[quote=SpelingError]I've seen and enjoyed a few of Allen's films ([I]Manhattan[/I], especially), but I'm not sure if I'll be able to return to it for a long time given his scandal. I'm normally able to put that stuff behind me when I watch films from controversial directors (Roman Polanski, for instance), but given that [I]Manhattan[/I] is about Allen being in a romance with someone much younger than him (something which is eerily similar to what his real life scandal was about) makes it a much harder pill to swallow. I can see myself returning to [I]Annie Hall[/I] in the future though.[/quote]

[quote=ynwtf]I loved Carol Burnett in that![/quote]

[quote=AgrippinaX][quote=Wyldesyde19]Posted that last shout too early.  
Meant to say:
Just to name a few of his early films that I loved.  Some people don’t get his films, and that’s fine.[/quote]

I’m ambivalent. The whole scandal thing didn’t affect my perception of him at all. I was never a huge fan but ‘Annie Hall’ was great.[/quote]

[quote=Wyldesyde19]Posted that last shout too early.  
Meant to say:
Just to name a few of his early films that I loved.  Some people don’t get his films, and that’s fine.[/quote]

[quote=Wyldesyde19][quote=ash_is_the_gal][quote=Wyldesyde19]Pre 1990’s (pre scandal) Allen was a force to be reckoned with[/quote] yeah and i'm trying to figure out why.  it didn't help that pre 90s he was also in front of the camera in a lot of his films, and i've always found his presence to be SO smarmy and pretentious.

anyway, this was more of an excuse for me to rant.  idk that i'll ever figure it out.[/quote]

I don’t think there is anything I can say to “convince” you of his early genius.  Love & Death, Annie Hall, Stardust Memories. Just to make a few[/quote]

[quote=ash_is_the_gal][quote=Wyldesyde19]Pre 1990’s (pre scandal) Allen was a force to be reckoned with[/quote] yeah and i'm trying to figure out why.  it didn't help that pre 90s he was also in front of the camera in a lot of his films, and i've always found his presence to be SO smarmy and pretentious.

anyway, this was more of an excuse for me to rant.  idk that i'll ever figure it out.[/quote]

[quote=Wyldesyde19]Pre 1990’s (pre scandal) Allen was a force to be reckoned with.  He had a few other hits after that time but to me, he’ll probably never reach those same heights.[/quote]

[quote=Yoda]I think a lot of the praise has to do with the feeling that he kind of invented a [i]style[/i] of film, with its quasi-realism and emphasis on the ins and outs of adult relationships. Like, this might sound weird, but I'm not sure we have Kevin Smith without Woody Allen. I think there's a lot of influence in naturalistic (or, to be fair, naturalistic [i]feeling[/i], relative to mostm ovies) dialogue.[/quote]

[quote=Yoda]Well, most of them are utterly forgettable, especially these days. But I was always a little confused by the level of love for [i]Annie Hall[/i] and [i]Manhattan[/i] both. I guess I can appreciate some of the meta stuff in the former, though.

Loved [i]Midnight in Paris[/i], however.[/quote]

[quote=ash_is_the_gal]i've had this conversation here before (on a thread, not in the shoutbox, but still)

Woody Allen films. i don't get the hype.[/quote]

[quote=Austruck][quote=Chypmunk]And thus the intrepid trio started on their trek to Mordor, both Mama Yods and the fearsome Torgo really hoping that Yinbo would be able to keep his ring covered up the entire journey this time....[/quote]
:D :D :D[/quote]