A Very Interesting and Very Good Film!!!

Rating: 10/10 (4 March 2006)

Annie Hall is a very interesting and very funny movie by Woody Allen. He uses a variety of techniques to tell the story. He uses animation, subtitles, cross-overs, flash backs and also talks to us (the audience). It is a huge accomplishment in film-making and writing. It offers insight to death, religion, sexuality, drugs, relationships, families, sex, college courses and even lobsters and bugs. In my opinion, this movie started the now very common romantic-comedies.
Annie Hall follows Alvy Singer (Woody Allen), a neurotic, over-sexed comedian, and Annie Hall (Diane Keaton), a ditsy nightclub singer (who is a terrible driver). They first meet at a tennis match set up by friend Rob (Tony Roberts). In no chronological order, we follow the ups and downs of their relationship.
This critically acclaimed Best Picture winner is a very odd movie. Having been the first Woody Allen movie I've seen I can already tell he is an extremely influential filmmaker. His style reminds me strangely of Quentin Tarantino's style.
He uses animation, subtitles (which tells us what they are thinking, instead of saying (a very funny scene, mind you)), cross overs, flash backs and he even talks to us. Asking us our opinion, making us feel like we are really there, watching their relationship unfold. Keaton and Allen have great chemistry on-screen, which makes this so much more enjoyable.
Alvy's views are very interesting, and sometimes very true. This movie is extremely funny, granted, it's not side-splitting. It's more subtle, but it is very effective.
This may not be everyone's type of movie, but it is a huge accomplishment in writing, directing and acting. And not surprisingly, this movie won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress (Diane Keaton).
5/5.