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Summary: Love fades
Review: I watch this film with any girl I am beginning to think could be datable, and its a good one for that, because no film about relationships is better. This tremondous film is first, hilarious, with plenty of high brow humor to keep anyone going, but especially bright people who are tired of flatuence as the norm for gags in film. Secondly, it is simply well done, in a string of seamless flashbacks and interestingly shot scences and techniques. Lastly, its profoundly tragic, as its message is that love usually fades. For anyone who has felt for someone, had many a magic moment with that one, and then known it was over forever, simply watch the ending montage to the beautiful soundtrack of Seems Like Old Times and try not to choke on your emotion. THATS what makes Woody the best (please accept my apology David Lynch, you're great too).
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Summary: Sorry not for me...a dissenting view
Review: Since I was not really in a position to see this movie when it first came out (i was only 5), my review probably reflects that - so no need to create other postings just to trash my review. I understand that this is one of AFC's 100 greatest films and just about everyone else wrote stellar reviews on amazon. Because of all these things, as well as the fact this movie is constantly referenced in newer movies and especially a lot of comedies, I finally decided to sit down and watch it.
Unfortunately I thought this film came up lacking. Although many scenes were funny - the cocaine scene, the thought-subtitles, and the comments woody makes to you the viewer in line for the sorrow and the pity ( a 4 hour nazi drama) the humor wasn't able to save the film as a whole.
The movie generally dragged, seeming to take a year off my life as opposed to the hour and 30 minutes it really did. Not to mention the disjointed time jumps between woody and keaton's relationship back to his ex-wife's party. Additionally I just couldn't get over the fact that Alvie Singer was an obnoxious jerk and Diane Keaton's character seemed to be generally wimpy and unlikable having fit every typical female stereotype.
- For me the movie was funny at times but frustrating and irritating more times.
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Summary: Love changes lives in the streets of New York
Review: Woody Allen had never been more mature and sensitive than in Annie Hall. A true delight from start to end this isn't a laugh out loud comedy. It's a subtle, charming and smart look in the lives of two strange lovers. Allen has always shown us the way people is without really explain why. That's a great thing about his comedies. They focus on normal life, the daily events. He lets all of the one liners, philosophical comments and observations of life lie there unconnected, not forcing them to melt together to reveal an universal truth. He eventually manages to draw a perfect portrait of the way people is and after all is said and done he reaches a conclusion as simple as it is powerfully true. Annie Hall is maybe the most moving film to achieve this, since it concentrates in love and the way each relationship changes our lives, even if it doesn't work out you can always take the best of the other person with you. Annie Hall is a goofy and insecure aspiring singer who finds a potencial soulmate in Alvyn Singer a nervous, pesimistic and sarcastic comedian. Together they build a relationship in which they try to change each other for the better. Annie manages to brighten obssessed-with-death-Alvyn's life while he gives her the confidence she needs by encouraging her to educate herself and being there to never let her feel like she has failed. But as time goes by Annie suddenly has outgrown Alvyn, who still refuses enjoy things and not worry. It's now up to them to decide what they will do. The film reaches the bittersweet conclusion as Alvyn and Annie see again and each one understands that they didn't waste time with each other, and that their relationship help them change so much that they can't fully get over each other. The movie ends with a melancholic and moving secuence of several shots from different parts of the movie each one presenting the couple in their happy moments and Allen saying: "...It was great seeing Annie again, right? I realized what a terrific person she was and-and how much fun it was just knowing her". With that line he closes a chapter of his life in a sweet and happy way. Annie Hall is a terrific film, full of smart one-liners and sarcastic remarks in the old Allen style, the direction is sublime and the pace is fluid though the way of storytelling could be confusing for some.
Annie Hall is probably the greatest romantic comedy you'll find today and just as any movie should it leaves you the feeling that you've seen something beautiful and special. Should not be missed.
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Summary: Allens best
Review: Annie Hall is a pure comic gem. Well written and beutifuly directed. The DVD really isn't very good. I mean, I know that Allen dosen't do commenteries because he hates looking back at his films. That's an acception. But MGM could have put a few things on it like some deleted scenes. I know that there is over an hour of footag that has to do with a sub plot about a muder mystery that MGM could have included on the disk but they just didn't. The quality of the DVD looks great. My VHS tape of Annie Hall looked like Garbage and this is a big improvement.
One day I hope that Mr. Woody Allen would do a commentery...
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Summary: Love and loss in Manhattan.
Review: 'Annie Hall' has been called the first modern romantic comedy, but it is actually the ultimate anti-romantic comedy. Where the movement of the classic rom-com is the union of two mismatched lovers, the kiss, marriage - a forward movement which is' in effect' sexual sublimation - 'Annie Hall' begins with its romance's break-up, and proceeds with a vignette narrative structure, in which time and space are fragmented: far from gathering any momentum, the film, with is modest highs and lows, kind of peters out, just like romance in real-life. 'Annie Hall' is, as everyone knows, the first truly great Woody Allen movie. All the cherishable elements from his previous films are here - the nervy wisecracks (which, far from containing life's anguish, seem to helplessly acknowledge the impossibility of ever doing so); the visual and narrative trickery; the flippant allusions etc. - but are given depth and feeling by the focus on character. The opening monologue sets the tone - Alvy's stand-up routine (an address to the public) as confession (private): this is a relationship constantly being pushed into social situations (family, parties, night classes etc.). The movements through time and space, the documentary feel for real locations, the recognition of the emotional import of seemingly trivial events, all combine to create a complex picture of people alive and in love in a particular place and time. In the case of Alvy especially, these elements serve to reveal the character his joking is at pains to deflect. The film is the closest American film every came to the spontaneity of the French New Wave, without being cripplingly self-conscious about it - the inventive chopping between visual registers and narrative moods; the romanticising of city life; the seemingly casual, but crucial and resonant, allusions to films, books, music etc.; the satire of cultural pretensions; above all, the very modern, elusive relationship at its centre - all creating a film as fresh, funny and poignant as the day it was made, one done a great disservice by its sappy imitators. Diane Keaton has rarely been more enchanting, the fluidity between herself and her character so evident, she seems to be laughing with us at the film she's in.
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Summary: One of Woody's best
Review: This movie is a true delight, with subtle balance between comedy and drama. It's done with such a great taste and in my opinion, it's one of the few that can be a pride of American cinema, at least in its genre. It will probably remain a perennial favorite of certain audiences, and there will never go out of fashion. It's a kind of a movie that one can watch when the mood is not too great, somehow it's uplifting...
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Summary: One of the Greatest Love Stories of All Time
Review: If you like Woody Allen that is.
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Summary: Regan Luke's Review of the movie "Annie Hall".
Review: Annie Hall is the quintessential Woody Allen movie. It's about a neurotic comedian named Alvy Singer(Allen). He meets a girl named Annie Hall (Keaton) who is equally strange and throughout the movie their relationship progresses and decreases as the movie goes on. W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L WONDERFUL. -Thanks Woody
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Summary: "I don't like to show my body to a man of my gender."
Review: I just watched this tonight for the first time. Hilarious movie!I like how Woody turned to talk to the audience at random times, just like Shakespeare. Woody Allen is definitely an inspiration for many of today's comedians, particularly Jerry Seinfeld for sure. This is one of the best romantic comedies I've seen in a while. Woody Allen breaks many cliche barriers and has created an excellent film. I recommend this one to anybody who likes comedy. Watch for appearences by Jeff Goldblum and Christopher Walken. The DVD needs more bonuses.
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Summary: oneofthebest
Review: I've seen many Woody Allen movies and this was by far one of the best, it had humor, romance, and much more, plus it had many things that would happen in real life. Woody and Diane make a wonderful duo and brighten the screen with their antics. I definetly recommend this movie to most people I meet and to you too, hope you watch it.
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