The Place Beyond the Pines

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  1. TKO

    TKO Administrator Staff Member

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  2. Anthony

    Anthony Admin Staff Member

    YOu seen it TKO? It's been out for a while over here.
     
  3. TKO

    TKO Administrator Staff Member

    Yeah we watched it last weekend. Beautifully shot with a eerie score. Goslings character is an interesting one but very simliar to Drive. Liotta plays Liotta but he does it well. Cooper puts in a decent performance as does the female leads.

    I really like that kid DeHann. He's putting together a pretty solid CV

    The place beyond the pines is an ambitious movie but Cianfrance just about pulls it off. In similar movies Hollywood tends to hint or assume you know what's going on. In this movie we get to see that back story. Very unusual.
     
  4. Anthony

    Anthony Admin Staff Member

    Have you seen Blue Valentine by the same director? Just saw that the other day. I thought Gosling was brilliant. I am looking forward to this movie.
     
  5. TKO

    TKO Administrator Staff Member

    Yeah I came across Blue Valentine about 6-7 months ago. It's an amazing movie. I wathced it at home alone and was quite depressed after watching it. Powerful stuff.
     
  6. ArturoGatti

    ArturoGatti WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

    God I hated Johnny Ontario, I wanted to bash his face in.
     
  7. Anthony

    Anthony Admin Staff Member

    Just watched it. It's like three movies in one. Pretty good, but i think many people here will hate it. I thought Cooper was very good in some scenes and average in others. Gosling was good all around. But a warning. He is not in the movie much.

    Oh and ray liota's small part was excellent.
     
  8. whiskey

    whiskey Czarcasm

    Agreed.
     
  9. Trplsec

    Trplsec Sleeps in a Cage

    They had me at Eva Mendes
     
  10. Joe King

    Joe King WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

    It was a decent movie but not the classic it is made out to be.
     
  11. ArturoGatti

    ArturoGatti WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

    great movie imo.
     
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    lb 4 lb Fightbeat Gold Member

    Ya think I should peep this G?
     
  13. Anthony

    Anthony Admin Staff Member

    I dont know man. Did you like Blue Valentine? Are you a fan of Bradley Cooper?
     
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    lb 4 lb Fightbeat Gold Member

    Never saw Blue Valentine and I like Cooper.
     
  15. Anthony

    Anthony Admin Staff Member

    Check it out. The soundtrack is good
     
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    lb 4 lb Fightbeat Gold Member

    I'll check out both...at some point. Been getting more into tv series lately. Doing the House of Cards thing and I think I'm going to check out The Following next.
     
  17. Nobleart

    Nobleart Narwhal King


    The Following is trash, forget it.

    I like DeHaan but wasn't a big fan of the third act of this movie. I thought they tried too hard too create a family twist that wasn't necessary. The 1st act with Gosling and the older guy crony was the most compelling to me. The rest of the movie didn't really live up to what it was aspiring to IMO.
     
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    lb 4 lb Fightbeat Gold Member

    How far into the series did you get?
     
  19. Nobleart

    Nobleart Narwhal King


    About 6-7 episodes. Would have stopped sooner, but it took a little while for the wife to let go of it.
     
  20. Rainmaker

    Rainmaker "Twinkle Toes" McJack

    This movie doesn't deserve to be in the category 'great' imo.
     
  21. I fuckin' love Gosling.
     
  22. Rainmaker

    Rainmaker "Twinkle Toes" McJack

    He is a talented actor.
     
  23. No, Rainmaker....if I was a chick or gay, I'd be all over that shit.
     
  24. Rainmaker

    Rainmaker "Twinkle Toes" McJack

    He has the looks and the charisma to take the torch from Brad Pitt.
     
  25. ArturoGatti

    ArturoGatti WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

    He`s more interesting looking than great looking. He`ll probably be ugly as hell when he reaches Pitt`s age, who is still rather handsome.
     
  26. He's one of those guys, who has little or no faults.
    Can act properly, is a singer/musician, can fight/box, races motorbikes, fucks hot women / splits with hot women amicably...

    All done with effortless cool-ery.
     
  27. Anthony

    Anthony Admin Staff Member

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