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Got another film to add to my list: Easy Money. Whilst released in 2010 in Sweden, the film didn't receive international distribution until earlier this year. This is one of the best crime thrillers I have seen in a long time. Highly recommended.
1. Prisoners 2. Rush 3. Captain Philips 4. Parkland 5. Gravity 6. Start Trek Into Darkness 7. World War Z 8. Don Jon 9. End of Watch 10. Fruitvale Station
Down in the hole / Jesus tries to crack a smile / Beneath another shovel load
1 Mud 2 The Wolf Of Wall Street 3 Captain Phillips 4 Dallas Buyers Club 5 Gravity 6 Out of The Furnace 7 Prisoners 8 The Conjuring 9 The Place Beyond The Pines 10 The Lone Ranger
1. Her 2. Nebraska 3. Gravity 4. 12 Years A Slave 5. Frozen 6. The World's End 7. The Way Way Back 8. Don Jon 9. The Wolf of Wall Street 10. Spring Breakers
Unfortunately I have yet to see Inside Llewyn Davis, Frances Ha, Mud, Fruitvale Station, and Prisoners.
Finally got around to seeing 12 Years A Slave as well today (superb), so I am finally able to compose my top 5 of the year:
1. Place Beyond The Pines 2. American Hustle 3. 12 Years A Slave 4. Gravity 5. Easy Money
If I had to make a top 10, Captain Philips, The Way Way Back and Trance would follow closely behind.
Still think that if I had seen Blue is the Warmest Colour, Nebraska, The Selfish Giant, Before Midnight, Fruitvale Station, or Her, that they would all place as well.
Finally got around to seeing 12 Years A Slave as well today (superb), so I am finally able to compose my top 5 of the year:
1. Place Beyond The Pines 2. American Hustle 3. 12 Years A Slave 4. Gravity 5. Easy Money
If I had to make a top 10, Captain Philips, The Way Way Back and Trance would follow closely behind.
Still think that if I had seen Blue is the Warmest Colour, Nebraska, The Selfish Giant, Before Midnight, Fruitvale Station, or Her, that they would all place as well.
Hopefully I will catch them soon
Am I the only one who thought American Hustle was 'distinctly average'?? I thought the same of Gravity, too.
Despite the redundant, corny-as-hell VO in the first act, I thought American Hustle was great. It was easily the most fun that I have had this year in the cinema. But I can definitely see why someone wouldn't enjoy it, especially if tongue-in-cheek, crime capers aren't your cup of tea.
But I see that you liked This Is The End. And whilst I really enjoyed that film as well, not only did I laugh more during American Hustle, I found the story and script to be a lot funner as well.
And I will be the first to admit that from a writing point of view, Gravity wasn't anything groundbreaking. But I can't understand how someone can call the film itself average, because by doing so would suggest that there have been numerous other films to which you could compare it to. I was just so blown away by the filmmaking that I didn't even care about the weaknesses in the script.
But that's the great thing about films; what one person loves is unlikely to be the same as the next person. So no matter how obscure and polarising the script that we write is, there's always bound to be someone who will enjoy it
It's all subjective, of course. Doesn't matter either way, I just like to talk about film.
This Is The End was great because it doesn't take itself seriously at all, and isn't feining for an Oscar like American Hustle. I just found American Hustle all over the place tonally, and not because of a matter of skill (as per The Wolf of Wall Street), but becaue I generally find Russell struggles to manage stories.
Gravity was fantastic in terms of the effects/visuals, but too weak in terms of the storytelling to be above average, for me.
Agreed on the problem with American Hustle. I read a great review that pointed out that Russell's problems with tone managed to be a part of what made Silver Linings Playbook so great -- everything just sort of fell into place in a pleasingly random, inconsistent way, so you never knew what you were going to get next, but it didn't matter, because in the end it was just a sappy romantic comedy anyway.
American Hustle needed a much surer hand guiding it, for me, because I really disliked all the characters and I would have needed very exact treatment of them to be able to still enjoy the movie around them -- that strength being, as you mentioned, a strength of Wolf of Wall Street. But to me Hustle was just nasty people over-emoting, generally at high volume.
Absolutely. Scorsese is just ridiculous. In his 70s and he's still able to capture that world of excess perfectly in sync with, and shocking, an audience as much as 50+ years younger than him. It's unbelievable, really. He's one of the very few directors that can manage a 3-hour film like TWOWS, or a Goodfellas or a Casino. He has to be up there with Kubrick. Very different styles, but when you watch their movies, it's awe-inspiring to see someone so perfectly in command of their art.
American Hustle would've likely worked had Scorsese directed, but there were some fundamental problems with the script, namely it didn't really make much sense. The 'hustle' was very, very limp. I've got to say, I thought Renner's character was great (I believe it was Russell who added him) and this was the strongest character in the film. It was the character you could relate to something approaching realism. The others just far too contrived.
Place Beyond The Pines Mud Oz The Great and Powerful This Is The End Prisoners (Lee Daniels') The Butler The Conjuring Byzantium Gravity Oblivion Man Of Steel
Yeah American Hustle felt like a Scorsese rip off. It lacked energy. Kudos to Russell for trying, but in the end, it just doesn't compare. I can't figure out why the critics rated it so highly. Its RT rating is in the upper 90's. Furthermore, what was up with Bale's heart condition? Shit never paid off in the end.
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