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 little luck, it goes forward, and you win. Or maybe it doesn’t, and you lose.
- Opening scene of the Hollywood movie Match Point (2005).
If you go by the rumors, Hrithik Roshan’s soon-to-be-released film Kites is no more than the Bollywood reprise of Hollywood director Woody Allen’s Match Point.
Given the sordid reality that a lot of Indian movie-makers are no more than thieving bastards, we drove down to our nearby Blockbuster store and rented Match Point the other day to see if there’s any truth to the gossip.
Match Point – Intoxicating Fare
Having watched Match Point, all we can say is Wow!
What a gorgeous movie.
Of course, until we see Kites we won’t know whether it’s merely a bastardized version of Match Point. Even if it is, can it remotely match Match Point?
Written and directed by Woody Allen and featuring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer and Matthew Goode in key roles, Match Point swept us off.
The movie is an intoxicating thriller with its lethal combination of lust, adultery and murder.
Add to that potent combination the tension in viewers’ minds of will the perpetrator of the two murders be caught or will he get away and you have a highly engaging film.
Now for the Story
Since most of you schmucks are unlikely to watch Match Point, we’re going to spill the beans this time, spoilers and all in the following paragraphs.
So if you plan on watching Match Point, stop right here. Pray, do not cross this threshold beyond which all will be revealed. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
Now, if you dolts are wondering why we’re uncharacteristically disclosing the story in so elaborate a fashion, there’s a reason fellas.
Since Indian film-makers routinely deny they steal stuff, we’d like you to watch Kites and let us know if you think it’s a copy of Match Point.
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