The Place Beyond The Pines (2013)

I thought this was great. The movie's structure makes it hard to talk about without spoilers--and best to know as little as possible before watching, other than to set aside 2.5 hours. Every actor down to the small roles does great work. Not sure how he gets the performances he does, but Derek Cianfrance can make stock scenes fresh and immediate. Felt like a fully satisfying novel.

After watching, I looked up reviews from Edelstein, et al, and they seemed to be critiques of Cianfrance's publicity interviews as much as they were of the movie itself. That combined with its release at the height of lol-Gosling-Tumblr might have gotten in the way of its initial release.

Also talked about in the Drive thread:
Is there not yet a thread for DRIVE, the forthcoming Ryan Gosling vehicle (geddit)?

ben mendelsohn kinda stole the show. that guy's magnetic as hell. i need to see Animal Kingdom. also its funny how you can de-age cooper by 10 years by just shaving him.

― turds (Hungry4Ass), Saturday, April 27, 2013 6:08 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ben Mendelsohn's amazing in this.

I just watched this on Saturday and liked it, not as much as Blue Valentine but thought it mostly worked. So much of it turns on coincidences that I should have been rolling my eyes more but I felt like they sold it. The part toward the end back at the auto body shop with the sunglasses (trying to do this as spoiler-free as possible) really got to me.

Not sure how he gets the performances he does

saw an interesting interview with Michelle Williams around the time of Blue Valentine (think it was a Times Talk so it was probably only on NYC cable), she talked about his working method some. lots of improvisation, just pushing the actors to really inhabit the characters and try to surprise each other. the scene in BV where Gosling climbs the fence on the bridge and threatens to jump off, she said she had no idea he was going to do that and was practically scared shitless when he threw his leg over the top of the fence. (great scene)

that movie was a lot more intimate than this one though. otm with the idea that it felt novelistic. the structure was pretty ambitious I thought.

I didn't know Mendelsohn was in it!! ok will def watch

it's really good

this was wack, just meaninglessly went on forever

back... to the place... beyond the pines.... do u see

ur meaningless and go on forever

Started off ok, got increasingly turdier. I hated the next gen stuff in the final third.

What was Gosling's kid so angry about? Just made me think he was an idiot.

ben mendelsohn kinda stole the show. that guy's magnetic as hell.

had to look up who that is but yeah he's really good. I liked him in Killing Them Softly too.

What was Gosling's kid so angry about?

― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap)

i think he was pissed off that he didn't look anything like ryan gosling

I figured it was intentional that Cooper's kid looked more like Gosling. I bet those two teen actors have good careers ahead of them.

I made it about an hour in, then had to bail

jfc this thing just goes on forever huh

it really does

it feels like 6 pretty good 25 minute movies strung together

Wotta piece of shit.

i dunno if i hate it, i'm just irritated at how long it took to tell a kinda dull not great story

mike patton makes nice music tho

and the 80s references are so rmde

why does avery jr talk like had a stroke

*he

i dont feel like i can defend this movie but i do have some affection for it... maybe its the brazen cheesiness of ben mendelsohn going "if you ride like lightning, you're gonna crash like thunder" that won me over

mendelsohn is the best part of the movie imo

needs to get a bitchin lead role again like in the old days, dude is so good

"if you ride like lightning, we're gonna see you about 5 seconds before we hear your motorcycle, if you started about a mile away, that is"

worst getaway vehicle ever

mendelsohn is the best part of the movie imo

needs to get a bitchin lead role again like in the old days, dude is so good

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, January 1, 2014 7:10 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark

agreed tho bruce greenwood makes a strong case w/little screen time as well

what are BM's cool lead roles, australian movies i assume

idiot box, the big steal, true love & chaos...mullet is ok but I didnt love it...

ty

np

alright i just finished this ponderous thing.

so it just ~ends~ huh.

Huh. I firmly believe that nearly all movies could deal with being shorter and that 90 mins is the perfect movie length and this didn't feel long at all to me. I watched it yesterday on a plane and LOVED it nearly as much as I loved drive. Man, I don't know what it is but something about these movies just gets me. I cried like a baby in several places (as I did with Drive) including the sunglasses scene that DMR mentioned. It's like they'll just be going along and then there's this really powerful moment that just gets me in my gut. And everyone otm re BM. I don't even know if I've ever seen him in anything before but he was great. Also, I can't help but love Gosling. Kids were great too.

i absolutely loved his new movie THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS. never read the book, marketing might make it seem like Notebookcore, but i found it really compelling and moving, made me cry. a tragedy with no real villains, set on a quiet, cold, bone white coast. go see it

what should you have done?

Slept-on studio movie of the decade...

And now streaming!

a wonderful film.

rewatched the first half last night, still good

You people are all nuts.

100%. I would like to point out that I was otm 3 years ago

this movie seriously drags

like a wheelbarrow full of wet cement

I also liked this movie, but then lugubrious portent is kinda my thing.

"this movie seriously drags"

maybe you can watch some pewdiepie youtube videos instead

roofman was a great drama with a real lived-in feel - not really seen much buzz about it