LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Middlebrow is still a couple stages above unibrow; MadForIt territory.
12 Years of Middlebrow Pap
I mean it's ok but I'd rather see American Hustle win because even though I haven't seen an O Russel film I've liked since Three Kings and haven't seen this one it at least looks to have something of a pulse.
OK, but it sounds like you'd rather it be more stylized as well as a more realistic verite/Dogme 95 type thing, which I feel are two opposite poles.
The criticism you describe does remind me of my reaction to Lincoln, which I felt was unbearably dry and the sort of boring and overly tasteful history film that will put high school students to sleep for decades to come (I give Spielberg credit for not over-sentimentalizing, at least by his standards) I thought 12 Years made the history it was depicting feel very much real.
OK, but it sounds like you'd rather it be more stylized as well as a more realistic verite/Dogme 95 type thing, which I feel are two opposite poles.
The criticism you describe does remind me of my reaction to Lincoln, which I felt was unbearably dry and the sort of boring and overly tasteful history film that will put high school students to sleep for decades to come (I give Spielberg credit for not over-sentimentalizing, at least by his standards) I thought 12 Years made the history it was depicting feel very much real.
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Cooper, like the film, is tonally all over the place. And the blame for that rests on Russell.
So yeah, I did quite enjoy Bradley Cooper in AH. Not as much as Jonah Hill, but maybe more than the others nominated. Watching Captain Hanks right now actually though, so we'll see about that dude.
The interplay between Cooper and Louie was maybe my favorite thing about the film, for what it's worth.