Second film today and after Oblivion I was dry and ready for this one.
Now, I'm not familiar with Blue Valentine or any of Derek Cianfrance's work come to think of it. But I did like Ryan Gosling in Drive and even Bradley Cooper in Limitless. So with that in mind I was (kind of) looking forward to this one.
This film was 2 hours and 20 mins long and covers the lives of two 'families' over a period of about 16 years.. It started off well. Ryan Gosling was tattooed up to the nines and to be fair looked pretty cool.. He plays a loaner, motorcycle stuntman, wanderer who, after a 'dalliance' with Eva Mendes the previous year finds that he has a son.. As a result he meets up with the nefarious Ben Mendelsohn and together turns to crime in order to provide for his son.. Obviously that's a very basic synopsis. You throw in Bradley Cooper's rookie cop, Ray Liotta's bent cop, corruption, revenge and some genuinely touching moments and you have a decent movie.. What did disappoint me was the soundtrack. Apart from one track which is featured in the movie trailer, the rest was pretty poor in my opinion. There was a couple of eighties gems in the first half of the movie but I was expecting more from Mike Patton (assuming it's Faith No More's Mike Patton) That's one thing I liked in Oblivion. It had Led Zeppelin AND Procol Harlem !?
Overall though I enjoyed it. Not as good as Drive but another solid ***1/2
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