Rate: The Films Of Woody Allen

**soitgoes...** · 10-22-2008, 07:30 AM

What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) - 5.0
Take the Money and Run (1969) - 6.5
Bananas (1971) - 5.0
Sleeper (1973) - 6.5
Love and Death (1975) - 6.5
Annie Hall (1977) - 9.5
Interiors (1978) - 8.0
Manhattan (1979) - 9.0
Zelig (1983) - 7.5
Broadway Danny Rose (1984) - 7.0
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) - 8.5
Radio Days (1987) - 8.0
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) - 9.0
Husbands and Wives (1992) - 9.0
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) - 6.5
Bullets Over Broadway (1994) - 9.0
Mighty Aphrodite (1995) - 6.5
Everyone Says I Love You (1996) - 6.0
Melinda and Melinda (2004) - 7.0
Match Point (2005) - 7.5
Cassandra's Dream (2007) - 7.0

**transmogrifier** · 10-22-2008, 08:07 AM

Best Film - Husbands and Wives
Worst Film - Cassandra's Dream
Best Direction - Stardust Memories
Best Actor - Martin Landau (Crimes and Misdemeanors)
Best Actress - Judy Davis (Husbands and Wives)
Best Duo - Diane Keaton and Woody Allen (Manhattan Murder Mystery)
Most Underrated - Everyone Says I Love You
Most Overrated - Manhattan
Funniest - Manhattan Murder Mystery

**Ezee E** · 10-22-2008, 01:30 PM

I'll have to check out Stardust Memories. Sounds like one of the better ones that I have yet to see.

And it just happens to be on the Watch Now feature. Yay!

**Torgo** · 10-22-2008, 01:43 PM

Love and Death - 8/10
Annie Hall - 9/10
Manhattan - 9/10
Radio Days - 8/10

Only four? For shame...

**Amnesiac** · 10-22-2008, 07:16 PM

I'll try and rank the ones I've seen instead:

1. Annie Hall
2. Crimes and Misdemeanors
3. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
4. The Purple Rose of Cairo
5. Another Woman
6. Alice
7. Shadows and Fog
8. September

To be fair and honest, this ranking is without re-watches and proper contemplations for some of the titles. I feel confident about the top 5 but the rest would require more careful consideration, as they are based on the recollection of my (now long past) first impressions alone. Also, I've seen Manhattan but cannot recall enough about it (in any significant sense) to warrant a ranking.

**baby doll** · 10-23-2008, 05:20 PM

Quoting trotchky (view post)

He's made a lot of shit but when he's at his best he's better than anyone.

Among living American directors, I'll take Wes Anderson, Albert Brooks, Todd Haynes, Jim Jarmusch, Spike Lee or David Lynch any day of the week.

**Gizmo** · 10-23-2008, 05:39 PM

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex... But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) 6
Annie Hall (1977) 5
Broadway Danny Rose (1984) 4
Everyone Says I Love You (1996) 4
Melinda and Melinda (2004) 6

**B-side** · 10-24-2008, 08:25 AM

Watched Manhattan earlier. Great film, if a bit lacking in overall resonance.

**Ezee E** · 10-24-2008, 04:31 PM

So Stardust Memories is just meh. Reading up on it, Woody Allen claims that the movie isn't autobiographical at all, but that's just silly, seeing as his first dramas had just come out.

There are some nice touches, but why so hateful towards the fans?

**transmogrifier** · 10-24-2008, 05:43 PM

Quoting Ezee E (view post)

There are some nice touches, but why so hateful towards the fans?

This is clear in the movie, regarding Sandy's career. I don't know why you'd then want to assume it's Woody confronting you personally, and then hold it against the film itself.

SM is a wonderfully crafted film.

**Qrazy** · 10-24-2008, 06:08 PM

Quoting Brightside (view post)

Watched Manhattan earlier. Great film, if a bit lacking in overall resonance.

What does that even mean?

**Robby P** · 10-24-2008, 06:29 PM

Why is 'darker' an indication of quality? I don't get it.

**Qrazy** · 10-24-2008, 06:36 PM

Quoting Robby P (view post)

Why is 'darker' an indication of quality? I don't get it.

More shadows means higher contrast means borderline blind people can see the image better and seeing the image better means greater appreciation for said image which means indication of quality.

**Melville** · 10-24-2008, 07:45 PM

Quoting Qrazy (view post)

More shadows means higher contrast means borderline blind people can see the image better and seeing the image better means greater appreciation for said image which means indication of quality.

That's the most reasonable thing on this page.

**B-side** · 10-25-2008, 05:03 AM

Quoting Qrazy (view post)

What does that even mean?

That doesn't make sense to you? It didn't quite resonate with me as much as I'd have liked. I was a bit more detached than I should've been in order for me to push it into the 9-range.

**MacGuffin** · 10-25-2008, 05:15 AM

Quoting Brightside (view post)

That doesn't make sense to you? It didn't quite resonate with me as much as I'd have liked. I was a bit more detached than I should've been in order for me to push it into the 9-range.

That is your fault and not the fault of the movie.

**B-side** · 10-25-2008, 08:13 AM

Quoting Clipper Ship Captain (view post)

That is your fault and not the fault of the movie.

You're misunderstanding me, though I suppose that's mostly my fault. I don't mean that it failed to live up to some silly expectation, only that it didn't quite hit me like a 9-range film should, if that makes any more sense. Basically, I thought it was great, but not excellent. Good?

**Spinal** · 10-25-2008, 03:56 PM

If you're looking for the long, meandering non-Woody Allen discussion, it now in the Film Discussion Thread.

**trotchky** · 10-26-2008, 03:11 AM

Quoting baby doll (view post)

Among living American directors, I'll take Wes Anderson, Albert Brooks, Todd Haynes, Jim Jarmusch, Spike Lee or David Lynch any day of the week.

I might take Todd Haynes, and maybe sometimes David Lynch. The others though, nah.

**Duncan** · 10-26-2008, 09:44 PM

Quoting Clipper Ship Captain (view post)

That is your fault and not the fault of the movie.

How is it his "fault" that a film didn't resonate with him? Is everyone who doesn't have the same reaction to a film as you somehow at fault?

**MacGuffin** · 10-26-2008, 10:01 PM

Quoting Duncan (view post)

How is it his "fault" that a film didn't resonate with him? Is everyone who doesn't have the same reaction to a film as you somehow at fault?

No, he just says the movie isn't as good as it could've been because he doesn't feel like it resonated with him, i.e. he didn't like it as much as he thought we would. Seems to me he is mixing the objective and the subjective. May as well just stick with one or the other, look at something on a critical level or don't.

Edit: I didn't even like Manhattan very much, so no, they are not at fault, but how good of you to point that out.

**soitgoes...** · 10-26-2008, 10:36 PM

The only fault of Manhattan is the casting of Hemingway. She was awful.

**MacGuffin** · 10-26-2008, 10:37 PM

Quoting soitgoes... (view post)

The only fault of Manhattan is the casting of Hemingway. She was awful.

It has been a while since I have seen it; I could use a rewatch, but I have hardly seen any Woody Allen movies, so it is not particularly one of my top priorities right now. I would like to see Broadway Danny Rose.

**soitgoes...** · 10-26-2008, 10:43 PM

Quoting Clipper Ship Captain (view post)

I would like to see Broadway Danny Rose.

It's good, but it is a step behind his other 80s films in my eyes.

**Qrazy** · 10-26-2008, 11:32 PM

Quoting soitgoes... (view post)

The only fault of Manhattan is the casting of Hemingway. She was awful.

Not really, perhaps you found her grating but I thought she showed a lot of genuine emotion in the role.

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