Comments on: Match Point Review http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/01/06/match-point-review/ Sinéad Gleeson's blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:20:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: mr skin http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/01/06/match-point-review/#comment-18399 mr skin Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:26:33 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/01/06/match-point-review/#comment-18399 Wow, Scarlett was named sexiest woman by Esquier? She is pretty hot, but I think more in an average way. Wow, Scarlett was named sexiest woman by Esquier? She is pretty hot, but I think more in an average way.

]]> By: crockhead http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/01/06/match-point-review/#comment-3817 crockhead Thu, 11 May 2006 13:11:56 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/01/06/match-point-review/#comment-3817 I like your review, although I liked the movie a little better than you did. I like your review, although I liked the movie a little better than you did.

]]> By: Shane http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/01/06/match-point-review/#comment-1090 Shane Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:14:00 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/01/06/match-point-review/#comment-1090 This appears to be a 'love-it or hate-it' film. Personally, I choose the latter. I went in to it with an open mind, frankly because I didn't know Woody Allen directed it (mistake #1: Woody Allen needs to stop making films). My girlfriend had convinced me to see it by mentioning the fact that Scarlett Johannson was in it (mistake #2: she's an oxygen waster). The addition of Jonathan Rhys Myers only made this film worse (listing the reason behind this mistake is a criminal offence in most modern countries). I actually laughed out loud when a character referred to him as 'Irish' (as in 'Oi, Irish'...) Being a fan of film, and being stuck in the middle of the row, I sat through it. By the end, almost half of the packed audience had seen it fit to leave. I applaud them. Film, cinematography and the bumbling detectives at the end were the only saving graces of this film. Rhys-Myers lines were predictably alpha-male. How he managed to convincingly pull them off is beyond me. There's something too 'stagey' about his acting. The British accent didn't wash well with me either. The plot lines were predictable too, at no stage was I left thinking "What's going to happen next?" To finish my little rant here: If you have the money to spend on a ticket for this film, please don't. He'll (Allen) only go and make another... This appears to be a ‘love-it or hate-it’ film. Personally, I choose the latter. I went in to it with an open mind, frankly because I didn’t know Woody Allen directed it (mistake #1: Woody Allen needs to stop making films). My girlfriend had convinced me to see it by mentioning the fact that Scarlett Johannson was in it (mistake #2: she’s an oxygen waster). The addition of Jonathan Rhys Myers only made this film worse (listing the reason behind this mistake is a criminal offence in most modern countries). I actually laughed out loud when a character referred to him as ‘Irish’ (as in ‘Oi, Irish’…)

Being a fan of film, and being stuck in the middle of the row, I sat through it. By the end, almost half of the packed audience had seen it fit to leave. I applaud them. Film, cinematography and the bumbling detectives at the end were the only saving graces of this film.

Rhys-Myers lines were predictably alpha-male. How he managed to convincingly pull them off is beyond me. There’s something too ’stagey’ about his acting. The British accent didn’t wash well with me either. The plot lines were predictable too, at no stage was I left thinking “What’s going to happen next?”

To finish my little rant here: If you have the money to spend on a ticket for this film, please don’t. He’ll (Allen) only go and make another…

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