I loathe and abominate every script Luc Besson has ever written, doubly so any he's directed himself (I think that's all of them), and wish he'd just be something visual like art director or DP so that someone else can restrain him from his inevitable excess and stupidity.

Well, I hate The Fifth Element and I would never say Besson's great at dialogue, but I think he's got cool plot ideas: Subway, Nikita, and The Transporter come to mind.

In any case, he's certainly written much more than he's directed: The Transporter, Kiss of the Dragon, Banlieue 13, Taxi and its numerous sequels/remakes. Of course, Angel-A was just such a sad attempt to remake It's a Wonderful Life that I think I've given up on him.

No love for León / The Professional ?

Generally speaking, even if I liked Natalie Portman, I would find it icky and creepy to like her that way when she is pre-pubertal.

It is a thing.

I adore The Professional and Nikita, and was pleasantly surprised by and caught up in Banlieue 13.

I will love him forever for the first two, even if I don't love all his later work. And then...dude the reason I saw War was because of the Statham love generated by The Transporter.

Which, I guess, makes me mad. Pfft.

I share the Staitham love and was so looking forward to War. Pfft, indeed.

No love for León / The Professional ?

I haven't seen it. I keep meaning to. Really.

ita, I think you've summoned Peter Greenaway:

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Also he has a new movie about Rembrandt starring Martin Freeman as Rembrandt.

Wow. That say it 3x in a mirror thing works!

In looking up info on Jean-Pierre Jeunet in IMDB, I've learned that he declined an offer to direct the last Harry Potter (OotP), which I would have loved to have seen, and he's in pre-production on Life of Pi, which worries me just a tad.

Also he has a new movie about Rembrandt starring Martin Freeman as Rembrandt.

whoa. okay.

I loved Greenaway when I was a film student (of course) but I haven't rewatched anything in years.