Monday, December 04, 2006
infidelity never looks so cool
I stayed at home yesterday and went to my holiday state of being a couch potato....caught 2 movies on DVD that I had always wanted to watch and it was both great! And I had to do a review for both....
directed by Woody Allen
stars: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers & Scarlett Johansson
This is one movie I didn't catch it in the theatres and I wanted to cos it had really great reviews and some Oscar nods....and the movie has really great quotes.....Its not your typical Hollywood movie.....very indie type of movie...A very wordy and dialogue based movie.....mind provoking movie....which I always love cos I believe in watching movies to be challenged not always to be entertained.
The movie started of with Chris, an Irish lad who is a used to be tennis pro but couldn't really cut it. Therefore he opted to migrate to London to work as a tennis instructor and he got to know Tom who is a upper class British guy and to cut the long story short.....Chris was kinda match made with Chloe, Tom's sister....And throughout this whole get together....Chris was infatuated with Nola....Tom's fiancee.....and the movie started to pick up from there....
Chris had to make a decision between Chloe and Nola....Chloe would give him wealth, status, a high paid job while Nola would just satisfy his lust.......and the ending proved to be something so non Hollywood...and that alone is worth a watch
On to Scarlett Johansson, I still cannot admit the fact that she is like what 22 years old...this lady is so hot.....ouch....
and I finally could understand the phenomenon on why girls checked out other girls and yet not claim any lesbian tendencies.....Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is the guy I would claim every guy wants to be...he is not exactly Hollywood looking material but he just exudes the coolness that I have not seen in most actors...And not to say that this guy could really act....you can see that Chris was so angsty in the film and the lust he had for Nola despite married was spine chilling. you could just basically feel for his character as he decides what to do in the end
The real morale of the story is quoted from the first statement made in the film by Chris - The man who said "I'd rather be lucky than good" saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net, and for a split second, it can either go forward or fall back. With a litte luck, it goes forward, and you win. Or maybe it doesn't, and you lose.
The movie's main theme is about luck and the infidelity nonsense is just subplot to the greater scheme of plot so well written by Woody Allen.
Overall this film was awesome...I would give it 5 stars for the sake of the deadly combo of Scarlet Jo and JR Meyers..but besides that it was an awesome and mind provoking movie that was truly underrated......
