Michael Gary Scott Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 The performances were great the movie not so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Everyone was great. Shame about the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) Bradley Cooper is having a ball though. When he is mocking his strait-laced supervisor (even when the poor guy is in his presence), laughing it up with his crew, he is perfectly cast as a good looking douche bag. Because he always got that douchebag schtick since Wedding Crashers. I hated him for that smug face in every single appearance of his until SLP. But in AH, I think he's the only one who puts the phony aspect of his part to 11 a lot more natural than J-Law (that Live and Let Die part was cringe worthy) and genuinely believes in the uneven script even if he didn't realize that the movie would end up as a disjointed succession of Goodfellas/Casino/Boogie Nights cosplay comedy skits stitched together by a phony direction that failed to be on par with the aforementioned movies. Very weird movie when the little parts (actor skits playing against each other"I'm complementing you!". "Why do you care? You're mexican!") are better than the sum that is pointless, meandering, harmless and fluffy as hell. It's like watching a first draft or a first raw edit. Edited January 6, 2014 by dashrendar44 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I enjoyed it a lot once we got past the introductions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Agreed, when the actual plot kicks in I became engaged - at least enough to care about what happened until it completely petered out at the end. People seemed to have wildly high expectations for the movie after the first lot of reviews, but I went in assuming it'd be nothing more than a slight, well-acted caper and that's mostly what I got. Russell doesn't make deep movies and there was certainly no reason to think this would be one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexJoker Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) $100M will be reached at the end of the weekend. Edited January 11, 2014 by LexJoker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forg Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Finally opened here this week and watched it.I actually liked it a lot, of course not my bet for the Oscars but all those 4 acting nominations are deserving afterall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowhite Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Agreed, when the actual plot kicks in I became engaged - at least enough to care about what happened until it completely petered out at the end. People seemed to have wildly high expectations for the movie after the first lot of reviews, but I went in assuming it'd be nothing more than a slight, well-acted caper and that's mostly what I got. Russell doesn't make deep movies and there was certainly no reason to think this would be one.Agreed. I was watching the first 20 or so movies. I was totally engaged after that. Just a really good flick.Don't get the backlash. Just some good, incredibly well acted cinema. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forg Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 ^ the backlash is just because of the Oscars, if it was not a frontrunner earlier then it would have not received that much backlash. It all started with the New York Critics surprise win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexJoker Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 At 144 now. 150 is locked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 (edited) http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/jennifer-lawrences-crazed-lip-sync-will-blow-you-away JLaw Edited March 18, 2014 by Frozen Iceroll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPink Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Gimme the god damn ending to that ice fishing story 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmBuff Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Movie was so damn great. I can't believe it got shutout at the oscars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Anyone know any good cheap video editing software? My plan for a week this summer is to re-edit this film into being more of a fun caper than the bizarre character study we got 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Renner still gave the best performance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newknicksfan Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 bale gave the best performance imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Renner still gave the best performance My plan for my edit is to implement the deleted scenes with Renner's character (which serve the caper plot more), and attempt to cut as much as J-Law and Cooper as possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 So its gonna hit 150 mill domestic soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 On 11/3/2013 at 9:32 PM, lilmac said: Is anyone else worried that this will be yet another movie with a great cast but that disappoints (thinking of Counselor) @Blank Panther - ummm...thanks for the like Blank Panther. *chuckle* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
