It's Woody Allen again, still in London. It seems that Manhattan has already said enough for him.
Seeing the dialogue between Joe and Jan on the ship of death in the opening movie, you know that this is a script where Woody returns to his true colors, some absurd, some rap, more cold humor-did you see Joe handing money to death? It was very exciting from the beginning.
Because of Woody Allen's constant verbosity, this film is more compact than "Match Point", and Woody's personal appearance obviously makes the film easier and more like his style. Of course, like "Match Point", this is another tense story, except that the protagonist of the former is a killer, and this one is just a female student who falls in love with the killer and a nagging old magician. The point is, they are all newbies that make people nervous. The last movie was always a little guilty about being nervous about the wicked, but "Scoop" made people purely worried about the two of Scarlett Johansson.
As a master screenwriter, Woody Allen is obviously better at mobilizing tension than most people. He will leave the protagonist with countless flaws. Other screenwriters will do the same, but the protagonist can always get through safely, while Woody is He is a person who likes to dig traps. You don't know when you will fall into it. Of course, at this point, the difference from "Match Point" is Joe's ghost, which appears like the crappy relief god in Woody's "Lord God". "Match Point" makes people stern, and "Scoop" makes people smile and sweaty palms.
All mystery films have to unravel the mystery at the end, even Woody Allen is no exception. The reason why Woody is Woody is that everyone thinks that Sondra came back from the water unharmed. It just echoes the wedge that pretended not to swim at the beginning. It is always a good ending for a vulgar good guy who wins and a bad guy is punished. Unexpectedly, the director actually killed Sid and let him continue to conjure tricks on the death ship.
Of course, Woody Allen made us lose our appetite for 96 minutes, which is not surprising, whether it is the East End accent of London or the slick American English, he is just as cunning. But Scarlett Johansson is really getting better and better, a rare beautiful girl who won't be a vase.
At the opening funeral, I saw Geoff Bell. Those who watched the British gangster film "The Business" the year before should be unforgettable for his fierce appearance.
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