tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post842841191096411037..comments2024-03-26T15:33:47.822+05:00Comments on THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS: OSCAR FUTURES: Silver Linings PlaybookTom Shonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06938779517705582285noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post-89706637846964168692012-11-24T11:06:36.134+05:002012-11-24T11:06:36.134+05:00Oh and also, the movie might as well have been tit...Oh and also, the movie might as well have been titled Deus Ex Machina, right? Actually I guess that sort of is the meaning of the actual title, come to think of it. It's not psychologically credible that Pat would get his shit together enough to dance with Tiffany for those weekends, and it's also not really plausible that Tiffany would have such a studio, the whole dance thing is sort of idiotic really. All the bets at the end, these insane double crosses that just make every person involved sort of vile, and yet we're all supposed to be tickled by it, and Russell shoves the contrived happy ending up our snouts by having them get EXACTLY 5.0, because that's what the movie calls for, a miraculous victory by a whisker. Why not have them hit 5.4? Couldn't he have asked us not to be quite such monkeys about it? Ugh. Russell's better than this. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18440356770947146690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post-36738099838896097762012-11-24T11:00:37.008+05:002012-11-24T11:00:37.008+05:00I'm skeptical. I'm a Russell guy going way...I'm skeptical. I'm a Russell guy going way back, and I saw SLP tonight and much to my surprise I pretty much hated it. <br /><br />"exuberant, sustained and humane" ......... I just don't know. The movie seems to teach that all of your stupid flaws will always be forgiven and not have consequences. Pat & Tiffany cuddle up in the wing chair at movie's end, but they'll be tearing the house apart in a few weeks, if Pat isn't in the psychiatric ward again. The movie is well made and a lot of people did excellent work, but it felt like a con, we'll show you these highly flawed working class people and you'll learn to accept them the way they are no matter how selfish & deluded almost everyone is and your notion that they could use some adjusting is just sheer elitism.... No sir, not for me. I didn't buy for a second that Robt De Niro has ever been to an Eagles game, much less been banned from the stadium for instigating a fistfight, and I've never met a sports fan who behaved much like De Niro. Other actors would have been better cast, I think. Cooper was very good, I admit. The movie was good, I admit that it is good, well made, but I couldn't stand any of the people in it and the jokes seemed cheap and the psychology just super limited and it felt like a con. D+ <br /><br />Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18440356770947146690noreply@blogger.com