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OldTimeHockey said:I didn't enjoy American Hustle but it looks by the reviews that I'm in the minority on that one.
I found it tried to hard to be witty and outlandish.
Madferret said:OldTimeHockey said:I didn't enjoy American Hustle but it looks by the reviews that I'm in the minority on that one.
I found it tried to hard to be witty and outlandish.
Yeah I have no idea how that got nominated for an Oscar. Sub-par at best
Iwas11in67 said:Madferret said:OldTimeHockey said:I didn't enjoy American Hustle but it looks by the reviews that I'm in the minority on that one.
I found it tried to hard to be witty and outlandish.
Yeah I have no idea how that got nominated for an Oscar. Sub-par at best
I feel the same way about Gravity.
Saving Mr Banks was a much better movie to me.
Madferret said:Iwas11in67 said:Madferret said:OldTimeHockey said:I didn't enjoy American Hustle but it looks by the reviews that I'm in the minority on that one.
I found it tried to hard to be witty and outlandish.
Yeah I have no idea how that got nominated for an Oscar. Sub-par at best
I feel the same way about Gravity.
Saving Mr Banks was a much better movie to me.
Gravity had pretty good eye candy at least - did you see it in Imax?
Nik the Trik said:I think y'all are crazy re: American Hustle. The Louis CK bits alone make it the best movie of the year.
Potvin29 said:Phillip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his apartment today.
Corvette14 said:We saw the Wolf of Wall Street when it came out and it was okay but definitely rated r for good reason
A Weekend at Bernier's said:In lieu of being able to capture the magic of Goodfellas, Scorsese seemed to default to the shock factor on this one.
Nik the Trik said:A Weekend at Bernier's said:In lieu of being able to capture the magic of Goodfellas, Scorsese seemed to default to the shock factor on this one.
I don't think the intention there is to shock, exactly. I think that if you're looking for a point to the movie I'd say that it's not a coincidence at all that the first movie that Scorsese, a filmmaker who seems as rooted and connected to New York as any filmmaker is to any city, chose to make after the financial collapse is a detailed litany of the kinds of people who perpetrate fraud in the financial markets and the rewards that are there for them if they do. It's certainly a frank depiction of those things but, I'd say, frankness is probably needed to drive the point home of the kinds of people they are and the reasons they do what they do and Scorsese has never been the kind of guy who shied away from depicting things as they are.
I think that's why the controversy that surrounded the movie as to whether or not it was glamorizing guys like Belfort was so telling. Personally, I thought that if someone left that movie thinking that Belfort and his gang were cool or awesome or whatever then that person is probably a sociopath. However the controversy arose because those people exist, they often have prominent roles within the financial industry and the public at large doesn't seem to learn anything from the consequences of their actions.
I think it's probably my favourite Scorsese movie since Goodfellas.
Nik the Trik said:A Weekend at Bernier's said:In lieu of being able to capture the magic of Goodfellas, Scorsese seemed to default to the shock factor on this one.
I don't think the intention there is to shock, exactly. I think that if you're looking for a point to the movie I'd say that it's not a coincidence at all that the first movie that Scorsese, a filmmaker who seems as rooted and connected to New York as any filmmaker is to any city, chose to make after the financial collapse is a detailed litany of the kinds of people who perpetrate fraud in the financial markets and the rewards that are there for them if they do. It's certainly a frank depiction of those things but, I'd say, frankness is probably needed to drive the point home of the kinds of people they are and the reasons they do what they do and Scorsese has never been the kind of guy who shied away from depicting things as they are.
I think that's why the controversy that surrounded the movie as to whether or not it was glamorizing guys like Belfort was so telling. Personally, I thought that if someone left that movie thinking that Belfort and his gang were cool or awesome or whatever then that person is probably a sociopath. However the controversy arose because those people exist, they often have prominent roles within the financial industry and the public at large doesn't seem to learn anything from the consequences of their actions.
I think it's probably my favourite Scorsese movie since Goodfellas.
OldTimeHockey said:I haven't watched the movie yet but don't most movies of this type 'glorify' the lifestyle?