My blog reviews movies as political, historical or social commentary with intentional disregard for their artistic or cinematic value. One foe of American political scientists and economists is that they ignore movies as sources to inform them on changes in American culture, view exoticism as a hallmark of "foreigness" and, at the same time, impart American values and judgment to foreign movies.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
American Hustle
The first really good movie since unappreciated but genial "Moonrise Kingdom" by Wes Anderson. Though traditional in its cinematic rendering, it has smart dialog, excellent acting and fast, efficient plot. The first half of the movie seems to be wrong on tempo, tangling more plotlines that the director seems to be capable to untangle but it all makes sense in the end.
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