I was blown away every moment he was on screen. So much that I was compelled to watch the entire movie again the next day because I couldn't get it out of my mind. I wish there was a way to expose more people to this movie and Robert Pattinson's acting.
shareI wasn't blown away,but I was pleasantly surprised at how good he was. I hope he does other movies like that and doesn't get pigeonholed by the Twilight movies.
Now we can handle this like gentleman or we can get into some old gangster sh*t
Yeah, he was awesome, really the only thing I loved about the film. The rest of it was meh for me. But man, he nailed the dim-witted role to a tee!
shareHim being in it definitely steered me away from this but oh man, am I glad I sat down and watched this! Breathtaking film.
No f@cking sh`t lady does it sound like I'm ordering a pizza!
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I agree he was excellent.
shareI, too, was holding my breath whenever Pattinson appeared onscreen. Like his performance was a big pile of dog *beep*
Seriously, he ruined every scene he was in. You know how Ricky Bobby doesn't know what to do with his hands in Talladega Nights? It's like Robert Pattinson doesn't know what to do with his face.
Seriously, he ruined every scene he was in. You know how Ricky Bobby doesn't know what to do with his hands in Talladega Nights? It's like Robert Pattinson doesn't know what to do with his face.
Forgive him, he apparently watches Will Ferrell movies. Who knows how many IQ points were lost?
shareNot sure about the comparison but i really could not wat h or listen to his character speak. That was just painful. Not necessarily a reflection of the actor's skills, but the character was so excruciating to endure that i had to turn the movie off. Don't plan to finish it. Just read the summary on Wikipedia. That was good enough for me in this case.
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I agree.. He did a Great job on this movie.. I feel the role would have taxed most actors..
shareI agree, he was great, and I too was taken by surprise.
He went just the right amount of retard too :D
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ITA. A majority of the critics were blown away by Pattinson's performance, too.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2014-10-14/dvdanger-the-evil-that-men-do/
Pearce, as always, is masterful. His depiction and description of a man walking through an amoral landscape, one who has adapted perfectly to this new paradigm, and despairs of those that cling to the old orthodoxies, is peerless. Well, not quite. This is yet another revelatory role for Pattinson (yes, some day we'll stop being surprised that the guy from Twilight is really that good). Rey is not the brightest bulb in the box, with an implication of learning or possibly developmental disabilities. Just as Benno tries to break Tore's devotion to God, Eric rolls his eyes whenever Rey swears that his brother didn't mean to leave him behind, that he'll be glad to see him.
There is a kinship, although it is mutated: Tore seems oblivious, while Rey is no innocent, and Pattinson never forgets that he's playing a violently inclined thug. On the other hand, Benno is a scumbag just because he can be. When Eric unleashes an act of seeming inexplicable violence, the question is, why? Why is he so obsessed with getting his car back, when he seems quite happy to, ahem, liberate the property of others? While Gebbe strikes almost purely emotional notes, The Rover's writer/director David Michôd (Animal Kingdom) takes a more philosophical bent, depicting post-morality man as a product of his sand-blasted environment.
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Right . . . he sucked. Don't piss on my leg and tell me that it is raining mate.
shareFilm Flare has put Pattinson on their list of Best Male Performances of 2014 for his work in The Rover:
He’s in the company of Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Keaton, who just won the Best Actor award at the Independent Spirit Awards today. It's nice to see him recognized for his acting talent and brave choices.
http://www.filmflare.pt/2015/02/the-15-best-male-performances-of-2014.html
I didn't see any of the Twilight series or movies so I'd never seen Robert Pattinson on screen before but I'd always assumed from what I've read about him in the press that he was little more than a pretty boy actor in generally undemanding roles. I have to say he was excellent in The Rover. Even though a lot of his dialogue was difficult to grasp, he seemed to have the Southern US accent off to a tee, I didn't even know he was English until I watched the extras on the DVD. He should do more serious work, he is an actor with a bright future. Guy Pearce gave a very strong performance too.
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