Nashville

Typical Robert Altman film with long, fast paced, slapstick comedic sequences. The film is meant to be an indictment of the entertainment business, and politics--I assume trying to not so subtly suggest they are similar. The BBC reporter played Geraldine Chaplain (Charlie Chaplain's daughter--and mother of Oona Chaplain of Game of Throne's fame) is quite annoying and sticks out in the plot. The use of Jeff Goldblum as the link between all the scenes is clever, but that's about the only positive thing I have to say about this film.

Annie Hall

This movie is generally described as 'everybody's favorite Woody Allen film'. I don't know that I'd agree with that, I liked Match Point far more, mostly because due to The Tudors I have an obsession with Johnathon Rhys Myers. Also, I find Allen's self-pleased smugness with his own sense of humor and New York City to pervade the entirety of Annie Hall, and smugness in a director is something I detest, especially when in someone as deplorable as Allen. There is no way that sleeping with your step-adopted daughter is ever appropriate; likewise he is the most irritating type of Brooklyn-born Jew. I'll grant him directorial style points on the cutaways, long takes, and breaking of the fourth wall, but that is not enough for me to overlook his vanity. Diane Keaton is fresh, and I thoroughly enjoyed Carol Kane's (rather minor) character and Jeff Goldblum's cameo. Paul Simon was not well utilized.