Match Point

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

• fan
• in the tradition of
• Dostoyevsky
• morality

• core
• falls for
• femme fatale
• upper crust

• influenced
• fantastic

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Match Point is a movie about Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), an unhappily married former professional tennis player who falls for femme fatale Nora Rice (Scarlett Johansson). Unwilling to sacrifice his privileged lifestyle in the British upper crust by leaving his wife, Chris tries to have his cake and eat it too.

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Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Taylor

Dave

Taylor:  You know, Dave, I am a huge Woody Allen fan.

Dave:  I like Woody Allen, too, but I haven’t seen his new movie.

Taylor:  Match Point.

Dave:  Yeah.

Taylor:  It’s fantastic. It’s in the tradition of my very favorite Woody Allen movie, Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Dave:  Okay.

Taylor:  Full of Dostoyevsky[/def] and themes of morality and murder. The main character is a tennis player, and near the beginning of the movie he talks about how much luck of the game goes into how good of a player you are. If that ball hits the net and decides to fall on your side or the opponent’s side, and, really, that’s the core of the movie, you know – how much of your actions are influenced by luck?

 

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