Agreed. The filmmakers were having so much fun going over the top with the 1970's look, they forgot to do much else. Lot of talented people, but they've all done better work in other things.
American Hustle was mostly style over substance, but Bale was great in it. The Prestige is one of the truly underappreciated movies of the 2000's. Really engaging and taut filmmaking.
I've only seen one of these and I scored one point, but not for the one I saw. I couldn't think of the full name. Never heard of a lot of these - I'm into granny flicks these days. :)