Don't worry, I am done with him now. I'm kinda new to the forum and his very first reply he accused me and others of criticizing him. That was not my intention at all and his comments didn't set with me too well. I don't like when someone considers themselves superior to me or anyone else for that matter. Unfortunately, I don't get to spend as much in the forum as I would like, otherwise I would have expressed my frustrations much sooner. I had a few points I wanted to make, one of them being, that anyone can post absurd comments. It doesn't take much effort or intelligence. Your right I have wasted enough time on him. Leon is a great film, worthy of a more meaningful discussion. I guess I forgot the real reason I joined the forum in the first place. Maybe that is his whole agenda. Sorry for the inconvenience, I do apologize. I do have to mention of course, that you, yourself have replied to his post quite frequently also and that you have made his blocked list. You realize of course, he is not going away until he is ready. His threads will cycle off soon enough. Whenever he post a new thread he will be front and center again right? Don't judge me too harshly PLEASE, let's all be kind to each other!!!!
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DFC-2
9 years ago
I do have to mention of course, that you, yourself have replied to his post quite frequently also and that you have made his blocked list.
Actually, you will not find a single case where I responded to him directly as opposed to someone else, such as I am doing with you. Even then, I have only responded to someone else in one of his threads when someone has made the mistake of putting it on top. He has 11 threads here. I've only responded to people in two of them, and in each case it was within 10 hours of their post and mine was their first response.
I have been in IMDb's Leon forum since 1999, even though this revised version of the forum has only been in existence since 2003. However, I only have created one thread myself. There are many interesting contributors passing through here and I have learned a lot from talking to many of them. I hope that you will also find other people and threads here that will interest you or start some yourself.
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bowilly-88704
9 years ago
Like I said before,I am new to the forum,and maybe I don't understand all the ins and outs yet. The more time I get to spend here the more I will learn. I did apologize if I inconveinced you in some way, I am still learning how the forum works. In your first reply you pointed out some things, that I wasn't fully aware of, so Thank You for that. You are absolutely right there are many interesting contributors here, you being one of them. You are very knowledgable about the film. I learned some facts about the film from you that I wasn't aware of and found them very interesting. I would like to be considered an interesting contributor also and not get caught up in anyone's personal agenda whatever that may be. I have started a few new threads and I plan to start more when I have the time. I hope you will find some of my threads interesting as well. While I'm here I would like to ask you a question. Didn't you mention in a thread that you have Luc Besson's book LEON if so do you know if this book is still available? I can't seem to find it anywhere. Are there any other books about this film that you are aware of that may be interesting. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
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DFC-2
9 years ago
Here is a link to Besson's 1995 book about the film:
https://www.amazon.fr/LHistoire-L%C3%A9on-Luc-Besson/dp/2910753026/
As far as I know, there never was a published English translation of it. However, you can find parts of it on the Internet, such as the original script he never used that he printed at the end of the book.
I'm a researcher by trade and have collected everything I could buy or find about the making of the film. However, I've never found anything comparable or even half as helpful as Besson's own book. Instead, I have bits and pieces from a book of collected critical essays about him, academic biographies, and lots of articles and interviews.
He is a private man and is against commentaries, because he believes that each viewer should make sense out of the film in his or her own way. His book, explaining how he, Reno, and Portman viewed their characters at the time the film was made is the best guide I know of.
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bowilly-88704
9 years ago
Thank you for your reply,you have been very helpful. I will definitely look into this further. I would love to have the English version of this book if one exist. I may buy the French version, I understand the book has a lot of rare photos that were taken during the time of filming. That alone may be worth the price of the book and another item to add to my collection. I will definitely search more for the original script online. I have seen a few paragraphs scattered here and there but not in it's complete form. Thanks Again!!!!
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