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Feel free to chime in with your choices, but here's my most recent.
VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA
I kind of knew what I was getting myself into with this movie since it's a Woody Allen film. To me, he's the total antithesis of what it is to be a man. He's ugly, scrawny, whiny, creepy....just not what my definition of what being manly is about.
But, he's got that "get in touch with your feelings" thing going on that women seen to dig so much. That must be how he gets the "young chicks", and what Mia Farrow is probably so pissed at him for....aside from him "hooking up" with their adopted daughter (which only adds to his creepiness).
But, at the suggestion of a female friend, I put this in my Blockbuster que. Forgot all about it. Female isn't around anymore. But, the movie shows up in my mailbox. Ok, may as well watch it since it's supposed to be "great".
What is it with Woody Allen movies? No surround sound? Being a long time film maker, wouldn't he know that every other movie...say,. made in the last several years has adopted surround sound?
Granted, it's a dialog driven film. But, there were several scenes that could have used some surround ambiance. But no.....one channel......mono. Sheesh!
Then, there's the movie itself. Don't know why I expected something different. But, here's another one of those...."all characters are off the charts not knowing what they want". Then, he spends two hours trying to tell us that. Could have done the same thing over a 60 second commercial break. While the potential was there for some hot nude and sex scenes (since he's spent a lifetime inexplicably getting nookie from the most unlikely sources), aside from a few "above the neck" scenes, who knows what kind of pelvic bumping is going on.
SPOILER ALERT....
If you're a fan, stop here.
Let me sum this up for you. There are 4 main characters. One male...an artist, who divorced his wife because she was violent and suicidal. He meets up with two American tourists, who he wants to have sex with.....and does. Both fall in love with him. One gets married to someone else anyway and whiles about how she wished the artist communicated better. The other one was a free spirit, who fell in love with both the artist, and his ex-wife. But, never really knew what she wanted, and left. Then, there's the ex-wife, who came back into the picture, tried to kill her ex-husband again, in addition to herself, again.
In the end, no one is really happy. The movie ends.
That's it. What a waste of time.
VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA
I kind of knew what I was getting myself into with this movie since it's a Woody Allen film. To me, he's the total antithesis of what it is to be a man. He's ugly, scrawny, whiny, creepy....just not what my definition of what being manly is about.
But, he's got that "get in touch with your feelings" thing going on that women seen to dig so much. That must be how he gets the "young chicks", and what Mia Farrow is probably so pissed at him for....aside from him "hooking up" with their adopted daughter (which only adds to his creepiness).
But, at the suggestion of a female friend, I put this in my Blockbuster que. Forgot all about it. Female isn't around anymore. But, the movie shows up in my mailbox. Ok, may as well watch it since it's supposed to be "great".
What is it with Woody Allen movies? No surround sound? Being a long time film maker, wouldn't he know that every other movie...say,. made in the last several years has adopted surround sound?
Granted, it's a dialog driven film. But, there were several scenes that could have used some surround ambiance. But no.....one channel......mono. Sheesh!
Then, there's the movie itself. Don't know why I expected something different. But, here's another one of those...."all characters are off the charts not knowing what they want". Then, he spends two hours trying to tell us that. Could have done the same thing over a 60 second commercial break. While the potential was there for some hot nude and sex scenes (since he's spent a lifetime inexplicably getting nookie from the most unlikely sources), aside from a few "above the neck" scenes, who knows what kind of pelvic bumping is going on.
SPOILER ALERT....
If you're a fan, stop here.
Let me sum this up for you. There are 4 main characters. One male...an artist, who divorced his wife because she was violent and suicidal. He meets up with two American tourists, who he wants to have sex with.....and does. Both fall in love with him. One gets married to someone else anyway and whiles about how she wished the artist communicated better. The other one was a free spirit, who fell in love with both the artist, and his ex-wife. But, never really knew what she wanted, and left. Then, there's the ex-wife, who came back into the picture, tried to kill her ex-husband again, in addition to herself, again.
In the end, no one is really happy. The movie ends.
That's it. What a waste of time.
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