I thought Anything Else was a great film. to say he's made "flops" for 6-7
years is stupid.
Sweet and Lowdown was a great film.
Small Time Crooks was funny in the same way as Take the Money and Run was
funny.
Anything Else was a very deep and well made film about life and personal
choices.
Melinda and Melinda was a nice experiment on tragedy vs comedy.
And Match Point extends on Crimes and Misdemeanors, this time showing a
young man's rise into the upper class and adding "luck" into the equation
instead of personal guilt as in Crimes. C + M also suffered because you
never really experienced the marriage or the mistress, plus the comedy
subplot didn't fit.
Match Point is an A quality film.
"Marc-Olivier Girard" wrote in message
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> Hi folks,
>
> Just to let you know that I finally saw Match Point yesterday.
> Disappointment. I mean...yeah, we have been used to see disapointing WA
> movies in the 6-7 years, pure flops, so we can look at that one and just
> admire that there is a story, it is well-developped, well-filmed, that
> London gives a new freshness...but...but...hey- wait a minute !
>
> For me, it is just a rehash of Crimes and Misdemeanors with younger people
> in London with few exceptions. C&M was richer though...especially with all
> the religious issues, justice on earth, etc. Match Point deals more about
> luck in life in general. The only difference is the fact that the man
> kills himself instead of asking his brother to do it !!!! When we see
> Scarlett in crisis, this leads immediately to Angelica Houston.
>
> For sure, 99% of the people who will see the movie have not seen or just
> forgot C&M will just like the movie. But for me, Woody has just done the
> same movie once again...like he often does.
>
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