Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 164

€uroMeinke · 02-07-2007, 08:32 PM

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

Not Afraid · 02-07-2007, 08:37 PM

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 · 02-07-2007, 08:40 PM

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 · 02-07-2007, 09:58 PM

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?

Gemini Cricket · 02-07-2007, 11:09 PM

I love this name:
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
He directed The Lives of Others which was released today.
I haven't seen the film but his name is hilariously awesome to say.

lol!

NickO'Time · 02-08-2007, 05:11 AM

I actually am looking forward to seeing Bridge to Terebithia this weekend. It was required reading at my private grade school back in 7th grade for me.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 02-08-2007, 02:59 PM

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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 · 02-08-2007, 03:05 PM

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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.

Snowflake · 02-08-2007, 03:10 PM

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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.

I'm one of those, except I did not like Match Point very well when I saw it in the theatre. For me, it was contrived and predictable and Allen did the thriller thing much better in C's & M's. SJ seemed just annoying and petulant, as Nola. In real life, I find her to be a stunning creature gowned and coiffed as she is for the Disney campaign, but on film, meh.

I've not seen Scoop. Used to be I'd go see any Allen film as they came out, not so much any longer.

Gemini Cricket · 02-08-2007, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

I think he ruins his own films when he's in them for the most part.

Have you seen Bullets Over Broadway? It's one of my all-time favorite Allen films. (And he's not in it.)

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02-07-2007, 08:37 PM	#1632
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	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!
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02-07-2007, 08:40 PM	#1633
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02-07-2007, 09:58 PM	#1634
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	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?
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02-07-2007, 11:09 PM	#1635
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I love this name: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck He directed The Lives of Others which was released today. I haven't seen the film but his name is hilariously awesome to say. lol!
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02-08-2007, 05:11 AM	#1636
NickO'Time Missed it by that much.. Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 678	I actually am looking forward to seeing Bridge to Terebithia this weekend. It was required reading at my private grade school back in 7th grade for me. __________________ Yeah, right.
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