+- RepairmanJack.com Forums (https://repairmanjack.com/forum)
+-- Forum: Other Topics (https://repairmanjack.com/forum/forum-9.html)
+--- Forum: Off Topic (https://repairmanjack.com/forum/forum-4.html)
+--- Thread: Match Point (/thread-1641.html)
Match Point - Scott Miller - 05-03-2006
Another winner from the Allen drama stable. As always, the writing is razor sharp in this dark, pyschological thriller, but it was quite a departure in terms of subject matter and look from his previous films. I thought all the actors performed admirably and I couldn't help but project Jonathon Rhys Meyer and Scarlett Johanssen(Ooh La La) as Jack and Gia. Most definitely worth the rent.
Match Point - jacobm - 05-04-2006
Sorry, I rented it and walked away about 30 minutes into the movie. Something about the way Rhys Myers delivers his lines...almost a little too much urgency at the end of each sentence it really got on my nerves...
Match Point - Scott Miller - 05-04-2006
jacobm Wrote:Sorry, I rented it and walked away about 30 minutes into the movie. Something about the way Rhys Myers delivers his lines...almost a little too much urgency at the end of each sentence it really got on my nerves...
No need to apologize. Different strokes for different folks.
Match Point - Terry Willacker - 05-05-2006
Going to have to rent it if only for Scarlett Johanssen.
Match Point - Scott Miller - 05-05-2006
Terry Willacker Wrote:Going to have to rent it if only for Scarlett Johanssen.
You won't be disappointed; she's never looked more radiant.
Match Point - Maggers - 06-19-2006
I saw "Match Point" this weekend. I have to give it an overall thumb's down.
SPOILERS..........................
Throughout the movie I kept thinking, this is familiar. Guess I've seen a million movies about married men and pregnant and/or crazy mistresses, one of which was Allen's "Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Then my friend saw it and said, what, Allen didn't credit "A Place in the Sun?" I got hysterical. "Match Point" bears a striking resemblance to Theodore Dreiser's story and George Steven's movie. The endings are different; Rhys Meyers does not have to pay the piper. But the films are similar.
I did not like Rhys Meyers. And while I generally love Scarlett Johansson, I wasn't crazy about her here. I think I am alone in this estimation; most people disagree.
I thought the first 3/4 of the film dragged and I nearly gave up. The final 1/4 does pick up and that's why I'm ambivalent about the movie.
But heavens to Betsy, those veddy, veddy rich Brits are a TOTAL bore.
Why is Woody doing London? His next movie, "Scoop," takes place in London and also stars Scarlett Johansson.