Allen's films have become increasingly sentimental and death-obsessed since the 1970s - he should have stuck with what he was good at e.g. Bananas, Everything you wanted to know and the Orgasmatron in Sleeper. He was good at slapstick and visual jokes but disappeared up his own ass around the same time he disappeared up his stepdaughter's.boltonbonce wrote:Just watched Woody Allen's 'Manhattan' for the first time. Load of old tosh.
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31 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Fri Aug 08 2014, 08:17
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
32 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Fri Aug 08 2014, 10:01
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
Enjoyed his'Zelig'. 'Broadway Danny Rose' too. One of my favourite films of his is 'Radio Days' which he directed but didn't appear in. Bit of a tainted genius for me, his stand up material was some of the best I've ever heard.
33 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Fri Aug 08 2014, 10:56
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
He was a stand up first and foremost and that talent underpinned everything else he did. I've seen all his films apart from Blue Jasmine and TBF he has improved a bit in the last few years with e.g. Vicky Christina Barcelona, but there was a lot of waffly shite in between the two periods and more since with Midnight in Paris. Why do romcoms I ask?
34 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Fri Aug 08 2014, 11:12
xmiles
Jay Jay Okocha
I enjoyed Blue Jasmine but Woody Allen's films are definitely a mixed bag.
35 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Fri Aug 08 2014, 11:30
Hipster_Nebula
Nat Lofthouse
Manhattan is a masterpiece IMO, I actually don't like Annie Hall which is lauded over.
he's made some fantastic films and some absolute stinkers.
he's made some fantastic films and some absolute stinkers.
36 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Fri Aug 08 2014, 11:42
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
I liked Annie Hall. But if I could only take one film of his to a desert island it'd probably be 'Bananas'.
37 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Fri Aug 08 2014, 13:19
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Sleeper made me laugh.boltonbonce wrote:I liked Annie Hall. But if I could only take one film of his to a desert island it'd probably be 'Bananas'.
38 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Fri Aug 08 2014, 14:21
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
Some great lines in Sleeper. "One false move and the nose gets it".wanderlust wrote:Sleeper made me laugh.boltonbonce wrote:I liked Annie Hall. But if I could only take one film of his to a desert island it'd probably be 'Bananas'.
39 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Fri Aug 08 2014, 22:53
aaron_bwfc
Moderator
In Diana Jones is a well worth a watch.
40 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Sun Aug 10 2014, 18:30
Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
I watched Shutter Island this afternoon. I say "watched" but actually fell asleep about an hour in.
Awful.
Awful.
41 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Sun Aug 10 2014, 18:45
Hipster_Nebula
Nat Lofthouse
Natasha Whittam wrote:I watched Shutter Island this afternoon. I say "watched" but actually fell asleep about an hour in.
Awful.
finally we agree on something.
42 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Sun Aug 10 2014, 18:57
Boggersbelief
Nat Lofthouse
aaron_bwfc wrote:In Diana Jones is a well worth a watch.
This is a family forum aaron
43 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Sun Oct 20 2019, 15:57
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
Brokeback Mountain.
44 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Sun Oct 20 2019, 18:04
Hipster_Nebula
Nat Lofthouse
Mulholland drive.
Chungking express
Chungking express
45 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Mon Oct 21 2019, 02:14
wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
I've watched most of Bunuel's films but I've still not got around to The Young and the Damned (Los olvidados) yet
46 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Fri Oct 25 2019, 00:16
Angry Dad
Youri Djorkaeff
Everything with Salma Hayek in it.
47 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Thu Nov 07 2019, 19:29
terenceanne
El Hadji Diouf
Some films are only good at the time they come out. It's hard to judge now a film from 30 or 40 years back. I remember standing in a long line around the block with parents to see Goldfinger. Now you wonder why...but at the time there was nowt like it. Later on we were in line for the Exorcist in Manchester (I think it was banned in Bolton). Show it to young folk today who have grown up on much more graphic horror flicks and they would wonder what all the fuss was about.
Annie Hall & Manhattan (mentioned above) were great at the time...because they were unique at that time.
Annie Hall & Manhattan (mentioned above) were great at the time...because they were unique at that time.
48 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Thu Nov 07 2019, 22:49
BoltonTillIDie
Nat Lofthouse
This is a good place to find movies you should watch...
https://m.imdb.com/chart/top
How many of these have you seen?
https://m.imdb.com/chart/top
How many of these have you seen?
49 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Thu Nov 07 2019, 22:53
karlypants
Nat Lofthouse
BoltonTillIDie wrote:This is a good place to find movies you should watch...
https://m.imdb.com/chart/top
How many of these have you seen?
8 out of 250 I've seen.
I better get my finger out!
50 Re: Films I should have watched,but haven't Thu Nov 07 2019, 22:56
BoltonTillIDie
Nat Lofthouse
I did once try to make a point of watching some of the older ones. The good, the bad and the ugly was surprisingly good
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