Ryan Gosling. I’d call him the breakout star of 2011 for sure. We all loved him in The Notebook, but this year, he has some classy movies up for sale, like Crazy, Stupid, Love and Drive and The Ides of March (written, directing, and starring the fabulous George Clooney!) all of which got a ‘Fresh’ rating on rottentomatoes.com (‘Fresh’ is 60% or more critics liking it. I think Crazy, Stupid, Love got a 76%, the lowest out of the three).
Did you know he’s also in a band? That’s right. It’s an inde band called Dead Man’s Bones, and he plays guitar, bass guitar, and sings. Check them out! Not only does he act, but he plays instruments and sings too!
Side Note: I’ve only actually seen Crazy, Stupid, Love. Drive is rated R and I plan to go see it, though it’s going to take some convincing to the parents, and The Ides of March comes out in October. This is just a preview for what’s to come.
This year, Ryan Gosling when from Indie specialist to total blockbuster rock star. Well, only the good blockbusters. Some like to compare Ryan Gosling to Ryan Reynolds. Lets see… Crazy, Stupid, Love vs. Green Lantern and Drive vs. The Change-up? Yeah there’s no contest. Ryan Gosling got the better pick out of the two.
Love and Stupid, two poster with Ryan Gosling
Crazy, Stupid, Love: Just a really ironic chaotic scramble of things that makes anyone laugh. In the middle of it all is the classy Ryan Gosling. I think is was quite a perfect role for him. He gets to parade around in his suit and pick up girls. Hello, he’s hot! Ryan Gosling can make any girl drop dead.
So with his really classy shoes and perfect character, Ryan Gosling stole the show in Crazy, Stupid, Love. A great pick for him!
Drive: From a Rotten Tomatoes (91%) and IMDb standpoint, this looks like a winner. And an Oscar nominee. It’s like classy violence (I’m seeing the pattern that Ryan Gosling is a pretty classy man here) but with a love story twined in. He’s a stunt driver for films (got me hooked right there already) and by night, he’s a getaway driver for guys pulling heists (yeah that’s a pretty hardcore combo right there). Then he falls in love with his neighbor and well, there’s an entire mess.
With a cast of great rising stars like Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, and Christina Hendricks, this has got to be a quality film. The preview says it all:
He’s beating people with a hammer in slow motion. This has got to be good.
The Ides of March: This is released in October and already has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 81%. We have Ryan Gosling, an extremely attractive, talented, classy male AND George Clooney, another extremely attractive, talented, classy male. It’s a political drama/thriller written, directed, and starring George Clooney. It looks like one of those classy movies that Ryan Gosling does, and may as well be an Oscar nominee.
So this is only part one. I will do a follow-up post on the talented Ryan Gosling once I see Drive and The Ides of March.
Until then, keep reading! Having a full period for Visual Communications for school means I usually get done with assignments in the first 5 minutes and use the rest of the time to blog.
So expect a lot more from me!
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