Movie Challenge: Day 23- Movie that You Want to Play at Your Wedding

Annie Hall

I wouldn't play a movie at my wedding. "Annie Hall" is a strange love story in that it really isn't a love story; its a snapshot of a relationship between a man and a woman. Watching Keaton and Allen's romance go from great to disastrous is an original and entertaining ride. Allen breaks the traditional mold of storytelling by actually acknowledging the audience and giving an omniscient narrative from time to time. The characters, settings, and unleashed nature from Keaton's Hall can only be from the mind of Woody Allen. His love for New York is ever present throughout the film. He makes the city not just the setting but a supplement to the characters' personalities and behaviors. Annie Hall is the girl that many men dream of: mysterious, intelligent, original, funny, sarcastic, free-spirited. Annie also represents the girl that many men fear as well. Allen's experiences with her throughout the movie not only show the change in their relationship, but the change in his expectations of what "love" should be. The question, "Do people change for another?" is answered by another question, "Why do people expect change while in a relationship?" The "truthiness" of Annie Hall is that we all will have relationships and we need to endure through them, for better or for worst. Its just inevitable.