The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

Simply Perfect

As Good As It Gets

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

I turned off this movie before it finished. Completely lost interest. I thought it was about Ryan Gossling's character but then it moved to a different character. It was shortly after I lost complete interest. Really seemed like two movies in one, with completely different plots. Don't waste your time on this, not sure why it deserved some good ratings.I gave it 2 stars for acting. It's not often I turn off a movie before it finishes, even some B movies...I watch til the end. Do yourself a favour and don't watch it. Boring and not entertaining at all.

Perfect movie for what is happening in the United States with gun control. This movie tells a very true story about fraud in any police department, dirty politics, gun control, drugs and violence. The most beautiful part of it is that it makes it by blending different ethnicities and backgrounds. Although I thought Ryan Goslin was going to have a more significant role in the whole movie, his share on it was more than enough. The sequence of events and the story like make complete sense and coherently bind with one another.

I was interested by this movie as it is directed by the man who brought us Blue Valentine, which was fantastic. This movie shocked me in every way, and I could tell just from very first shot that it will surprise me.It was not only the amazing work in the visuals and casting, but it was the story and the way it was told that shocked me. Some decisions that were made in the writing and progression of the story were fantastic in the way they deviated from general storytelling ways, while holding a three act structure.Another way this movie amazed me is the combination of many genres, which was effective and never felt overwhelming or confusing. The theme of decision-making and doing the right thing is the obvious dominant theme and the portrayal of that is effective.There is one actor in this movie which stole the show, and that is the performance of Bradley Cooper, who took this character and made it his. At no point did I retract from the story to think to myself, "wow, Bradley Cooper is really good in this", but after the film after thinking about it was when I really appreciated the way he portrayed this character, and his character serves as the central point for the dominant theme of the movie, which was also done very well.The only negative I can really think for this movie is the ambiguity and openness of certain parts of the story which some people may not like and could perhaps prefer that closure.To conclude, this is definitely a film worth your money if you are a fan of storytelling, emotion and great film-making.

What have Ryan Gosling, John Wayne and Janet Leigh in common? Watch this movie and you will find out; but for the movie lovers, they already know what I mean. Remember PSYCHO and THE COWBOYS...Just a great drama with some crime lines, cops and bank robbers. But that's not a pure crime movie although. And Ray Liotta plays of course a borderline cop, but his character is very weak. I have not seen many films with such a daring topic. Try it