Must be a men's movie

Rating: 4/10 (11 May 2014)

I carefully read some of the reviews that say this is a very good movie. And I am not sure I understood. Must be a men's movie...
From the very beginning of the movie, I felt disappointed : the tone of voice of Ryan Gosling - sort of one of a gangster giving instructions to someone - already bored me to tears, and the music that was played at the same time seemed to me too déjà-vu, and too cliché.
Now, Ryan Gosling is a man I am in love with. He has something phenomenal in him and he feels and transmits feelings I forgot I had!
He's so endearing that even if he breaks someone's head, I still wanna go with him, sic!
But I'm not an action girl. I don't like to see cars fast driven. I don't enjoy free violence.
So!
But, there is a moment when I got into the movie and that's when Ryan is really challenged and when characters that touched me were in danger. I loved that part!
Too bad there is an unhappy ending! I hate unhappy endings!
Plus there were some clichés in the movie, and I felt they were ridiculous (sorry) :

when you see Ryan driving with Mulligan to a river, and riding on the side : that has been done numerous times.

when Ryan says something about the scorpio while you see his jacket and again he speaks with such a serious voice that it seems over the top.

and the most important of all is when Mulligan touches her lips after thinking of Ryan. Excuse me???? Do you know any girl who ever did that? Do you know in how many movies there is a woman who touches her lips while she's thinking of her lover? Too bad! I'd like to never see that kind of scene again.

My conclusion, especially since there is that scene, is that this is a man's movie, with his fantasies, one of them being a woman touching her lips while thinking of him... There's nothing wrong with that. Not my thing...