Tess Explains It All

I remember the first time I saw the trailer for this movie and I thought to myself “Wow. Bradley Cooper has been making really lame movie choices lately. This one doesnt look good at all.”

Then awards season began and all of a sudden Silver Linings Playbook was nominated for almost everything! Bradley Cooper for Best Actor, Jennifer Lawrance for Best Actress, etc.. like what was going on? This movie was Oscar nominated?? 
I did a little research and discovered the story line: Bradley Cooper’s character is bi-polar, he gets out of a 8 month hospital stay and is determined to win his wife back. He meets Jennifer Lawrence’s character who is also pretty damaged and they get to know one another. I figured because they both suffer from a slight mental disability the movie must have some weird dark twisted path that ends tragically. Hence the Oscar nominations.

Well I FINALLY saw this movie last night, long after awards season has ended. Long after I knew that JLaw beat out everyone and won best actress for this role at the Golden Globes, SAG Awards and the Oscars!! She had to be amazeballs in it!

The movie was good. It was good. But not the type of movie you rave about and tell all your friends to go see. And on top of that it was like a freaking romantic comedy. I mean, if we’re going to start nominating romantic comedies for Oscars why don’t we ever throw in How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days or Something Borrowed?? This movie had no tragic ending or secret twist, nothing to it that made you go “WOW! That was craaaazy! Let’s nominate the hell out of it!”  
Why was it like a romantic comedy? Well it was decently funny and it was about two people who hate each other, like each other, then end up falling in love with one another. And they live happily ever after together. Like whaaaaaaa???

So yes, all in all I wasn’t super impressed. But I’m glad I saw it. Because I’m usually always glad after every movie I see. I just enjoy movies. But I am definitely confused by all the hype. I do feel Bradley and Jennifer gave a lovely talented performance but I mean isn’t that was actors are supposed to do?