Woody Allen
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Topic: Woody Allen
Posted By: el böthy
Subject: Woody Allen
Date Posted: August 13 2007 at 21:58
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So, unfortunatly I had to cut some out, as Woody made more than 25 movies My vote... the obvious one, Annie Hall... but I really like Melinda & Melinda, Love and Death and Bananas as well... actually, i like them all!  ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: August 13 2007 at 22:14
| Oh this is torture!!!!! I love them all but voted Stardust Memories. Husbands and Wives is another sleeper classic not to miss. Deconstructing Harry is the best 90s one and the last great one. All the 70s ones are awesome. Crimes and Misdemeanors is very good. |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: August 13 2007 at 22:15
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I could pick several movies i like them a lot, these movies always put me a big smile on my face...dont have a favorite one actually, damn , really i cannot pick only one!! ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 13 2007 at 22:21
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Zelig, Hannah, Play it Again Sam, Take the Money and Run, the wonderful Radio Days, but my personal fave is the brilliant Crimes and Misdemeanors.. see that one again if you haven't in awhile.. what a film.
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: August 13 2007 at 22:28
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I'm not a huge Woody Allen fan, I find him rather annoying. But I found Zelig very fresh and delightful.
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: August 16 2007 at 18:58
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I refuse to let this die
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 16 2007 at 19:33
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el böthy wrote:Posted By: cookieacquired
Date Posted: August 19 2007 at 11:59
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I loved Radio Days, but I think his stand-up was better than any of his movies ------------- 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 19 2007 at 12:23
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Take the Money and Run ... closely followed by Love and Death and Sleeper. IMO the key situation that summarises what Woody Allen is about is in Take the Money and Run when he gets all dressed up and wants to leave the house and realizes he forgot to put on trousers - then sad piano music starts and he gets depressed. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 19 2007 at 12:32
my all time hero...!!
I've seen all of his movies at least 5 times over...but I've gone for Manhattan.. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: August 19 2007 at 12:40
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How has Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sex... not received any votes? My goodness, that movie is hilarious! That final one where they show you what happens inside the human body during love making just cracks me up. Woody as the anxiety filled sperm is pure genius. "I'm not getting shot out of that thing!! I've heard stories about guys ramming head first into a wall a rubber! Or, what if he's mastur****ng??!! I could end up on the ceiling!!!" E ------------- 
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 19 2007 at 14:25
it's good, but tbh, its too patchy and inconsistent... even Woody admitted that himself. Of his funnier, early movies, you really should try Take The Money & Run (imho, the first 5 minutes are just about the funniest thing ever committed to celluloid), Bananas, Play It Again Sam, Sleeper or Love & Death.... frankly, all of them have gag after gag, intelligently paced thru the movies... superb...  ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 19 2007 at 14:31
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btw, if anyone's interested in the movies missing from the above list, they are:
What's Up Tiger Lily?
Bananas
Play It Again, Sam...
The Front
Broadway Danny Rose
Oedipus Wrecks
Alice
Shadows & Fog
Bullets Over Broadway
Mighty Aphrodite
Deconstructing Harry
Small Time Crooks
Hollywood Ending
Off the top of my head, I think that's the lot....
 ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: August 19 2007 at 22:47
Bananas is now there... I cant believe I forgot it!!!  ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: August 20 2007 at 04:40
Wouldn't quite put it that way, but yes, his stand-up comedy is pure histrionic bliss. This gem is mandatory for any Woody fan:
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: August 20 2007 at 05:01
my favourite Woody Allen film is "Play it Again Sam" (not on the list  ). Absolutely hysterical comedy ! Woody has the mark of the great comedian - he never laughs at his own jokes - he never laughs! 
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: August 20 2007 at 05:17
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Close call between The Sleeper, Hannah and Her Sisters and Mahattan Murder Mystery. Voted for the latter. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 20 2007 at 05:27
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Cannot abide him or is less-than-funny mawkish little films or anything he's ever been in - Casino Royale  Worse.film.ever------------- What? |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: August 20 2007 at 09:10
| I'll probably be in the minority here but I loved, "Stardust Memories". |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 22 2007 at 09:51
no, it's a great film... trouble is there are too many others to choose from...  ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: August 23 2007 at 17:18
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Oh so hard to decide! Shadows and Fog I think is his best made film. Its brilliant, but doesn't appear on the list so I'm sad. Manhattan was great, Anything Else was actually pretty funny and Jason Biggs did a great Woody impersonation. Stardust Memories was also very good, and Sleeper had good physical comedy. I didn't care for Match Point, but thought Scoop was great. Zelig was great and Melinda and Melinda was very interesting. Manhattan Murder Mystery was very funny. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex.... was interesting, but didn't really grab me. Celebrity seemed more dramatic than funny. Kenneth Brannaugh was good in it though. Bananas was weak I think, Annie Hall was really good the first time I saw it, but I didn't care for it as much the other times I've watched it. Hannah and Her Sisters was also a top notch effort. I found Small Time Crooks to be awful, Hollywood Ending was entertaining as was Deconstructing Harry. I guess since Shadows and Fog isn't on the poll I'll go with Zelig. |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 13:37
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I'm trying to have a complete picture of Woody Allen, until now it's like this: Love and Hate: 7/10 (very good). I haven't laughed that good since I can't remember when. Annie Hall: 10/10 (masterpiece). Woody Allen at his best. Interiors: 9/10 (exceptional). And yes it's a tribute to Bergman, but just as good as the "originals". Manhattan: 8/10 (excellent). It does disappoint somehow though, especially seeing it after Annie Hall Zelig: 9/10. Not that entertaining movie, but more interesting from a "technical" perspective. The Purple Rose of Cairo: 8/10. A charming little film. Hannah and Her Sisters: 10/10. Stupendous. Match Point: 10/10. How can one have such a varied and consistent work? ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 22:03
I was just comenting today with a fellow Allen fan friend how Match Point is my least favorite Allen movie, and he agreed... I find Scoop better and more entertaining... well, maybe its cause of the lack of comedy that I love in all of Allen movies... ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 22:10
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Indeed Match Point is from a totally different world than most of Allen's work, but it's incredibly good at what it does. It doesn't need to be a "Woody Allen" for me to like it. and I like it, because I like all those English themes & motifs. Actually when I saw it I had just finished reading two of Galsworthy's sagas, and it fitted perfectly. I like an artist to be versatile and to be able to adapt successfully to another world of culture and forms.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 22:19
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My personal favorite remains Crimes and Misdemeanors, but Radio Days, Zelig, and Hannah are close behind. Amazing storyteller... I didn't much like Purple Rose or Jade Scorpion... and Shadows and Fog though unique, is forgettable. |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: September 25 2007 at 01:35
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I love Shadows and fog. As for comedy, I would say Boris grouchenko... ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: September 25 2007 at 01:37
It's burnt on my brain, shadows and fog... Spyro's scene "I don't wanna be sniffed!..." incredible joke... ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: September 25 2007 at 01:40
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you're probably right, I just have no clear memories of it like I usually do with his other films |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 15:01
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Purple rose is a great film, but the end... I dont like it that much. Sure, its not the "and they lived happily ever after" end, but it kinda bumbed me out a bit
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 15:46
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I personally decided that I didn't "get" Woody Allen or his sense of humor a long time ago. Granted I was a teen at the time and the humor may have gone over my head. The one movie in particular that I am thinking of had a scene where I believe he might have been on a job interview or a sales call and the office lobby that he had to wait in was freshly waxed so he kept falling down while he was trying to go sit on a couch. The couch turned out to be a leather couch so once he got to the couch he couldn't stay seated on the couch because he kept sliding off of the couch. Then after what seemed like an hour he tried opening a bag of M & M's which amazingly tore open and sent M & M's flying across the floor. In theory, kind of funny, but while I was watching it, it was one of the most boring and stupid movie scenes that I had ever seen.
I'm pretty certain that was a Woody Allen movie. The name however, I don't recall. ------------- 
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 22:40
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^^^^ Isnt that Bananas? ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 22:47
I agree, Crimes and Misdemeanors is a great film, one of the best. Woody made great films before that one, but with Crimes he solidified his stature as one of the great film artists, IMHO. ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 23:19
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Scenes from A Mall.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 23:25
 a chilling and hysterically funny blend of stories... remarkable movie |
Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 23:44
Yes, and wha't interesting is that he revisited the same theme in "Match Point." Another Woody masterpiece. ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 23:47
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that's right, I remember noticing that |
Posted By: jimidom
Date Posted: September 28 2007 at 17:05
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