Great acting but lacking something

Rating: 7/10 (9 January 2014)

Great acting all round but felt the story was lacking in something. This film was full of great actors; Bale, Cooper, Renner, adams and De Niro.The directing was great. The main problem i had with the film was about an hour in when i (18 and was visiting with my girlfriend) felt like i was just waiting for something to happen.
After the sit down with De Niro's character i thought "right here we go" but the pace just slowed down again until 10 minutes before the end where the viewers finally saw Bradley Coopers character get done over.
The ending is somewhat satisfying but it felt like what we had to view to get there was too much. The film definitely is worth a watch but not worth the hype.
*sanders snippet: Hat's off to Jennifer Lawrence who's acting was superb*