American Hustle is waaaaaaaaay overrated.
I thought it was fantastic. The only "overrated" part is Jennifer Lawrence. She over-acts. Her charisma gets her far, but the scene chewing was almost distracting from the story. SHe's nowhere near as good as Amy Adams. Adams is a pro's pro. Whole nother level.
Also saw "Wolf of Wall Street" last night. That was good. It reminded me so much of "Boiler Room" and then I realized that Boiler Room is based on the same true story. "Wolf of Wall Street" was like "Boiler Room" and "Fear and Loathing" had an angry Citizen Kane-esque Scorsese baby. I enjoyed it. Parts of it were wildly hilarious. Parts of it were wildly uncomfortable.
Saw "47 Ronin" a couple days ago. It received HORRIBLE reviews. I had zero expectations. I thought it was kind of watchable. My girlfriend enjoyed it. She thinks some of the backlash for the movie might be because people don't understand ancient Japanese culture. It definitely wasn't "great", but nowhere near as bad as I anticipated.
Saw "Anchorman 2". I saw the original for the first time only a few months ago... so I'm not one of those people who knows every line and is obsessed with it. FWIW, I thought the sequel was just as funny... if not funnier. But again, I imagine some people are so obsessed with the original that it will be hard for this to live up to their years of obsessive watching. I personally found it very enjoyable. It was the loudest movie theater I've been in. People were laughing their butts off, shouting at the scream... it was crazy. People love those characters.
Saw "Hobbit 2". It was ok. I still don't think they needed 3 movies to tell this story. It has some fun action. I didn't mind it. It wasn't great, but I was plenty entertained. Legolas has some sweet action scenes... I hear he's not even in the book, but whatever. The movies aren't as good as "Lord of the Rings", but it's still some fun stuff.
Saw "Frozen"... Definitely the best animated Disney movie I've seen in years. It's just straight-up classic animated disney princess musical. It would fit in well with the era of Aladdin, Lion King, Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, etc. Only difference is that it's computer animated. But it was super entertaining. Disney's movies have been on the upswing since John Lasseter (Pixar producer) took over.
Saw "Hunger Games 2". I liked it. I liked the first one too. If you liked the first one, you'd like the second one. Surprised how much time in the movie is dedicated to the leadup to the games... It just goes on and on and at some point, I had to ask myself, "Woah... are they even going to show the tourney in this movie?... " Luckily, there was plenty of time dedicated to the tourney as well.
Really looking forward to seeing "Her" (Spike JOnze's latest) and "Inside Llewyn Davis" (Coen brother's latest). Both have received amazing reviews.
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