Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I caught the last 40 minutes of Match Point. And I have no desire to see the rest. The unevenness of the performances alone might be enough to keep me away.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Aww-- you missed the only thing that I truly liked about the moment-- the set-up of the gimmicky "gravity" bit in the climax.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I liked how the ring from the 1-sheet worked its way into the story in a way I wasn't expecting, but over all, blech bah boring.

[innerSpaceman]

Wow, and I really liked that movie.


Well, not really really liked it. Just thought it was one of Woody Allen's better films.




Yeah, that's not saying too much, huh?

[€uroMeinke]

I liked it too - though I confess Scarlett Johansen may have been a factor in my enjoyment

[Not Afraid]

I enjoyed everything about it except for the couple who jabbered the entire way through it. They were trying to over-intellectualize a director who is already over-intelectualizing. SHUT UP AND WATCH THE FILM!

[Alex]

I liked it as well. I'd be inclined to think it was just a reaction to finally getting a decent Woody Allen film after the last decade, but then Scoop stunk mightily.

[Gemini Cricket]

I enjoyed Match Point. I thought it was one of his better films. EH1812, did you watch the entire thing eventually or just the 40 minutes you mentioned?

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I enjoyed Match Point. I thought it was one of his better films. EH1812, did you watch the entire thing eventually or just the 40 minutes you mentioned?

Just the 40. I'm really not a fan of JRM - aside from Velvet Goldmine I think he tends to deliver uneven performances: good in one scene, absolute crap in another. And SJ, who I love in some movies and am ambivalent in others, was equally on/off in this. I don't think seeing it from the beginning will change my opinion of their acting.

Granted, I like only a handful of Allen flicks. Much to my surprise, I enjoyed Melinda Melinda a great deal. I thought I might like Match Point more because it was supposed to be so different from his other films, and he was pleasantly absent. For similar reasons, I liked The Purple Rose of Cairo, as well. And The Sweet and Lowdown. I think he ruins his own films when he's in them for the most part. Scoop might have been okay if Allen was out of the pic and didn't direct his actors, SJ in particular, to speak just like him. I guess I just don't like her in his movies.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

I thought I might like Match Point more because it was supposed to be so different from his other films,

That's interesting. Among people who liked it, the only major complaint I heard was that it was very much like one of his other films (Crimes and Misdemeanors). I'm not much of a Johanssen fan so far, but did think she did a creditable job on this one.