SOUND ON SIGHT: 50 Best Films of 2014, Part 1 Rover at number 47 One of the most memorable moments in The Rover- a near-future dystopian quasi-revenge thriller set in rural Australia- comes late in the movie, just before the climax. Rey (Robert Pattinson) sits in a car, by himself, listening to Keri Hilson’s “Pretty Girl Rock” as it plays over the stereo, even singing a few lines of the chorus in an unsteady falsetto. It’s a ridiculous juxtaposition, shoving a pristine pop-song in a minimal, dirty, and violent setting, but it works because the film takes it seriously, and so does Rey. He’s trying to escape from this world he’s in, a world that hurts and confuses him, a world where he feels lost and alone, but there is no escape for him. Nor, for that matter, is there any escape for Eric (Guy Pearce), a loner whose backstory unfolds slowly and without fanfare or even a character arc. They’re just two desperate men in a terrible situation, trying to find some sort of peace that they know isn’t out there. It’s not a cynical film exactly, but it is a deeply melancholy one, and it finds its grace in the sad beauty of those small moments where the two men navigate a world that they find uncaringly hostile and overwhelming. – Michelle Arf Source:
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 06:31:11 +0000
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