Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Writers: Hossein Amini (screenplay), James Sallis (book)
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan and Bryan Cranston
Step aside, it’s Ryan Gosling’s time!
Lately, everyone has been going to the cinema to see this
movie and reviewing it online, so I guess it’s time to do it, as well, and
guess what? I LOVED IT!
Let me just point out some things that I noticed and liked
about this particular film:
- - The director, Nicolas Winding Refn, is fantastic. His style is
so simple, yet very artistic and with a lot of nuances to his shots and
direction, always capturing the emotions in a very beautiful, rather new way.
The perfect example is the driving part, when the camera gets Ryan’s character
in so many ways that you understand and are moved by his reactions. He is quite
a revelation for me and I would gladly see any of his movies. (Another one to
watch is Steve McQueen, but that’s another discussion)
-
- Ryan Gosling- and that says it all! He was
amazing in this role, almost perfect. I don’t know the book and I haven’t read
the script, but the way he acts the part is right up my alley- he’s cool,
smooth, quiet, yet human in certain situations, and I like the way his
character evolves, even if it is not in the good way. He is believable and
nothing seems out of place when it comes to his actions. I hope he gets some
recognition for it! And yes, he is a very handsome man!
-
- You know, Carey Mulligan is a very normal
looking girl, there is nothing visually interesting about her, except when she
acts: her expressions, the way she moves and talks, it’s so real, yet moving
and just right, and she does that in absolutely every movie she is in. I respect
and admire her for that; she just proves that you don’t need model looks to be
part of Hollywood’s elite.
-
- The
script- well that had some little problems, but overall it was good and it had
some surprising moments.
-
- The pace of the movie was slow and for some,
like the people I was within the cinema, boring, but I liked and it suited the
story and the character very well!
-
- The song choices were interesting and I thought
the sound editing worked very well, as a whole!
-
- Oh, and I wasn’t expecting to be that bloody and
violent at the end!
All in all, a fantastic movie
that I recommend!
Did you see it? What did you
think about it?
