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"The movie was a tedious endurance contest for me." -Well, you'd better avoid Hitch's old films then.

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In Reply to: I didn't like it posted by Analog Scott on May 11, 2006 at 09:08:13:

Alfred Hitchcock employed many of the same slowly evolving ("tedious") character developement techniques cleverly used in Match Point. He made his characters interesting, albeit flawed, and not always likable, just as Woody has done here. On the surface Hitch's character driven stories always seemed to have a slice-of-life quality to them, focusing on troubled relationships, with an underlying sense that something wasn't quite right and that some terrible event was going to happen at any given moment.
In Hitchcock's tales an interesting plot device was often employed, what he called a "McGuffin" or an object being sought that was only of importance to one or more of the characters, but not important to telling the story about the characters. Woody used this technique perfectly here.
Scott, you are certainly entitled to your dissenting opinion of this movie, but AFAIC, your analysis is dead wrong. The pacing was perfect and while Woody's intent was dramatic irony rather than comic irony there was sufficient situational humor for a story of this kind.
Cheers,
AuPh

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Re: "The movie was a tedious endurance contest for me." -Well, you'd better avoid Hitch's old films then. - Analog Scott 12:29:55 05/11/06 (2)
"Alfred Hitchcock employed many of the same slowly evolving ("tedious") character developement techniques cleverly used in Match Point."

I quite like Hitchcock. It was the character development that I found tedious it was the movie that I found tedious because I found nothing likable nor interesting in the primary character. I am more than happy to enjoy character development at a slow pace.

" He made his characters interesting, albeit flawed, and not always likable, just as Woody has done here."

Yes, his characters were interesting. That is where Matchpoint departs. There was nothing interesting about the main character at all. nothing to empathise with. He was shallow, soiapathic and humorless. It did not allow me to invest any interest in his fate.

"Scott, you are certainly entitled to your dissenting opinion of this movie, but AFAIC, your analysis is dead wrong. The pacing was perfect and while Woody's intent was dramatic irony rather than comic irony there was sufficient situational humor for a story of this kind."

Thank you for accepting my opinion while disagreeing with it. The problem I had with the pacing was it was to even. It felt like a two hour long Phillip Glass composition with a punchline. But some people love Phillip Glass don't they?
- Re: "The movie was a tedious endurance contest for me." -Well, you'd better avoid Hitch's old films then. - patrickU 04:24:46 05/12/06 (1)
  Is Audiophilander not a generous man?
  You are allowed...To have an own opinion.
  - His opinion appears to be informed; your's, OTOH, as far as Hollywood goes, is shakier than the San Andreas fault line! - Audiophilander 05:36:47 05/12/06 (0)
    ;^)

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