Annie (Special Anniversary Edition)

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this movie with Carol Burnette

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No offense meant to people who vividly remember the 70's and 80's lol! People always dunk on this performance of Annie, saying it's cringey or annoying. This is a classic musical, the way musicals used to be - I don't mean that in a "nowadays everything is computers! Electricity is bad!" way, I just mean that this is the style of musical that you used to see. Suspend your disbelief! Let yourself experience simple pleasures and meet media on its own level. You can tell these were stage performers. Scenes are sparsely edited long shots. It's all practical effects and choreography. The jokes are just goofy, like Mr. Warbucks announcing that he only kind of likes the Mona Lisa, so he'll hang it in the bathroom, or Grace casually deciding Annie should get tennis lessons from a famous tennis player. I love the casting choices. Aileen Quinn brings a very multifaceted energy to the character that I love. Annie's a very smart kid, but she's still a kid! There's an innocence that often gets lost with precocious child characters in movies, and Aileen maintained the different layers of the character: wise at times, sarcastic at times, duplicitous when necessary, kind and unassuming, sometimes brave and other times frightened of the dark and of heights. And Carol Burnett is very good at acting drunk, which can't be said about a lot more actors than you'd think lol. She's funny, which is expected, but her horror when Annie is in true danger felt raw and real. I only have two real complaints: 1. There's some generation-specific racism - a mystical black dude with a turban who has psychic powers (?) and an east Asian guy who only does fancy karate dancing. There wasn't anything meant by it at the time, but we clearly know better now. And 2. you can tell it was the Reagan era lol. I know the stage play came out in 1977, a couple years before he was elected, but wow. Heavyhanded is insufficient to describe its commentary about the US economy lmao. I grew up watching this movie and I find it really charming, though.

we loved it joyful and delightful. Great for children. My kids are singing Maybe and Tomorrow in the shower

This movie stands the generational test of time! As a child, my wife watched this movie until the VHS tape literally wore out. She has it memorized from start to finish. It's her favorite musical and she adores it. Now, our daughter just watched this for the first time as she's turning 4 and the magic transcends into her generation. She was captivated by the entire show. From start to finish she was locked to the screen, dancing along with every song. As an adult, and a guy, I'm still impressed by this story as well. It's just a good story with a feel good ending. (If you don't know the ending by now...come on. It's 30 years old. I can't be accused of putting up spoilers at this point. In other news, Vader is Luke's father and Rhett Butler doesn't give a damn) As for the format, I viewed this on the Amazon FireStick with a Prime Subscription. I was happy with the aspect ration through the FireStick as this movie was shown in it's original widescreen presentation. No pan and scan or chopped edges. I've not been able to find the film on DVD with the original aspect ration in tact. This is a musical with lots of color and dancing and elaborate sets. It should never be viewed in a pan and scan format. But the aspect ration is true on the FireStick, FireTV, and online.

This is my first time seeing this movie as an adult. Overall, I would say that I still like it. Much of what I remember as a child still holds up today. My one criticism, though, having now seen it through the eyes of an adult, is that it is unnecessarily long. Some of the songs I loved as a child, are now annoying. I think cutting one or two of them would have brought the run time down to just under two hours, and that would have made it more watchable. I would suggest that the song between Mr Warbucks and Miss Hannigan was not really needed. I would have handled that scene with dialogue only, in the same way the Grace Farrell/Hannigan scene was done. Otherwise, I still think this is a good movie, and I should note that it was my childhood introduction to the amazing Tim Curry.

Oldie but definitely a goody. A classic movie.

Super cute movie! I never got to see it as a kid, I really enjoyed it.

Película irrepetible. Estado perfecto. Embalaje perfecto. Ninguna pega.

Hab den sooo oft angeschaut .

Très bon film. J'ai passé un bon moment et bon soirée en le regardant.

子供の英語教材にしました、大人が見ても面白い、英語でも日本語でも作品自体が面白いので何回も見れます、簡単なセンテンスは子供も私も丸暗記しました、字幕もあるのでとても勉強になった、そして改めてアニーは面白いです！

Nel titolo dell inserzione tra parentesi c è scritto ita che las ia intendere che sia anche in lingua italiana ma alla fine è solo in inglese neanche i sottotitoli sono in italiano!!! venditore scorretto!!! Purtroppo già aperto e penso che non potrò fare il reso!!! TRUFFA!!!