tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post5503043199427423943..comments2024-01-08T22:23:18.482-08:00Comments on The Flick Chick: Review: Match Point (2005)Norma Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185179321818700556noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-71147227535490530372011-06-15T18:54:35.930-07:002011-06-15T18:54:35.930-07:00@thevoid99: Johansson's performance didn't...@thevoid99: Johansson's performance didn't really do it for me at any point. I thought she was okay in <i>Vicky Cristina Barcelona</i> but just didn't respond to her here.<br /><br />@R.D. Finch: I totally agree with you about Rebecca Hall. She was the secret star of <i>Vicky Cristina Barcelona</i>.<br /><br />As for Allen's opinion of his own work, I have read that he's not a fan of his more celebrated works. Crazy!Norma Desmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12185179321818700556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-68706132820769286162011-06-15T14:51:42.339-07:002011-06-15T14:51:42.339-07:00Norma, an excellent post. I agree fully that this ...Norma, an excellent post. I agree fully that this is the least Woody Allen-like of Allen's films and also that it's his best film of recent years (I would say since "Crimes and Misdemeanors"). I certainly liked Johanssen in "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and especially "Lost in Translation" but found that her increasingly shrill performance grew tiresome by the end of this movie. Interestingly, in "Vicky Christina Barcelona" it was Rebecca Hall and not Johanssen that I wanted to see more of. I've never completely decided how I feel about that ending. I can see that Allen was trying to say that sometimes the most important things in life are really just the result of chance, yet it does seem quite arbitrary. Also the coldness of the film towards Johanssen and the neighbor who must die to make the crime look convincing left me uneasy. As for Allen's own assessment of this film, I recall reading that he thought some of the films most people consider his best (like "Manhattan") were overrated, so maybe like a lot of artists he's not the most dispassionate judge of his own work.R. D. Finchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045080274131718843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-10905133243787336972011-06-15T13:20:10.655-07:002011-06-15T13:20:10.655-07:00I liked this film though I do agree with you that ...I liked this film though I do agree with you that it's kind of overrated. I admit, I thought it was a more dramatic version of <i>Crimes & Misdemeanors</i> though it did have a fine cast.<br /><br />I did like Johansson's performance for about half of the film. By the second half, she gets very dramatic and I pretty much found myself annoyed.<br /><br />I was a fan of hers but this is when I started to get tune out and get interested in other actors and actresses. Anyways, great review.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.com