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Chris · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject: Match Point

Well Woody Allen is at it again. This time he has the beautiful Scarlett Johansson staring in his new film Match Point.

Basic Movie Plot
At a turning point in his life, the former tennis pro Chris (Rhys-Meyers) falls for Nola (Johansson), a femme fatal type who happens to be dating Chris (Goode), Chris's nemesis and soon-to-be brother-in-law.

Match Point is a drama about a young man's rise in society and the terrible consequences of his ambition. The protagonist is torn between two women, and finding no way out, resorts to extreme action. The actors are all English and it is set amongst the English upper class with Scarlett Johansson playing the beautiful American girl who comes between Jonathan Rhys Meyers and his wife Emily Mortimer. Matthew Goode is Emily's wealthy brother who initiates the tragic events.

Cast of Match Point
Scarlett Johansson .... Nola Rice
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers .... Chris Wilton
Emily Mortimer .... Chloe Hewett Wilton
Matthew Goode .... Tom Hewett
Brian Cox .... Alec Hewett
Penelope Wilton .... Eleanor Hewett
Alexander Armstrong
Morne Botes .... Michael
Rose Keegan .... Carol
Eddie Marsan .... Reeves
James Nesbitt
Steve Pemberton .... DI Parry
Miranda Raison .... Heather
Colin Salmon
Zoe Telford .... Samantha

Is anyone else tired of the Woody Allen please feel sorry for me.. I am having a life crisis kind of film making? I like Scarlett Johansson but I will probably not watch this film.. too tired of the whinny insecurities that Woody Allen brings to the project... enough is enough.

darth tader · Member Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Posts: 175

I can't believe that studios still give Woody, what a fitting name for someone who has sex with his underaged foster child, money to make movies. Newsflash - THEY ALL SUCK!!!

DT

Mr Film · Member Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 1245

Death to Woody Allen.

Hamsolo · Member Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 44

Why I Hate Woody Allen.

When I was young, a name that always crossed my ear was the name of Woody Allen. His name was often followed by a statement of how hilarious he is and how ingenious he is in the comedy world. As I grew older the name and the reputation became synonymous with each other. So one evening I rented a Woody Allen movie. My first response was, "This crap is supposed to be funny?". My second response was "I payed two bucks to watch this crap?" Maybe it's just this movie, I thought, but no; every other Allen movie I watched were the same. Boring. And try as I might I could never find what was so hysterical about this little balding nerd. And then it hit me.

If something is sophisticated people will approve of it. Woody Allen humor is supposedly "Sophisticated Humor", in lamen's terms that means all he talks about is sex and he over-analyses everything. So it's just hilarious, because it examines important political and moral issues. Those moral issues get me all the time, just laugh my head off. To me, this is not comedy. They should invent another genre. One for all those stupid make-you-think comedies, that are just a scream, although after watching it you can't remember laughing or your last name. And, I admit, Sex can be funny at times, but not when you analyse it and then somehow make it funny. The more you drag on about one thing the funnier it gets, y'know.

I don't have a problem with Allen's directing or writing skills, just him personally. To me, he's just not funny. He's depressing and miserable, and I guess that is what makes him hilarous to people. If I want to laugh at somebody depressing and miserable I'll go find a mirror.

It makes me mad that everyone on the face of the earth has heard of Woody Allen. Because he's a comic genius, because he's a revolutionary, because he's a superb filmmaker, not because he is funny. And virtually no one has ever heard of Mel Brooks. In my opinion, the funniest person alive. Why? Because people think that since Woody's comedy comes from intellectual reasoning it's on another plane, it's sophsticated. While Mel's works are thought of as brain-dead, low-brow and just downright vulgar. But that's the whole point. I, personally, don't want to think if I'm watching a comedy. Isn't that the whole point? I mean, if you want to think go rent a tearjerker. I want to laugh. And Mel makes me laugh. Mel's work are brain-dead, they're low-brow, they're downright vulgar, and y'know what else, they're hilarious. The funniest of the funny.

If you were to run into Siskel and Ebert on the street and pose the question "What is the greatest comedy of all time?". They would say "Annie Hall". If you were to ask them if they laughed more in Annie Hall or Young Frankenstein they'd probably say "Young Frankenstein" much to their suprise. Then if you were ask them why they watched a comedy, they would say "To Laugh". And there, you would have ran logic circles around them. Even though, they would claim Annie Hall because they would want to appear intellectual. Then Ebert would probably sit on you and Siskel would beat the crap out of you with a shovel just for being a little smart-acre.

Luckily, we have Mel Brooks. Everybody is a closet Mel Brooks Fan, even though they'd hate to admit it. And nothing anybody can do, can change the fact that Mel has the funniest movies in the world, not even Woody Allen.

Chris · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:45 pm Post subject:

Lucid, well articulated post! I have to agree with you Hamsolo. Mel Brooks is hilarious and Woody Allen is not. I have never found Woody Allen films to be that good... sure I admit I have laughed more then once at one of Woody's jokes but no more then three. Woody Allen writes his scripts to be interesting to people going through mid life crisis.... his characters are always poor diluted smucks who should be castrated before the show starts... so we don't have to actually watch the rest of the long, dry, boring show about nothing. Do you think Woody could actually write a real low brow comedy like Mel Brooks? I think not. Could Mel write one of Woody’s shows? Sure but he would like it… Any idiot who is three seconds from offing themselves could write a Woody Allen script in my opinion. That’s my two cents!