like if you never felt it before. Its not the idea of Leon shes in love with but that someone who is inclined to be her guardian and care for her is actually doing so.
I’m gonna be honest, I think it’s weird so many comments are specifying girls. Everyone’s different, and I can assure you, boys can go through this too, as can some girls NOT going through this. Let’s stop the generalizing
Many would think of that as partner love. I think it is better to build a love relation based on friendship rather than something that is based entirely on sex.
I watched this movie several times through my life: when I was a kid, teenager, young adult and a supposed-to-be-adult. When Leon spits the milk is my favourite part of the movie (besides the grenade pin gift scene). And I guess this particular scene also taught me to not taking advantage, besides my education. Some kind of a morale principle reinforcement. Not of a kid, but of a drunken friend, random woman in the streets, or another kind of situations that made me think at least once that I could have taken advantage on somebody. But no, there's no need to go through that. Those moments clearly were screaming that I was the one in a good position. And I should act to others like I would love them to behave with me. This mindset saved me for tons of hypothetical misunderstoods and problems. Thanks mom and dad for raising me this well. And thanks Leon for reinforce that idea. I feel funny because I never talked out about this. There's so many ways to have an intercourse or even a relationship that implies to have you both a good time, it's stupid to think in bad faith. Sorry for this innecesary volume about nothing relevant.I just hope to reinforce this kind of thoughts. Have a good day.
One of my favorite parts is when Leon went to go get Matilda after she got detained by the cops who killed her family. All while the cab meter was running. He didn’t care about his own safety. He just went into the lions den and got her back. Too cool and it proves how much he loves and cares for her. Kind of like a dad and his daughter.
Now, not to defend it in anyway, and as screwed up as that movie was, what it had to say was important. While I didn’t watch it, I read the article written by its director, whose an idiot by the way. Anyway, it’s supposed to be about how kids today are being overly serialized and how some people are ok with it and others (parents specifically) don’t even notice. It was meant to bring light to the problem and make people talk. But the way they went about it was fucking appalling and down right disgusting. Basically they made a movie about the problem with overly sexualizing kids... by overly sexualizing kids. That being said, who in the hell thought that was a good idea, and how the fuck did it get green lit for Netflix? Because I honestly have no damn clue.
@@SteveRogers0768 That was a BS excuse. The movie openly mocked the girl's parents for having "traditional"/"Conservative" values when they were trying to tell their daughters that sexualizing themselves was bad. Also, think about the HUNDREDS of little girls that Twerked for the Movie producers during the Auditions
@Anass Rhammar But the thing is, that portrayal of Islam was completely, disgustingly wrong. How do I know? Because I'm a Muslim, and how that showed Muslims to be is not how Muslims are. That was complete bs.
@@techwatch1228 lol fr they'd probably be like" alright lets get this scumba.....wait its leon?? Alright boys, time to pack it up and call it a day, this is God's work now"
In your stomach, that might be intestinal bowl syndrome, you need probiotics to balance that out. Great acting by the way, including the cow who provided the milk.
Leon is simply her first experience interacting with a 'real' man. Not the Bravo's like the corrupt police or the Charlie's like her father. Real men are protective, responsible, professionals who care about their communities. Hence Leon's Rules and nurturing nature. Matilda's love is the result of a girl finally realizing her potential, ..through him. Room to grow into greatness. In this, she and the house plant share a similar parable. 😉
This was a pivotal point in this fantastic movie.A child under the care of a master assassin declares adult love for him and his dealing with it in the hallway.It's like you can hear him thinking" What have i done here?".
Movies like this can only be made in a certain time in a culture. Unlike today, the 90's was a different decade, where weird, dark, different movies turned the spotlight on them simply for the beauty of their stories. These days,we have an unfortunate situation of self-censorship.
I dunno. Game of Thrones would have left an audience in the 90s stunned. ‘And then he raped his sister in the chapel, containing the body of THEIR dead son’. Censorship no where in sight.
@@petermousley7328 She showed enormous promise here but has gone down a bad path, going into frivolous "pew pew" space operas to literal comic book stuff. Tragic, really.
in 1:19 he felt like he wasn't be loved before , he just was dealing with this world like big universe and he was too small and when someone said to him I love you he can't deal with that cuz he hadn't been loved by someone except his girlfriend and that was long time ago , since that no one told him even a nice word that rest his soul so he was very sensitive in emotions , that's deep !
Such a masterpiece, like literally, a masterpiece. A film with so much build-up, filled with raw emotions and feelings with a film that is truly memorable, unforgettable, legendary, and filled with emotions that you honestly can't help but feel alongside the characters & the emotional story behind it, especially what happens at the end which just makes this film turn to a sudden turn of just pure sadness especially with the build-up & how emotionally intense it was. A film & song where its just pure black and white, a film & song that has such strong emotions & feelings from/to your heart. Its a film where you just feel pure raw emotion as if you're the character or if you're seeing it first hand in person. A film with such a perfect selection of a cast with such an underrated actor Jean Reno. Like Jean Reno truly nailed the performance like hes so underrated, and it really shows. By far one of the greatest films of all time like all the roles were nailed perfectly. Its just a masterpiece.
I did research on this film after watching it because some parts of the movie seemed like there was sexual tension or at the very least romantic interest between Léon and Matilda, especially toward the end when she escapes the building. Turns out the original script indeed have a scene where they do end up having sex, but the director was forced to cut that part out of the film because of very obvious reasons. The justification for this was that Léon was emotionally immature and that somehow excused him having sex with a child. She also had to undergo psychological treatment to prepare for the role given her age at the time and the nature of the film.
This movie touched me so much when I was younger. Some people who have oh so perfect lives might never face situations that don't fit in with the norm. That doesn't mean I support unlawful actions. But as an individual, in the situation, there are feelings we have to process. Matilda's trauma, Leon's trauma and how they process it, Matilda's lightheartedness, Leon's ice cold shell. Yet they are two humans with feelings. Amazing movie.
@@DP-ot6zf None of them see it that way which is disgusting. Everything about the movie is for pedophiles and their sympathizers. IM glad they will all burn in hell for eternity.
Everybody talking about the crazy age difference meanwhile I'm here like danm my life and family was just like that as the one in movie... some people blessed to have good families fr.
First of all its a movie, and secondly I see nothing wrong with that he was put into a situation where it would be very to easy to do the wrong thing, A LOT more people than you think would do the wrong thing. Also you say it's the bare minimum like if it was expected that everyone is good which is the wrong mindset you have to expect bad things from people until proven otherwise.
I got the chance to see this movie earlier this year, and I have to say, it was actually really good. I'm not into violence all that much, but that's not what this movie was really about. Leon turned out to be a fantastic father-figure for Mathilda. She's lucky she had someone like him, after her parents were such jerks. And the fact that Leon pretty much sacrificed himself, it really said something about how dedicated he really was.
Mathilda "I'm feeling love, in my stomach" Leon "That's not love, it's the feeling of trust and safety after being rescued from not only a neglectful disfunctional family, but also a murder situation."
no one asked but in the Philippines, "butterflies in the stomach" means "Kilig" (kee-lig). It's a new word added in the Oxford Dictionary. So when your crush says hi to you, you would say "I'm kilig" and i think that's beautiful
Luc besson had a kid with a 15 year old and originally intended for leon and mathilda to have a physical relationship. Reno didnt want to look like a possible creep and so played these scenes like an idiot, but frankly he looks like forrest gump being seduced by jennie: turned on but clueless. The cinematography also leans more toward bessons vision than renos.
His reaction in the hallway was potent. He doesn't want to care, doesn't want anyone else to care for him. Nobody knows where they'll be or what they'll be doing a single year from now, so tell her to re-think it in 8 or 15 more years.
@@Zornotfugen : Interesting. But I disagree with the statement from the blog you shared: In the movie Natalie Portman's character is the sexual predator, not he.
@@Ukiyo-e-sama a kid as the sexual predator? What a sick mind. That’s a kid going on puberty, do you even know what sexual predator is? Anyone older than her could literally abuse her and she wouldnt even realize it
@@kyupified2440 Exactly exactly. Neither of them are any kind of predators, unless we are taking Léon's job into consideration (predating on the bad guys). Only a corrupted mind can think like that... unfortunately corruption is very common nowadays (and in the past as well). Hell even me was thinking like that not long ago. But it is all fake and we know it. Letting your desires swallow you whole is for weaklings, not honorable men.
No, he's not a creep. They both helped each other. Maybe, when Matilda grew to adulthood, there might have been a future for them. Nice thought. I think they would have been good for each other. Instead, it's a tragedy with no winners, except perhaps for Matilda who inherits his money. Who else would he leave it to?
I have a friend, she is 60 now, she got married at 13 to a 28 years old man, I told her most people would think that was sick and disgusting she got angry at me she says they have been very happy and that she loved him and still does... maybe daddy issue, but if they are happy and love it, why judge? By the way, her husband still lives with her...
Leon handled this in the most mature way Matilda wasn’t in love she was just confused because for the first time in her life someone actually cared for her like a father figure more then her own father ever did
you mean the people being actually honest about their feelings? they are hebephiles, so what. that is normal in human history or else we wouldn't be here
She's always been so adorable and she still is. I love how it demonstrates the way a man acts in situations like that. Or should act. There are many types of love and platonic and paternal are two of the strongest and appropriate. I for one have always loved her. She's just about my favorite actress. Her and Scarlett Johnson.
Natalie Portman herself said this is the movie that psychologically damaged her from being sexualized at a young age. She talked about it publically during meetoo speeches. There were ALOT of scenes that were cut of Matilda apparently being even more aggressive with Leon. Luc Besson's former love interest even said the movie is about them, 12 and 29 when they met. Had a child with Luc at 15. Luc's love interest I believe was a young trans woman so thats even more twist to this story.
Mathilda is so lucky Leon isnt a creep. Truly a good man all around.
He is a professional asassin, that really excludes him from the good man all around category.
Yeah, a good man. He kills people.
@BecomeTheOne most assassins who happen to be fictional action movie protagonists, you mean
@BecomeTheOne does not matter .he works for the mafia. And killing is wrong.
Well unless someone is a pedophile I think most guys will spit out their milk, make up some answers, then just run away from that room..
His reaction with the milk was perfect. As a man you understand where a young girl can get those emotions but you shut it down immediately.
No you don't shut it down immediately. It's always way easier if they are willing themselves.
@@europeanpatriot8031 Maybe if you cant get the attention of a grown woman like Discord mods that might attract you to young girls. But real men would have zero interest in a 13 year old kid
@@europeanpatriot8031 First part: Yes. You are right.
Second part: No. You have to talk with her, about what she really feels. She needs to understand.
@@europeanpatriot8031 you're a creep bro
@@europeanpatriot8031 nasty man
In a way this movie explores the “Daddy issue” complex. Matilda lost her father and what she is experiencing now is just overall love for Leon. But she is confusing it with sexual love. She’s lacking a family now and so now love is a confusing land that she is beginning to explore. Probably doesn’t help that she is maybe close to puberty.
Leon has probably gone through what Matilda went through and knows better. He’s a professional, he has ethics and a code to follow. A gentleman not a monster. Only a monster would take advantage of that “daddy issue” complex.
I don't think Daddy issue complex is the only thing that explores
Nah, i dont buy it. That was true love, not platonic
right....
Daddy issues rule
Exactly! I couldn't agree more. To all men out there: become a professional and a gentleman. Don't be moved by desires, feel for the other person. There is no greater love than that. It's easy to manipulate, but true love requires a sacrifice at all times. (Edit: When I first saw this scene on the cinema I was attracted to it... It was wrong. A desire grew up inside me and I was exploring it for a long time, more than considered healthy. But in the end, I got rid of it on the whole. Deleted everything related to it... I was addicted but now I'm free. I won't miss anything...)
This scene is the epitome of “Professionals have STANDARDS”
I found it quite referencing as there is a set for TF2 Sniper called "Urban Professional" which makes him look like Leon.
@@satt47-74 Its indeed a direct reference, even the cleaner's carabine
Yea but Portman is above standard actually even as a young girl, so...
Maybe it's better with something like, "I maybe a killer, but I'm not a pedo" or shit like that.
@@セータン the director sure is tho, especially as he impregnated a child in real life
@@katy2176-p3m well damn. Who was it.
I like how emotional Leon feels when he tries to get into character and struggles to turn into the cold hearted assassin he always was. It’s like he doesn’t want to kill people anymore after he met Matilda
It's like, when you have a kid and you can't be that cold hearted anymore, you have the second one and you're scared. Someone tries to touch them... and you get 100 below zero.
He pretty much confessed that to her in their last moment together during the apartment siege. She had given him a taste for life as he put it.
@@Jackw00pw00p2 yeah 'cause now he has something to lose. he has Matilda, his pseudo-daughter. this movie is excellent and has many talented actors in it.
Good comment
Interesting I never put that together
Matilda: "I can feel it, in my stomach."
Leon: "Maybe is shit."
or a pie...well a c...i'm so sorry
@Azizbek Xushnazarov my very best actually
How are u sir?
@Azizbek Xushnazarov very kind of you
the feeling is mutual
Hahahs
Thats maturity right there, if your an adult you'll know what to say even iffff you fancy that nasty stuff 🤣
this is a thing that happens more often than people realize - young girls fall in love with a much older man because she feels safe and secure with and around him, she is finding herself and has all these new feelings that she has no experience with so it can all be very confusing....it is up to the adult to know better and teach them because they aren't going to feel safe and secure anymore if that boundary is crossed....the boundary....is what made the feeling of safety and security possible in the first place
On point.
Well said.
@@tg6831 sounds very sus...
What having a father figure does to a mf
Nah, not really. My friend has a crush on our math teacher, not because she feels safe or secure with or around him. The man has this illness where he couldn't move too much, though he's in late 40s. Instead it is my friend who always prevented him from being hit by things, and protect him from the so-called popular boys who often mock him for being a "nerdy teacher".
Leon's reaction is the best part, spit that milk
0:08
That’s what she said.
Bruh I died he’s like the fuck
Seems Legit
What do you think about his reaction when he leaves the room?
The way that the camera zooms into leon spitting his milk and the music makes it funnier 0:08
Even though the Professional is set in New York, the movie is super French.
Yeah a bit
Fucking amazing!
Luc Besson /Lolita chacal??
Actually some parts were shot in France
New York that has Italian people that make it sound French, *makes perfect sense*
Natalie at 13 had more acting talent than most women in hollywood 3 times her age today.
She was 11...
Captain Marvel: "Bruh, just be the feminist is enough, skill don't need"
@@shuckLedurkins She was born in 81 and the movies came out in 1994. She was 13.
@@Addaxx_ How Was Natalie Portman Discovered and Cast in “Léon: The Professional” at Such a Young Age? Natalie Portman kicked off her illustrious film career with her role in Léon: The Professional (1994), cast at 11 years old from a group of more than 2,000 hopeful girls. Litterally just google it
@@shuckLedurkins 81+13 = 94
as a girl myself that doesn’t have a stable completely good relationship with her dad
i understand what they’re going for with Matildas character
she had never felt a fatherly guidence and she hasn’t ever really felt a father figure in her life until leon
and she feels a bond, that longing for a male guardian but mistakens it for love
it’s a very real thing amongst young girls
Wait hol up she has Love like Girlfriend & bf love not father and daughter love
Yes it's called daddy issues.
@@luc1d356 😂😂
I have experienced this and I have to say that this is not something that should be sexualized.
@@lovely7983 😎🤟😎🤟😎🤟
Leon: Where does it feel?
Matilda: Stomach
Leon: I'm glad your stomach is getting better but just in case stay in the bathroom
It was the TacoBell they ate the night before.
@@techwatch1228 No I am.pretty sure it was the Indian food
@@antiracistbaby1085 That curry can mess up your stomach for sure.
@@antiracistbaby1085 As an Indian I agree with this.
@@wrendum286 So am I XD. I am from West Bengal
I had bad feelings about the sexualisation of children during this movie from the first scene where Matilda was introduced just by the way she was dressed. By the end I was willing to brush it off as exploration of a taboo subject through film and had come to the conclusion that it was trying to show how young naive girls don’t know how to express their feelings properly, especially those who lack male role models.
But after finding out that the director had a child with a 15 year old when he was 30 and that he originally wanted to include more explicit scenes I can’t help but think that there was a more malicious and perverse intent behind some of the scenes.
yeah. ever since I heard about the director, I’ve hated the movie, because every scene that was off was actually some sort of “fantasy” that the director wanted. 😐🫤 it’s disgusting. and I hate the director.
Both can be true.
It’s a pedophiles movie for sure.
@@jaspermcminnis5538 doesn’t make it any less weird
French am I right 🤷
These scenes become a little creepy when you realize that Besson said they were inspired by his relationship with his second wife who was 15 when they started dating (he was 31).
but she is like 11 not 15 here
@@JohnPopcorn06 what difference do those 4 years make, wtf?
@@mr.hanfblatt9152 not 4 years idiot, Leon is somewhere in his late 40s or 50s, the comment said 11 so there is a HUGE age gap going on here
@@JohnPopcorn06 yes, i can see that you forgot that during the time people were consideret adults with 15 was when life expectancy was around 40 years old which is almost halve of what we have today.
@@xraystudios3693 i wasnt replying to the original comment but to the fellow who compared the 11 yo in the movie with the 15 yo that got married. those are 4 years difference
It's important to learn from Matilda and Leon's dynamic around love. She thinks she is falling in love for him, but he knows she is wrong. But deep inside, he knows both are developing true love for each other. Not romantic, but love nonetheless. And for the first time in who knows much time, he is scared he may lose something.
There are different types of love. The one for your partner, your friend, your mom, your dog, your brother
He looks at her as a youngest sister
If not a daughter
Nothing perverse or predatory
But the Director.......
@@EM-tx3ly Yeah the director is a different story.
Im glad you dont have a stomachache anymore.....perfect
lol
Is this the Raymond reference???
hh, the best part
1994 film with natalie portman
What she feels is the affection a girl feels towards a guardian figure who cares for her. She never had a parental figure in her life, an adult, that keeps her safe and protects her from the cruelty of the world. The thing with Mathilda is that her perception of love and affection is skewed due to her upbringing and environment she had to grow up in. She can't differentiate Parental love from Partner love, adult love, because she grew up in an environment where she had to present as a woman rather than a little girl. Leon is right to say how do you know what love feels like if you never felt it before. Its not the idea of Leon shes in love with but that someone who is inclined to be her guardian and care for her is actually doing so.
glad i read ur comment
Time to take her to counseling.
I’m gonna be honest, I think it’s weird so many comments are specifying girls. Everyone’s different, and I can assure you, boys can go through this too, as can some girls NOT going through this. Let’s stop the generalizing
Many would think of that as partner love. I think it is better to build a love relation based on friendship rather than something that is based entirely on sex.
man imagine how uncomfortable leon must've felt in this scene. i would've felt something in my stomach too. a stomach ache
I watched this movie several times through my life: when I was a kid, teenager, young adult and a supposed-to-be-adult. When Leon spits the milk is my favourite part of the movie (besides the grenade pin gift scene).
And I guess this particular scene also taught me to not taking advantage, besides my education. Some kind of a morale principle reinforcement. Not of a kid, but of a drunken friend, random woman in the streets, or another kind of situations that made me think at least once that I could have taken advantage on somebody. But no, there's no need to go through that. Those moments clearly were screaming that I was the one in a good position. And I should act to others like I would love them to behave with me.
This mindset saved me for tons of hypothetical misunderstoods and problems.
Thanks mom and dad for raising me this well. And thanks Leon for reinforce that idea.
I feel funny because I never talked out about this. There's so many ways to have an intercourse or even a relationship that implies to have you both a good time, it's stupid to think in bad faith.
Sorry for this innecesary volume about nothing relevant.I just hope to reinforce this kind of thoughts.
Have a good day.
One of my favorite parts is when Leon went to go get Matilda after she got detained by the cops who killed her family. All while the cab meter was running. He didn’t care about his own safety. He just went into the lions den and got her back. Too cool and it proves how much he loves and cares for her. Kind of like a dad and his daughter.
Merci pour votre histoire ❤
The movie would have gone a very different way if it was Netflix, looking at Cuties etc.
she'd have to be younger
Now, not to defend it in anyway, and as screwed up as that movie was, what it had to say was important. While I didn’t watch it, I read the article written by its director, whose an idiot by the way. Anyway, it’s supposed to be about how kids today are being overly serialized and how some people are ok with it and others (parents specifically) don’t even notice. It was meant to bring light to the problem and make people talk. But the way they went about it was fucking appalling and down right disgusting. Basically they made a movie about the problem with overly sexualizing kids... by overly sexualizing kids.
That being said, who in the hell thought that was a good idea, and how the fuck did it get green lit for Netflix? Because I honestly have no damn clue.
@@SteveRogers0768 or atleast thats the excuse they gave
@@SteveRogers0768 That was a BS excuse. The movie openly mocked the girl's parents for having "traditional"/"Conservative" values when they were trying to tell their daughters that sexualizing themselves was bad. Also, think about the HUNDREDS of little girls that Twerked for the Movie producers during the Auditions
@Anass Rhammar But the thing is, that portrayal of Islam was completely, disgustingly wrong. How do I know? Because I'm a Muslim, and how that showed Muslims to be is not how Muslims are. That was complete bs.
The kid is a really good actress though, I hope she gets better big roles in the future.
It's Nathalie Portman
@@supernicodesiles9785 he was joking
I hope so
Seems like she just dropped off the radar after this movie, and nobody has heard from her since.
yeah, she'd do well in a ballet movie!
Sit down Leon, I'm Chris Hanson.
I doubt many people get this..!
@@sayhardslayer2076 I get it lol.
Cops wouldn't stand a chance against Leon though
@@techwatch1228 lol fr they'd probably be like" alright lets get this scumba.....wait its leon?? Alright boys, time to pack it up and call it a day, this is God's work now"
😂😂😂😂
In your stomach, that might be intestinal bowl syndrome, you need probiotics to balance that out. Great acting by the way, including the cow who provided the milk.
Ok but what?
For someone who misspells the word bowel, you sure seem to talk a lot.
lol😂
IRRITABLE bowel syndrome
😂 underated comment, sadly.
Leon is simply her first experience interacting with a 'real' man. Not the Bravo's like the corrupt police or the Charlie's like her father. Real men are protective, responsible, professionals who care about their communities. Hence Leon's Rules and nurturing nature. Matilda's love is the result of a girl finally realizing her potential, ..through him. Room to grow into greatness. In this, she and the house plant share a similar parable. 😉
Yeah
Lol.. Men dont look at 13 year old and think about that what he was looking at nasty
Nice observation
On point
Leon was treating her like a typical little kid the whole time. But she got the wrong idea and trying to seduce him the whole time instead.
This was a pivotal point in this fantastic movie.A child under the care of a master assassin declares adult love for him and his dealing with it in the hallway.It's like you can hear him thinking" What have i done here?".
Leon's reaction when she said she is falling in love with him made me cracked up.
it is funny, this skilled killer, treating her like a silly kid who doesnt know any better. "Im glad u dont have a stomach ache, im late for work"
Matilda: "i feel it in my stomach"
Me: "ma'am, that's not love. That's hunger.... I know it because I'm hungry all the time"
The most tragic thing about this movie is that Portman didn't get an academy award nomination for best actress.
Movies like this can only be made in a certain time in a culture. Unlike today, the 90's was a different decade, where weird, dark, different movies turned the spotlight on them simply for the beauty of their stories. These days,we have an unfortunate situation of self-censorship.
Agreed, people act like everything is rainbows and gumdrops. Pedophiles, murders, suicide, debt, depression, lying, racism etc exist
Oh shut up man about self censorship. You guys don’t watch many movies then complain about everything
I dunno. Game of Thrones would have left an audience in the 90s stunned. ‘And then he raped his sister in the chapel, containing the body of THEIR dead son’. Censorship no where in sight.
she's not feeling love she's feeling trust.
well maybe the type of love a daughter would feal for there dad well if there a good dad that is
I miss this kind of movies so much.
That girl can act!!
Yeah she went on to star in several other movies
Heard she's becoming intergalactic queen that marries imperial strongest sith lord
Rumour has it, she hooked up with god of thunder too
@@dimasrizky1838
Yeah I would say her CV looks pretty good
Who would have ever thought that she could do all that
When i saw this i knew one day she would win an Oscar
@@petermousley7328 She showed enormous promise here but has gone down a bad path, going into frivolous "pew pew" space operas to literal comic book stuff. Tragic, really.
A truly unforgettable masterpiece, and a touching film. Legendary.
in 1:19 he felt like he wasn't be loved before , he just was dealing with this world like big universe and he was too small and when someone said to him I love you he can't deal with that cuz he hadn't been loved by someone except his girlfriend and that was long time ago , since that no one told him even a nice word that rest his soul so he was very sensitive in emotions , that's deep !
This movie brilliantly handles very delicate topics.
Only if the same could be said about the director, sigh.
So many issues are touched here. A man is as sensitive as a woman. Leon is a wonderful character. Natalie Portman is a true OG
Such a masterpiece, like literally, a masterpiece. A film with so much build-up, filled with raw emotions and feelings with a film that is truly memorable, unforgettable, legendary, and filled with emotions that you honestly can't help but feel alongside the characters & the emotional story behind it, especially what happens at the end which just makes this film turn to a sudden turn of just pure sadness especially with the build-up & how emotionally intense it was. A film & song where its just pure black and white, a film & song that has such strong emotions & feelings from/to your heart. Its a film where you just feel pure raw emotion as if you're the character or if you're seeing it first hand in person. A film with such a perfect selection of a cast with such an underrated actor Jean Reno. Like Jean Reno truly nailed the performance like hes so underrated, and it really shows. By far one of the greatest films of all time like all the roles were nailed perfectly. Its just a masterpiece.
Right on
It's a good thing Leon wasn't a twitch streamer
The second time Leon spills his milk🥛 is too hilarious🤣 but adorable for both actors in this scene, basicaly innocence vs code
I did research on this film after watching it because some parts of the movie seemed like there was sexual tension or at the very least romantic interest between Léon and Matilda, especially toward the end when she escapes the building. Turns out the original script indeed have a scene where they do end up having sex, but the director was forced to cut that part out of the film because of very obvious reasons. The justification for this was that Léon was emotionally immature and that somehow excused him having sex with a child. She also had to undergo psychological treatment to prepare for the role given her age at the time and the nature of the film.
😱 Nooo! This was my favorite movie as a lil child, and I still love it. Now I want to cry!
The director is a pedo
Ayo wtf
It still is a great movie. But the director is questionable.
😭😭😭😭😭
Leon really wanna say "i love u too" but he know fbi will asking to open up on that moment
That’s probably fatherly love from Leon.
@@tianshuhuang5431 trying to make joke dude ._.
"ladies and gentleman, we've got em." - some FBI guy.
I dont think the FBI is a problem for Leon lmao
Leon is all like "not this again. I just want a daughter, damn it!"
Again? 🤨
This movie touched me so much when I was younger. Some people who have oh so perfect lives might never face situations that don't fit in with the norm. That doesn't mean I support unlawful actions. But as an individual, in the situation, there are feelings we have to process. Matilda's trauma, Leon's trauma and how they process it, Matilda's lightheartedness, Leon's ice cold shell. Yet they are two humans with feelings. Amazing movie.
Everyone secretly knows why this movie is so popular, especially this clip
What do you mean
Found your family on Facebook and I’m showing this screenshot to them. Stop projecting
Bro all of your comments are weird
Yeh I found them as well I’m sending them everything
@@Stardawg1 they deserve to know
*_"Leon, why don't you take a seat"_*
Layers to that statement lol
@@theDjwan bruh a girl friend of mine told me i should watch that video... i was confused for almost the whole film
Portman should have received an Oscar for her performance in this one.
leon handled an awkward situation as a champ
I absolutely love this movie.
Love the soundrack..the story..the characters..the action....just LOVE it!
@@actuary33 EEEEVERYOOOONNNNNE
@@theonefrancis696 this is from ma-dil- da ...Stansfield was one badass villian...I felt that gunshot in the bathtub
Why? It's a pedophile movie. You should be arrested for watching it.
@@DP-ot6zf None of them see it that way which is disgusting. Everything about the movie is for pedophiles and their sympathizers. IM glad they will all burn in hell for eternity.
Everybody talking about the crazy age difference meanwhile I'm here like danm my life and family was just like that as the one in movie... some people blessed to have good families fr.
This was the moment when Leon became a professional
I was 8 when this movie was released, She was my first crush
Me too. She still is my number 1
@GabrielGarcia-zw6vf ???
The fact that this guy’s getting praised in the comments section for not dating a minor is insane literally doing the bare minimum
First of all its a movie, and secondly I see nothing wrong with that he was put into a situation where it would be very to easy to do the wrong thing, A LOT more people than you think would do the wrong thing. Also you say it's the bare minimum like if it was expected that everyone is good which is the wrong mindset you have to expect bad things from people until proven otherwise.
Not gonna lie, I was expecting her hands to go on a different place xD
He - Where you feel Love?
She- Here,in my stomach.
He- Girl, that's Gas probably.
lmao😂
Just a little fart hehe
Him gaging on milk gets me every time. As someone who has been in this scenario it's a pretty accurate reaction
i love the way they represent mathilda to be confused because she never felt paternal love 😭
I got the chance to see this movie earlier this year, and I have to say, it was actually really good. I'm not into violence all that much, but that's not what this movie was really about. Leon turned out to be a fantastic father-figure for Mathilda. She's lucky she had someone like him, after her parents were such jerks. And the fact that Leon pretty much sacrificed himself, it really said something about how dedicated he really was.
This music!
Soul it is.
That's the melody of flying but not in the air..
That's u have to believe in smth we cant see but feel it ❤
Leon is a the man we all need to follow
Natalie’s parents allowing her to do this movie really raises some questions.
why'
No wonder hollywood people are lefties man
I wish i could thank her parents
Exactly I thought really questioning the parents. Its a weird move
One of the best movie scenes. Leon is deeply disturbed, and so it will be the first time he gets wounded.
lol he choked on his milk😂
in the book she choked on his milk too
i apologize in advance
@@kirawr8064 there is a book?
@@kirawr8064 Sounds like an awful book.
@TogrutanTeen Wrecker Tf is wrong with you bruh? Stop living off the Hub, you're a disappointment to everyone that hypothetically cares about you.
@@Cheddar_Wizard damn my guy what a roast
you just ended that dude
Matilda: feel it in her stomach.
Leon: Spit the milk out.
FBI: FBI!! open up.
She's confused about feeling safe and falling in love
Mathilda "I'm feeling love, in my stomach"
Leon "That's not love, it's the feeling of trust and safety after being rescued from not only a neglectful disfunctional family, but also a murder situation."
She's in love with him
I think that it means she feels safe when he is around because stomachache is due to feeling of fear
no one asked but in the Philippines, "butterflies in the stomach" means "Kilig" (kee-lig). It's a new word added in the Oxford Dictionary. So when your crush says hi to you, you would say "I'm kilig" and i think that's beautiful
0:09 our guy here almost choked on his milk 😂
Jean Reno has gotta be one of the best damn actors in the world, Il peut jouer n'importe quel rôle dans un T
Luc besson had a kid with a 15 year old and originally intended for leon and mathilda to have a physical relationship. Reno didnt want to look like a possible creep and so played these scenes like an idiot, but frankly he looks like forrest gump being seduced by jennie: turned on but clueless. The cinematography also leans more toward bessons vision than renos.
Léon’s reaction is my reaction 😂 so glad I wasn’t drinking anything otherwise it would’ve been all over the floor
Nobody bumps off oldtony.this film is class
His reaction in the hallway was potent.
He doesn't want to care, doesn't want anyone else to care for him.
Nobody knows where they'll be or what they'll be doing a single year from now, so tell her to re-think it in 8 or 15 more years.
"I think I'm in love with you"
"how do you know it's love?"
"Bitch, I don't that's why I said I think."
Leon knows FBI is just right outside the door ready to rush in depending on his answer
Lol
Literally lol
It's amazing how Natalie's face just hasn't changed at ALL. Teen Natalie just looks like Adult Natalie's head photoshoped onto a teenagers body.
I am surprised Natalie's parents allowed her to take this job.
Turns out it was originally worse.
www.google.com/amp/s/starleenrivera.wordpress.com/2017/04/16/leon-the-professional-or-pedophile/amp/
@@Zornotfugen : Interesting. But I disagree with the statement from the blog you shared: In the movie Natalie Portman's character is the sexual predator, not he.
@@Ukiyo-e-sama I hope that's a joke.
@@Ukiyo-e-sama a kid as the sexual predator? What a sick mind. That’s a kid going on puberty, do you even know what sexual predator is? Anyone older than her could literally abuse her and she wouldnt even realize it
@@kyupified2440 Exactly exactly. Neither of them are any kind of predators, unless we are taking Léon's job into consideration (predating on the bad guys). Only a corrupted mind can think like that... unfortunately corruption is very common nowadays (and in the past as well). Hell even me was thinking like that not long ago. But it is all fake and we know it. Letting your desires swallow you whole is for weaklings, not honorable men.
I’m glad these situations are fictional.
Que atuação brilhante dela em "O Profissional". Rendeu até um "Oscar". Alí já dava para perceber a grande atriz que ela se tornaria! Magnífica!
one of my favorite movies Natalie and Jean are amazing 🎬
Discord mods be like when they learn she's 12
reasonable people*
He rejected her lmfao-
The rush of teenage for love experience with a man who feels missed family and parenthood expressed in iconic ways here 🎉😅⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Leon should be a character in the Matrix
No, he's not a creep. They both helped each other. Maybe, when Matilda grew to adulthood, there might have been a future for them. Nice thought. I think they would have been good for each other. Instead, it's a tragedy with no winners, except perhaps for Matilda who inherits his money. Who else would he leave it to?
Chris Hansen:Why don't you have a seat over here.
Leon:Oh crap.
This movie is a MASTERPIECE! LOVE THIS MOVIE. 😊😊😊❤
I have a friend, she is 60 now, she got married at 13 to a 28 years old man, I told her most people would think that was sick and disgusting she got angry at me she says they have been very happy and that she loved him and still does... maybe daddy issue, but if they are happy and love it, why judge? By the way, her husband still lives with her...
That's one awkward way to head to work lol
Mathilda is lucky Jean Reno isn't a hollywood actor....
Possibly the best movie ever made great action great acting great script
Mathilda was definitely confusing love with trauma bonding.....
Leon handled this in the most mature way Matilda wasn’t in love she was just confused because for the first time in her life someone actually cared for her like a father figure more then her own father ever did
You see it’s perfectly normal to love children
Wdym by that
the amount of obvious creeps and pedos in this comment section alone is unsettling
I know right as. a 15 year old reading the comments that just makes me uncomfortable
you mean the people being actually honest about their feelings? they are hebephiles, so what. that is normal in human history or else we wouldn't be here
@@stephenholmgren405 really long way to tell me that you want to touch minors
@@stephenholmgren405 thank you for your words mister Reddit
Back in 1994, I bought a ticket to see stylish make-pretend violence and ended up learning about other cultures.
the milk always got me😂
Hola
He said I’m glad u don’t have a stomach ache anymore 😂😂😂 man is a true father ong! Definition of a good man!
Mathilda is lucky that Leon doesn't watch anime or play genshim impact
Didn't laugh
@@darkmidnight818 Didn't ask
@@csar07. ratio then
😂
She's always been so adorable and she still is. I love how it demonstrates the way a man acts in situations like that. Or should act. There are many types of love and platonic and paternal are two of the strongest and appropriate. I for one have always loved her. She's just about my favorite actress. Her and Scarlett Johnson.
Natalie Portman herself said this is the movie that psychologically damaged her from being sexualized at a young age. She talked about it publically during meetoo speeches. There were ALOT of scenes that were cut of Matilda apparently being even more aggressive with Leon. Luc Besson's former love interest even said the movie is about them, 12 and 29 when they met. Had a child with Luc at 15. Luc's love interest I believe was a young trans woman so thats even more twist to this story.
Yeah I read an article where she got a letter from a pedo stalker, telling her in detail about his fantasies 😳
Mathilda is fine af 🥵 🥵🥵.
I wish if she was mine.
Luc Besson had a child with a young trans woman? Ermm... I think you might be mistaken about that.