**MATCH POINT SPOILERS**slightlyoffaxisJanuary 9 2006, 07:56:17 UTC
I was with the movie for the first 1/3 of it (mostly setup), but then I got bored by all of the adultery stuff. I thought he included too much about the mechanics of juggling two women (I feel like I saw every phone call, every lie). And I thought that the movie was pushing you to want him to end up with Nola, which I don't like personally because I always identify with the nice, boring women.
Then, when it turned into a murder story, I thought it was awesome. It's funny how I thought the movie was much better when he was a murderer than when he was an adulterer! And all of the parts with the investigators made me laugh a lot.
Re: **MATCH POINT SPOILERS**wonkywheelsJanuary 9 2006, 08:10:33 UTC
I didn't like Nola, but I didn't really like his wife either. She was so whiny about the baby thing! I didn't see the murder twist coming at all, and it definitely made the movie awesome.
Re: **MATCH POINT SPOILERS**rockmaroonedJanuary 9 2006, 08:14:29 UTC
I think you're supposed to feel uncomfortable with Nola... at least after she starts yelling at him a lot. You want her to chill out and shut up more than you him to leave his wife, so you might identify, however uncomfortably, when he "does something" about it.
Re: **MATCH POINT SPOILERS**missfeeJanuary 9 2006, 09:04:23 UTC
i loved the wife. my favorite was when she said something like "i think people should work hard to get far in life." yes dear. like you did. "but daddy likes to give us money. it makes him happy."
oh, those really really rich people. they are hilarious.
Re: **MATCH POINT SPOILERS**slightlyoffaxisJanuary 9 2006, 09:10:01 UTC
I don't think you're supposed to feel uncomfortable with Nola *until* she starts yelling at him and nagging and stuff. Until then, she's the ideal fling-on-the-side.
I think that Emily Mortimer seemed only pushy/annoying about the baby thing because it was clear that he wasn't into it. If they both really wanted a baby, it'd be cute that she took her temperature before they had sex.
Re: **MATCH POINT SPOILERS**wonkywheelsJanuary 9 2006, 12:47:43 UTC
True, but I didn't blame Nola for starting to get a little crazy. She is pregnant after all!
You're right about the temperature thing. She was such a contrast to the spontanous, passionate Nola relationship, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
I saw Match Point this weekend, and I loved it!! Although, it did turn me temporarily crazy and paranoid, as Ethan can attest.
And Dunya and Sonia. Razumikhin, Razumikhin...
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Then, when it turned into a murder story, I thought it was awesome. It's funny how I thought the movie was much better when he was a murderer than when he was an adulterer! And all of the parts with the investigators made me laugh a lot.
Don't forget Sidney Monas!
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Sidney Monas 4-eva!
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oh, those really really rich people. they are hilarious.
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I think that Emily Mortimer seemed only pushy/annoying about the baby thing because it was clear that he wasn't into it. If they both really wanted a baby, it'd be cute that she took her temperature before they had sex.
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You're right about the temperature thing. She was such a contrast to the spontanous, passionate Nola relationship, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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