caroljane Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I am on a movie jag, not by choice. Movies are all I am currently getting for free on TV. Currently they are showing all of Woody Allen's movies, most of which I have seen before. What strikes me is that in retrospect my impression of his work has not changed. His early comedy was truly funny. Manhattan and Annie Hall, New York City travelogues apart, were creepy and sort of depressing, and Diane Keaton is not that charismatic a star., not fascinating enough a personality to carry a movie.Match Point was a good film noir, but the operatic score in the final scenes was too over the top. Irony was not required here.Radio Days is completely satisfying, a lovely film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Carol:Hit the link...http://www.hulu.com/ these are some of the 2,228 TV shows that you can watch on your computer - there are also tons of moviesNHL Games brings you hockey's most thrilling games from the past and present. This is your home for the Nat... more Current Condensed Games (746)Current Full Games (254)Classic Games (43)Others (2)The Vanilla Ice Project add to favorites Restaurant: Impossible add to favorites Wild Romance add to favorites Buddha Realms add to favorites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroljane Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Carol:Hit the link...http://www.hulu.com/ these are some of the 2,228 TV shows that you can watch on your computer - there are also tons of moviesNHL Games brings you hockey's most thrilling games from the past and present. This is your home for the Nat... more Current Condensed Games (746)Current Full Games (254)Classic Games (43)Others (2)The Vanilla Ice Project add to favorites Restaurant: Impossible add to favorites Wild Romance add to favorites Buddha Realms add to favoritesThanks Adam.So, do you agree with me about Radio Days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdoctor Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 So, do you agree with me about Radio Days?I thought Radio Days was good, but one of his weaker ones. Annie Hall and Love and Death are probably his best. Crimes and Misdemeanors and Mighty Aphrodite also stand out in my memory. Here’s another thread with some discussion of his work:http://www.objectivi...ndpost&p=105864 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Never been a Woody Allen fan.I probably have seen about one third of one of his movies.Call me a neo-Pelagian lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroljane Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Never been a Woody Allen fan.I probably have seen about one third of one of his movies.Call me a neo-Pelagian lolOK, you're a neo-Pelagian. Now reclaim Britannia, pronto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 If you, or ND would reccommend a Woody Allen film for me to see which one would y'all reccommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroljane Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 If you, or ND would reccommend a Woody Allen film for me to see which one would y'all reccommend?The two I mentioned - Radio Days (NY Nostalgia, I think you would like it)Match Point, a different direction, his try at straight film noir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdoctor Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 If you, or ND would reccommend a Woody Allen film for me to see which one would y'all reccommend?The two I mentioned - Radio Days (NY Nostalgia, I think you would like it)Match Point, a different direction, his try at straight film noir.I think Mighty Aphrodite is a better pick for Adam, just a gut feeling. Or Annie Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroljane Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 If you, or ND would reccommend a Woody Allen film for me to see which one would y'all reccommend?The two I mentioned - Radio Days (NY Nostalgia, I think you would like it)Match Point, a different direction, his try at straight film noir.I think Mighty Aphrodite is a better pick for Adam, just a gut feeling. Or Annie Hall.I had forgotten about Aphrodite which was indeed very funny, so I will add it, but I stick with my picks otherwise, Annie Hall was way overrated.Now whose taste do you trust Adam, an enervated Floridian postmodernist, or a senior member of the Fraternal Order of the Sacred Igloo?Hint: your answer begins, "Er, gulp"ISSCarolcc GordNanookGrand Shaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Thanks guys.I will give them a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdoctor Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Thanks guys.I will give them a shot.You've never seen this? Now you have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Red River Valley - that was cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 One of the best lines ever in a Woody Allen movie, from "Manhattan":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQPu0KLJu1IGhs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I think Mighty Aphrodite is a better pick for Adam, just a gut feeling. Or Annie Hall.I used to be a huge Woody Allen fan, but was so disappointed with two of his later films (Whatever Works and Midnight in Paris) that I threw those DVDs in the trash. (A few years ago, if anyone had told me that I'd ever do that with an Allen film, I'd have thought they were crazy!).Allen rehashes the same topic and over again, but in those two later films, seemed to lack the bite, the wit, the insprining dialogues, the philosophical streak, the irresesistible, tragicomical mixture he managed to present on screen, where the spectators could emphatize with his movie characters struggling to make sense in a 'not-so-benevolent universe' (Allen's own philosophical position).I have not seen all of Allen's movies, but of those I have seen my top favorites are:Love and Death, Manhattan, Zelig, Hannah and her Sisters. Il aso enjoyed Annie Hall, Play it again Sam, Radio Days, and Purple Rose of Cairo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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