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He's VERY talented. It's hard to do the

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tinear

In Reply to: RE: "Half-Nelson:" starring Ryan Gosling who posted by c1ferrari on February 18, 2008 at 07:10:11

teacher in the ghetto genre and make it seem fresh.
He not only did, he made the film vital.
A brilliant direction and I'll certainly keep my eyes open for his other films.

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RE: He's VERY talented. It's hard to do the - c1ferrari 20:32:53 02/18/08 (1)
Ryan is my nephew via marriage. He's such a great kid...I've known him since he was about nine years-old. He did this neat piece when he was at NYU about this really unusual real-life character...I have to find that disc!
- RE: He's VERY talented. It's hard to do the - tinear 04:25:16 02/19/08 (0)
  I resisted seeing this film because of all the Ryan Gosling hype: he looked to me like another young, rather boyish looking actor whom I assumed would massively be disappointing, like Josh Hartnett.
  Man, was I wrong. He's definitely a very talented young actor (I wouldn't gush, like Clark Johnsen) that he's the best ever on film (!)).
  But obviously the director had a lot to do with allowing Ryan the freedom, the pauses, to let us see "into" the character. He also had the smarts not to allow his directorial style--for instance camera movement or music--to overwhelm the picture.

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