Match Point

Last night, I went to watch Match Point. Before I went to see it, I did a little bit of research, going on the web to read about the movie, watch the trailer and read some reviews. I'd never heard of the movie before, so I had a little work to do because I don't like watching movies that I don't know what they're about. The trailer looked pretty good to me. I don't think I'd watched any Woody Allen movies (although after the movie, someone told me that this one wasn't anything like the other ones that he's made), so I didn't know if it was a good or bad thing that I would be watching a "Woody Allen" movie. Scarlett Johansson's pretty happening right now, and from what I can tell her movies seem to be more of the type that I would enjoy, so I was willing to give the movie a shot. And the trailer looked not typically "big picture" Hollywood, which is always a good sign.
It was only about 2 hours long, but it felt like a really long movie. I liked the first hour, maybe hour and 15 minutes (the theatre was too dark, I couldn't see my watch), and then the tone of the movie changed, and it got a little boring. I felt like events started happening at too slow a pace and because I felt like I knew what was coming, I got a little agitated. I've watched quite a few movies recently that I've tried to look at my watch during, which leads me to think that either: a) my attention span is shrinking or b) I have been watching some pretty boring movies. The movies themselves aren't longer or anything, so I know that's not the problem. I'm hoping that the type of movies that I've just been attending aren't "my type". I gotta ask some friends from home about things I should watch. They always watch cool stuff.
So the movie's about a former tennis pro who comes from a not very well off background and is working his way up the social ladder. He puts effort into this, but admits that there are things in life that result from luck. He meets his future wife (who is from a very wealthy family) and is greeted with open arms into their family, but becomes tempted by another woman who is struggling to move up the social ladder herself.
Anyway, as mentioned before I predicted what was going to happen (or maybe the older I get or the more I watch movies, the better I am at predicting what's going to happen), and there was definitely an exasperated "that's so lame" moment. Ooops, I definitely think I said it out loud too. But to give the movie some credit, you knew right from the beginning that it would happen, so whatever...it just made sense.
Okay, so I didn't love the movie, but I didn't hate it either. I wouldn't highly recommend it by any means, but watch it. It's not that bad.

-picture courtesy of www.matchpoint.dreamworks.com