The Silver Linings Playbook - Review Thread - Page 3

PG Cooper · 03-02-2013, 10:12 PM

Watched this again a second time and the movie completely holds up. I am curious, to the David O. Russell experts, how does this hold up to the rest of his filmography? All I've seen is Silver Linings and The Fighter.

Dracula · 03-02-2013, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by PG Cooper

Watched this again a second time and the movie completely holds up. I am curious, to the David O. Russell experts, how does this hold up to the rest of his filmography? All I've seen is Silver Linings and The Fighter.

SLP and The Fighter are a bit more mainstream than his older movies.

Three Kings is definitely worth seeing, it has more of an aggressive visual style and its satire is a lot more overt, but it does have a fairly conventional storyline that keeps it grounded.

Flirting with Disaster is probably the closest to his newer films because it's about a dysfunctional family and has similar dialogue/casting patterns. I don't personally think it works all that well as a comedy and it has an oddly abrupt ending, but it definitely has its fans and I can see why they like it.

I ♥ Huckabees is a film that some people seem to love, but which I found to be utterly obnoxious in its twee quirkiness and is clearly the work of someone who's completely up his own ass. I wouldn't be at all shocked if I heard that he was on cocaine the whole time he was making it and that he spent the six years it took him to make another film getting sober because The Fighter is clearly the work of someone who's humbled and reinvented himself.

PG Cooper · 03-02-2013, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Dracula

SLP and The Fighter are a bit more mainstream than his older movies.

Three Kings is definitely worth seeing, it has more of an aggressive visual style and its satire is a lot more overt, but it does have a fairly conventional storyline that keeps it grounded.

Flirting with Disaster is probably the closest to his newer films because it's about a dysfunctional family and has similar dialogue/casting patterns. I don't personally think it works all that well as a comedy and it has an oddly abrupt ending, but it definitely has its fans and I can see why they like it.

I ♥ Huckabees is a film that some people seem to love, but which I found to be utterly obnoxious in its twee quirkiness and is clearly the work of someone who's completely up his own ass. I wouldn't be at all shocked if I heard that he was on cocaine the whole time he was making it and that he spent the six years it took him to make another film getting sober because The Fighter is clearly the work of someone who's humbled and reinvented himself.

I see. How's Spanking the Monkey?

MovieBuff801 · 03-02-2013, 11:08 PM

Definitely check out Three Kings, Coop. Such a great movie. One of my 5 Favorites of '99.

PG Cooper · 03-02-2013, 11:10 PM

99 is one of the best years in film, so that's high praise.

MovieBuff801 · 03-02-2013, 11:13 PM

Well, it's worthy of it, that's for sure.

Neverending · 03-02-2013, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by PG Cooper

I see. How's Spanking the Monkey?

"Spanking the Monkey" is one of the creepiest movies you'll ever see.

Hollywood · 03-02-2013, 11:37 PM

Anyone know when Silver Linings Playbook is coming to Blue Ray/DVD?

Dracula · 03-02-2013, 11:53 PM

Apr 30, 2013

**JBond** · 03-03-2013, 01:22 AM

I've seen it four times and it does indeed hold up. And Three Kings is pretty awesome.

Neverending · 03-03-2013, 01:30 AM

I remember Three Kings was very popular among teenage boys when it was released. But people don't seem to talk about it anymore. When it comes to '99 cinema, The Matrix dominates the discussion. And... The Phantom Menace for negative reasons.

**JBond** · 03-03-2013, 01:40 AM

Except most people don't discuss "1999 cinema."

Neverending · 03-03-2013, 01:44 AM

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"1999 cinema."

That was the year Jason Biggs f--ked a pie, so I see your point.

PG Cooper · 03-03-2013, 07:16 AM

It was also the year Haley Joel Osmet saw dead people, frogs rained from the sky, we learned to trust in Tyler Durden, Tom Cruise went to an orgy, Woody met Jesse and Bullseye, people could be John Malkovich, and some kid videotaped a garbage bag in the wind.

sshuttari · 03-03-2013, 10:30 AM

It was also the year of "Fight Club" and "American Beauty" which in time has gotten the right praise...

99 The Year We Made Love to Movies!

Deexan · 03-03-2013, 10:42 AM

Wasn't that also the year of American Beauty and Fight Club?

FranklinTard · 03-03-2013, 11:26 AM

No you're thinking of 99 with American beauty and fight club.

**JBond** · 03-03-2013, 11:59 AM

I guess the 90s didn't want to go down as a mediocre decade.

MovieBuff801 · 03-03-2013, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by PG Cooper

It was also the year Haley Joel Osmet saw dead people, frogs rained from the sky, we learned to trust in Tyler Durden, Tom Cruise went to an orgy, Woody met Jesse and Bullseye, people could be John Malkovich, and some kid videotaped a garbage bag in the wind.

It was also the year we got a look inside the career of Andy Kaufman.

PG Cooper · 03-03-2013, 12:33 PM

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It was also the year we got a look inside the career of Andy Kaufman.

I still haven't seen that

IanTheCool · 05-03-2013, 05:54 PM

Silver Linings Playbook is essentially a romantic comedy involving people with mental health issues. But the question is, is that enough to set it apart from that most trite of genres? The answer, surprisingly, is yes. The characters and their unique problems are just enough to make this a watchable and enjoyable film, despite how rooted it is in the rom-com tradition.

Bradley Cooper plays Patrick, a bipolar teacher who beat up his wife's lover. As he tries to get his life on track he meets Tiffany, played by Jennifer Lawrence, who has her own problems. They join a dancing competition together. At this point I was worried it would turn into Dancing with the Stars, but luckily the dancing was a minor part, and when they did do their dance, it actually turned out quite comical.

Now, this movie is certainly watchable and when it was finished I was glad to have seen it. But that isn't to say that it doesn't have any flaws. There were three major problems which keeps this movie out of the "great" level. They are as follows:

The sound mixing was actually quite bad. The soundtrack came in far too loud and was distracting when it drowned out the dialogue. A minor quibble perhaps, but one which I found very noticeable, to I am pointing it out nonetheless.
The supporting characters turned into bland rom-com tag-a-longs. I am mostly refering to Chris Tucker's fellow mental hospital patient, who really had no purpose but kept showing up anyways, and the therapist, which sure was fun to see him at the Eagles game, but the fact that he kept hanging around this family was quite ridiculous. And by the end it was a though all these minor character who would have a small part in the film were suddenly all part of a troupe at the end. Its the kind of thing expected from lesser, run-of-the-mill films.
And I have to admit that the third problem was actually Jennifer Lawrence, who I generally like. But here she came off as simply trying to hard. She rarely felt genuine and never sunk into the role enough to make me forget she was acting. This is in stark contrast to Bradley Cooper who was able to sink into his character very well.

So there you have it, my thoughts on Silver Linings Playbook. It was a nice watch, but I can't see it being all too memorable of a movie down the road.
8/10

**JBond** · 05-03-2013, 07:00 PM

Come back when you love it, twerp!

sshuttari · 05-03-2013, 07:13 PM

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It was a nice watch, but I can't see it being all too memorable of a movie down the road.

Yeah. You are wrong. Like completely and utterly just wrong.

IanTheCool · 05-04-2013, 08:37 AM

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Yeah. You are wrong. Like completely and utterly just wrong.

Time will tell.

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03-02-2013, 10:12 PM	#51
PG Cooper Raging Bull Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 6,135	Watched this again a second time and the movie completely holds up. I am curious, to the David O. Russell experts, how does this hold up to the rest of his filmography? All I've seen is Silver Linings and The Fighter. __________________ PG Cooper's Movie Reviews Our Youtube Channel CS! Recod Holder: Quickest Review in the Film Club (2 hours 19 minutes). April 18th, 2013, 9:24 PM-???? "Terminator 2's a pretty awesome movie."- Paul Thomas Anderson

03-02-2013, 11:08 PM	#54
MovieBuff801 Fringe Division Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Walter's Lab Posts: 10,882	Definitely check out Three Kings, Coop. Such a great movie. One of my 5 Favorites of '99. __________________ AFI Top 100 Movies (1998) Seen: 67 out of 100

03-02-2013, 11:10 PM	#55
PG Cooper Raging Bull Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 6,135	99 is one of the best years in film, so that's high praise. __________________ PG Cooper's Movie Reviews Our Youtube Channel CS! Recod Holder: Quickest Review in the Film Club (2 hours 19 minutes). April 18th, 2013, 9:24 PM-???? "Terminator 2's a pretty awesome movie."- Paul Thomas Anderson

03-02-2013, 11:13 PM	#56
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03-03-2013, 01:22 AM	#60
JBond Feed me Join Date: May 2000 Location: SR388 Posts: 67,496	I've seen it four times and it does indeed hold up. And Three Kings is pretty awesome. __________________ The due date for Round 135 of the CS Film Club is Monday, May 20th, 2013. 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday

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03-03-2013, 01:40 AM	#62
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03-03-2013, 07:16 AM	#64
PG Cooper Raging Bull Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 6,135	It was also the year Haley Joel Osmet saw dead people, frogs rained from the sky, we learned to trust in Tyler Durden, Tom Cruise went to an orgy, Woody met Jesse and Bullseye, people could be John Malkovich, and some kid videotaped a garbage bag in the wind. __________________ PG Cooper's Movie Reviews Our Youtube Channel CS! Recod Holder: Quickest Review in the Film Club (2 hours 19 minutes). April 18th, 2013, 9:24 PM-???? "Terminator 2's a pretty awesome movie."- Paul Thomas Anderson

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03-03-2013, 11:59 AM	#68
JBond Feed me Join Date: May 2000 Location: SR388 Posts: 67,496	I guess the 90s didn't want to go down as a mediocre decade. __________________ The due date for Round 135 of the CS Film Club is Monday, May 20th, 2013. 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday

05-03-2013, 05:54 PM	#71
IanTheCool Executive Lego Producer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 13,387	Silver Linings Playbook is essentially a romantic comedy involving people with mental health issues. But the question is, is that enough to set it apart from that most trite of genres? The answer, surprisingly, is yes. The characters and their unique problems are just enough to make this a watchable and enjoyable film, despite how rooted it is in the rom-com tradition. Bradley Cooper plays Patrick, a bipolar teacher who beat up his wife's lover. As he tries to get his life on track he meets Tiffany, played by Jennifer Lawrence, who has her own problems. They join a dancing competition together. At this point I was worried it would turn into Dancing with the Stars, but luckily the dancing was a minor part, and when they did do their dance, it actually turned out quite comical. Now, this movie is certainly watchable and when it was finished I was glad to have seen it. But that isn't to say that it doesn't have any flaws. There were three major problems which keeps this movie out of the "great" level. They are as follows: The sound mixing was actually quite bad. The soundtrack came in far too loud and was distracting when it drowned out the dialogue. A minor quibble perhaps, but one which I found very noticeable, to I am pointing it out nonetheless. The supporting characters turned into bland rom-com tag-a-longs. I am mostly refering to Chris Tucker's fellow mental hospital patient, who really had no purpose but kept showing up anyways, and the therapist, which sure was fun to see him at the Eagles game, but the fact that he kept hanging around this family was quite ridiculous. And by the end it was a though all these minor character who would have a small part in the film were suddenly all part of a troupe at the end. Its the kind of thing expected from lesser, run-of-the-mill films. And I have to admit that the third problem was actually Jennifer Lawrence, who I generally like. But here she came off as simply trying to hard. She rarely felt genuine and never sunk into the role enough to make me forget she was acting. This is in stark contrast to Bradley Cooper who was able to sink into his character very well. So there you have it, my thoughts on Silver Linings Playbook. It was a nice watch, but I can't see it being all too memorable of a movie down the road. 8/10

05-03-2013, 07:00 PM	#72
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