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by LilPickle4 out of 5 [March 8, 2006 | No Comment | 5 views]
Léon The Professional

Who knew cleaning could be so fun?!

Oh Leon, you middle man in the Luc Besson trio, how you entertain! You may not be as French as Nikita or as Bruce as Korben, but you make up for it in your milk bingeing, plant loving, badass-ness. Who else could make hundreds of SWAT guys crap themselves in fear (excluding Richard Simmons and Chuck Norris that is)? If you have no idea what I’m talking about, then you need to see this movie (or maybe I need to see …

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by LilPickle5 out of 5 [February 12, 2006 | One Comment | 77 views]
The Fifth Element

Being the movie that started my addiction to Luc Besson, The Fifth Element is probably his best known work. But because something is well known does not mean it is well received. This movie is often criticized as being Besson’s weakest attempt at character and plot development, especially when compared to other films such as La Femme Nikita or Leon The Professional. Though their point may be valid, I don’t believe this movie was meant to be like his others–this has the same characters we have seen many times …