Congratulations on the marriage Mary Something you should know. The actor who played Benny was actually a professional firefighter who died in the September 11th attacks while trying to rescue people in one of the World Trade Center buildings. RIP Keith A. Glascoe
Congratulations on something that the majority of the human spieces does? it's like when new moms post on social media that they had a kid. So the fuck what? 99% of the population has done this unamazing feat since our first steps.
Jean Reno is quite remarkable actor. Some films you might consider putting polls (if you plan to do more European films especially) La Femme Nikita (1990) Les Visiteurs / the Visitors (1993) Ronin (1998) Les Rivières pourpres / The Crimson Rivers (2000)
This movie was made by Luc Besson , like him or hate him, his work is always unique ^^ I don't remember if you watched the 5th element, but I would recommand it, it might be his most famous (and weird 😋 ) movie, with Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich and Gary Oldman (the bad guy in Leon). It's a classic 😉
I love this movie so much, and this was Natalie Portman's first movie. The first time I saw this I knew nothing about it, but I had seen Jean Reno in other movies, so I watched it for him. I was instantly blown away by Natalie Portman, and the movie in general. A few years later she was in Star Wars: Episode 1, and it was all history from there.
I watched this film for the first time just a few months ago! I love this channel, especially when films I haven't seen appear - it's like a recommendation engine for what I should watch next, and then I get to see your reaction afterwards haha
You are so correct Mary. Movies like this and The Princess Bride are unique in the way they were done, and can never be replicated. B.t.w. Congrats on the nuptials, and the channel growth! Best wishes.
I absolutely hate when people don’t understand this movie and claim that it promotes the p thing. I mean speaking about projection lol Glad you understood it.
Dunno if anybody ever caught it, but Bill Clinton was President when this film was made: the jogger with all the security that Portman shoots with the paintball, is supposed to be him! 🤣 Danny Aiello plays a hilarious hitman that's down on his luck, in a great-but-unknown film called "Two Days In The Valley". A young Natalie Portman was in another great film, called "Heat": both are definitely worth watching.
Congratulations on the wedding. This film is from Luc Besson, Leon is based on a character from one of his earlier movies 'Nikita', which is another great film. I first saw Nikita in the cinema by accident, liked the look of the poster and it turned out to be a French film with English subtitles, but that didn't matter. It is worth watching, there is an English dubbed version, but I assume you could probably react to the original language version and just leave the subtitles on (not sure how the TH-cam copyright checker would react to that). Gary Oldman (Stansfield) is also in another Luc Besson film which you will enjoy, The Fifth Element.
No, this is the original version, and it's in English. besides Jean Réno who's French, all main actors are American, or at least from English speaking countries. The French version is actually dubbed. Jean Reno did his own French dubbing. Even the extended director's cut shown in this video has never been dubbed.
Truly a gem. I think this is the first role I saw Gary Oldman in, and it's still my favorite. Eric Serra does the music for (I think) all of Luc Besson's movies. I can also highly recommend _La Femme Nikita;_ it has a similar vibe (and even features an alternate version of Leon!). Congratulations and best wishes for your marriage.
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One of my favs, it was so much fun watching it with you. Thanks for sharing!
Congratulations on your wedding, I wish you a very happy marriage for the future, Mary. A great reaction, it's a good film, but of course because she didn't listen Leon, and her actions ultimately got him killed, but that's what he was trying to teach her, revenge isn't the answer, it's like the Confucius saying, 'Before beginning on a path of revenge, dig two graves' as this is often the outcome.
The green and yellow capsules Norman Stansfield takes is Librium, a sedative and hypnotic medication of the benzodiazepine class; it is used to treat anxiety, insomnia and withdrawal symptoms from alcohol and/or drug abuse, Amy Winehouse was taking it to help with her Alcoholic addiction it was the only proscribed drug in her system when she died RIP. Peace out.
this is my most favourite movie ever! there was talk about a movie follow up called 'Matilda' staring Nathalie Portman, infact they shot a scene or 2... they are on the internet if you search for them, but Luc Besson didnt want to be involved so Ms Portman pulled out.
I've been a massive fan of this movie since it came out. Jean Reno and Natalie Portman are both great in those roles. I kinda wish they would make a sequel where Natalie Portman does become a cleaner and Jean Reno plays Leon again in her mind. This was Natalie Portman's first movie. She was 12 at the time. Even from the start she was amazing. For the scene of her getting drinking at the restaurant, in the US it is ok for underage people to drink if a parent gives it to them in some states. Still not common but legally speaking it would be alright. I'm not sure if it is/was legal in New York at the time. Obviously not real alcohol in filming.
Some like to think of Mathilda and Catalia from Colombiana as the same girl, part of the same story. Catalia’s parents get killed, she moves to New York, becomes Mathilda in hiding with the foster family, gets trained from Leon, grows up to become Catalia the assassin in Colombiana.
@@BDogg2023 well, the company who got the right to the movie/sequel gave it to those who made Colombiana and that movie is an adaptation of the original script of the sequel.
One of my favourite films. I would highly recommend The BIg Blue, also directed by Luc Besson and stars Jean Reno. For another Reno film, I think you'd enjoy 'Ronin'.
"Leon: The Professional" and the also excellent "Road to Perdition"(2002)come from a tradition assassin kids that can be traced back to the samurai movie: "Shogun Assassin," (1980) which came from the 6 Japanese films: "Baby cart Assassin" series of films from the 1970s, which was an adaption of the magnificent 8,6oo page Graphic novel epic "Lone Wolf and Cub."
The idea for this movie, came from the first luc Besson movie, La Femme Nikita, a very great movie! There was also an American version, tho not as good. Most luc Besson movies are very good! Like 5th element, first 2 transporters, and others.
Another hitman-with-a-twist movie I would definitely recommend is Grosse Point Blank, also mid-90s. Great characters by a loaded cast and with dark comedic elements - special mention for Joan Cusack 🙂
Your reaction to this classic was great. Just a suggestion for future reactions. You should tell everyone to join your Patreon. And I mean EVERYYYONE!!! 😂
Her dealing with the bullies reminded me of my son when we moved from the inner city to a suburb. When the bullies tried to push him around, he beat one of them up in the hallway, after he warned the bully what was going to happen. He told the vice principal what happened straight up and asked the bully, "Are you as bad as it gets around here?" Never had a problem after that.
I didn't realize Mathilda was carrying "memories" from her family and Leon in the form of the bunny and the potted plant. Nice observation. Also I love this movie as well. Only saw it for the first time a little over a month ago and I was blown away. It's probably my favorite movie of all time because I love the lone wolf and cub trope and this is the best execution of it I've seen.
"Now she looks like 11". Well yes, there's a reason for that - Natalie Portman was 12/13 years old when she made this. Certainly not passing as "18" 😁 Two other movies you might like - "The City of Lost Children" and "Fanny and Alexander" (I recomend the full version of the latter although it's perhaps a bit long do do a reaction to unless you broke it into multiple parts?)
The actor of Leon is French and has been in many French and English movies alike. He's a very talented actor and I keep forgetting Gary Oldman is the main bad guy here oops. Any way very violent movie but I like it none the less. Luc's movies are usualy violent like this and I think this was my first movie of his that I saw...that or the Fith Element not sure. He also directs the original movie of Nikita which was very violent and all in French and also the inspiration for the tv shows as well.
Van harte gefeliciteerd met jullie huwelijk! Sooo glad you liked it... & I also really recommend Black Swan with Natalie Portman, The Big Blue / Hector and the Search for Happiness / Cold Blood with Jean Reno & of course another must watch classic by the director Luc Besson is the 5th Element!
The 'Awkward Hitman' trope was very popular at the time this came out. A few others I'd recommend are "Grosse Pointe Blank" (1997) and "Coldblooded" (1995) for a bit more dark comedy take on the subject, and "The Point Of No Return" (1993) and "Angel's Dance" (1999) for somewhat more dramatic takes.
Recently, I saw some people (quite a few, actually) hated on this movie because they thought Leon and Matilda’s relationship was “icky”, and had “pedo undertone”. But to be honest, the word “pedophile” never crossed my mind, maybe because I was only 13 ,14 yo when I first watched this movie, and I just thought Leon was the most baddest ass character ever. I guess I can see why some people say that? But I strongly disagree.
8:11 "Megaman" (or known in this movie as Benny) is portrayed by Keith A. Glascoe, a real life New York City firefighter who died at the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.
There's nothing nefarious about Tony keeping Leon's money for him. Leon is barely literate, has no (legal) skills, and no (legal) job. He CAN'T just go to the bank and make multi-thousand dollar deposits without arousing suspicion. And it wouldn't be smart for HIM to keep all that cash around. He also has to live cheaply, again so suspicions won't be aroused. Tony is doing it for Leon's own good.
Congratulations, Mary! I loved this movie from when I first saw it in the cinema and it immediately made me a life long fan of Nathalie Portman, what a debut. And if you love this movie I am pretty sure you will also like the director Luc Besson previous movie La Femme Nikita (1990), which introduced Jean Reno (Leon) as a hitman. I hope you will react to that one too even though it is not in English.
For a much happier look into the very 1990’s world of professional assassins and high school reunions, highly recommend “Grosse Pointe Blank.” Really good sound track……
That great big dude who you called "Mega Man" ("Benny") was played by Keith A. Glascoe. In addition to being an actor and member of the New York Jets practice squad, he was a New York City firefighter. He passed away in the line of duty during the attack on New York City on September 11th, 2001. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_A._Glascoe
Congratulations to you both. I hope you keep doing what you want to do to make you happy TH-cam or anything else. I appreciate your time and all the hard work it must take to put out the content you create.
Gary Oldman was amazing in this movie. He rocked the villain role. Natalie was amazing!!!!!! Jean Reno is class act. Love this movie. Great reaction Mary.
Really fantastic unique movie. Luc Besson is on another level. I highly recommand you "La Femme Nikita" by the same director. Very emotional as well about a female hitman.
Congrats on the nuptials! Many happy decades to you both. I love this movie, and happy to see reactors finding this gem lately. This is my favorite performance by all three main actors. "EVERYYYYONNEEEE!" lol
Natalie Portman should have gotten an Oscar for the hallway scene in the beginning alone. Where she's at Léon's door. And I'm glad you understand the nature of Léon and Mathilda's relationship. A lot of other reactors seem to be hugely uncomfortable with it. Anyway, recommendation time: Léon and The Fifth Element (1997) are Luc Besson's best films. Earlier stuff is good (Nikita - 1990 / The Big Blue - 1988) but you won't get many views with those. And after 2000, Besson became more of a producer. His comeback film (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - 2017) wasn't great. You should put The Fifth Element in a poll. It's sci-fi. Good sci-fi.
That 'pleading at the door' and then the light when the door opens is my favourite scene too. You really feel the desperation in her acting. Totally agree about Luc Besson's earlier work, I love The Big Blue. I also enjoy Angel-A (2005).
Congratulations and great pick! Such a classic. Keep your eye on the Norwegian Netflix Viking Comedy "Norsemen." It's hilarious and amazing. Norsemen. And I shed a tear watching this reaction btw.
29:25 Just earlier today I was thinking about how fun it is to watch kids playing in the park, seeing them having fun and reminding me of when I was a kid. But as a guy I can't do that these days.
I watched this movie a great many years ago. And even till this day, it is still my all-time favourite hitman movie ever made. I would love nothing more than to see a sequel to days where Natalie Portman comes back, and she is the cleaner . Leon could be her call sign, you could even title the movie. Leon no women no kids.
I read somewhere else that the shape of my heart wasn't the original song choice but they changed their minds at the last minute. The ending track was another Sting song called..The experience of love. Oddly enough, they used it in a James Bond movie instead. If you listen to it, it goes perfectly well with the Leon movie and I wish they had used that song instead.
@@glyndoh2206 I didn't know that. I just heard that other song. I really much prefer The Shape Of My Heart. The vocals are much more powerful. Shadie Presley's reaction to Leon takes the cake. You can hear parts of the song at the end of her reaction. It seems to go better with the movie.
Gary Oldman plays the charming but scary role perfectly in many of his roles. One of my favorites is The Firm 1988. It is quite dated now perhaps but you can see him dancing playfully with the duality of charming and scary even this early on in his career.
Gary Oldman's American debut in State of Grace as a drug addicted, charming but exceedingly evil member of the the Irish Mob in Boston is beyond brilliant. The final shootout in an Irish bar is one of the best gun fights ever filmed
@@Raving Oooh tnx. I don`t know if I have seen that one, but his depiction as a druggy and rock star in Sid and Nancy makes me think he could do a drug addict real good. So I am looking forward to check out State of Grace
@@Raving Just watched it and OMG what a movie. He was there with so many heavy hitters at such a young age and not only hold his own but nearly stole the show imo. I mean you are there with Ed Harris, Sean Penn and John C. Reilly and keep your cool that is an instant star in my book. OFC he has done bigger roles but god damn. Tnx for that recommendation man. I was born in 87 but I really like to dive into old golden gems like this one. Than you
congratulations on the marriage, and I think there is always amazing gems to find. Keep being awsome and ty for sharing so much of yourself(your emotions is a big part of you) in these reactions.
Hey Mary, this is such an exceptional movie, yet it is a bit unnerving to see the libidinous tension between the main characters. This film is a unique one and a top favorite of mine. I'm glad that you enjoyed it. More classic films for you are: 1) "Horse Feathers" (1932); 2) "His Girl Friday'' (1940); 3) "Tenth Avenue Angel" (1948); 4) "Caged" (1950); 5) "Rashomon" (1950) and 6) "From Here to Eternity" (1953). 📽❤️
Seconding His Girl Friday. Fantastic quick dialogue driven acting with stars Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. (The later tricked her mother to let her enter the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York by saying she intended to teach acting.) Thank the movie gods for gullible parents!
Another great movie featuring a young actor is Paper Moon from 1973. It's a road comedy starring Ryan and Tatum O'Neal as a father and daughter pair of scammers on the road in U.S. Midwest during the Great Depression. Tatum O'Neal won an Oscar for her performance in it. She was only ten years old at the time. Peter Bogdanovich directed film with László Kovács in charge of cinematography. The film holds up well. Check it out when you can.
Natalie Portman's "please open the door" scene is a master class in conveying multiple emotions.
Natalie Portman is a master class in conveying.
30:53 "My god, how many people does he need?!" - Mary will soon find out he needs EEEEVERRRRY ONE!!!
Realizing that I saw this movie in the cinema and seeing how old natalie Portman is now makes me feel really old
Still entertaining! I'm elderly and certain movies are timeless! Enjoy my friend!
Well she doesn't looks much older.
I think it was a year or two ago that Macaulay Culkin tweeted something like "I just turned 40. Feel old yet?"
Congratulations on the marriage Mary
Something you should know. The actor who played Benny was actually a professional firefighter who died in the September 11th attacks while trying to rescue people in one of the World Trade Center buildings. RIP Keith A. Glascoe
Congratulations on something that the majority of the human spieces does? it's like when new moms post on social media that they had a kid. So the fuck what? 99% of the population has done this unamazing feat since our first steps.
Congratulations as well, a big life change 🙌
Jean Reno is quite remarkable actor. Some films you might consider putting polls (if you plan to do more European films especially)
La Femme Nikita (1990)
Les Visiteurs / the Visitors (1993)
Ronin (1998)
Les Rivières pourpres / The Crimson Rivers (2000)
This movie was made by Luc Besson , like him or hate him, his work is always unique ^^ I don't remember if you watched the 5th element, but I would recommand it, it might be his most famous (and weird 😋 ) movie, with Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich and Gary Oldman (the bad guy in Leon). It's a classic 😉
I have also suggested Nikita, where the Jean Reno character really came from.
@@gordon861 Nikita is great! But she has to make sure to pick the original from 1990 and not that remakes...
Pretty sure she has seen the Fifth Element. Might be why she thought the music sounded familiar since it was the same composer.
If I'm not mistaken, he's also in the film as the guy with the gun going "give me the cashhhhh"
Leon and Kiss of the dragon are my favorite Besson`s movies.
An all round classic film. And I never tire of rewatching it. So glad you enjoyed it Mary, and congratulations on your marriage! 😃🎉
I love this movie so much, and this was Natalie Portman's first movie. The first time I saw this I knew nothing about it, but I had seen Jean Reno in other movies, so I watched it for him. I was instantly blown away by Natalie Portman, and the movie in general. A few years later she was in Star Wars: Episode 1, and it was all history from there.
I watched this film for the first time just a few months ago! I love this channel, especially when films I haven't seen appear - it's like a recommendation engine for what I should watch next, and then I get to see your reaction afterwards haha
You are so correct Mary. Movies like this and The Princess Bride are unique in the way they were done, and can never be replicated.
B.t.w. Congrats on the nuptials, and the channel growth! Best wishes.
I absolutely hate when people don’t understand this movie and claim that it promotes the p thing. I mean speaking about projection lol
Glad you understood it.
the music was composed by Eric Serra... and absurdly talented composer who's worked with Luc Besson almost exclusively. amazing scores and flavor!
Dunno if anybody ever caught it, but Bill Clinton was President when this film was made: the jogger with all the security that Portman shoots with the paintball, is supposed to be him!
🤣
Danny Aiello plays a hilarious hitman that's down on his luck, in a great-but-unknown film called "Two Days In The Valley".
A young Natalie Portman was in another great film, called "Heat": both are definitely worth watching.
Makes me cry. Every time. And I keep coming back for more.
7:40 and we're watching a reaction of someone's experience watching a movie, where a character is watching a movie 🤣
"... like you feel at peace. ... Woh! I'm so not at peace!"
Congrats for the wedding. All the happiness in the world !
Congratulations on the wedding.
This film is from Luc Besson, Leon is based on a character from one of his earlier movies 'Nikita', which is another great film. I first saw Nikita in the cinema by accident, liked the look of the poster and it turned out to be a French film with English subtitles, but that didn't matter. It is worth watching, there is an English dubbed version, but I assume you could probably react to the original language version and just leave the subtitles on (not sure how the TH-cam copyright checker would react to that).
Gary Oldman (Stansfield) is also in another Luc Besson film which you will enjoy, The Fifth Element.
Definitely watch it in French. The English dubbing just doesn't work. One of my favorites.
No, this is the original version, and it's in English. besides Jean Réno who's French, all main actors are American, or at least from English speaking countries.
The French version is actually dubbed. Jean Reno did his own French dubbing. Even the extended director's cut shown in this video has never been dubbed.
Truly a gem. I think this is the first role I saw Gary Oldman in, and it's still my favorite.
Eric Serra does the music for (I think) all of Luc Besson's movies. I can also highly recommend _La Femme Nikita;_ it has a similar vibe (and even features an alternate version of Leon!).
Congratulations and best wishes for your marriage.
One of my favs, it was so much fun watching it with you. Thanks for sharing!
Congratulations on your wedding, I wish you a very happy marriage for the future, Mary.
A great reaction, it's a good film, but of course because she didn't listen Leon, and her actions ultimately got him killed, but that's what he was trying to teach her, revenge isn't the answer, it's like the Confucius saying, 'Before beginning on a path of revenge, dig two graves' as this is often the outcome.
The green and yellow capsules Norman Stansfield takes is Librium, a sedative and hypnotic medication of the benzodiazepine class; it is used to treat anxiety, insomnia and withdrawal symptoms from alcohol and/or drug abuse, Amy Winehouse was taking it to help with her Alcoholic addiction it was the only proscribed drug in her system when she died RIP. Peace out.
this is my most favourite movie ever! there was talk about a movie follow up called 'Matilda' staring Nathalie Portman, infact they shot a scene or 2... they are on the internet if you search for them, but Luc Besson didnt want to be involved so Ms Portman pulled out.
I've been a massive fan of this movie since it came out. Jean Reno and Natalie Portman are both great in those roles. I kinda wish they would make a sequel where Natalie Portman does become a cleaner and Jean Reno plays Leon again in her mind.
This was Natalie Portman's first movie. She was 12 at the time. Even from the start she was amazing.
For the scene of her getting drinking at the restaurant, in the US it is ok for underage people to drink if a parent gives it to them in some states. Still not common but legally speaking it would be alright. I'm not sure if it is/was legal in New York at the time. Obviously not real alcohol in filming.
I saw (years ago) that a sequel was in the works. But it never happened.
Some like to think of Mathilda and Catalia from Colombiana as the same girl, part of the same story. Catalia’s parents get killed, she moves to New York, becomes Mathilda in hiding with the foster family, gets trained from Leon, grows up to become Catalia the assassin in Colombiana.
@@BDogg2023 well, the company who got the right to the movie/sequel gave it to those who made Colombiana and that movie is an adaptation of the original script of the sequel.
@@autohmae I had not heard there was that direct of a connection. Makes even more sense.
@@autohmae Very interesting. Thanks!
Congratulations Mary. All the best to both of you.
One of my favourite films. I would highly recommend The BIg Blue, also directed by Luc Besson and stars Jean Reno. For another Reno film, I think you'd enjoy 'Ronin'.
"Leon: The Professional" and the also excellent
"Road to Perdition"(2002)come from a tradition assassin kids that can be traced back to the samurai movie:
"Shogun Assassin," (1980) which came from the 6 Japanese films:
"Baby cart Assassin" series of films from the 1970s,
which was an adaption of the magnificent 8,6oo page Graphic novel epic
"Lone Wolf and Cub."
The idea for this movie, came from the first luc Besson movie, La Femme Nikita, a very great movie! There was also an American version, tho not as good. Most luc Besson movies are very good! Like 5th element, first 2 transporters, and others.
Another hitman-with-a-twist movie I would definitely recommend is Grosse Point Blank, also mid-90s. Great characters by a loaded cast and with dark comedic elements - special mention for Joan Cusack 🙂
Oh yes, that's a fun one!
If you don’t mind reading subtitles (or speak Dutch), The Memory of a Killer is a great Belgian hitman film.
"Oh my god, how many people does he need?!"
Every one of us: OOOH, OOOH, WE KNOW THE ANSWER! :D
One of my absolute favourite films. So classy, with an amazing cast and soundtrack, too.
Oh, and the EVERYONEEEE!!!!! clip is gold!
Your reaction to this classic was great. Just a suggestion for future reactions. You should tell everyone to join your Patreon. And I mean EVERYYYONE!!! 😂
Everyone?
@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 EVERYONE!!!
Her dealing with the bullies reminded me of my son when we moved from the inner city to a suburb. When the bullies tried to push him around, he beat one of them up in the hallway, after he warned the bully what was going to happen. He told the vice principal what happened straight up and asked the bully, "Are you as bad as it gets around here?" Never had a problem after that.
heard that Natalie Portman's parents insisted that she got proper fire arms training before filming
Props to the editor for adding The Dark Knight soundtrack to Stansfield's Walkman at 6:03 lol. Referencing Gary Oldman's other famous police role.
"Watching a movie of someone watching a movie..."
That's kind of what I'm doing too!
I didn't realize Mathilda was carrying "memories" from her family and Leon in the form of the bunny and the potted plant. Nice observation. Also I love this movie as well. Only saw it for the first time a little over a month ago and I was blown away. It's probably my favorite movie of all time because I love the lone wolf and cub trope and this is the best execution of it I've seen.
"Now she looks like 11". Well yes, there's a reason for that - Natalie Portman was 12/13 years old when she made this. Certainly not passing as "18" 😁
Two other movies you might like - "The City of Lost Children" and "Fanny and Alexander" (I recomend the full version of the latter although it's perhaps a bit long do do a reaction to unless you broke it into multiple parts?)
Wishing you both a lifetime of happiness. Congratulations on your wedding!
Congrats Mary, may there be many glorious happy years ahead for you and yours! 🥂❤️ 😊
Ty for doing the extended version, so much better. Great reaction.
Congrats, Mary! I think Leon is watching "Singing in the Rain" a very good classic movie with lots of singing and dancing.
Congratulations on getting married! All the best wishes! And keep doing your reactions, they are always fun to watch.
Haha. We’re watching a “movie” of someone watching a movie of someone watching a movie.
The actor of Leon is French and has been in many French and English movies alike. He's a very talented actor and I keep forgetting Gary Oldman is the main bad guy here oops. Any way very violent movie but I like it none the less. Luc's movies are usualy violent like this and I think this was my first movie of his that I saw...that or the Fith Element not sure. He also directs the original movie of Nikita which was very violent and all in French and also the inspiration for the tv shows as well.
Congrats on the marriage!!!!!! i have following you for quite a while and you are amazing
Van harte gefeliciteerd met jullie huwelijk!
Sooo glad you liked it... & I also really recommend Black Swan with Natalie Portman, The Big Blue / Hector and the Search for Happiness / Cold Blood with Jean Reno & of course another must watch classic by the director Luc Besson is the 5th Element!
Congratulations lovely lady, very happy for you. Great movie and an awesome reaction.
The 'Awkward Hitman' trope was very popular at the time this came out. A few others I'd recommend are "Grosse Pointe Blank" (1997) and "Coldblooded" (1995) for a bit more dark comedy take on the subject, and "The Point Of No Return" (1993) and "Angel's Dance" (1999) for somewhat more dramatic takes.
One of my favorite movies of all time. It’s great to see someone else watch it for the first time.
Recently, I saw some people (quite a few, actually) hated on this movie because they thought Leon and Matilda’s relationship was “icky”, and had “pedo undertone”. But to be honest, the word “pedophile” never crossed my mind, maybe because I was only 13 ,14 yo when I first watched this movie, and I just thought Leon was the most baddest ass character ever. I guess I can see why some people say that? But I strongly disagree.
8:11 "Megaman" (or known in this movie as Benny) is portrayed by Keith A. Glascoe, a real life New York City firefighter who died at the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.
There's nothing nefarious about Tony keeping Leon's money for him. Leon is barely literate, has no (legal) skills, and no (legal) job. He CAN'T just go to the bank and make multi-thousand dollar deposits without arousing suspicion. And it wouldn't be smart for HIM to keep all that cash around. He also has to live cheaply, again so suspicions won't be aroused. Tony is doing it for Leon's own good.
Congratulations, Mary! I loved this movie from when I first saw it in the cinema and it immediately made me a life long fan of Nathalie Portman, what a debut.
And if you love this movie I am pretty sure you will also like the director Luc Besson previous movie La Femme Nikita (1990), which introduced Jean Reno (Leon) as a hitman. I hope you will react to that one too even though it is not in English.
00:31:16 "How many man do you need? -- EVERYONE!!! -- Ok, okay." Hahaha
For a much happier look into the very 1990’s world of professional assassins and high school reunions, highly recommend “Grosse Pointe Blank.” Really good sound track……
That great big dude who you called "Mega Man" ("Benny") was played by Keith A. Glascoe. In addition to being an actor and member of the New York Jets practice squad, he was a New York City firefighter. He passed away in the line of duty during the attack on New York City on September 11th, 2001.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_A._Glascoe
The big blue ( le grand blue ) is another great movie , Besson ,Reno Roxana Arquette et jean mark Barr
30:34 That snort 😂 I love this channel!
Congratulations!! May you have many, many years of happiness.
Congratulations to you both. I hope you keep doing what you want to do to make you happy TH-cam or anything else. I appreciate your time and all the hard work it must take to put out the content you create.
CONGRATULATIONS for you two, Mary!
I feel really, really sorry for the first bully of that school who's trying to mess with Mathilda.
... she went to Leon's school, before.
You figuring out what “EVERYONE” means, was hilarious.
30:51 "How many people does he need...?" My guess would be... EVERYONE!! :)
Gary Oldman was amazing in this movie. He rocked the villain role. Natalie was amazing!!!!!! Jean Reno is class act. Love this movie. Great reaction Mary.
Can we please make her watch Pan's Labyrinth? Please?
Natalie Portman was only around eleven years old when she acted in this film. She has such great talent.
Love the way you fall into dutch when you really dislike a situation! "Neee!!!" XD
Really fantastic unique movie. Luc Besson is on another level. I highly recommand you "La Femme Nikita" by the same director. Very emotional as well about a female hitman.
Congrats on the nuptials! Many happy decades to you both.
I love this movie, and happy to see reactors finding this gem lately. This is my favorite performance by all three main actors.
"EVERYYYYONNEEEE!" lol
32:13. Brilliant editing! Big up to whoever thought of that! 😄
Congratulations! May you have many many years of happiness together!
Natalie Portman should have gotten an Oscar for the hallway scene in the beginning alone. Where she's at Léon's door.
And I'm glad you understand the nature of Léon and Mathilda's relationship.
A lot of other reactors seem to be hugely uncomfortable with it.
Anyway, recommendation time:
Léon and The Fifth Element (1997) are Luc Besson's best films.
Earlier stuff is good (Nikita - 1990 / The Big Blue - 1988) but you won't get many views with those.
And after 2000, Besson became more of a producer.
His comeback film (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - 2017) wasn't great.
You should put The Fifth Element in a poll. It's sci-fi. Good sci-fi.
That 'pleading at the door' and then the light when the door opens is my favourite scene too. You really feel the desperation in her acting.
Totally agree about Luc Besson's earlier work, I love The Big Blue. I also enjoy Angel-A (2005).
It's a shame that Nikita probably won't get many views, it's so worth seeing.
I actually disagree about Valerian.
It's not like SUPER great, but it IS kinda great.
Wasn't "The Transporter" by Luc Besson too?
@@nirfz No, The Transporter was directed by Yuen Kwai and Louis Leterrier.
Besson produced it and wrote the story.
The music is by Eric Serra, who also did the music for The Fifth Element, which is why it might sound familiar to you.
Do you know who loves this movie ?: Everyyyyone !!!!
Congratulations on your marriage Mary🎉💙!! Natalie Portman kills this role and Leon's character is amazing... love this movie!!
Congratulations and great pick! Such a classic.
Keep your eye on the Norwegian Netflix Viking Comedy "Norsemen."
It's hilarious and amazing. Norsemen. And I shed a tear watching this reaction btw.
Congratulations! My family wishes you both, all the best that life has to offer
NP's mother had a precondition that NP would be trained by preofessionls to handle all the guns she uses in the movie. Smart long-term investment. 🙂
Congratulations for your marriage! 🎊🎉🎈This movie is awesome and the roles of Portman, Reno and Oldman just perfect
29:25 Just earlier today I was thinking about how fun it is to watch kids playing in the park, seeing them having fun and reminding me of when I was a kid. But as a guy I can't do that these days.
So great to see you enjoy this wonderful movie Mary.
I watched this movie a great many years ago. And even till this day, it is still my all-time favourite hitman movie ever made. I would love nothing more than to see a sequel to days where Natalie Portman comes back, and she is the cleaner . Leon could be her call sign, you could even title the movie. Leon no women no kids.
The song "Shape of My Heart" by Sting is so perfect for this movie. I recommend you listen to the song at least once on a nice system.
I read somewhere else that the shape of my heart wasn't the original song choice but they changed their minds at the last minute.
The ending track was another Sting song called..The experience of love. Oddly enough, they used it in a James Bond movie instead.
If you listen to it, it goes perfectly well with the Leon movie and I wish they had used that song instead.
@@glyndoh2206 I didn't know that. I just heard that other song. I really much prefer The Shape Of My Heart. The vocals are much more powerful. Shadie Presley's reaction to Leon takes the cake. You can hear parts of the song at the end of her reaction. It seems to go better with the movie.
"Victor. Nettoyeur." the movie.
btw those pig oven gloves are made in Japan. They are on ebay.
Mary: omg, how many people does he need?
Me: EVERYONE!
Gary Oldman plays the charming but scary role perfectly in many of his roles. One of my favorites is The Firm 1988. It is quite dated now perhaps but you can see him dancing playfully with the duality of charming and scary even this early on in his career.
Gary Oldman's American debut in State of Grace as a drug addicted, charming but exceedingly evil member of the the Irish Mob in Boston is beyond brilliant. The final shootout in an Irish bar is one of the best gun fights ever filmed
@@Raving Oooh tnx. I don`t know if I have seen that one, but his depiction as a druggy and rock star in Sid and Nancy makes me think he could do a drug addict real good. So I am looking forward to check out State of Grace
@@Raving Just watched it and OMG what a movie. He was there with so many heavy hitters at such a young age and not only hold his own but nearly stole the show imo. I mean you are there with Ed Harris, Sean Penn and John C. Reilly and keep your cool that is an instant star in my book. OFC he has done bigger roles but god damn. Tnx for that recommendation man. I was born in 87 but I really like to dive into old golden gems like this one. Than you
@@HaienTwitch glad you enjoyed it. That is a movie I often recommend and no one has been disappointed.
congratulations on the marriage, and I think there is always amazing gems to find. Keep being awsome and ty for sharing so much of yourself(your emotions is a big part of you) in these reactions.
Now you need to see _La Femme Nikita_ also by Luc Besson. Matilda is basically a little Nikita. Besson has a type.
Hey Mary, this is such an exceptional movie, yet it is a bit unnerving to see the libidinous tension between the main characters. This film is a unique one and a top favorite of mine. I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
More classic films for you are: 1) "Horse Feathers" (1932); 2) "His Girl Friday'' (1940); 3) "Tenth Avenue Angel" (1948); 4) "Caged" (1950); 5) "Rashomon" (1950) and 6) "From Here to Eternity" (1953). 📽❤️
Seconding His Girl Friday. Fantastic quick dialogue driven acting with stars Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. (The later tricked her mother to let her enter the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York by saying she intended to teach acting.) Thank the movie gods for gullible parents!
I remember a botanist commenting Matilda killed the fern at the end as the plant not being able to survive
The light hitting Natalie Portperson's face when Leon opens the door and her look of grief mixed with relief is incredibly well done :)
Mary: "How many people does he need!?"
Me: "EVVVERYYYOONNNEE!!"
🤣😂😂😂🤣😂
Natalie Portperson is top shelf comedy right there...
@@generichuman_ Absolutely, but the comment contains the word “her”, so it still may get cancelled.
A contrast and complement to this movie is Immortal Beloved.
It's about Beethoven.
A great musical movie.
One of the most underrrated movies of all-time!
Another great movie featuring a young actor is Paper Moon from 1973. It's a road comedy starring Ryan and Tatum O'Neal as a father and daughter pair of scammers on the road in U.S. Midwest during the Great Depression. Tatum O'Neal won an Oscar for her performance in it. She was only ten years old at the time. Peter Bogdanovich directed film with László Kovács in charge of cinematography. The film holds up well. Check it out when you can.
Have had this movie saved from the start, a real good movie and the reason i stumbled onto this video.
I think you'll like the comedy The Fifth Element (1997) too, it's the same director and composer! 👌🏼✌🏼
This is literally the best reaction I've seen for this movie I loved it thank you!
Dude you got married well done and congrats to you both.