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Author Topic: Match Point Mike Spaeth Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1129 From: Marietta, GA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 12-06-2005 10:42 PM                        Wow - a Woody Allen picture that held my attention. It sounded like a Woody Allen picture, but didn't feel like one. Great acting, good story - highly recommended, plus Scarlett Johansson is always a plus. Richard? Is she too old?  |  IP: Logged Richard Greco Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1180 From: Plant City, FL Registered: Nov 2003 posted 01-05-2006 05:13 PM                     She is an absolute 10 on my Greco scale. She's 20 and just the perfect age for me. I want to see this when it hits local theatres down here.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 01-08-2006 02:25 PM                        The "luck" theme throughout (both good & bad luck) was quite interesting. I enjoy Woody Allen films quite a bit, and I think this is one of his best. The whole cast is great, Emily Mortimer is excellent. This is definitely one of my favorite films from 2005.  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-29-2006 06:52 PM                     Woody, Woody, Woody! You caught me napping on this one. This film plays like a routine soap opera for the first 2/3 of the picture. Rather predictable, even. You pretty much can predict what is going to happen, until... Well, I'll leave that until you see the film. I highly recommend this picture. It is very well acted and written. One note...I don't think ANYONE could afford that apartment overlooking the Thames, let alone a young couple! Scarlett, is, well, Scarlett. She has a Marilyn Monroe-like quality that is greater than her years. And, she can act.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 02-01-2006 07:25 AM                        some might consider this a spoiler ... Mark ... the young couple didn't afford that apartment, it was from daddy.  |  IP: Logged Christian Appelt Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 505 From: Frankfurt, Germany Registered: Dec 2001 posted 02-05-2006 07:09 AM                     Well done movie...but Allen seems to believe that no one ever heard of Patricia Highsmith's Ripley books and the three movie versions...  |  IP: Logged Eric Hooper Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 532 From: Fort Worth, TX, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 02-12-2006 11:04 AM                     This was a wild ride. Grade: A  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 02-12-2006 04:41 PM                        CINEMA: Century 20 at Jordan Creek, West Des Moines, IA AUDITORIUM: 6 PRESENTATION: Dolby Digital 1.1 (a Woody Allen quirk)/THX PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: None RATING: Three and one half stars (out of four) WARNING: No turn on Spoilers when children are present I walked by the satellite snack bar and saw that scale that was the subject of "Wife #1's Adventures at the Snack Bar" yesterday, and it became clear to me that Wife #1 is on crack. What she claimed happened couldn't have because the scale has meters on BOTH sides of it. So the guy must have just turned it around to access the power button. If you're confused because you didn't read about Wife #1's adventures, HA HA HA! You suck. Oh alright...Go read the "Firewall" thread. This is the best Woody Allen movie ever because Woody Allen's not actually in it. It carries all of the trademarks of a Woody Allen movie from the music to the mood to the center channel mono soundtrack, but no annoying Woody Allen. I love how Woody can take a single camera and set it up as a voyeur watching a table of a group of people where multiple conversations are going at the same time and yet it all flows. The movie is about two people who have fallen into a good thing dating a rich brother and sister, but who seem to have a problem avoiding their attraction to each other. They're not intending to pull off a con, yet they sort of are. That's kind of broad, but I'd hate to totally spoil the movie and the way it unfolds. Let's just say things go a little...Fargo. Word of mouth on this movie must be good because this movie moved into a bigger auditorium this week and had an unusually large crowd for a Sunday matinee. Crowd reaction walking out was mixed. Everybody thought it was good, but women seemed reluctant to say they'd recommend it. You'll understand why by the end. The biggest problem I had with this movie was that I just adored Chloe and therefore hated Chris. Chloe deserved so much better. But that's nothing to do with the movie itself, which in comparison to the ending of that thing I saw yesterday, unfolds brilliantly. And Chloe HAD to be perfect for this plot to work. If she'd shown a single flaw, we might not have believed things could have gone so far wrong.  |  IP: Logged Brad Allen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 688 From: Evansville, IN, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 02-12-2006 08:47 PM                     Sam, don't you ever take wives #2, #3, and #4 to a movie?  |  IP: Logged Matt Fields Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 545 From: Ohio, United States Registered: Jun 2005 posted 02-24-2006 12:08 PM                     This movie ROCKED! Grade: A  |  IP: Logged Mike Croaro Master Film Handler Posts: 394 From: Millbrae, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 02-24-2006 07:58 PM                     Excellent! So good I can't believe Woody Allen made it. Entire cast is excellent. Mike  |  IP: Logged

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