And here's the third of the day! I started watching at the end of my bottle of wine and had managed to ascertain some chocolate.
I've been waiting a while to watch this film as I had some pretty high hopes, especially with the cast of Gosling, Cooper, and Mendes.
It looked from the trailers like a really good movie, with a deep seeded emotional story about the battle between family and society, which is clear throughout. There is however an issue.
The film is clearly structured in to three different parts, with the first setting the scene, and starring Gosling, where he plays his part superbly. The second features Cooper and Liotta, Liotta being no different than all his other recent parts, which smacks of lazy casting, while Cooper following on from having watched Silver Linings Playbook a few weeks ago, again gives an assured showing, and I have to say, he's quickly becoming my favorite for this year, with his part to play in Hangover 3 too. (Matthew McConaughey may have something to say on this)
And finally, the third is solely Cooper, with Goslings in film boy showing what he can do. When it got to this point I felt it had probably gone a little bit too far and was getting reasonably predictable.
All the same, it's a very poignant story that i'd recommend to watch, but unfortunately didn't live up to the standard i'd hoped, and therefor receives a reasonably average 7.5.
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