We've been Hustled! (an American Hustle review)

American Hustle was barely even a movie, just an elongated sitcom. A bunch of scenes, some quirky, some 'serious,' built around aphorisms, slapstick and a flimsy plot.

A shocker. Totally derivative - again, Goodfellas/Casino/Wolf .. but with none of the charm. This is what happens when lunatics take over the asylum ie. the actors take over the movie. I like Bale and Cooper, but here, it was like a cockfight - who could outDiNiro Di Niro, like Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Bale either wore a prosthetic or put on weight, maybe from eating the rewrites. Sooo Raging Bull, dude.

Cooper forgot he could speak French and didn't need to do this. Go to Provence, munch on an escargot and have a nap.
And Amy. If everyone's in 70's grunge, why do you look so current?
Her acting was try-hard, small town playhouse, did a better job down-playing in 'Her.' But we're not nominated for that, are we. Btw Never attempt a British accent again, you're only good for 3 words, then back to Santa Monican.

Due to a complete lack of substance, Hustle relied a lot on trying to be funny. Hence the obsession with hair. Toupees are funny, right? Then Cooper perming his hair was er, funny, right? Then every woman had curlers at some stage - boy, that was funny, too. Nothing like follicular humour for the masses, surefire.

Ramshackle, shoddy, incoherent - grifters stinging, re-stinging, re-re-stinging? Don't know, don't care. Perhaps the people responsible for this mess should watch 'The Sting,' and get a few tips on clever, entertaining movie-making.

This film was all about the actors, in self-indulgent full flight.
Now watch 'em all go up and collect oskars ... by default.

All three of your threads....already have threads.

American Hustle

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So how was I, a new user, supposed to know this? No sticky thread on this board and nothing to suggest I'm supposed to post them in a dedicated film review thread.

He never said you were supposed to know. He just pointed out your mistake and helped you. No need to defend yourself here.

Welcome, by the way!

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To be fair, it's standard forum etiquette not to have lots of duplicate threads on the same topic. But just in case it isn't clear, the Rules page link to in the header says as much.

You don't need to have a dedicated review thread, either. You can just post the reviews in existing threads for each film, instead. Avoiding duplicates is the idea; beyond that, it's up to each person if they want to post individual reviews in individual threads or keep them all in one place.

But yes, welcome all the same.

It didn't seem clear to me, even after reading the rules. I thought this forum was a place where people post their reviews for them to be commented on, thus I figured it would be one of the exceptions for duplicate threads.

Anyway, I've posted each one in their own thread, so you can delete my threads now.

Well, I'm open to anything that could use a rephrasing, but I gotta say the rules seem awfully clear to me. It even lists the kinds of circumstances where exceptions might be made:

Anyway, not a big deal. I'll be sure to remove or close these shortly. And thanks for copying your posts and saving me the trouble of moving them.

I see that rule, I just didn't think it applied to this review board. I suggest making a sticky thread here suggesting you should post your reviews in the dedicated review thread.

You can open your own review thread and put all/most your reviews in that.

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