I turned the corner and locked eyes with him, pants tightening and palms sweating. I walked up to him and told him, I'm taking you home tonight.
Impulse buy, but I was planning on waiting till pay day, fuck it.
So, just watched this. What a huge disappointment.
Is it meant to just be a shittier version of Taxi Driver? The acting was sub-par on all counts, there was zero character development, and the soundtrack was pure electro trash. "real human and a real hero?" what the fuck? Who heard that song and was like, "hey, this song explicitly summarizes our character! perfect!"
There was absolutely no tension, which rendered the violence gratuitous and unsatisfying. Carey Mulligan plays a simp.
I love Ryan Gosling, but the mysterious, stoic, badass schtick is completely unbelievable without a back story. "He came out of no where"--no shit.
And Albert Brooks is supposed to be scary? Gosling could have thrown a pastrami sandwich at him and he would have died.
Hype Hype Hype. This movie is a mindless, gratuitous exercise in pastiche, that tries to trick you into thinking it means something.
The only thing worse than a mindless action movie is a mindless action movie that pretends to be deep and doesn't even have good action sequences.