Last Movie You Watched

[Brian]

Blue Jasmine is my favorite of the recent (say, 2005-) Woody Allen movies, but that's not saying very much, because Woody has been really, really unreliable of late. The time-traveling parts of Midnight in Paris were great, but the modern-day parts were distractingly clunky.

[James]

First off, I liked the story & how it was told, its themes, and how it flipped through time as it did to unravel things. The length and pacing were pitch perfect, never dull or lagging. I NEVER cared for Cate Blanchett at all, didn't get her, but her performance here won me over, it was great - it changed my view of her, I like how she portrayed this deeply damaged character. Additionally, I liked the entire cast, perfect choices .. I'm a huge fan of comedy and stand-up comics, so seeing Andrew Dice Clay & Louis C.K. outside of what they normally do was icing on the cake - it worked, I dug it. I can honestly say that this film/story is pretty much tied with Crimes and Misdemeanors as my favorite Woody Allen picture(s).

[Karl Henning]

Blue Jasmine is my favorite of the recent (say, 2005-) Woody Allen movies, but that's not saying very much, because Woody has been really, really unreliable of late. The time-traveling parts of Midnight in Paris were great, but the modern-day parts were distractingly clunky.

I may be in a minority, but I am more or less of a mind that Manhattan may be the only Woody Allen movie I need to return to now and again.

[James]

I own (and can always re-visit) Annie Hall & Manhattan .. but either did anything at all for me.

I haven't seen many of his movies, but I also liked Vicky Cristina Barcelona from a few years back.

[SonicMan46]

I may be in a minority, but I am more or less of a mind that Manhattan may be the only Woody Allen movie I need to return to now and again.

I own (and can always re-visit) Annie Hall & Manhattan .. but either did anything at all for me.

I haven't seen many of his movies, but I also liked Vicky Cristina Barcelona from a few years back.

Wife & I have been Woody Allen fans from the start - my favorites are quoted below which I own - don't care to watch his earliest films anymore and have not enjoyed most of his more recent ones.  Dave

P.S. the ones w/ an * on BD - BTW, the B&W in Manhattan is just stunning!

Annie Hall* (1977)
Manhattan* (1979)
Zelig (1983)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Hannah & Her Sisters* (1986)

[Cato]

I may be in a minority, but I am more or less of a mind that Manhattan may be the only Woody Allen movie I need to return to now and again.

I will join that minority, with the exception that I will not visit or revisit anything except - maybe - Love and Death.

[bhodges]

Haven't kept up with recent Woody Allen - not for not wanting to - but Annie Hall and Manhattan are all-time faves. The photography in Manhattan - by the late, great Gordon Willis - is worthy of any film, any time. Crimes and Misdemeanors is also one of my favorite Allen films. I have heard quite good things about Blue Jasmine, and since I am positively inclined toward Cate Blanchett, I look forward to seeing this at some point.

Another favorite, perhaps not worth watching endlessly, but I like its concept: What's Up, Tiger Lily?, in which he replaces the soundtrack to a grade C Japanese spy film with his own soundtrack and plot, a search for the perfect egg salad recipe.

--Bruce

[Cato]

Another favorite, perhaps not worth watching endlessly, but I like its concept: What's Up, Tiger Lily?, in which he replaces the soundtrack to a grade C Japanese spy film with his own soundtrack and plot, a search for the perfect egg salad recipe.

--Bruce

You reminded me of...

https://www.youtube.com/v/mBvPcCZcZCI

[Bogey]

I will join that minority, with the exception that I will not visit or revisit anything except - maybe - Love and Death.

About the only one I enjoyed was The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion.   

[mc ukrneal]

Wife & I have been Woody Allen fans from the start - my favorites are quoted below which I own - don't care to watch his earliest films anymore and have not enjoyed most of his more recent ones.  Dave

P.S. the ones w/ an * on BD - BTW, the B&W in Manhattan is just stunning!

Zelig is probably my favorite and the one I will watch again when it is on. Annie Hall and Manhattan are really good though.

[Sergeant Rock]

About the only one I enjoyed was The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion.

Not a fan of Play It Again, Sam? Tell me it ain't so, Bogey! 

Sarge

[Brian]

Since we're all comparing notes, the only Woody movies that I enjoy fully & without reservations are Annie Hall and Bullets Over Broadway. I've heard great things about Hannah and Her Sisters.

[Sergeant Rock]

Wife & I have been Woody Allen fans from the start

Same here...and still a fan although I'm behind a few years now. Favorites below (Top 5 in bold).

Midnight in Paris (2011)
Whatever Works (2009)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Match Point (2005)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Radio Days (1987)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Zelig (1983)
Stardust Memories  (1980)
Manhattan (1979)
Annie Hall (1977)
Love and Death (1975)
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Take the Money and Run (1969)
What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)


Sarge

[Cato]

Not a fan of Play It Again, Sam? Tell me it ain't so, Bogey! 

Sarge

Since we are going so faaaaar back...

Look for Burt Reynolds and Tony Randall...and a host of others... 0:)


https://www.youtube.com/v/djQ7WZlb140
(I have never been able to watch the entire thing...) 

[Sergeant Rock]

https://www.youtube.com/v/djQ7WZlb140
(I have never been able to watch the entire thing...) 

That is the best part 

Sarge

[Cato]

That is the best part 

Sarge

Which is what I have always suspected!   

[SimonNZ]

His "serious" films - Interiors, Another Woman, September - have held up and aged well.

Interiors remains a top five Woody favorite for me. At some point I might come right out and decide that its my absolute favorite of his.

...speaking of being in a minority

[bhodges]

His "serious" films - Interiors, Another Woman, September - have held up and aged well.

Interiors remains a top five Woody favorite for me. At some point I might come right out and decide that its my absolute favorite of his.

...speaking of being in a minority

Haven't seen the latter two, but I forgot about Interiors, and I liked it a lot when I saw it (another one with photography by Gordon Willis).

--Bruce

[SimonNZ]

Husbands and Wives, Sweet and Lowdown, Manhattan and Crimes and Misdemeanors would probably fill out the rest of my top five, fwiw

Sweet and Lowdown in particular is a film that I feel deserves way more attention than its had.

[James]

I suspect Blue Jasmine will age well, it was a pleasant surprise .. I'll have to look into some of the other ones that may interest me, a common criticism of his work that I have heard from other esteemed directors (i.e. De Palma, Altman etc.) is that his work is very samey, or variations. Similar locations, characters, themes etc.