Proof

First off, I did a little bit of research on this movie. I googled "Proof" and I saw a movie with Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Sir Anthony Hopkins and I just let out a huge groan. But then I looked at the year it was made, and it wasn't even in the 90's. So I felt extremely stupid, to say the least. I then actually looked at the 1991 movie Proof, and it seemed pretty good. I did a little research and saw that Maximus from Galdiator and the Agent Smith from the Matrix series were in it, and I knew that it was going to be good. Now, I know Russell Crowe and Hugo Weaving were nothing like the characters that I just mentioned, but they actually acted pretty well in this movie. Anyways, I should probably get down to brass tacks and analyze a scene. The scene that I enjoyed because it kept me on my seat and had me laughing at the end of it was when Russell Crowe, or Andy, took Hugo Weaving, or Martin, to the drive-in. Russell Crowe was describing the slasher flick that they drove in to see to Hugo Weaving, you know, since he is blind and all. Andy then went to go get some food for the two to eat while watching, what I assuming was a cookie cutter slasher film with a bunch of blood and gore that was described by Andy. Anyways, Andy went to get food, and the people parked next to them saw Martin touching everything in Andy's car and then staring into their car. They didn't really take to kindly to that, and then called Martin a "faggot" and stuff(not knowing that he was blind or anything) and then vandalizing Andy's car. This part made me think of the Wolf of Wall Street when Brad knocked Donnie's block off saying "Who's the faggot now, faggot?" I don't know why, but it definitely reminded me of that. Andy then got back and tried to beat the asses of the posers that were vandalizing his car. He fended them away for the most part, got into his car, and then peeled out. Martin was also in the driver's seat, so you can see how hard that would have been, you know, with a blind man driving. The cops then saw them driving out of the drive in, speeding out and went to pull them over. They did that, but then Martin accidentally put his foot on the gas and hit the back of the police car. But that isn't the funny part. When Martin pretended that he went blind because of it was. He acted his ass off, in my opinion. Andy thought it was sly, you could definitely see it in his eyes. Anyways, this was a pretty good movie.

When Harry Met Sally

First off, I believe that this movie is just, meh. I'm not really trying to detract from it or anything. I know that this movie (and Sleepless in Seattle) are the pioneers to modern movies, but this is just not my wheelhouse. I mean I've seen it before and thought it wasn't anything spectacular and I have said it once, now I am going to say it again. All romantic comedies are the same in one way or another. Anyways, off of my soap box and on to the prompt. The other movie that I will compare this movie is the 40 Year Old Virgin. I know that this is sort of a stretch, but they are sort of similar. The two scenes that I will compare and contrast is the scenes in the 40 Year Old Virgin where Andy thinks that he is over Trish and goes to the club and tries to have sex with Beth from the Barnes and Noble but realizes that he really does love Trish and they get married and when Harry and Sally get married. They are similar because they believe that they really don't love the other character but in fact that they actually do love each other and end up getting married (and consummating their marriage in terms of the 40 Year Old Virgin.) One main difference is that in When Harry Met Sally, Sally is at a New Years eve party when Harry shows up and professes his love for her, while in the 40 Year Old Virgin, Andy, again, was going to have sex with Beth and felt bad because he really didn't love her and chases after Trish and tells her that he is not a sexual deviant and they profess their love for each other and get married. Another two scenes that I can compare and contrast to each movie was when each of the lovers fell in love. In the 40 Year Old Virgin, it was love at first sight and it took time in When Harry Met Sally. That was the contrast, but the compare is that in the end they both get married and are actually in love. I know that this is really unrelated to anything, but the 40 Year Old Virgin has one of my favorite lines that makes me laugh every time, when the guys pay a transgender prostitute to have sex with Andy and Andy says that she "had an Adam's Apple as big as her balls!" I don't know why, but it gets me every time. I am literally laughing at it as I am typing this!

Annie Hall

First off, I thought that the movie was pretty good. I mean, I really haven't seen a lot of Woody Allen movies, but I've heard mostly good things about his movies. Anyways, getting to the question of if Allen's comedic style is successful, and in my eyes, I think it is successful. The movie is sort of Seinfeld-esque, with Woody Allen being kind of like George mixed in with a little bit of Jerry, I think that it made a pretty good romantic comedy. If some parts of the movie are some of the motives for Seinfeld, it would not surprise me because it is sort of dry humor and sort of observational humor, which I enjoy. So overall, since it is like Seinfeld (which is one of my favorite shows) I enjoyed it and think that Woody Allen's approach to his comedy in Annie Hall was terrific, but not the type of humor that I am into. If it was a lot more slapstick and a lot more crude (yes I know that is a little weird because this is pretty crude) I would probably enjoy it more. I do kind of like the asides that are used to talk to the camera and the sort of flashbacks that were used to see Annie's past boyfriends. Overall, this movie was pretty good, but I was not in love with it, but I respect it.