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sublyme posted:Watched it tonight and while I'm not sure what the best film of 2013 was, this wasn't it. Could have used a lot more editing for clarity, storytelling and runtime. Didn't really get why we had Bale narrating 99% of the film but decided to let Adams narrate for a small chunk. Heart pills came out of nowhere but ultimately were pointless; it just felt a bit like trying to stuff too much in. Also, I loved O. Russel's films of the previous couple years, so, yeah, this is an honest critique.
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I don't think a character with an entirely constructed personality that she's barely able to keep intact wearing gaudy clothes that normal people wouldn't wear is a flaw in the film.
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Jan 6, 2014 18:47
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It's a pretty safe bet that the creepy, uncomfortable scene that creeped you out was intended to. It's a pathetic guy hitting rock bottom and losing control in a really gross way. Which part of it made you think you should have been laughing?
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Jan 7, 2014 19:56
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Yeah I think your audience was crazy. It's fine to think the scene failed to be effective, but it's definitely meant to be creepy. I can understand laughter via discomfort or uncomfortably laughing at how pathetic the character had become (or because someone thought Cooper was laughably bad) but it's not meant to be a hysterical scene.
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Jan 7, 2014 20:26
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It doesn't neatly fit into a comedy/drama dichotomy and that's part of why it works so well.
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Jan 16, 2014 19:08
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Renner definitely deserves it over Cooper.echoplex posted:Exactly how I felt. Carmine's ending was at odds with the rest of the tone of the film, which I found a bit troubling.
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