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uublog posted:I enjoyed it, as well. I think the great acting goes to how well-written the characters must have been to start with. Obviously since it's a David O. Russell work (actually a reworking of the other guy's script, originally titled American Bullshit, which I somehow want to see more) so that's to be expected but I saw a thing where Bale wasn't sure how a scene fit with the plot and Russell said to not worry about it and focus on building character, or something like that. According to IMDB Russell said "Christian, I hate plots. I am all about characters, that's it." Which makes sense, because the movie shines when the characters are playing off one another but as a whole narrative I didn't think it worked great. It was definitely a big love letter to Scorsese especially in terms of the pacing, but I don't think Russell pulled it off nearly as well (go figure). but, as a comedy, it's one of the funnier movies I've seen in awhile. I kept thinking that Bradley Cooper's character was like a Charlie Day trying to do detective work sort of thing.
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The broken bones posted:What's the deal with this exactly? Whose idea was it for Russell to do this after Silver Linings? This was clearly a very plot heavy movie and out of Russell's strengths (character-based comedy/drama). Um, my guess is it was Russell's? I'm imagining after directing two Best Picture noms in a row you pretty much get carte blanche over what you want to do next.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Silver Linings Playbook is bad, but Three Kings is a legit really good movie. Three Kings definitely owns a lot. Honestly the only David O Russell film I really didn't like was Huckabees but I haven't seen The Fighter or anything pre-Three Kings.
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Incendiary Pig posted:I have seen Three Kings, which does kick rear end. I've seen about a half hour of Huckabees and holy poo poo was that movie boring as gently caress. Boring and pretentious but what can you expect from a movie where the director is running around calling his cast "A bunch of cunts" or whatever tirade he ended up going on.
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Jeremy Renner's character was pretty forgettable and while his performance was good it didn't match up to the "wacky very unsubtle satire"-esque poo poo that all the other actors are getting recognition for.
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