tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257953770528428097.post8118983802299792837..comments2013-03-29T08:46:13.887-07:00Comments on <center>Diary Of a Sex Diva</center>: On Annie Hall and "praying away the gay"NikkiShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01226899621280662976noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257953770528428097.post-37135183170316443822010-11-09T11:32:55.291-08:002010-11-09T11:32:55.291-08:00http://uk.imdb.com/media/rm946307328/nm0000148.
gi...http://uk.imdb.com/media/rm946307328/nm0000148.<br />giggle giggle.Windnsnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906008195127164560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257953770528428097.post-78160575454872385202010-11-09T05:11:32.369-08:002010-11-09T05:11:32.369-08:00I grant you the Harrison Ford thing. Of course the...I grant you the Harrison Ford thing. Of course there are DOZENS of actors who make a habit of playing the same character in different movies. However there are two major differences...<br /><br />First...as with Ford, the vast majority of those movies are just...FUN! They're fluff and don't claim to be anything more than fluff.<br /><br />Second...these actors are not whiney and annoying! Btw...have you SEEN Harrison Ford??NikkiShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01226899621280662976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257953770528428097.post-59250125124465598062010-11-08T16:24:20.144-08:002010-11-08T16:24:20.144-08:00Have you ever seen a Harrison Ford movie. Woody Al...Have you ever seen a Harrison Ford movie. Woody Allen mostly played woody Allen (or Alvy Singer) in the movies, and in movies that he did not appear, others played Woody Allen. <br />But yes, it is about personal taste. I now many who can't stand Woody Allen movies, Mia Farrow, notwithstanding.Windnsnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906008195127164560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257953770528428097.post-80895943140379605942010-11-08T13:46:35.998-08:002010-11-08T13:46:35.998-08:00See...the thing is that for ME, the point of any m...See...the thing is that for ME, the point of any movie has to be whether or not it entertains me. Me. Personally. Whether it makes a brilliant political or sociological statement or commentary is irrelevant, if it fails to captivate, move and/or entertain me. And in order for a movie--or indeed any piece of entertainment--to do that I have to CARE about the characters.<br /><br />I don't have to LIKE the characters, necessarily. But I have to find them, at least, interesting. Compelling. Intriguing. And I have to feel like...they're going somewhere. Or, more accurately, leading me somewhere with them.<br /><br />And bottom line, in this particular case, I just didn't. I found the characters to be, quite simply, annoying. I couldn't care less whether they stayed together or not...let alone whether they lived or died.<br /><br />So, perhaps the comparison to Sleeper wasn't a fair one, but I also find it to be a strike against any given actor, when I find that they are only doing the same character over and over again in different settings. Which just added to the annoyance factor in this case. If I had cared more about the characters, I wouldn't have minded the similarities. But in this case...for me...the movie just completely missed the mark.NikkiShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01226899621280662976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257953770528428097.post-18260804935521759262010-11-08T13:33:00.620-08:002010-11-08T13:33:00.620-08:00Hmmm. I think you missed the point and the spirit ...Hmmm. I think you missed the point and the spirit of the movie. To compare it to Sleeper, saddens me a little. Although I haven't seen a Woody Allen movie since Radio Days for personal reasons that I'd rather not share...<br />I still recall a scene in the movie Stardust Memories where aliens land (this is not a movie that would normally include an alien cast) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5V9_EVd67Q - around 2:40 into the clip..<br />The aliens say "...we enjoy your films, particularly the early funny ones..." <br />That was aimed criticism that people made of his "serious" movies, or the movies that blended Bergmanesque themes with the punny buffoonery and one liners of his early stand up routines. <br /><br />It would be more fair to compare Annie Hall to Manhattan, or Interiors. It would be more fair to look at the influence this movie had on countless other American movies since.<br />The movie plays with themes of relationships and breakups, neurosis, Freudian analysis, the dichotomy of NY vs LA, solopsism self image and self loathing, Post-modernsism, Media and message (with an brilliant cameo from Marshall McCluhan, Marxism - both Groucho and Karl. And the movie is beautifully shot and includes use of stream of consciousness and a direct address to the audience that heretofore was only seen in novels or art films. We see it all the time now...(think about an actor talking directly to the camera...<br />But, it is a 1977 movie. View it in a 1977 context. <br /><br />So that's my anti-rant. So what what was the theme of your post? Oh yeah, "The Gays".<br />I agree, leave them (as if there is a "them")the fuck alone. <br /><br />Welcome back. I've missed you.Windnsnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906008195127164560noreply@blogger.com