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Match point

this evening alice and i had a blingo date. a few months ago alice won us movie tickets on blingo and so we decided we'd go see something together. it just took a lot longer than we anticipated to get our schedules to mesh.

now that our schedules finally jived, we were having a hard time determining what to go see. everything she wanted to see, i had already seen and everything i wanted to see she'd seen. in the end we decided between match point, king kong or that new teen horror flick.

king kong, as it turned out, didn't start until almost 9. which meant it would end at almost midnight. being old ladies, we opted out of that one. then it was a toss up between match point (which i was leaning towards) and the teen flick (which alice has a soft spot for). since she won the blingo i told her it was her call. in the end because of the hoopla over the vanity fair cover (where a certain miss scarlett bares her bottom) alice chose match point.

the movie was at 7:50, so we decided we'd grab a bite to eat first. since the only theatre in the area showing match point was at arden/ethan we decided to try l'orchid. it's a relatively new (i want to say less than 6 months, maybe more like 3) and above ulta. i've seen it but hadn't been there.

the place was a lot larger than i thought it would be. it was also a lot emptier than i wanted it to be. alice and i agreed, its alway sad when restaurants are empty. especially since the food here was great. the bee gave it 4 stars and i can see why. we had the salmon spring rolls (fresh vietnamese style rolls with cooked salmon inside. the hot/cold tempature pairing really did it for me) and the crispy lemongrass tofu with lotus root salad. yum yum! alice also tried the artichoke tea, which definitely tasted like artichoke, but strangely smelled like chocolate. if you're ever in that area and need a bite to eat, check it out.

after dinner we had some time to kill so we popped into the rack and then headed to the theatre. we decided that blingo tickets are obviously meant to be used on films with british actors. the movie was surprisingly good. it wasn't at all what i expected. and since it was woody allen, i expected it to be a lot of neurotic people but instead of having new york cityscapes as a the backdrop, they'd have london ones.

but it wasn't like that at all. and i didn't really know much about it, but it ended up going a totally different route than i thought it would. definitely much darker than anticipated. and i really enjoyed the ending. alisha (who had already seen it) told alice it was "clever" - i would have to agree.

also i used to really like scarlett johannson (whenever she was on screen i would end up staring at her) but lately i find her really frustrating. perhaps it's her blondehair hollywood look. i'm not really sure, also alice said she's not convinced of her ability to act, and i would really have to agree with that statement. her job here didn't really do much to convince me.

however, it doesn't deter me from recommending match point. it drags in the middle a bit (i got really aware that i was watching a movie and i didn't really know where it was taking me), and gets somewhat unbelievable, but overall it was clever (especially the last 20 minutes or so) and jonathan rhys-meyers is superb. and is it just me or does he kinda look like an irish joaquin pheonix, just a little bit anyway?

and oh yah. i want that flat that they move into with the view. seriously can someone hook me up with that flat?

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ps. the chairman put in his notice. his last day is friday. as someone else said it makes them feel relief, anger and jealousy all at once.

pps. jeff and i went to sellands for lunch. i had the turkey and brie sandwich and we went halfsies on a fudge brownie and lemon square. overall it was a good day for food.

Posted by pocketpig at February 8, 2006 12:59 AM

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