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Originally Posted by demonrail666
I like Magic in the Moonlight but I can't really defend it, if that makes sense. I just like to have it on. The scenery, the soundtrack, Colin Firth being Colin Firth. It's a guilty pleasure.
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sure, and why not
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Originally Posted by demonrail666
I've come to the conclusion that I enjoy Woody Allen most when the comedy takes a bit of a backseat. Even bits of Annie Hall irritate me, when he's trying to shoehorn a gag in where it isn't needed. I'd say Hannah and Her Sisters is the one where he gets the balance just right.
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i see. for me he's first and foremost a comic. he started doing stand-up. i go to him primarily for the jokes, with a side bonus elsewhere which might be literary or psychological or whatever.
i remember the first time i saw zelig. i laughed so hard i my belly was hurting. and i'm pretty sure i wasn't stoned. okay, maybe 50/50 chance i was stoned. but still. and yeah there's something more profound than all the laughter (in the case of zelig, a look at jewish assimilation?), but without it it's not great. then again the early german romantics valued laughter greatly-- so let's not underestimate a good joke. maybe the whole universe is a joke.
his supposed big failure was his bergmanian period-- interiors, etc. serious/heavy. which i know i've seen, but can't recall. someone tried to drown herself or something-- i don't know.