So my boss is in a big money fantasy baseball league that has it’s draft in Vegas every year. He told me that the actor/director Nick Cassavetes is in it. The director of “The Notebook” and guess what his team name is….? “Broccoli and Anal Sex”
Pat, 20 years old. Aspiring writer. Ask me a question if you feel the need to. Pretty easy going and laid back. I love to analyze films and break down their components. Entertain me.
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Nicolas Winding Refn pays homage to Wes Anderson
Top: Scene from “The Royal Tenenbaums”
Bottom: Scene from “Only God Forgives”
Watched: The United States of Leland
The United States of Leland is a very interesting film in many ways. First off it’s the only major feature that director Matthew Hoge has ever tackled. He must have some connections to get names like Kevin Spacey on as actor/producer, Don Cheadle and at the time an unknown Ryan Gosling. This is a pretty controversial film with the events being tackled: mental retardation, juvenile detainment, estrangement, etc.
The character Leland Fitzgerald is a real interesting one. Ryan Gosling plays his no remorse persona remarkably. I can see how Gosling was able to be so great in “Drive” now. His subtext is out of this world. His eyes say a whole different story that his mouth can’t. There are ideas and thoughts of what’s right and wrong in Leland’s head but he just can’t decipher their true meanings. This creates almost a simple view on life where everything is just black and white… it either is or it isn’t for Leland. It’s tragic to watch really.
Besides Gosling, Cheadle and Spacey are the only ones who really stood out to me. Cheadle has been great in everything I have seen him in. He plays a great strong leading man with conviction. Spacey was just as cynical as he could’ve been and I loved it. Michelle Williams was decent in her small tidbit, however. The acting apart from the aforementioned was kind of deplorable. Chris Klein never convinced me throughout that he even remotely tried. I cringed every time he was on screen. The writing was there for these characters, it was just a matter of how they executed it.
The ending I saw coming a mile away when certain events transpired. The wonderful monologue at the end made up for the predictability. Overall it’s worth a shot to check out.
7.5/10
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watched: Ides of March
This isn’t the most entertaining film of the year, this isn’t the best film of the year but it is very solid and does not disappoint. Ides of March probably is the finest acted film of 2011 that we will see though. Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, PSH, Giamatti and Tomei. An acting fan’s wet dream. The script was solid and killer. You can totally tell it was adapted from a play. There were some beautifully shot scenes as well, my favorite being PSH and Gosling’s silhouettes when they are in front of the flag. A very nice twist in the film, that to tell you the truth I saw coming. Starts off smoothly then gets very intense. That point being a speech from PSH about loyalty, the best scene in the film in my opinion. From that point on you don’t know what was going to go down. Any character seemed possible of saying/doing anything. Gosling shined this whole film and should really get best actor consideration. Clooney should get the nom for directing, adapted screenplay and or directing. Man is genius.
8/10tb0t:
doodles by Lisa Hanawalt about Drive
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