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In Reply to: what redeeming value did you find in the lead character? posted by Analog Scott on June 5, 2006 at 12:49:09:
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.Okay, one last flogging of the dead horse:
Match Point is a STORY driven plot as opposed to CHARACTER driven plot; the viewer's investment is in how the story plays out (the ironies) rather than whether one LIKES the characters or would prefer a moral value added happy-meal ending. Yes, in a perfect world the tennis instructor would be serving life in prison for his crime rather than climbing socially in a loveless marriage, but that's the way life plays out sometimes. The beauty of this film is in the underlying irony of it's tennis analogy and how defeat or victory can hinge on a simgle event and a bit of luck.
Yes, Match Point has a bit of the shaggy dog, O'Henry-esque feel to it, but Woody manages to create the rich atmosphere of a 50's era Alfred Hitchcock film while embellishing it with the kind of wry contemporary twist that couldn't have been released without a more liberal MPCA code.
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"Okay, one last flogging of the dead horse:"Oh flog as much as you want. That's part of the fun.
"Match Point is a STORY driven plot as opposed to CHARACTER driven plot;"
Well, as I said in another post, as a plot it was no different than your typical Twilight Zone episode although Serling was able to tell the same sort of story in a half hour and with more interesting characters. As a story it was a shaggy dog with one twist. Nothing wrong with that but you better make me care about that twist by seducing me into caring about the chcaracters it affects. It didn't. So it amounted to little punch line at the end of a long winded joke for me.
"the viewer's investment is in how the story plays out (the ironies) rather than whether one LIKES the characters or would prefer a moral value added happy-meal ending."
Not worried about happy endings. But the story was linear. It was driven by character whose motives were shallow and sociopathic and whose actions were governed by stupidity and protected by far fetched dumb luck. So, dumb luck rewards stupidity and sociopathy? ironic? I suppose. Interesting? No. A worthy theme? Not IMO. Yeah I will invest in an intriging well spun complcated plot with nuance and some well earned surprise. I will be taken in by unique, well crafted arcs. I didn't see it here. it was well crafted but the big design was painfully conventional. nothing wrong with being conventional if you make it interesting.
" Yes, in a perfect world the tennis instructor would be serving life in prison for his crime rather than climbing socially in a loveless marriage, but that's the way life plays out sometimes."
That isn't my problem with the movie. My problem is I didn't care either way. I would have rather cared and been outraged by his fortune.
" The beauty of this film is in the underlying irony of it's tennis analogy and how defeat or victory can hinge on a simgle event and a bit of luck."
The juxtaposition of the two shots was nice. Wish they could have done more in two hours with a good idea. Could have made a good short film."Yes, Match Point has a bit of the shaggy dog, O'Henry-esque feel to it, but Woody manages to create the rich atmosphere of a 50's era Alfred Hitchcock film while embellishing it with the kind of wry contemporary twist that couldn't have been released without a more liberal MPCA code."
I did not find the same atmosphere that you did. Maybe I missed something.
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