A rare non-Woody-related foray into a movie theater for me. My thoughts:

A nice fairytale, but a lot of false notes. And they could've easily lost a half-hour.

I liked it a lot. Not an amazing film, but a very good film.

i am going to see this movie 2night

I havent gone to the movies in like 10 years

I was underwhelmed.

Saw this yesterday and liked it much more than I thought I would. It was hilarious, I was dying laughing in nearly all of De Niro's scenes.

ufoclub said:

I thought it was great. Far far better than Woody's hit "Midnight in Paris" if you even want to bring in Allen. Anyone notice a big conceptual part of the film was to edit it and act it from the perception of mania?

Yes, it was like that initially and brilliant at how it exhibited the perception from a manic mind and how it must be to live with someone sufferig from mental illness etc. But then halfway through it became a standard mediocre rom-com. That ruined it for me. And baffled me with all the accolades it recieived.

ufoclub said:

Stymie said:

Wrong movie. I agree with RD's assessment of it. How Bradley Coopers character fell in love with someone as manipulative as Jennifer whateverhername is, is beyond me. [Edited 3/17/13 9:06am]

..and it all hangs on a ..big dance off

now I wouldnt mind it if this was coming from some yip yap director and writer but this was from David O Russell

rdhull said:

I really liked it. I'm glad it got accolades as there were some amazing performances.

I don't even care that it got all rom-com. It's fun to see that kinda movie get nominated.

CarrieMpls said:

I really liked it. I'm glad it got accolades as there were some amazing performances.

I don't even care that it got all rom-com. It's fun to see that kinda movie get nominated.

What performances were amazing except for Cooper at the first 15 minutes only.

Jennifer was noting to clap at..she was good but nothing exceptional

the mom who got nominated too..she barely had any lines, and no, even the ones she delivered wasnt worthy ..it made Dame Judi denchs win for Shaespeare In Love seem worthy

Tucker..ho hummed it ..nobody expects him to be hyper or funny in this role but he finally plays it straight and calm and thats supposed to be something?

Now DeNiro..he was solid...and thats because he finally got a role that wasn worthy of his talent

man, some academy people got a lot of (good) fellatio and it paid off imo

I understand nominating other than the typical hisotrical epic or movie hat epose's a near death experience etc but not this one...give me a Blue Valentine, not a Heigel style rom-com

CarrieMpls said:

cborgman said:

i am a huge fan of david o. russell the director (even though he's kind of a prick),

I like him to even with that reputation..have you seen that Lilly Tomlin/Russel blowout from Huckabees? lol oh man....

I really liked it. Much better story than most of the overly sweet, predictable and cheesey romantic comedies that Hollywood cranks out.

Plus this is one of few recent "funny" movies that actuallly gave me a good laugh at parts.

rdhull said:

rdhull said:

CarrieMpls said:

I really liked it. I'm glad it got accolades as there were some amazing performances.

I don't even care that it got all rom-com. It's fun to see that kinda movie get nominated.

What performances were amazing except for Cooper at the first 15 minutes only.

Jennifer was noting to clap at..she was good but nothing exceptional

the mom who got nominated too..she barely had any lines, and no, even the ones she delivered wasnt worthy ..it made Dame Judi denchs win for Shaespeare In Love seem worthy

Tucker..ho hummed it ..nobody expects him to be hyper or funny in this role but he finally plays it straight and calm and thats supposed to be something?

Now DeNiro..he was solid...and thats because he finally got a role that wasn worthy of his talent

man, some academy people got a lot of (good) fellatio and it paid off imo

I understand nominating other than the typical hisotrical epic or movie hat epose's a near death experience etc but not this one...give me a Blue Valentine, not a Heigel style rom-com

Po-tay-to, po-tah-to. We don't all have the same taste.

I liked all of actors of the major characters. Not sure about the mom being nominated, I'll give you that, but the rest were deserved in my book. I don't think it disintegrated into Heigel territory either.

I just think it's nice that there were perfomances worthy of nomination in a comedy and that they were included. It doesn't happen often enough. I'll see the long, boring dramas and can appreciate them for what they are, but that's not generally my kinda movie. Actually, now that I think about it the crop for this year was much more enjoyable than most year's oscars.

thekidsgirl said:

I really liked it. Much better story than most of the overly sweet, predictable and cheesey romantic comedies that Hollywood cranks out.

But it ended up being that lol.

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rdhull said:

rdhull said:

thekidsgirl said:

I really liked it. Much better story than most of the overly sweet, predictable and cheesey romantic comedies that Hollywood cranks out.

But it ended up being that lol.

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To me, it was more entertaining that most run of the mill romantic comedies I have seen. I liked that the characters were all flawed and that their interactions reflected that.

I get that you didn't like it though . Everybody can't like everything.

There are very few movies I want to see this year, but this is one of them.

ufoclub said:

rdhull said:

Yes, it was like that initially and brilliant at how it exhibited the perception from a manic mind and how it must be to live with someone sufferig from mental illness etc. But then halfway through it became a standard mediocre rom-com. That ruined it for me. And baffled me with all the accolades it recieived.

I don't think you understood what I meant, it maintains a manic pace all the way through to the credit roll.

No it didnt.

thekidsgirl said:

rdhull said:

But it ended up being that lol.

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[Edited 3/17/13 9:33am]

To me, it was more entertaining that most run of the mill romantic comedies I have seen. I liked that the characters were all flawed and that their interactions reflected that.

I get that you didn't like it though . Everybody can't like everything.

I liked it. It was a nice..what we used to call...a sleeper hit.

Im only critical of all the academy acclaim and wow factor its garnered

thekidsgirl said:

rdhull said:

But it ended up being that lol.

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[Edited 3/17/13 9:33am]

To me, it was more entertaining that most run of the mill romantic comedies I have seen. I liked that the characters were all flawed and that their interactions reflected that.

I get that you didn't like it though . Everybody can't like everything.

rdhull said:

ufoclub said:

rdhull said: I don't think you understood what I meant, it maintains a manic pace all the way through to the credit roll.

No it didnt.

It obviously did, and it's easily noticable if you know about editing and performances.

ufoclub said:

rdhull said:

No it didnt.

It obviously did, and it's easily noticable if you know about editing and performances.

It didnt, I do. Well it did the first 15-20 min as I said.

rdhull said:

ufoclub said:

It obviously did, and it's easily noticable if you know about editing and performances.

It didnt, I do. Well it did the first 15-20 min as I said.

Even at the end, the way the competition event was cut, the way stories were wrapping, and he ran and caught up with her, without complication, got right into it, and then at the very end it's accelerated with every character talking in the house and them already cuddled on the chair. The entire projection of character intros, arcs, and conclusions, all the details were presented without a pause all the way to the character conclusions. People have noticed this, especially people sensitive to the manner in which a movie presents it's ideas and moments through those choices that color the energy of it.