I really thought I would make it this time. I mean, I have never sat the full way through a Woody Allen movie, not even Bananas, which I caught as a late night movie sometime in the early 90s, but Match Point was set in Europe, London even, and it had the rumour of naked Scarlett Johanssen. But whereas I loved her in Lost in Translation, in this one, she acted as a bad actor, and it showed. And she wasn't even full on naked, as far as I could see. And the plot line, for a good eighty percent of the movie, put me full asleep. There go any plans of seeing Vicky Christina Barcelona or Whatever Works - maybe I will give Annie Hall a go, or Manhattan, but if they bore the pants off me, I know Woody isn't a director for me.
Oh, and what is with American directors showing Europe out of the tourist brochures? A flat across from Parliament, an office job in The Gherkin, and a country estate that looked like it was in Sense and Sensibility? When will Americans do movies in Thornton Heath or Sleaford? lol
I actually saw five movies this weekend, and is it sad to say that Quantum of Solace or Kill Bill volume 1 were the best? I never thought I would be a Bond fan, but the last couple have actually been quite good, although the chatter I read online is that the pure action is betraying its roots - and where's Q? Face it, he had to adapt to the threat of the Bourne franchise. Hmm, Bond, Bourne and Austin Powers all in the same movie - that would be interesting :)
And Kill Bill, the last of the great Tarantino movies.
Slept walked through Independence Day and The Day The Earth Stood Still (the modern, Keanu version) as well. Mars Attacks is better on the first one, and I still have to get around to watching the original of the second.
Oh, and what is with American directors showing Europe out of the tourist brochures? A flat across from Parliament, an office job in The Gherkin, and a country estate that looked like it was in Sense and Sensibility? When will Americans do movies in Thornton Heath or Sleaford? lol
I actually saw five movies this weekend, and is it sad to say that Quantum of Solace or Kill Bill volume 1 were the best? I never thought I would be a Bond fan, but the last couple have actually been quite good, although the chatter I read online is that the pure action is betraying its roots - and where's Q? Face it, he had to adapt to the threat of the Bourne franchise. Hmm, Bond, Bourne and Austin Powers all in the same movie - that would be interesting :)
And Kill Bill, the last of the great Tarantino movies.
Slept walked through Independence Day and The Day The Earth Stood Still (the modern, Keanu version) as well. Mars Attacks is better on the first one, and I still have to get around to watching the original of the second.
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