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I know a big talking point from people before they go and see this film is the whole Robert Pattinson debate, I mean I was the same I really wanted to know how well Robert can actually act. I will totally admit that I was very impressed and found he really did just keep you wanting more from the character. He was very passionate in the role which was just fantastic to watch. I am not starting to think he really can get away from the whole Edward Cullen character even if it will take him quite a while when the Twilight saga is over, this performance is a good way to begin moving away from that now.
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Remember Me is a superbly acted and directed study of life, family and love, Pattinson proves what we all expected, that the guy can indeed act, but its the story and emotional sweep that will draw you in and leave u with an experience that reaches far beyond the cinema auditorium.
Showing how people cope with a massive tragedy in their lives was the main pulling point of this film, as all of the characters were really affected by something awful. The Hawkins family and the loss of their son/brother and Ally and her father coping with the loss of her mother/wife.
Tyler and Caroline’s relationship was such a highlight of the film, you just knew that the scenes they would appear in together would be very sweet and most of the time make you smile, no matter what they were facing in life. Fantastic performance from the young actress who really managed to just break your heart in so many different ways.
Tyler used to write notes to his brother Michael who killed himself, which I found to be a very interesting way for him to cope with his death. I found the character development to be very good, not revealing too much at once for each of the characters and letting you get to know how they were feeling in very personal ways.
The relationship between Tyler and his father was very difficult to watch at times. We gradually found out that Tyler has some resentment towards his father for Michael’s death even blaming him, he is also extremely annoyed in the manner his father treats Caroline not being active in her life.
Ally also has a strange relationship with her father, as he is extremely overprotective of her as she had witnessed the murder of her mother 10 years early. Which was the very first scene of the film which really set a dramatic tone.
SLIGHT SPOILER !!!!!!September 11th attacks being the ending of the film. I some how guessed and saw this coming as the film was drawing towards the end especially with the way the characters seemed to change and done somethings differently that day. Although I am not entirely sure when exactly I clicked onto that it was before the date was written on the blackboard in Caroline’s school.
The last lines were very important to the whole film really “Michael, Caroline asked me what I would say if I knew you could hear me. I said I do know: I love you. God, I miss you. And I forgive you.” The forgiveness part was very important, as that had shown that Tyler was not angry at his brother for taking his own life instead he just missed and loved him so much.
I know a big talking point from people before they go and see this film is the whole Robert Pattinson debate, I mean I was the same I really wanted to know how well Robert can actually act. I will totally admit that I was very impressed and found he really did just keep you wanting more from the character. He was very passionate in the role which was just fantastic to watch. I am not starting to think he really can get away from the whole Edward Cullen character even if it will take him quite a while when the Twilight saga is over, this performance is a good way to begin moving away from that now.
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There is an unwritten rule that says, should you star in a genre franchise you must balance turn’s in said franchise with smaller more intimate dramatic roles, witness Daniel Craig in Flashbacks of a Fool, Tobey Maguire in Seabiscuit, Daniel Radcliffe in December Boys and Pierce Brosnan in Evelyn (who co-stars here incidentally). Often these roles are met with mixed reaction, suggesting the actor is trying a little too hard to prove he, or she, is a capable of “serious” roles.
In an obvious attempt to prove such a point is Robert Pattinson out to shirk that stereotype of the angst-ridden vampire of The Twilight Saga’s Edward. Odd then, that his turn as Tyler Hawkin’s in Remember Me is even more angst ridden albeit in a much more believable and enjoyable way, proving that the guy can, in fact, act up a storm when given a meaty script to wrangle with, and one that requires more than mere moping and glaring into the middle distance.
Teetering between family drama and love story Allen Coulter (Hollywoodland) offers further proof of his worth as a director, pacing in this type of film is hugely important as it is the kind of story than can at once become heavy-handed and slow to a snail’s pace in fits and bursts. Avoiding both pitfalls is quite some feat and the resulting film deserves credit for that alone, however there is a great deal more to be merited proving to be outstanding in both performance and story as it deliver’s a believable and hugely enjoyable film but most importantly one that will, inevitably because of its ending alone, stay with you long after you leave.
Many critics are bemoaning the heavy-handed nature they deem the film’s final furlong to be dealing the audience, amidst claims that it is “unneccessary”, rubbish I say to remove the ending and the message that comes with it would be like robbing Saving Private Ryan of its D-Day scene or Bad Lieutenant of its New Orleans setting, simply because a historical event is important and effecting does not mean it shouldn’t be wound into a story in an appropriate way whether it be for dramatic effct or not, indeed why watch a film if you do not wish to be moved by experiences, fictitious or not, that you can empathise with on some level.
At the heart of the story are two of Hollywood’s current crop Lost’s Emilie de Ravin and the aforementioned Pattinson on whom the film is largely being sold, and with good reason, Pattinson is at the heart of this film and he commands the screen well with parallel’s between he and James Dean extending beyond the looks. The guy can act and very well at that, yes he is playing a troubled youngster much like his Twilight character but this is a much more layered performance with a script that allows him room to build beyond troubled seasoning his character with wry humour and a hugely likeable streak developed between Tyler and his sister showing a protective streak that you can easily empathise with.
The slow build of the romance is one of the most realistic you are likely to catch onscreen of recent years and puts such films as Dear John to shame, but there is so much more than a love story to embrace here and I would defy you to feel touched on some level if not at the romance, then in the father/son relationship, which sees both Chris Cooper and Pierce Brosnan excel in supporting roles, or the compelling story that never goes quite where you expect, in the best and most memorable way.
VERDICT
Remember Me is a superbly acted and directed study of life, family and love, Pattinson proves what we all expected, that the guy can indeed act, but its the story and emotional sweep that will draw you in and leave u with an experience that reaches far beyond the cinema auditorium.
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