The Playlist, like Buzzfeed, ranked Rob singing Pretty Girl Rock, as 4 out of 15 of the Best Movie Music Moments of 2014! David Michods The Rover is unrelentingly bleak, or very nearly so. Set in a post-apocalyptic Australia that makes the world envisioned by George Millers Mad Max movies seem like a day at a multi-level spa, the narrative is defined largely by bloodshed, squealing tires, and grime. But its during the movies darkest section that Michod brings out the most wonderful moment of levity. Over a stark, wasted landscape, and stars Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson tromping over brush, a familiar tinkling piano starts to boom over the soundtrack, former Timbaland protégé Keri Hilsons outrageously wonderful Pretty Girl Rock. It lets the audience say, Wait! I know this song, plugging them into the characters mindset in a way that the movie hadnt previously accomplished, segueing to the next scene, where Pattinson halfheartedly sings along to the song in some bombed-out vehicle (notably the line Dont hate me cos Im beautiful which has to have meta relevance for the actor). The upbeat nature of the song gives the movie hope, even if that hope is just as phony and shiny as the song itself (and over just as quickly). Its sometimes hard to make an emotional connection with a movie as single-mindedly brutal as The Rover, but this moment, thanks to this song, lets you in. Its also amazing to think that, in the dusty distant future, people are still doing the pretty girl rock.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:24:47 +0000
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