On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:16:53 -0600 Chuck <chuck at mutualaid.org> writes:
> joanna wrote:
> > I don't normally see Allen's movies because they are boring, and
> > depressing. But my sister broke her foot two days ago and she
> wanted
> > some company....so off I went.
> >
> > This latest "Match Point" (a kind of "Room at the Top" meets
> "Talented
> > Mr. Ripley" ) is not only a piece of boring, misanthropic,
> moralistic
> > tripe -- that much I expected -- but, he keeps repeating two of
> the
> > loveliest operatic themes around ( a bit from "Pearl Fishers" and
> a bit
> > from "L'Elisir D'Amore"), thus ruining this music for me for the
> > forseable future, as every time I will hear it I will think of his
>
> > stupid piece of crap movie.
>
> As somebody who loves Woody Allen movies, I'm not inclined to take
> negative reviews seriously from people who admit that they dislike
> everything the director does.
Considering that everyone's favorite Uncle Lou has been harshly criticial of Woody Allen for the longest period of time, I was a bit surprised to read this review. http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2006/01/02/264/
>
> Chuck
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