Waste of time

Strong and Moving!

Best movie of this year hands down!

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Sometimes, you never know what the actions of now will create for the future. The Place Beyond the Pines is an incredible film in that it's story goes in one direction and then swerves into another, only to come back around at the end. Not unlike a motorcycle ride. I was thrown for a loop, in the best kind of way. We follow Ryan Gosling's character, a criminal carny performer desperate to provide for his newborn child by robbing banks. He is stopped in his tracks by Bradley Cooper. Cooper kills him, but the guilt he is left with him nearly gets him in the end. He lives with the grief of leaving a little boy fatherless in comparison to his own son, who will never know that his father is a murderer. What happens then is even more interesting. The two sons, a generation apart, form a bond with drugs and alcohol, and both end up repeating the sins of their fathers. One becomes a thug, especially when he realizes that his best friend's father killed his dad all those years ago.What started out for me as shaky territory (love story between Gosling and Mendes) turns into something of a masterpiece that most film lovers overlooked five years ago. A truly captivating drama, with real, raw performances from everyone involved and an intriguing way to tell a tragic story.

'The Place Beyond The Pines' This 2012 film is one of the best films ever. Totally cinematic with characters to love and die for, its a roller coaster ride of emotions and my favourite 'stay'. I love the 'slow' pace of it and the characters taking their time to react. They don't just say the lines, the become the characters. Maybe I am sadist but this was just my type of a slow and hyper-emotional films where the characters are fighting with inner conflicts. In fact every single character is fighting his own battle.'Luke''s life takes a turn when he finds out he has a baby he didn't know about. He choses to swap his life of somewhat fame and easy money and carelessness for an opportunity to be with his son and the mother of his son who is now with another man. His guilt of not being their for his mother takes precedence. As a result he chose a life of crime. To be his honest his character is somewhat unstable that loses the path of life and head for the wrong direction. 'Romina' the mother of the child too has a conflict, her's is about her duty as a mother towards his child for which she choses to be with another man, another 'stable' man and for a stable life for herself and her child; her conflict is that she might still be in love with Luke but for the sake of her child's life she decides not to be with Luke.'Avery' the cop is riddled with his own dilemma; he has his friends and colleagues on one side but on the other is his fight with his conscience which forces him to 'rat' these corrupt cops out. This is compounded by his every present guilt of killing 'Luke' by mistake. Even after years, Avery feels a sense of responsibility towards Romina and her child and tries to help them in whatever way he can.It is simply an amazing film with amazing performances. I would certainly reccomend it to anyone who loves cinema and storytelling. Amazing shot with a sense of melancholy and with lovely music this is a must watch film. BTW this is the 2nd time I have watched it and I watched it cos I remembered how awesome it felt the first time I watched it.My ratings: 9/10 ********* MUST WATCH!!! Its a complete film!!!!

I turned off Mr. Bean for this piece of crap. I'll never forgive myself. It starts out as a tattooed face guy robs banks movie. Then it turns into a Ray Liotta is a corrupt cop movie. Then it turns into a lifetime movie staring Bradley Cooper and the guy who plays his kid and the worst New York accent ever. Watch Mr. Bean instead.

These actors suck. They keep doing these clichéd movies where they play the sensitive troubled guy or the brooding outsider, with either no range, or some kind of pathetic channeling of their actor heroes.Meanwhile we are supposed to buy the idea that every picture they do is some kind of history-making accomplishment. This movie is pure crap. Silver Lining Playbook was a huge heap of dung too.I'm so sick of us thinking that method actors from the east coast are some kind of Gods. That whole technique is so tired. I prefer subtlety. Like David Straithern.I love the idea of a "carny" motorcycle stunt rider, and the setting of upstate N.Y. But that's it.We get to know exactly nothing about our mystery man or his previous relationship with our female lead. Who the heck is her new boyfriend and what does he do? Ray Liotta as a corrupt east coast thug? O.K. there's a new concept. Corruption in an east coast police department? Truly groundbreaking.I hate everyone in this movie. It's not necessary to have a lovable character, but it's nice. But if there isn't anyone to love, then at least let us get to know the bad guys better.As previous reviewers mentioned, almost no one seems to have the slightest moral insight. I'm willing to believe that, but it's not enjoyable to watch. The mom hooked up with a lowlife and is mad at a cop for tracking him down. Even though he violently attacked her current boyfriend and robbed banks.The new black boyfriend was perhaps the only redeeming character, but he doesn't say much.The physical setting was appealing, in terms of the photography of the motorbike and regular bicycle rides through the trees, but the music was total cliché. (Angelic choir voices) Thanks for the violent clichéd scene of teens fighting at a teen party. Never seen that one before.What would have been interesting, is if someone didn't behave exactly as we expected them to. But that would take some creative writing.Don't waste your time with this clinker.