a failed attempt to be in the league of directing legends

Rating: 6/10 (24 January 2014)

i think this movie it's the most direct attempt to David o.Russel, from producing a genre film that could be iconic somehow. the photography, the cameras, even the music and the costumes are in that level. the problem is the lack of substance in the characters, and the level of dialogue that leads nowhere. we understand the characters temper at the beginning, and they all act in the same way until the end. that's it: you're always expecting the character in behaving in a specific way, and he behaves: no one surprises or amazes us, even though o.Russel wanted that in that twisted but no twisted ending.
maybe Jennifer Lawrence's character is the only one that changes yes, but not that much and in a predictable way in the beginning. Bradley cooper is not enough actor to play a role like this, bale and Adams are good, but they don't have much to work on.
anyway, that's why if you see it like that, you can get nice entertainment for it. nothing fancy or special, but not a bad way to spend the 2 hours. but it's not a Oscar movie, it's not even a movie that should have any kind of hype. i don't think history will remember this, because it needed way better dialogues, it needed stronger characters, it needed a narrative structure lost in all the style, and lights, and camera movements. not a big deal.