I can not admit chris's reasons 4 killing his beloved affair!
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TooPrettyInPink — 10 years ago(January 17, 2016 07:36 AM)
^THIS. All Lola had going for her was her looks. Other than that, she didn't have anything Chris wanted (ahem, social capital). He didn't love her, he was just infatuated with her appearance. When the secure, wealthy life you've been craving your entire life is in jeopardy over good sex, you can ditch the sex.
But yeskilling Nola was going a bit too far. But Chris is a sociopath, so -
goodcop — 12 years ago(June 04, 2013 04:49 PM)
The only reason why this film was made, is to show that there is no justice in this world. Many things in life are a matter of luck, a matter of "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".
And to communicate this message this film makes awkwardly use of a far-fetched character like chris and not authentic circumstances. -
elmuano — 12 years ago(June 20, 2013 07:02 PM)
This thread is really stupid; or it's the wording.
You are trying to make what you call love (a word for so many different emotions) into something reasonable that is supposed to mechanically follow a path; so you state your opinion making it appear as if you don't understand the motives, but it is not a question, it is a moral judgment, a statement of what he should feel like. Of course it's dangerous to be like that, but emotions cannot be argued, and it could happen to some crazy person, but to pass moral judgment over a film character's actions is kind of nonsense. That's the stuff stories are made of, and there isn't a way to get into the fictional character's mind by saying it's wrong, I'm sure even if he was a real person it wouldn't change anything. But you still need the police. -
Princess_Ashmi — 12 years ago(July 25, 2013 06:22 AM)
Most normal people don't, someone who puts money and status over everything else does. He was overcome with greed, this is why greed is considered one of the 7th biggest sins, too much of it can ruin a person. He wanted everything - Money, sex and power. And had it. Money and power and flash cars and his own driver and fancy dinners and big home and working in a top business and being able to buy anything he wanted and the respect of so many people and also had a woman who he made give in to his charms. He decided he wanted her, he chased after her, he got her. Slept with her as many times as he wanted then disposed of her as soon as he wanted.
Hes greed turned him psychotic. So he wasn't a normal person.
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violet_spotlight — 12 years ago(July 25, 2013 03:54 PM)
Thanks. I find your answer the most convincing among others. You're right about greed and how it had changed Chris, and the fact that he got what he wanted including the woman he loved with burning passion, although I don't get that if he was done with her at the end ,why did he said he was still in love with Nola when he murdered her(in the scene that he was confessing to Nola's ghost)
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Princess_Ashmi — 12 years ago(July 26, 2013 07:13 AM)
I don't doubt he didn't still have feelings for her but not as much as he loved his money. He had his affair and just hoped to keep it that way, sex with her, money with his wife.
But she started pushing therefore he simply killed her, he put his status above his feelings for her.
So he technically used her for sex then disposed of her when it went too far.
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lamont-hard — 12 years ago(July 26, 2013 12:28 PM)
You sayI don't doubt he didn't still have feelings for her but not as much as he loved his money. He had his affair and just hoped to keep it that way, sex with her, money with his wife.
But she started pushing therefore he simply killed her, he put his status above his feelings for her.
So he technically used her for sex then disposed of her when it went too far.
This is really interesting. If I can get you to go back and watch the seen at the gallery or was it the library. He seemed to be playing on her emotions of her hoping he would dump the wife and be with her. It did not seem like love at all to me. It was his lust for her sexuality he could not do without. On the other hand she was so turned on by him wanting her while he was with his wife she could not resist.
Remember this is how he felt in the beginning, when she was with someone else. [He can't tun me down I know I am what he has to have.]
In both cases it was lust not love that each other could not tame.
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gotmyorangecrush — 11 years ago(February 08, 2015 05:13 PM)
Of course they were ridiculous and any moral person would agree. Your talking about murder. There are NEVER justifiable reasons to murder someone. So of course the reasons for killing her were ridiculous. You could pile a hundred more reasons on top of it and it would still be ridiculous. Of course, that is from the standpoint of a morally sound person and Chris was NOT a morally sound person. Chris's entire existence basically revolved around using people for his own gain. Egocentric, self centered, and narcassistic are just a few terms that come to mine that perfectly describe Chris and speaking from his viewpoint, there were more than enough reasons given as to why he should kill her.
First off, everything he had been working for the entire film would be destroyed. He even mentions to his friend at the end of the film that he had gotten used to a certain lifestyle. The cars, the clothes, the food, the wine, the activities, the social status, the money, his job, etc. All would be gone in the blink of an eye if Nola were to have exposed him. Believe me, people have been murdered for a LOT less.
The most important thing that your failing to realize is that Chris didn't love Nola. He was insanely attracted to her and even infatuated to a point, but he was certainly not in love with her. Their entire relationship revolved around passion and sex, not love. In my opinion, the film is VERY clear in this regard. Nola is an amazingly sexy woman and Chris is attracted to her from the second he meets her, but we don't ever see anything in this film that would make one think Chris was truly in love with Nola.
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violet_spotlight — 11 years ago(March 13, 2015 08:07 AM)
Hey, tnx for sharing Ur opinion. I can see your point about Chris not being TRULY in love with Nola, BUT at least they had something, they had a connection, a relationship, even if you call it passion(while he didn't have any emotional attachment to his wife, which is ironic). I know he was only thinking about his own benefits when he decided to murder Nola but it's just not convincing, the motivation might be enough if he was a psycho, but he's not, he is just selfish.
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xellos49698 — 9 years ago(June 10, 2016 08:35 PM)
"There are NEVER justifiable reasons to murder someone.
Ahem, the movie "A Time to Kill" would disagree with you.
It's just in this case, what Chris did to Nola in the movie Match Point was obviously evil and wrong. Chris even admits this this to himself later.
Unfortunately, Chris gets away with it, and there was no justice for Nola or the neighbor. Still, Chris might have escaped punishment by a court of law, but he still is going to have to answer to god. -
Mehki_Girl — 10 years ago(May 17, 2015 07:46 PM)
He doesn't love Nola, he just wanted to eff her that's all and he wanted sex and excitement and security with a his rich wife, who bored him (as well as their life bored him - the office, the phony friends, the boring (slightly drunken) family dinners and gettogethers).
Women always think men are in love with them more than they are.
Besides in the end, she was just another boring, nagging woman.
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stevenackerman69 — 10 years ago(July 03, 2015 04:08 AM)
Yeah, he was in lust with her, that was all. It wasn't the love he had for Chloe, let's say. He had no problem having the affair, but when Nola was threatening to expose him, he had to think of a way out. This is like Martin Landau's Judah character in Crimes and Misdemeanors-he had no problem with the affair until it would be exposed. Neither man wanted their worlds to come crashing down around them so it was better for them to bump off their mistress.
We are that kind of people-we can get through the day not caring about who we hurt. If you doubt that, look at all the crime that goes on, white collar included. -
Quicksilver1900 — 10 years ago(July 03, 2015 05:00 AM)
I think it would be quite easy to shoot and kill a burglar or rapist whom you woke up to find standing in your bedroom, but to murder someone who loves and trusts you requires a very cold heart.
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adventurous420 — 10 years ago(August 26, 2015 11:54 PM)
He could have easily got some money on his name and then divorce her, that way he could have maintained his life style even in divorce settlement he could have got a lot of money. They were trusting people, I'm sure, it wasn't that hard to have a bank account on his name with good amount of money.
Point is, there was no need to kill those two. His lifestyle was maintained by money which he could have easily got from his in laws + he felt suffocated as he didn't enjoy the work nor those opera shows but had to go because of them.
With money and divorce, he would have been free to start a new life with scarlett, easy peasy.
But I guess the point was that he is greedy and an idiot but still luck is on his side so yeah. -
stevenackerman69 — 9 years ago(May 28, 2016 01:34 AM)
Well, I wonder if the fact that his in-laws were sort of giving him his wealth. He certainly didn't want to give that up. I think he was willing to have the affair with Nola because he loved her, but didn't want to give up Chloe and the rich lifestyle he had to be with Nola. It was Nola who I think wanted Chris to leave Chloe for her and she was sort of putting pressure on him to do it. I also feel that Nola came back to London and became Chris' mistress as a way of getting back at Tom and his family for scorning her. She figured that Chris would also dump Chloe for her and they would be together, but Chris wasn't doing that. So Nola tried the pregnancy thing to sort of move things along and Chris' response was to murder her.
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Quicksilver1900 — 9 years ago(May 31, 2016 06:33 AM)
How would Chris manage to obtain money, apart from his salary? Embezzle it from the company? If he divorced their daughter, why on earth would the Hewitts give him money? And why would it be easy for him to maintain a priviledged life without their patronage? He would be lucky to find any kind of corporate job, given that it was the UK, and he had neither the connections, background or qualifications, apart from his short stint working for Chloe's family.
Chris was not unhappy with Chloe and he was quite happy in his work and family life. Chloe stood to inherit a great deal, and all he had to do was carry on. She wasn't very hard to please, and he got on extremely well with her family.
Nola was nothing more than a millstone around his neck when she started demanding more and making threats. However, I agree that Chris didn't have to kill her. The Hewetts already disliked and distrusted her, and he could have made an excellent case to them that she had entrapped him. They would have offered Nola money, along with some unmistakeable warnings, to go away and stay gone.
