There is a wonderful sense of truth in the film, and the director's statement is also very accurate.
Although the film is slightly flawed in plot, Gosling's performance is almost flawless.
Although the director has made a lot of attempts in style and plot, it is clear that his attempts have not received the desired results.
Almost the entire story of the film "Beyond the Pines" revolves around the cops and bandits played by Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling. It can be regarded as a structurally "dual hero" film, and at the same time it can be regarded as An atypical police and criminal genre film. The film has a noir film feel, and has many similarities with Gosling's "Desperate Driving".
In addition to telling the story of the cat-and-mouse game of the police and criminals, the film also tells the family life of the police and the criminals. Those plots of hunting and fleeing are not the focus of this movie, but rather focus on the changes in the lives, emotions and thoughts of the two men. For these two characters, robbing and arresting fugitives is their job and part of their lives. So these contents are not obviously abrupt, on the contrary, these are very good plots and supplements to the story. The two characters played by Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling have a feeling of sympathy. There is no clear black and white, and no clear right and wrong. People will be moved when they see two men fighting for survival. This is the fascinating part of this movie.
Realistic and cruel film, the style is very similar to the director's predecessor "Blue Valentine's Day". The whole film maintains a sad atmosphere, the entanglement of two lives continues to the two families, life is a sad and helpless reincarnation. The original cruel story is treated very warmly, allowing people to have a breathing space, and the atmosphere is a bit depressing. It is a relatively boring movie, but photography and art history are very brilliant, macro shooting, highly saturated tones, and moist. feel.
A little bit of Jack London can be seen in this film. Because the director read a lot of works before shooting, especially "Call of the Wild". The keynote of the whole movie is beautiful and cold lyricism, hard and cold reality. The director used the three stories in the film to completely follow the baton to flow down like a baton, naturally like life itself. Director Derian Fosian France intends to use a long timeline, a vivid relay of life, and the protagonist's turn to appear, setting a unique structural aesthetic. The peculiar structure of "Outside the Pines" is to let the three lines wait in quiet order, and go hand in hand at the end, creating a breathtaking rhythm.
