"Crisis In Six Scenes (2016 Woody Allen via Amazon)" Sat Oct-01-16 03:42 PM by Heinz
Anyone watch this yet? I'm very excited to watch this. Gonna take it in this weekend. The trailer looks really promising. Woody IMO just keeps getting better with age. Heard great things about Miley Cyrus in this show.
Not his best, not his worse. It's more like a movie broken up into six parts than a show. As a show, the pacing is all off. I'm guessing if it was edited together into one long(ish) film it would play out better.
Miley is okay. Not entirely believable as an activist, but not horrible.
It's overall decent. My biggest problem is that Woody's stuttering neurotic antics is there, but it's not as funny, there aren't so many witty jokes to go along. He comes off more as a grumpy old man than a neurotic yet witty guy (as he used to be).
I'd say it's about as good as his last few comedies. But I think his comedies have gone down a few pegs since Deconstructing Harry (his last great film IMO).
Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86670 posts
Tue Oct-04-16 03:40 PM
6. "I'd say he's getting better as a director, but def not as a writer." In response to Reply # 5
Cafe Society was among the most gorgeous movies he's ever made... but the writing was... fine. I'd say similar things about Irrational Man and Magic in the Moonlight. His composition, use of color, etc... all are better in the last few years than most of his films over the past 15-20 years.
But... yeah. Not in terms of writing. If I'm naming his top, say, 15 movies ever, only three of them would come from the last twenty years.
21. "She looked like she was "acting" the entire time. One question for you:" In response to Reply # 8
Initially she was not romantically interested in Jesse's character at all, he was firmly in the friend zone. Then through his assiduity he supposedly won her over. The entire movie -- Kristen's character's dilemma over whom to choose, and the poignance of her final encounter with Jesse's character -- depends on this.
But did you REALLY find her change convincing?
Woody didn't even TRY to dramatize it, must've known KS wasn't up to it. Amazingly, he just TOLD us it happened in a voice over, which accompanied a long-range shot of the two of them interacting. From that point on, I couldn't take the movie seriously.
16. "Is this post about my disdain for Woody Allen being a child molester?" In response to Reply # 13 Mon Oct-10-16 01:16 AM by Cold Truth
Because thus far that has generated more discussion than the movie made by Woody Allen, Child Molester.
Mainly because you decided to engage the point of the artist molesting and marrying his stepdaughter as well as molesting his own children, mind you.
If your intent was to redirect this thread from a discussion about a child molester who also makes movies, it backfired.
Considering that the story behind him being a creepy, incestuous child molester who also LOOKS THE FUCKING PART in a very unsettling way is well documented and uncomfortably detailed you should be able to just ignore my comment.
After all, you ignore the fact that he's a predator whose chosen prey are his own children. If you can ignore that but not my comment, well, that might say something about you.
11. "thats not being a grown up..." In response to Reply # 4
>Be a grown up and learn how to separate art and the person. > >*shrugs*
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12. "Yeah it is they are two entirely different things " In response to Reply # 11
Art is art. Art has nothing to do with the artistS personal lives. People choose to think otherwise which is why celeb gossip exists. That's childish shit.
14. "I gotta disagree with that one" In response to Reply # 12
The moral choice to not support an artist based on their personal lives is very much an "adult" thing. This is why I stay away from Roman Polanski films. And why I'm so conflicted on still watching Woody Allen's movies.
This is way beyond the subject though. I think with you being such a big Woody Allen fan, you will like the "show" (in quotes because it really doesn't play out like a TV show). The last ep is especially fun. Overall it's mediocre Woody Allen material, but that's still pretty good. It's Woody mostly staying in his lane. As I might have said, this will be much better if he edits it together into one longish movie.
Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 86670 posts
Mon Oct-10-16 12:28 AM
15. "I think it's easy to see both sides." In response to Reply # 12
I have no trouble separating art from artist, but I don't begrudge anyone their opinion if they either don't want to support someone they despise or find the work to be tainted by the outside knowledge of the artist. And as a massive fan of Woody, a couple of his films *do* unquestionably contain ghosts of his real-life scandals that have on occasion made me squirm.
So I don't mind when people say they choose not to support him. I do continue to enjoy his art, but I get why people wouldn't.
17. "I don't mind if someone is against his personal life choices BUT " In response to Reply # 15
This post was about his art. NOT what he has done in his life. So I definitely hate when people try to bring it up when the OG post is not even about it. Its a moot point when talking about his art.
We can go back and forth on about everyone is entitled to their own opinion but I do not have to accept that talking about something that has nothing to do with his art. Im not disagreeing with the reason to hate him as a man at all...but I wasnt talking about them in the first place.
I've never been a Woody Allen fan or checked his work because of the controversy, but I understand people who can and can't separate the work from the person....sorta LOL....in some cases the person is so deplorable to you that you simply can't....I think it all centers on how each person feels about the subject matter in controversy....
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19. "Eh, didn't like it so much" In response to Reply # 0
It was essentially a long and extremely slight movie. Didn't care for many of the performances; Elaine May was particularly bad, and all of the "guest" actors not named Max Casella were sleep-walking. The scene near the end where everything comes together is mildly enjoyable, but the rest of it is lightweight as all get out.
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