I loved Woody Allen's earlier stuff, but what happened between 1980 and now?

http://www.ashokkarra.com/2008/08/the-decline-and-fall-of-woody-allen/
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hey_oblomov said, (107 days ago)

I think he just got old and gave up on trying to be Ingmar Bergman.

Oom Mao Mao said, (107 days ago)

He started fooling around his squeeze's adopted daughter and then married, is what happened.

ashok said, (107 days ago)

@hey_oblomov: the article I read and responded to almost said that, I'm kicking myself for not picking up on it and developing more.

@Aartaud: I have trouble watching the films with Mia Farrow. Zelig fell flat for me.

Garak said, (107 days ago)

there are a few bright spots

i enjoy much of MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY, feels like an older-school Woody/goofy rom-com

i was never as big a fan of the more serious stuff, but Crimes and Misdemeanors and Husbands and Wives are quite compelling

i actually stopped watching Woody's movies after Curse of the Jade Scorpion, which felt like something he'd scribbled on a bar napkin and then went and shot

sound of snowsuit said, (107 days ago)

Everyone Says I Love You! (Because of Ed Norton dancing!)

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