On The Road Review...
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Hello My Lovely's,
I have come to a very sad end of all the brilliant films
that the lovely people at Lionsgate sent me and have decided to finish it with
the film, 'On The Road'.
Directed by Walter Salles, the film focuses on the legendary
novel by Jack Kerouac of the same name and stars some of Hollywood's biggest
newcomers. Tackling some of the hardest characters ever, Garrett Hedlund, Sam
Riley and Kristen Stewart take the reins in this film. However I don't think
they are all successful in doing so.
I cannot praise enough the performance of Hedlund within the
film, as it has definitely strengthened his acting abilities in my eyes
compared to his other films. He finally gets a strong enough role to display
his talent instead of the lacking performances he was known for! I hope to see
more of him acting this way in the future. However his co-stars do not quite
live up to his superb performance during their time on screen.
Considering Riley is playing the key character, he gives a
weak performance. While he may stand in the shadows of Hedlund's, Dean, character
in the book, he is meant to be the most important figure in this film in
letting audiences understand the key storyline. However he doesn't! He focuses
too much on getting sex from every female on screen or waiting to have sex on
screen, making him lack in every narrators key features. He gives his weakest
performance to date in this film!
Stewart, may give a better performance than any other films
she stars in but she lacks so much in presenting the innocence of the
characters lost childhood. She portrays a character way older than the 16 year
old she is meant to be, which for me and many people who have read the novel,
it seems like she just doesn't get what she is meant to be portraying which
makes her so unsuitable for this role.
Overall the plot is kept to the original novel but I don't
know it that was a good thing considering the actors apart from Hedlund, could
not get with what they were meant to be showing. It was ridiculous but clever
all at the same time but it just lacked so much. There was actually quite a few
times I wanted to turn the film off and times where I could check my phone and
still be able to fall back into place when I looked up again as nothing had
changed or happened on screen.
For a legendary novel, this film does not present the true
key aspects of the texts and so therefore I could not give it a good score.
This means that I am giving the film...
3 Stars
Until Next Time...
Joey xxx
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