i am a big fan of Woody Allen movies and his comedies, but i couldn't stand Bananas. Aside from a few excellent scenes (like when the the leader of the rebels is addressing the crowd from the balcony)i thought it was really sloppy. the whole thing seemed really cut and paste and amateur. does anyone else feel the same way?
shareFunny, I absolutely LOVE the movie and can watch it any number of times and still find it so freakin funny.
Do people who dislike Bananas also hate things like Marx brothers? I love the Marx bros
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I put this one right up there with 'Play It Again, Sam' and 'Love and Death' as one of the absolute funniest Allen comedies. I think it has Woody's best and most warmly sincere execution of one-liners (the bit about the porn in braille is priceless) as well as hefty doses of both absurd physical comedy and caustic satire. It may feel jaunty, poorly shot/edited, and/or gimmicky at times to viewers more accustomed to post-Annie Hall Woody, but I think he was going for a desired effect. It might be his most accessible film given the broad range of its various styles of humor, and this accessbility never comes at the cost of the film's purity of intent. Allen tackles heavy issues as though he is Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove, a man with simple needs who is comically dazed by the insanity that surrounds him. The satire never once feels overly ominous or heavy-handed. But now I'm talking out of my arse, so I'll just say I really loved this film.
shareBananas begins similarly to the other Woody comedies before the transitional Annie Hall, i.e. series of obvious gags, but toward the end the comedy has gradually turned surreal. I don't think I have ever seen anything quite like it. It is a masterpiece.
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Same here: pretty big fan of Allen, but Bananas and Sleeper didn't cut it for me. Not that I dislike his early stuff, I loved Everything... To Afraid to Ask and Take the Money and Run.
sharehis funniest movie. ur *beep*
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