American Hustle (David O. Russell)

[Boner M]

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[Pop Trash]

Boner

[Boner M]

Seeing this tomorrow.

[Boner M]

Loose and funny and mostly hollow. A running gag involving Louis CK is the obvious highlight.

[eternity]

This was the most boring version of this movie that could have possibly been made. A bad imitation of much better films. I still enjoyed it though, in some subconscious way.

[Ezee E]

Trying to decide if I travel up to Westside this week and see it for the weekend, or just wait an additional week.

Where do you see your movies eternity?

[TGM]

I'm actually kinda surprised by the universally lackluster response this one's getting here. I thought this was pretty genuinely great all around, with awesome performances by all involved, and seriously hilarious at points as well.

[Dead & Messed Up]

I really liked the bit where the secretary was showing off pictures of her cat, and Cooper was looking at the pictures with a great combination of interest and befuddlement.

[Sxottlan]

Russell channeling Scorsese. A bit pale in comparison, but Russell adds his recognizable brand on it. The scenes with Louis C.K. were hysterical ("Do not load that weapon!"). Had fun with this one. Very involving. The look of the production is kind of bland, but the music selection is great. Jennifer Lawrence was incredibly entertaining. Everyone else kind of balances each other out nicely, so no other major standout, but I liked Bale's performance. I enjoyed his surprising ethical shift when he sees that genuinely caring people trying to help New Jersey are going to get burned in their sting.

I'm actually kinda surprised by the universally lackluster response this one's getting here. I thought this was pretty genuinely great all around, with awesome performances by all involved, and seriously hilarious at points as well.

Agreed. Probably my favorite of Russell's since Three Kings.

[wigwam]

:|

[Ezee E]

I laughed at some of Jennifer Lawrence's parts but the stuff I was most excited about was the plot and main characters, the schemes and interplay and whatnot, and it was all very underwhelming and flat and scene after scene I just sat there aware of not caring about what was going on. I've liked all of David O. Russell's movies and was really looking forward to this one but it was a bust. Also Jeremy Renner continues to be cinematic antimatter sucking the life out of every frame he is in.

Yeah, he hasn't ever hit the charisma that he had in Hurt Locker.

[plain]

Convoluted, shallow, and shapeless. Funny how the most amusing bit comes from a character playing it straight (Louis CK) in this portrait of zany, ostensibly appealing cartoon characters.