23 response about Show me the woody. »

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   @ “It’s very classic Woody Allen but it’s still different than anything he’s done,”

   Do you not recognize empty bullshit when you hear it?

   Comment by Rusty James — February 23, 2009
2. 

   That is indeed a pretty funny (and quite silly) quote.

   All I remember are the very creepy pictures of Larry David when this film was shooting:

   http://www.firstshowing.net/img/wood-david-Allen-FL-01.jpg

   Comment by kurt — February 23, 2009
3. 

   Creepy? That photo is great!

   Comment by Jonathan B. — February 23, 2009
4. 

   Kurt I am lending you the first season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, that you have not watched it yet is a crime against nature.

   Comment by rot — February 23, 2009
5. 

   Lol. Agreed. Curb is my second favorite show on TV.

   Comment by Andrew James — February 23, 2009
6. 

   Sounds interesting! Woody needs to make another movie like Radio Days.

   Comment by Roy — February 23, 2009
7. 

   Woody needs to make another movie like his 70’s stuff. I wonder if he has it in him.

   Comment by swarez — February 24, 2009
8. 

   woody allen. larry david. what a combo.

   if only penelope cruz were in this too!

   Comment by ralph — February 24, 2009
9. 

   Curb is one of my favorites and of course Seinfeld rules. How will Larry David transfer to the big screen with someone as prolific as Allen directing him? Also I assume someone else wrote this screenplay. So this is my first experience with Larry David actually acting and being directed – not just playing himself.

   Comment by Andrew James — February 24, 2009
10. 

    true, especially since Curb relies so much on improv. now there will be an actual script. Larry David would feel more comfortable working with Judd Apatow probably.

    but Woody is an actor’s director. he seems to bring the best out in everyone. i have the utmost faith that Larry David will crossover and do it well.

    Comment by ralph — February 24, 2009
11. 

    Larry David is comedic gold. Woody Allen is giving him another opportunity for him to show us what he can do, but it’s all Larry. All Larry, all the time.

    Comment by Andy — February 24, 2009
12. 

    Larry. Is. God.

    Comment by Ross Miller — February 25, 2009
13. 

    Ok time to rank Curb episodes…

    my favorite probably remains

    “the doll” Generally, much like Seinfeld, the multiple story threads would shoe-horned together into some final punchline, and you have to accept that as part of how the show works or not… but this punchline is effortlessly arrived at and is the funniest moment of any of the seasons.

    I’m thinking its season 2

    Comment by rot — February 25, 2009
14. 

    Don’t know about my favorite, but I’ve never laughed as hard as the night the restaurant opened with the “special” chef.

    RIMJOB!

    Comment by Andrew James — February 25, 2009
15. 

    I would be stoked if Woody Allen could make a good film – he hasn’t done so since the 1970s, but I suppose we can still hope.

    Vicky Cristina Barcelona was, in my mind, the Spanish American Beauty – which is far from a compliment. The film was dull and boring, and the characters were bland, pretentious, and simply unlikeable. There was nothing redeeming about it.

    Comment by Domenic — February 26, 2009
16. 

    You know. I liked Bullets over Broadway and Deconstructing Harry (90s). As well as Match Point and Vicky Christina Barcelona (no they are not ‘CLASSICS’ or anything by far, but they are solid flicks.)

    I’ve not seen Sweet & Lowdown, but that film gets credit too and it is not that old.

    Comment by kurt — February 26, 2009
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    I have to disagree with every single thing you wrote there Domenic. Like Kurt, several recent to not-so-recent Allen flicks have been well written and entertaining. I think Match Point may be the pinnacle. It was the first Woody Allen movie I watched and LOVED. Also, no love for Crimes and Misdemeanors, Manhattan Murder Mystery or Hannah and her Sisters (the latter I have not actually seen admittedly)?

    As for the second comment about VCB, to each his own I guess, but the thing that works the best in that movie is the interesting characters. I didn’t find them unlikable (not in a Boleyn Girl, Margot at the Wedding kind of way) at all. Pretentious and crazy, yes. Loathsome, no.

    Comment by Andrew James — February 26, 2009
18. 

    I think this is an “agree to disagree” situation. It has been my experience that people like or dislike Woody Allen – I seem to be a rarity, in that I very much enjoy Allen’s earlier films, yet don’t like anything since the 1970s. I feel all alone in the middle ground.

    I have not seen Crimes and Misdemeanors, but I have seen (and disliked) everything else mentioned thus far.

    Comment by Domenic — February 26, 2009
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    Cassandra’s Dream was my breaking point, I do not intend on seeing any of Allen’s future projects after that debacle. And while Match Point was pretty good, it was a rehash of things he has already done and a rehash of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment which he has already rehashed.

    I agree with Domenic, I’m sticking with the younger more ambitious Woody

    His last great film was Sweet and Lowdown.

    Comment by rot — February 26, 2009
20. 

    Well, I think that Woody Allen’s decision to turn out one film a year, every year when he is doing his own writing, is largely responsible for the wild variation of quality. If he took more time to hone his screenplays and characters (maybe a film every 18 months to two years instead), the quality/ambition may return. As it stands, that looks highly unlikely.

    These days, he seems to simply want to make pictures around the world with young and beautiful actresses. Can’t fault him for that. He’s earned the right to make simple care-free films, even though obviously people want more Manhattan/Purple Rose of Cairo/Crimes&Misdemeanors type films.

    Comment by kurt — February 26, 2009
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    For what it’s worth, Stardust Memories was the last Allen flick I truly enjoyed, and even that was a great step down from his peak (Annie Hall, Sleepers, Manhattan, Interiors, and Love & Death).

    Comment by Domenic — February 26, 2009
22. 

    Husbands and Wives and September are both post 70’s and really good.

    Comment by Rusty James — February 26, 2009
23. 

    I’m watching this right now. It is definitely typical Woody Allen with Larry David playing a character that would probably otherwise be suited for Woody himself. I like it so far (half way through), but it isn’t spectacular by any means.

    Comment by Jonathan B. — October 27, 2009

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