The 80's film of 2012

Rating: 10/10 (29 September 2011)

Keeping this review short and sweet, I saw this film for the 2nd time in a week, and I honestly absolutely loved it. The trailer didn't do the film justice in my opinion, what I got from this film was so much more. Ryan Gosling is superb in this film, he plays a rather quiet and shy character, doesn't say a lot unless he has to, which I think makes his character interesting more then anything. The way the film is shot is as if it was an 80's movie, everything from camera shots, to cheesy fonts. In a way its a gritty film in places, and also is quite brutal. I felt that the film in a way was a homage to 'Martin Scoresese's 'Taxi Driver', this is due to its grittiness and similar use of camera angles and shots. Without giving anything away to the story I would recommend this film to all film lovers. I can see this film being highly regarded in the future as a great film. Hope that it gets a look in for the Oscars.
10/10