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 Post subject: Movie: Match Point
PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:44 am 
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If there's already a thread about this, I couldn't find it.

So anyway--

This movie is incredible. At times you forget you are watching a Woody Allen movie. At other times, it's classic Woody Allen. The plot, the dialogue, the costumes, the cinematography, everything is just amazing.

Especially Scarlett Jo in a couple downright sexy scenes.

I love Woody Allen, and I place this among his best films.

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 Post subject: Re: Movie: Match Point
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Paulie Walnuts wrote:
If there's already a thread about this, I couldn't find it.

So anyway--

This movie is incredible. At times you forget you are watching a Woody Allen movie. At other times, it's classic Woody Allen. The plot, the dialogue, the costumes, the cinematography, everything is just amazing.

Especially Scarlett Jo in a couple downright sexy scenes.

I love Woody Allen, and I place this among his best films.


I've read a lot of good things about this and of course seeing Scarlett is never a bad thing

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 Post subject: Re: Movie: Match Point
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jwfocker wrote:
Paulie Walnuts wrote:
If there's already a thread about this, I couldn't find it.

So anyway--

This movie is incredible. At times you forget you are watching a Woody Allen movie. At other times, it's classic Woody Allen. The plot, the dialogue, the costumes, the cinematography, everything is just amazing.

Especially Scarlett Jo in a couple downright sexy scenes.

I love Woody Allen, and I place this among his best films.


I've read a lot of good things about this and of course seeing Scarlett is never a bad thing


It was like the best of all worlds for me; Scarlett, Tennis Movie, and Woody Movie. However the tennis sucked, but you cant expect much.


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 Post subject: Match Point
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Pretty great film, not typical Woody Allen humor. This is much darker, fatalistic and the characters don't really have any redemptive qualities. I actually rented this from netflix expecting it to be a comedy, and instead what I got was a film about deception and trechery. I can't really complain though, Scarlett Johanssen and Emily Mortimer are both gorgeous and Jonathon Rhys-Meyers gave a terrific performance. Definitely better than most movies I saw recently. Woody Allen is an amazingly consistent director, I think I'll add some more of his films to my queue.


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Husbands and Wives is my favorite of his, I was lucky enough to see it on the big screen in film class.

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Husbands and Wives is my favorite of his, I was lucky enough to see it on the big screen in film class.


Fuckin' USC students, get to see quite a few of the original prints of classic popular films I'd imagine.


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match point is tremendous....

I enjoyed this on the big screen, where all quality films should be viewed.

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Match Point = Meh.

No strong feelings toward this one either way.

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I thought it was only a decent film until *that* happened (you know what, but I won't spoil it), and the whole was greatly improved because of it. Clever.


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i went into this movie not knowing what to expect and it turned out quite well. i was really surprised since this was one of the few allen movies that i've seen. the story was great and i love the twists and turns towards the end.

it also didn't hurt that scarlett was in it.

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I really wanna see this. Anyone know if it's on OnDemand?

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this movie was awesome. although i hate watching 'cheating' movies with my girlfriend because then she always gets nervous that 'all guys cheat' on their girlfriends.


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Excellent storyline and a interesting theme with one hell of a worthless lead character. Great film

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Great little film. A nice take on the "downward spiral" tale. Rhys-Meyers wonderfully plays the absolute douche, and Woody Allen really lets this thing slow cook to perfection.


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this movie was awesome. although i hate watching 'cheating' movies with my girlfriend because then she always gets nervous that 'all guys cheat' on their girlfriends.


Your girlfriend should visit Carbondale, Illinois

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Napoleon wrote:
I thought it was only a decent film until *that* happened (you know what, but I won't spoil it), and the whole was greatly improved because of it. Clever.


this is exactly how i felt. although i watched it with absolutely no idea about what it was going to be about. i thought it was just going to be a weird love triangle kinda story at first and i was just kinda like, "meh." the first 30 minutes are actually pretty lame. but after i see what everything builds up to it made me appreciated the whole film and the way it developed. i thought it was outstanding.

(sorry i know this thread has been long dead, but i just recommended this movie to a friend so i thought i'd look it up and give my two cents.)

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 Post subject: Re: Movie: Match Point
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excellent movie. scarlett was so sexy (at least in the first part), she gave me wood in fully clothed scenes.


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 Post subject: Re: Movie: Match Point
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I really liked this one. It had a great edginess to it.

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