Haters Gonna Hate

Rating: 10/10 (23 February 2014)

How can someone hate this movie? It is so perfect. Scriptwriter Eric Singer originally named it American Bullshit. That should have been the title but other than that it is a ride you don't want to miss. AH is David O Rusell's masterpiece. It talks about how we con ourselves and others to survive. The comedy is just the icing on the cake. David is the definition of Actor's Director. What he can make his actors do is not something many directors are capable of. Now the actors (Drumroll Please) Christian Bale is sporting a potbelly and a weirdly elaborate comb-over. Was it over the top? Definitely yes. Was it necessary? Maybe,Maybe not. But that does give a persona to Irving Rosenfeld. This movie shows Christian's capability as an actor. Amy Adams is so good as Sydney Prosser. Her performance of a confused but determined conner was amazing. The fact that she was confused put the WOW factor in her performance. I am a Bradley Cooper loyalist. I love most of his movies. But AH, is unlike any of his other roles. His effortless blending of comedy and seriousness was fabulous. I know Jared Leto will win the Oscar but Bradley deserves it more. Cooper was considered a Chocolate boy type of actor and this performance just tells his critics to shove it. Jennifer Lawrence's performance was the best. She was the best conner of 'em all. Her rendition of Live and Let Die was funny and dramatic at the same time. She should win the Oscar and not Lupita Nyong'o. American Hustle has a 50% chance of winning The Best Picture Oscar and not 100% because the Academy will be biased towards 12 Years A Slave. BTW this movie was much better than Wolf Of Wall Street. WOWS was a movie just showing hookers, drugs, alcoholics. It didn't have any real story. AH and WOWS should not be compared.