Rob and Kristen - All Washed Up and Nowhere to Go?
This man is going to blow your mind...literally!
Now is the time to use a well known phrase that has been mastered successfully by one - Bart Simpson "Eat my shorts!" So, to the daily trolls that have been going around spreading their bullshit and fuckery 'Rob is all washed up' Oh really?
Everyone got a taste of a 30 sec teaser trailer for 'Cosmopolis' and boy where they not disappointed. This dark seedy underbelly of Manhattan, is the focal point for this movie and Rob...what can i say about the quick glimpses of his performance - shocked and stunned, but in a good way.
Pattinson swagger?
This movie is going to rock everyone's socks! I have never been a fan of the dark and twisted genre of David Cronenberg, but this is going to be one hell of a ride - literally. For those who like playing mind games, pitting one actor against the other - this year is going to prove once and for all that Robert Pattinson should be taken seriously as an actor and Kristen Stewart has just grown from strength to strength. I don't see them as equal, mainly because Kristen has always been known to 'stick her neck out' for her craft. Cosmopolis however, is going to show that Rob is not just a pasty white, still and brooding vampire, but that he has balls to try something completely different and make it pay off.
Keep the eyes on the prize...
Yes there will be the usual childish and immature of the fans, who will be more interested in seeing Rob half naked and 'thrusting' his co-stars. Personally speaking, they are the ones more interested in bootlegging the movie as soon as possible, so they can have those scenes sitting on repeat and to hell with the storyline. That kind of fandom doesn't interest me, they don't actually invest too much in Rob's acting ability and are more concerned in getting their 'rocks off' seeing a naked man.
I believe that this movie will once and for all see Rob being taken serious as a mature actor and not some 'teen idol' destined to play sugary roles of 'love lost and love won' movies. Which normally go either straight to DVD or end up in a tween collection for little girls to sit in the dark and giggle at.
The decision to make two completely different movies, apart from Bel Ami and On The Road, is in my opinion going to be epic.Rob and Kristen could not have picked two completely alternative areas of story telling. While you can forgive me for fangirling for a while - i do it out of the most greatest of respect. Kristen's adaptation of the Snow White story will prove once and for all, that she has a range that can adapt to anything and that includes telling a story about a Princess; who becomes a warrior to fight for her destiny against the evil that tried to rob her of it. Whereas Rob's role as Eric Packer; transforms you into the Billionaire's world of 24 hours of mayhem and lucid destruction. In which he searches for a haircut and ends up in all kinds of hedonistic catastrophe.
If you want to remain cynical and believe that his career is finished, you only have to read the reviews so far for the little French teaser (30 secs) to understand that no one is calling him washed up and over. In fact, they are singing his praises and David C's at the top of their voices; claiming this was a match made in heaven - Pattinson and Cronenberg. My advice for what it's worth is to sit and eat a large slice of humble pie or simply choke on your hatred. After this roller-coaster in a stretch limousine, you will be looking for somewhere dark to lie down and contemplate what you had just saw. And that's leaving out the fact that someone gets their eye gorged out with a knife and Eric shots his own hand with the gun!! Come take a ride with Eric Packer, you won't be disappointed! T.
