How can the factor of luck in human life be related to the number of matches in a tennis match? In a match point game, if the ball hit with the racket hits the net and goes forward, it is considered lucky and the match is won, but if it comes back, it is considered unlucky and the match is lost. The film Match Point, in which the luck factor is explained with such a thin line, was a good choice in terms of showing how the life of someone who has luck on his side can change.
In the 2005 film, Chris Wilton (played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers) cuts his heart in half and gives one half to his wife Chloe Hewett Wilton (played by Emily Mortimer) and the other half to his forbidden love Nola Rice (played by Scarlett Johansson).
Using all the opportunities of his wife and family and taking the luck factor behind him, Chris's life suddenly reaches a height he could not even dream of, and as seen in most people, the difficulties brought by arrogance and power cause him to leave the right path and turn into a lie machine.
While watching the reflections of the relationships revolving in the triangle of Chris, his wife Chloe and his mistress Nola on their lives, it was the most important plus of the film that they reflected to the audience with simple and calm dialogues how the chain of events that started with a simple lie prepared the ground for other lies.
When you have a partner who opens all doors wide open for you with her possibilities and who is also beautiful, you realise for 2 hours how dangerous it is for human life to be a prisoner of passion and desire. Feeling the pain of suddenly finding yourself as the designer and executioner of a murder when you have no idea of what will happen and what can be done when you lose control in events that are in our control up to a certain point was the drama aspect of Match Point.
So far, I have seen many films with infidelity and forbidden love in them and all of them had similar endings. In most of them, those who are later involved in the relationship are either killed or ostracised in order to save the marriage union. The feature that distinguished Match Point from the others was primarily the dialogues, the chosen locations, the luck factor that was included too much in the film and the sad ending of the forbidden apple.
The sentence in the dialogue in the scene that I liked and deserved the most during the viewing was impressive. It was the dialogue between Chris and Nola as a result of Chris impregnating Nola, with whom he had unprotected intercourse only once, while Chris was trying to have a child with his wife Chloe and getting support from doctors. "Why can't I get my wife pregnant even though I've been trying for so long, while you get pregnant in one go?" to the question "Because you don't love her. You are not passionate with her, you love and desire me" seemed to explain the reason for forbidden loves. To pursue only passion and desire is to destroy more than one life. This includes children born or yet to be born.
I liked the film more than many other films with the same subject matter because it reflects infidelity and forbidden love in a very good narrative. The excitement of swimming in dangerous waters is high, you reach what most people cannot reach, but the risk is also high. Being farsighted and keeping everything in line with a plan does not work when control is lost and plans b, c, d do not come into play.
Everything is just luck. Like a ball hitting the net, you either go forward and win or fall back and lose. If you like drama, romance, thriller genres with a calm narration, I definitely recommend you to watch the film. There are good conversations on relationships and I think each of them were the kind of dialogues that could gain experience and of course the most important teaching was to know how to be content with what you have.