Sunday, September 22, 2013
Anti-heroes are hot too
It is rare to see a film that is so wise about the nature of a failed relationship.
A couple meet cute and the get pregnant, then get married for all the wrong reasons and end their relationship 7 or 8 years later in this film with Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams.
I saw it before and toughed it out then saw Gianfrancis' later film with Gosling and went back to see Gosling again who, to tell the truth, I can't see enough of.
A matinee idol he is not. All his films are unflattering to what is basically very attractive raw material. But not a pretty boy in anyway. How nice. He compensates, for those who are interested, with an almost flawless body.
He relishes the off beat role and conquers through his acting. Very sexy, very intense, very believable along a broad range of work.
I will see him tomorrow in Drive where, I think, he dumps the tattoo dude look but becomes a real crook. Sort of.
This film becomes a 5 out of Netflix5 after a 4 from when I saw it before.
Don't let me neglect mentioning Michelle Williams who is also a great actor and the two cook up an intensity that boils over.
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