Thursday, June 11, 2009

Love The Hard Way and The Go-Getter

Love The Hard Way is a wonderful movie.
A gritty black-noir-esque film that just oozes lust and a biting sort of bitterness. It's also so achingly sad, it's almost hurts to continue watching. I love it.
Adrien Brody and Charlotte Ayana are in it. And they have better chemistry than the Jolie-Pitts in Mr. And Mrs. Smith.
Even now, I can't get past Adrien Brody's delicate acting! It's just so amazing---you can actually see the uncertainty in his eyes when he waits for a girl that may not come. You can see the pain while his ex-lover becomes a prostitute. It's so mind-blowing, I don't even know why.
Charlotte Ayana's eyes just seem to pierce a hole through your skull while watching; ironically it's like the only bright thing portrayed in this movie.
The cinematography is gorgeous.
The ending, you'd expect it to be much more depressing, but (more of this irony) it's almost more lighthearted than half the movie.

The Go-Getter is much cuter, and lighter. Nothing to heart-wrenching.
Zooey Dechannel is great it it, and Lou Taylor Pucci gives off a Micheal-Cera-worthy awkwardness, that's not too over-the-top. The acting seems natural, the soundtrack is amazing, and Jena Malone makes the perfect piece de restistance.
The cinematography is also beautiful. Unlike Love The Hard Way, it portrays nature in a non-black-grit, delicate way.

Turns out both movies are on Youtube. Go watch em.
Correction: Love The Hard Way isn't really on Youtube. Only snippets of it. Fack.

2 comments:

Carmina said...

why would ppl wanna love the hard way?
shouldn't love be..easy? hahaha
that sounds wrong.
hmmmmmmmmmmm.. i digress (=
lets watch eternal sunshine of the spotless mind NOW! please

Anonymous said...

i really enjoy your reviews on movies =]. maybe a career in the future?