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Summary: Do It For The Eggs
Review: ANNIE HALL isn't Allen's greatest film--that would be MANHATTAN--but his warmest, his most approachable, his most inventive, and probably my favorite.What's most amazing about Allen's most creative period is the realism of his characters. They aren't the static, two-dimensional characters you find in most Hollywood productions, who stay the same from beginning to end. Allen's characters actually learn something from their experiences, actually grow and mature by the end of a film.
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Summary: MUCH, MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN 5 STARS!
Review: Almost every superlative has been applied to this piece of little heaven, so I'll skip adding mine, since it will just be drowned in the masses of superlatives. The first time I saw this absolutely wonderful film, I had mixed feelings, because I was not expecting Woody Allen's innovative camera works, dialogue, and references to literary works, since very few films use those kind of assets. However, when I watched it again, I fell in love with it. It's so bittersweet and tangible, that it's nearly impossible not to relate. It's a wholesomely feel-good film, and one feels happy and sad while watching it. We examine every depth of Alvy and Annie's relationship, and during the process, we become entwined with their lives, and we feel along with them. The dialogue is clever, hilarious, and at times sad and poignant, if not unbelievably relevant to the everyday routine of people's lives. The last lines of this film: "This guy goes to the doctor and says, 'Doc, my brother's crazy. He thinks he's a chicken.' and the doc says, 'Well, why don't you turn him in? 'I would, but I need the eggs.' That's exactly how I feel about relationships now. They're totally irritational and crazy, yet we keep going through them because most of us need the eggs." God, what a wonderful line. It's a PERFECT explanation of why we go through painful relationships and keep searching for reasons why we do. This film takes a close look at every aspect of people's lives. Infidelity, friends, jobs, religions, relationships, drugs, futures, insecurities, people's feelings, families, death, fantasy, pasts....ALL IN ALL, Annie Hall is truly one of the most beautiful, poignant works of the era. It is IMPOSSIBLE to emulate this piece of perfection. Do WHATEVER you have to do to see this. You'll never forgive yourselves if you choose to watch flaccid pieces of films and pass over ANNIE HALL. God bless DVD. I'm so happy the film is on DVD. I will never ever let go of this piece of heaven as long as I live!
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Summary: Something for Jarmick
Review: Hey Jarmick, how could you possibly forget (in your little "Of Interest" column) that Sigourney Weaver is seen in a cameo at the close of the film, standing beside Alvy while he waits to get into the movie theater?
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Summary: "Did you grow up in a Norman Rockwell Painting?"
Review: Rent It. Buy It. Steal It. Do whatever you have to do to see this film. Wait, Dont steal it.
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Summary: I'm still debating
Review: I didn't want to rate the movie, because I'm still not quite sure of how I feel about 'Annie Hall', but amazon wouldn't let me skip the ratings, so keep in mind that my current ratings may not be the same after I view 'Annie Hall' again. There are endless praisings about 'Annie Hall'. That's one of the main reasons why I bought the dvd version. Plus, it was rated as AFI'S 100 Greatest movie hits, not to mention that Diane Keaton is hands-down one of my top favorite actresses. There are scenes that I really, really love, such as the balcony scene! I absolutely love that scene! The subtitles shared with us are completely tangible. I also love the scenes when Annie and Alvy are alone and they share perspectives on almost everything from parents to sex. Also, the lobster part is hilarious. And need I mention the part when Alvy sneezes $2000 worth of coke in the air at a party? That's what makes me like 'Annie Hall', although there are some scenes that provokes thoughts that the plot is somewhat structureless, such as the scenes with Alvy's earlier girlfriends. I just felt that these scenes were mildly annoying, but on second thought, I guess these scenes were necessary in order to make Alvy realize Annie is the one for him. Also, you have to be culturally aware to know what Alvy is talking or whining about. I think one of the main reasons why some people don't like 'Annie Hall' is because they don't have enough cultural knowledge to understand what Alvy is talking about. (I wish I had some euphenisms for what I just said.) I can see why 'Annie Hall' is a classic. I really like this film, but I have to watch it again to get the full feel of it. Also, I really felt kind of sad at the bittersweet ending. After flying to California to get Annie back, and failing, I began to feel that this film was just beginning to develope structure. The very ending was indescribable. I really liked the background of New York working with Annie and Alvy as they meet in a shop then part with a friendly kiss. You can almost see the remains of their relationship finally dissolving as Alvy and Annie leaves in seperate ways. I definitely do like this movie, but I'm not satisfied with my current feelings. So I'm going to watch it again and hopefully this time I'll feel differently. But I do recommend this movie to anyone who loves Woody Allen and Diane Keaton. Just seeing them two is enough to be able to ignore the plot. I hope to be back with better results.
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Summary: FOUND AND LOST LOVE
Review: Woody Allen has managed to combine true belly laughs with heartfelt emotional conflicts in this modern movie classic which remains as satisfying today as it was when it won the Best Picture Oscar in 1977. Too often confused with being episodic or out of a chronilogical order, "Annie Hall" expresses found and lost love and all the mental juxtapositions that come with it.
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Summary: ROMANCE... ROMANCE...
Review: I have only recently been initiated into the Woody Allen movie world. I love listening to him... sometimes he is neurotic and tends to go on and on and on, but sometimes he reminds me of myself. I get so annoyed so often with the littlest things that I can really relate to some of his tirades. For example, in Annie Hall, when he and Diane Keaton are standing in line at the cinema, he gets so frustrated and annoyed with the man behind him in line that he cannot stop talking about it and obsessing about it. This is so like me it is unbelievable. I suspect a lot of people must feel similar feelings... maybe to a lesser degree... otherwise Allen's sense of humour would not be as widely appreciated as it is. Also of note is Allen's intelligent sense of humour. He makes references to people, things, places, that are not common knowledge... but should be. And you really have to know a little bit about everything to understand all his references. I don't even think it is intentional in his movies. You either get it or you don't. I love it.
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Summary: A Great Classic
Review: During the 70's, this was my first introduction to a Woody Allen film, and I found myself dragging dates to it continually after I first saw it. His humor, his references to great literature and philosophy are absolutely brilliant. True, my dates would never consider going out with me again, but what a great film! I have seen this film at least twenty times, and it never gets old. Allen's films are unique and wonderful. Nobody else writes like him.
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Summary: Woody Under The Microscope
Review: Annie Hall is thinly veiled autobiographical film from Woody Allen. Mr. Allen plays Alvy Singer who is a standup comic and the most neurotic person ever put on film. The film travels back and forth in time through Alvy's life and we gets glimpses of his childhood, his first marriage and other benchmarks in his life. The movie details his relationship with Diane Keaton's title character. The film acts as a catharsis for Mr. Allen and we, the audience, are like his psychiatrist with him on the couch. The film contains classic Allenesque lines about life, death, California and other subjects and it doesn't appear that Mr. Allen is really acting. He's more or less playing himself. Ms. Keaton is delightful as the majorly quirky Annie and Tony Roberts is great as Alvy's best friend. Paul Simon, Carol Kane, Christopher Walken and others pop up along the way in brief cameos. The film was a major triumph and actually beat out Star Wars for the 1977 Best Picture Oscar with Mr. Allen taking home the Best Director and Screenwriter Awards and Ms. Keaton winning the Best Actress statuette.
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Summary: Woody Allen?
Review: I really did try to watch "Annie Hall" with an open mind. I watched it because it was on the AFI's list of the greatest 100 films, and I'm trying to watch all of them. When the list was first released, I had seen 57 of the films. Now, I'm up to 77. I have found some real gems while watching these films. "All About Eve," "The Apartment," and "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" are all marvelous films that I've watched recently. Then I got "Annie Hall." I guess I've always resisted watching this movie because it was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture over "Star Wars." That, and I really don't like Woody Allen. I'd seen "Sleeper" several years ago, and I thought it was mildly amusing. There were a few chuckles in "Annie Hall," but the only time I really laughed was when Allen sneezed $2000 worth of cocaine into the air at a party. The plot of the film is almost non-existant, but this is really a character-driven film anyway. The only problem with this is that I really didn't identify with any of the characters. Not only that, but I didn't like them. Allen's character is just a neurotic, self-centered mess, and Annie Hall is irritatingly dim-witted. She just goes whichever way the wind blows her. Another reviewer here remarked that this film was 2 and half hours. It is actually just a little over one and a half hours; it only seems like 2 and a half. The best thing I could say about it it that I was glad when it was over so that I could say I had watched the whole thing.
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