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Ryan Gosling Will Catch A Monster With Christina Hendricks!
Nordling here.
Of all the projects for Ryan Gosling to be involved with, a self-described "fantasy noir" doesn't come close to what I expected. Ryan Gosling's first directed film will be called HOW TO CATCH A MONSTER, and it will star Christina Hendricks as a young mother who must travel into a "dark fantasy underworld while her teenage son discovers a secret road into an underwater town," according to Variety.
Hey, your guess is as good as mine. I didn't expect Gosling's directorial debut to be as weird or as off-the-mainstream as this, but he's gotten producers Marc Platt and Adam Seigel involved, so there must be something to it. I do appreciate Gosling diving into more genre material like this as his first go-round in the director's chair and I have no idea what his visual sense is like. We may have a fledgling Tim Burton here. We'll all see soon enough.
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And good to see her get a leading role as she really is talented...I remember the Firefly episodes she did...excellent.
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and noticed her as a tavern wench in a flashback scene.
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Aug. 29, 2012, 2:15 p.m. CST
Is it weird that I have a crush on Hendricks ONLY on Mad Men.
by Quake II
I think she looks fantastic in the period clothing she wears with the hair and makeup but off the show she doesn't do anything for me. I didn't find her attractive in Drive but this project is intriguing. Gosling was amazing in The Believer and Blue Valentine but his other roles didn't challenge him much. I love Drive as a film but Gosling barely speaks.
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he comes from a town a few hours away from me....from canadian nobody to mickey mouse club to young hercules....to this. :P
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At least she will supplying her own floatation devices. Wakka wakka
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Aug. 29, 2012, 2:29 p.m. CST
Have you seen Hendricks' husband (dude was in Super Troopers)? Now that's a WTF?! couple.
by tylerzero
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they (he) sings a song titled 'buried in water', which is about an cursed underwater town. wonder if this is a similar story.
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See her in her two Firefly episodes. Hotter then than as Joan.
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Hope its fill to the brim with amazing music like drive. Hope it'll be a huge mind fuck and way different. Gosling is amazing I love the dude
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Not to let my head get too big, I'm not from the actual hometown of Ryan Gosling, but I do live in the same city as his mother (our parents used to work together). I ran into him a few times back in the day circa his Young Hercules days, and just recently as well when he was home visiting with Eva Mendes. Talk about a random drop-in at the downtown Starbucks. I think it's amazing to see him gaining the kind of star power he's achieved in the past few years. I've liked all of his work, for me especially I think he was great in Crazy, Stupid, Love. It's kind of a corny movie, but he owned it in that. This project seems a little out of left field, but whatever, I'll still go see it.
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Ryan Gosling should direct a movie starring Hendricks and Kate Upton as rival female boxers struggling to make it in a man's world. He can co-star as the lovable but streetwise kid who helps them all understand the meaning of love and world peace.
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Aug. 29, 2012, 3:08 p.m. CST
The plot has a bit of The Talisman sound to it, does it not?
by openthepodbaydoorshal
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I'm from Vancouver, and my sister did a lot of plays around here back in the day and she new him, waaaay back when he did that breaker high show or whatever it was called.
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He is a great actor, but it's because of his work in movies like "Half Nelson" and "Lars and the Real Girl" that sets him apart from the rest of the mouth breathers in Hollywood. He plays 'broken' really well.
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Not to state the obvious, but if you're looking to increase page views, there are 2 OBVIOUS reasons why you should have went with a pic of Christina Hendricks.
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But really, the long staring scenes? The complete lack of chemistry? Gosling's lack of anything but a blank stare? And finally, leaving the money when no one else was looking for it? Please. Not impressed.
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Aug. 29, 2012, 3:26 p.m. CST
Hey girl...I'm going to make you a movie star and respect your marriage to Geoffrey Arend at the same time.
by Doctor_Strangepork
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Hope it's half as good. He seems to gravitate working towards talented people thou, so he should have some help to get this working well.
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So fantasy isn't exactly new territory.
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Sounds like a vaginal metaphor.
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of course the mob was looking for the money which is why he left it.
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Aug. 29, 2012, 3:56 p.m. CST
Hey Christina, there's a monster in my pants! Please catch it!
by Joey Stars
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Dat Ass, Those Tits.... i loved it when he smacked her and she had her lips open. She liked it! goddamn i would have took her right there!!!
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It was a vile movie. All style and no substance. Violence porn with no redeeming virtues.
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or at least her character of Saffron did on her FIREFLY appearances. Whedon should have used her in the movie
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Aug. 29, 2012, 5:16 p.m. CST
raptor_kingofthejews, miwaku: ok so think about this for a different perspective. I saw drive
by UltraTron
on my friend's shitty little tv and was like- eh..sallright. Then I watched it in my 200 inch theater that's won the absolute sound award for best theater several years running. Ok so Drive is a musical. Some of the intent is in the songs and music. Some of the story is told through the music. Now you could argue that it isn't but drive won the best sound academy award and I think that's partly why. Ok so here's another thing that happened with this sallright film. I upgraded some gear and was testing the system over and over with drive and I just.. Well it's weird but I fell in love with it like it was part of my family. Watching scenes over and over while testing just made me appreciate it more. The music is telling you he's the knight. He's the hero. True blue. That's the point of the money being left. Last bastion of chivalry. There's something about that boy.
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Aug. 29, 2012, 5:18 p.m. CST
But I still think gosling has limits and was used perfectly in drive. He was completely out of his depth in that Hopkins movie.
by UltraTron
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Aug. 29, 2012, 5:21 p.m. CST
Oh and the extreme violent act is one of- well hell that's exactly what I would do to someone trying to hurt me and my girl.
by UltraTron
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Bless you. Didn't hate DRIVE, but sweet Jesus, is that shit overrated. The long staring scenes completely lost me. <br><br> Interesting choice for a directing debut, but maybe Goose can pull it off. <br><br> And Christina Hendricks? So hot.
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Aug. 29, 2012, 5:55 p.m. CST
Again the long staring scenes are great because the atmosphere is thick and nuanced with this thing called
by UltraTron
staggering sound design. Every thought in these characters' heads is there. The movie is telling you things with every subtle gesture. As someone with a better theater than any in Los Angeles I can tell you that movies suck unless you are in a heavenly envelope of a theater. I suffer all of your opinions on every movie so I know that there's opinions and then there's opinions. My opinion is the same as the director who edited the shit with the sound engineer at Skywalker sound. The way they heard it and the way it affected them. The intent they understood when they made it.
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Aug. 29, 2012, 6:01 p.m. CST
If I don't give movies the full treatment in my theater then I end up rating them wrong and not giving them their due. You can't evaluate a true crafted
by UltraTron
experience unless everything is in place.
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Have to admit I love the title and bizarre genre description, and Christina makes me wanna go to the Special Hell. Count me in.
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And a real hero!
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Aug. 29, 2012, 6:59 p.m. CST
If he doesn't include a sex scene involving Hendricks, then his first movie is already an epic fail.
by TopHat
Seriously, more actresses like Hendricks need to do more nude/sex scenes. The majority of nude/sex scenes done now are by skinny actresses (or, at least, they're skinny body doubles...). This depicts an entirely unrealistic idea of the female form to young men all across the world. To have beautiful, voluptuous women like Hendricks or Kat Dennings getting nude and/or having graphic sex, would show men everywhere what a real woman provides. Eating disorders will vanish within a year; young women everywhere would try to follow the new hourglass standard. Nigella Lawson would become a sensation, akin only to Oprah. We can do this. Let's change the world. *Paid for by the campaign of I-Want-To-See-Christina-Hendricks-Getting-Smashed-From-Behind
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Aug. 29, 2012, 7:11 p.m. CST
I still laugh at some AICN comment where a guy said "that human bean song" about DRIVE
by Autodidact
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Do it!
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Aug. 29, 2012, 8:07 p.m. CST
How to catch a monster...is that what the kids are calling it nowa...ahh, fuck it.
by Terrence
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Aug. 29, 2012, 8:20 p.m. CST
I guess Christina Hendricks would be at the age that she could have a teenage son.
by Sean
But that would mean she had him REALLY young. Not cool. Plus, that makes me feel old.
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Several years ago, before Mad Men was even on the air, I was at a sci-fi convention in Orlando. I was waiting in a line to meet somebody and talking to my brother, and out of the corner of my eye I saw a lady stumble. I turned quickly and grabbed her around her middle as she fell, and when I pulled her back up on her feet, she was facing me with her chest pressed against me. She laughed and said "I'm such a klutz - thank you!" I let go, and she walked off, and my brother said, "Dude, that was the hot thief chick from 'Firefly'". And, that's the story of my physical contact with Christina Hendricks's gorgeous, giant breasts.
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Aug. 29, 2012, 9:24 p.m. CST
I hope he directs her to take her clothes off, other than that...
by Jaka
...this still sounds really interesting. I like both of them and the story sounds intriguing.
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Aug. 30, 2012, 3:55 a.m. CST
I've listened to his music and it has a wonderful, dark fantasy vibe to it. He's talented. And there is a bit of a gothic Tim Burton sensibility there.
by sasquatch_with_a_swatch_watch
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Ryan can Gossle my monster any day. I kind of liked Drive. Loved the style and imagary but became dissapointed when it just decended into another boring violent mob movie. I thought the concept would be him hired to do a whole different type of drive jobs. Kind of like all short movies weaved together. But really another mob movie? now about Ryan Gossling my monster.....
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With a career mostly build on more reality based dramas and comedy, this is an unexpected turn. I wish him all the best.
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...is good friends with Geoffrey Arend and has met Hendricks (whom she describes as "the sweetest") several times. That's the closest I've ever been.... *sigh*...
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I think you saw "Drive Angry" and mistook it for "Drive". And i liked "Drive Angry" (Amber Heard has that effect on me).
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All that matters is that she is close to your heart. And cleaning tissues.
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and it does a nasty dance.
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He is the These snoz berries taste like snoz berries guy, SMH I could have had a chance then
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then Gosling's personal interests & aesthetics may just tend to drift to the fantastic/supernatural easier than the mainstream may think.
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Aug. 30, 2012, 9:49 a.m. CST
The title of this thread is called "Ryan Gosling Will Catch A Monster With Christina Hendricks" but many people misread it.
by albert comin
Many people though they read "Ryan Gosling Will Catch Christina Hendricks With A Monster".
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Aug. 30, 2012, 10:19 a.m. CST
WHY IS THERE A FUCKING PIC OF GOSLING INSTEAD OF THE TIDDIES?
by TAINTOLAY
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Aug. 30, 2012, 10:40 a.m. CST
Nigella Lawson, there's another gorgeous voluptuous woman.
by kidicarus
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Lets fucking HOPE NOT.
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But I liked it the first time when it was called "The Driver" and starred Ryan O'Neill. I know, not exactly the same movie, but damn close enough to be mentioned. I thought Drive had a few moments here and there but Gosling didn't bring much to the table, making a comedian a sociopath is no big innovation, and Ron Perlman was wasted in his role.
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That was a few cup sizes ago....
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You all are mongrels who lack film sensibility enough to recognize an instant classic when it hits the screen! Gosling is going to be (already is) one of those actors who is consistently varied, yet always brings something of value to the screen. And Cristina Hendricks isn't that hot.
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and to anyone who says christina's are fake. fuck you. feast your eyes on perfection, bitches: http://forum.skins.be/thread3591.html
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That's all he did for the whole movie, except taking his girl on driving dates to the desert... where he stared at her the whole time.
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Aug. 30, 2012, 3:38 p.m. CST
I'm telling you there's reams of dialogue in those stares. You missed it. You were busy being smarter than the director.
by UltraTron
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But damn, did I love that movie. I recommend it to any friend I can, BUT.. I tell them that they may find it...slow. Not a lot of dialogue. And that is exactly why I loved it so much. The silences. The random, but necessary violence. The soundtrack, okay, maybe kind of 80s cheese, but so very right for the film. It made me really like Gosling, and really really like Mulligan. And Albert Brooks was robbed of a supporting actor nod. Can't stress enough how much I was never even going to bother watching it. So glad I did. Does it have some flaws? Sure. Most films do. But Drive and Finchers GWTDT were both pleasant surprises, for me anyway.
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Before the whole thing ends.
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I've watched this great gem many a time, mostly with great ass head phones... I'm canadaian, & yes love hockey but also love the Toronto Raptors....yeah I know they suck.... but, during that opening heist, you can hear a clippers-raptor game on the cars radio...adds some subtle tension if you listen for it...& the raptors were doing well..(don't know if that was put in by gosling cuz he's a fan or canadaian; would be cool)...ed davis & jayedd bayliss would be happy...anyways but I'm with you on that films sound/editing/design...you can barely hear raptor game, but it's there, maybe gotta wear headphones to hear that shit... great tension through just the sound of leather gloves closing....etc, etc,
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I don't think you payed much attention when you watched "Drive". He didn't took the girl on a date to the desert, it was in the Los Angeles River. You can't tear down a movie if you didn't payed it much attention, you know? That's what i think. And as for those stares you mention, those very talented actors told more with stares then most movies can do with reams of dialogues.
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Who could had guessed that such a lovable puppy dog like albert Brooks could play such a dangerous evil badass? And do it so utterly convincing? "Drive" makes it look obvious, but nobody had though of it before. And you forgot to mention Bryan Cranston. The Cranston cannot go unmentioned! And for my money, despite a small role, Oscar Isaac quite effective and even sympathetic as the doom husband. And how can we forgot the mighty Ron Perlman? The Perlman always make everything better.
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Aug. 31, 2012, 5:38 a.m. CST
Wasn't there an Annette Benning movie about an underwater town?
by tangcameo
Some town where she used to live and the town had been completely flooded until everything was underwater? Anyone remember a movie like that or am I hallucinating?
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No, you are remembering it correctly. It also starred Robert Downey Jr, and it was directed by Neil Jordan. And if memory serves, the score was composed by Ellio Goldenthal, and was quite good. The movie itself was pretty good, never understood why it got the bashing it got back in the day.
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