It was originally a movie with a very sloppy plot. The reason why it is sloppy is that there are too many films about extramarital affairs. At least the one that jumped into my mind at the moment is Richard Gere and Diane Lane's "Derailment" , Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow's The Perfect Murder. But Woody Allen's film is destined to be different, even if it's the least typical of him I've ever seen, but this little old man with thick myopic eyes, with his wise The head still made a new idea for this old-fashioned film. Wonderful lines and dark humorous endings are the hallmarks of Wu's films, and this one is no exception.
The title "Match Point" is a professional term for tennis, which means that when the game reaches a critical point where one ball is needed to decide the outcome, that is, at the final game point, a high-risk rubbing of the tennis ball is made. If the ball does not cross the net. , you lose; if you cross the net, you lose, so this requires a good lukey, and this is also a core word that runs through the fate of the characters in the film.
If you are an impoverished foreigner, handsome enough, smart and talented, but suffering from no opportunity to perform, may I ask, what is the quickest way to squeeze into the upper class? That's right: marriage. Marrying a rich woman is the most effective and labor-saving method! The male protagonist in the film apparently grabbed the skirt of the god of luck. Chris, a poor boy from Ireland, got acquainted with Tom, a wealthy boy from a wealthy family in London, by virtue of his identity as a tennis coach. The nirvana that he had devoted himself to practicing in order to squeeze into the upper class: Tostoevsky's book, opera Qiqi It came in handy, the two talked very much, and on the night they were invited to watch the opera, Chris met Tom's sister Chole, and Chole fell in love with Chris at first sight. In the process of the two of them interacting afterwards, Chris's generous and decent conversation won the favor of the other's family. Finally, he entered the room smoothly and became a fast-paced son-in-law. Relying on marriage, Chris Xianyu turned around and found a high-paying position in his father-in-law's company. He wore a Ralph Lauren sweater, a catier watch, drove a jaguar car, went to and from high-end places, and navigated the happy and boring atmosphere of the upper class with ease. Luck could not have been better, and dreams were laid out one by one in front of a methodical plan until they met her.
She is Tom's girlfriend, a little-known actor from Colorado. The first moment he saw her, he was deeply fascinated by her. She came from the bottom of society, she was impoverished, and eager to squeeze into the upper class. They were attracted to each other, struggled several times, and finally crossed the moral limit. After the electric and flint-like passion, she resolutely refused. She knew very well that Tom was the ladder to achieve all this, not the poor boy in front of him. "I like those expensive gifts he gave, you know, women like it....", "So far, you've done well, they all like you, and soon, you'll be in the room, unlike me , they don't approve," she said.
She was right, she didn't have the same luck as him, or she was not as skilled and thorough in pandering to luck as he did. She still has a dream of being incompatible with the upper class in her acting career and is unwilling to compromise. On the eve of his marriage, she was abandoned by the empathetic Tom, missed the rich and noble, and returned to the sadness of poverty. However, fate is destined for the two to meet again, even if this reunion implies a bloody disaster. Facing Chris' aggressive attack, she finally gave up resistance and became his lover. On the one hand, it is cold and perfunctory with his wife, and on the other hand, he is indulgent with his lover. At the beginning, he is always full of passion and destroys the rot. However, even if the lust lacks love, no matter how hot it is, it will cool down earlier than expected. The unexpected pregnancy made this day not only early. It came, and she opened the prelude to death.
Pregnancy made her no longer willing to be a mistress, and she would quarrel with him again and again in a disgusting and hysterical manner. No matter how he begged, how he made a wish, or even how he deliberately avoided, she insisted on him marrying him. She has nothing but beauty, no luck, and no intelligence. In the beginning, he was unwilling to restrain his personality to please his boyfriend's parents, but now he is using the flesh and blood in his stomach to blackmail his lover, and the little wealth and glory that he could have been condescendingly seized has also been ruined early. While her IQ was completely reduced to zero, he revealed murderous intent.
Finally, he killed her at the door of the apartment with a shotgun from his father-in-law. She was originally a character outside the plan, not to mention that beauty has become a threat, sweetness has become poison, and he tried to use her death to pull himself back from the track. An elderly woman was also killed as part of his careful planning. On the way to the police station after receiving a call from the police, he threw all the old woman's jewelry into the river. However, a small ring bounced back after touching the railing lightly and landed on the ground. .
At that moment, there was an uproar in the theater. I think everyone here thinks as I do that this slowly falling ring is like the ball that didn't cross the net at the end of the game, and he lost.
But who would have thought that things had changed dramatically in the last 10 minutes. It was this ring that completely reversed the situation that was gradually unfavorable to him. The ring was picked up by a criminal and shot to death by the police when he robbed the house at gunpoint. Therefore, an unrelated person took all the sins that belonged to him for him.
It turned out that the ball, at the last crucial moment, just wiped the net, made a slight pause, and then passed.
So he won.
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