Comments on: Woody Allen’s Rome-Set Pic Has Working Title Of ‘Bop Decameron,’ Based On Boccaccio’s Novellas

By: Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:35:32 +0000

Having just caught up with \”Tall Dark Stranger\” on the plane, I\’ll agree it\’s a \”disappointment.\” It runs through the standard Allen gamut with a pretty laissez faire attitude. By time the third act started I sort of didn\’t care any more.

Oddly enough, the cast was pretty good (Lucy Punch was hilarious) but the material was definitely second or third-rate Allen.

But once again, it\’s good apartment/clothing porn if anything. Those bookshelves in the Watts/Brolin digs are great. And that grey dress Watts wears is a stunner.

By: profoblivion

profoblivion — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:35:32 +0000

Seriously, was this a critical piece, or just more gossip? Because it\’s the former, then you might want to justify your unintelligible and hasty opinions about Allen\’s previous work. Maybe you\’ll write an addendum backing up your not very informed \”opinion\” about them. But I\’m guessing — not.

By: dom

dom — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:35:32 +0000

nice to see he\’s doing something different with the last 2 new pics… not just relationships in standard allen form but the 4 pieced unconnected vignettes sound different and paris certainly looks a little different from his latest stuff.

By: dom

dom — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:35:32 +0000

not quite sure where the negative reaction to tall dark stranger comes from… i loved it… smart, funny, i think people need to relax and enjoy… he\’s become such an iconic figure that there\’s too much emphasis now… in the past his moves came and went good or mediocre and life went on…

whatever works i liked too but a bit rambling in the first act

never saw cassandra\’s dream

By: Oliver Lyttelton

Oliver Lyttelton — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:35:32 +0000

Wow, khrodos. I had no idea that there were such rabid Cassandra\’s Dream fans out there. You\’re one of a kind. Literally, you\’re one of a kind.

By: Christopher Bell

Christopher Bell — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:35:32 +0000

Um, you\’re getting a little too personal there. Relax.

By: khrodos

khrodos — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:35:32 +0000

It\’s a shame that you amateur indie know nothings presume to opine in your little on line news pieces. As if your quality of disappointment was worth making public. Save yourself some embarrassment if by chance you one day develop some taste and insight and just report the news.

By: RK

RK — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:35:32 +0000

The reason that Virgin Territory did not make the volume it should have was because of it\’s irreverent take on sex, making it quite \’racy\’. BUT if you REALLY view the film with a different lens you will see that Hayden Christensen gives a marvelous performance. Yes, it\’s quite a \’campy\’ film but quite entertaining. Hayden\’s ability to look like Errol Flynn on a horse and give it that humerous feeling is what makes the film so entertaining. I believe if the film had not been panned by critics, it would have done quite well at the box office but it seems any new actor that comes along is given an extremely hard time regarding their first few films…no matter what. Just look at Christian Bale and now he has an Academy Award and let\’s not forget Collin Firth\’s first films!

By: Proman

Proman — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:35:32 +0000

One of the biggest tradegies about being both a genius and a prolific director of great range is that some fools will inevitably be eclipsed by your your range. And Allen, one of true versatile masters of cinema, embodies that like no other. \”You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger\” was a glorious film – witty, deep, inventive, knowing but not at all judmental of it\’s characters – in a word a pure delight. Figures that some people will not get it. One would also hope that they would at least have some decency not to throw out words like \”disasterous\” towards a man, who has made (written, directed and starred in) more great films than perhaps any other filmmker. When will \”critics\” understand that when someone like Allen makes a film they are not the intended audience each and every time out? Or, I don\’t know, grow up a little?

I cannot wait to see this film.