NP but American (Toilet) Hustle

[John Bailey]

I felt American Hustle was a fun film with some stuff to think about,
but not a great one. Mostly because it felt as though so much had been
culled from Paul Thomas Anderson's playbook in terms of style and
setting, and if you've seen Boogie Nights and Magnolia a lot will seem
familiar, but without PTA's fierce aesthetic rigour. The songs, for
instance, could be straight from a wikipedia page on 70s music -
nothing inspired. But the performances are terrific and there's enough
to admire in there nonetheless.

On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 2:48 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> I also enjoyed American Hustle.  But I just saw Scorcese's Wolf of Wall
> Street, and HIGHLY recommend it!  Three hours were never so much fun.
>
>
> On Wednesday, December 25, 2013, Ian Livingston wrote:
>>
>> Generally, when a movie gets a lot of pre-release media attention, I
>> automatically write it off as worth an afternoon matinee at home, but,
>> since you applaud it here, I'll try to give it a chance, if I can
>> scrape together admission.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > I have just seen this movie, which gripped ( and scared me---as I feared
>> > for the innocent and overcompensating violence)  and which I recommend.
>> > I post here because of the appearance of, perhaps, a deep Pynchon
>> > theme---authenticity---( but a theme not as near-unique as this trope) :
>> > revelations in the toilet scenes.
>> >
>> > The Amy Adams character has three such scenes in the movie.
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPad-
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