American Hustle (2013) - Lies Upon Lies!
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No doubt about it, ‘American Hustle’ is a stylish film in terms of
music, costumes and cinematography, but the dragged-out story itself is by no
means engrossing. And I find parts of it not at all convincing though some of
it really happened. The ending is not so big of a surprise as it should. You
may not be able to figure exactly how it’s going to end up, but you learn more
or less right from the beginning, seeing how Irving (Christian Bale)
rejuvenates himself in front of the mirror, that this film’s got to be of lies
upon lies!
Like it or not, life itself is a big lie. We’re the ones living and
fighting for it. Inside of this big lie, or big illusion if you will, we’re making
up many, many small lies to make it look much sophisticatedly attractive, but deep
down we all know that life’s totally not what it seems. Life’s unfortunately
full of beautiful lies, and pathetically, we need them! They work as sort of an
anesthetic to ease our yesterday’s penances and tomorrow’s worries. We keep
lying to ourselves that let bygones be bygones, and tomorrow will be better;
that if we do good in this life, our next can’t be too bad. Truth is, tomorrow
or whatever you prefer it, is never better. If we don’t face up to it and try
to get out of it right here right now, we’ll be hopeless! Lies are sweet but they
also make us bleed. Better stop before we bleed dry!
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