Annie Hall Review

Rating: 8/10 (27 April 2015)

I don't necessarily remember ever watching a Woody Allen film. I've heard him here and there from my parents but I don't think I knew who he was. For the first film I've watched him in, it was actually quite well done.
The dialogue was especially the most enjoyable. I'm a fan of witty dialogue and a lot of movies can't pull it off as well as Woody Allen did. His character is hilariously awkward and almost ironic since someone like him could be anything but a catch. The women he's seen with are all 9's and 10's, yet they end up with a balding skinny guy with glasses. The whole thing seems kind of funny to me. Yet even with that funny dynamic I found it actually quite realistic since it stuck closer to real life and how life changes at the drop of a hat, rather than following a storyline. I think the haphazardness of it all was what made it a good movie.
The photography was very pretty as well, but I didn't find it as interesting in my opinion. It focused more on the characters and less on how it actually looked and portrayed certain environments. The camera angles were there and sometimes showing them in certain areas that are purposefully blocked out by the camera (like when Annie and him were talking in the bedroom together, etc.), but most of the time was spent on fleshing out and retelling a flashback of Woody's character.
8/10 for an overall good performance.