Why do people hate Woody Allen so?

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.15.2007, 01:43 AM

I've enjoyed:

Bananas
Annie Hall
Everything You Want To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask)
Deconstructing Harry
Match Point
Mighty Aphrodite
Bullets Over Broadway
Scoop
Small Time Crooks

and even The Jade Scorpion

He's great.

!@#$%! · 01.15.2007, 01:45 AM

some people get scandalized that he married his adoptive dotter.

what hate are you talking about???

??

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.15.2007, 01:54 AM

I've met quite a few people that just hate his movies- hate the character he plays, hate the comedy, all of it.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.15.2007, 01:55 AM

I think Woody would say it's Anti-semitism.

Silent Dan Speaks · 01.15.2007, 02:02 AM

I love Annie Hall, it's probably in my top 10. Sleeper is really good, but I haven't seen anything else. Where do you suppose I go next?

LifeDistortion · 01.15.2007, 02:02 AM

I don't hate his movies but his critics might say he makes the same movie over and over again, at least the ones he's in which while lately isn't as many as it used to be, the characters and situations at least in his comedies haven't changed all that much for the last 30 years. The ones who love Allen still love him, and the ones who never got into him, even in his early days of "Annie Hall" will never get him.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.15.2007, 02:10 AM

Annie Hall could quite possibly the greatest romance movie ever.

alteredcourse · 01.15.2007, 03:55 AM

i think some people cant stand him because hes embodies 'the neurotic, useless male' - an unbearably annoying product of the female revolucion of the 60s thru 80s .

im a fan of woody allen but realistically i would have punched him in the face not too long after meeting him .

PAULYBEE2656 · 01.15.2007, 10:48 AM

i dont hate woody allen at all.....

TheDom · 01.15.2007, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Silent Dan Speaks

I love Annie Hall, it's probably in my top 10. Sleeper is really good, but I haven't seen anything else. Where do you suppose I go next?

Crimes & Misdemeanors.

sonicl · 01.15.2007, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by alteredcourse

i think some people cant stand him because hes embodies 'the neurotic, useless male'.

Yes!

noumenal · 01.15.2007, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by TheDom

Crimes & Misdemeanors.

I agree, it's my fave.

fishmonkey · 01.15.2007, 11:06 AM

i just hate the sight of his stupid fuckin head.

kind like how i feel about Robin Williams

sonicl · 01.15.2007, 11:08 AM

^
And you say that I'm being antsy today?

fishmonkey · 01.15.2007, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by sonicl

^
And you say that I'm being antsy today?

haha!

i see what you do sonicl buddy...

you make a joke.

Russell Brand for PM!!!

(and Alex Ferguson for President)

TheDom · 01.15.2007, 11:12 AM

My parents call him a pervert, and that is really the only reason they hate him....

James Blonde · 01.15.2007, 11:54 AM

Odd, James Blonde had just picked one Allen's stories collection to read.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.15.2007, 02:43 PM

You should listen to one of his stand-up CDs. A lot of the jokes in his movies come from his stand-up.

Destroy Rock 'n' Roll · 01.15.2007, 03:06 PM

I love his works.

Manhattan is my favourite from his works, a film I find more consistently funny than the awesome Annie Hall, and is a film which would probably make my Top 20 favourite movies ever.

Destroy Rock 'n' Roll · 01.15.2007, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

You should listen to one of his stand-up CDs. A lot of the jokes in his movies come from his stand-up.

I listened to quite a few of them on my way to Thailand in the summer... awh, jolly god, it was awesome stufff...

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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I've enjoyed: Bananas Annie Hall Everything You Want To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask) Deconstructing Harry Match Point Mighty Aphrodite Bullets Over Broadway Scoop Small Time Crooks and even The Jade Scorpion He's great.
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,578	some people get scandalized that he married his adoptive dotter. what hate are you talking about??? ??
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I've met quite a few people that just hate his movies- hate the character he plays, hate the comedy, all of it.
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Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I think Woody would say it's Anti-semitism. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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Silent Dan Speaks the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 603	I love Annie Hall, it's probably in my top 10. Sleeper is really good, but I haven't seen anything else. Where do you suppose I go next?
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LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	I don't hate his movies but his critics might say he makes the same movie over and over again, at least the ones he's in which while lately isn't as many as it used to be, the characters and situations at least in his comedies haven't changed all that much for the last 30 years. The ones who love Allen still love him, and the ones who never got into him, even in his early days of "Annie Hall" will never get him.
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Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	Annie Hall could quite possibly the greatest romance movie ever. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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alteredcourse expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,503	i think some people cant stand him because hes embodies 'the neurotic, useless male' - an unbearably annoying product of the female revolucion of the 60s thru 80s . im a fan of woody allen but realistically i would have punched him in the face not too long after meeting him .
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	i dont hate woody allen at all..... __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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fishmonkey invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,670	i just hate the sight of his stupid fuckin head. kind like how i feel about Robin Williams __________________ "Pescescimmia ha grandi bulbi oculari blu, ognuno attaccato su un lato della sua testa, in modo tale da risucire a guardare indietro senza girare la sua testa pesciosa"
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sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	^ And you say that I'm being antsy today?
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TheDom expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nashville. Posts: 1,924	My parents call him a pervert, and that is really the only reason they hate him....
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James Blonde bad moon rising Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Albania Posts: 165	Odd, James Blonde had just picked one Allen's stories collection to read.
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	You should listen to one of his stand-up CDs. A lot of the jokes in his movies come from his stand-up.
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