THE NICE GUYS

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THE NICE GUYS Movie

2016

(7,4 out of 10)
Azione (Thriller|Commedia|Crimine|Giallo)
1 h 56 min - 116 min
Directed by Shane Black

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	Russell Crowe
	Ryan Gosling
	Angourie Rice
	Matt Bomer

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Los Angeles, 1977. Da qualche tempo nella città degli angeli tira una brutta aria, l'inquinamento soffoca gli uccelli e la criminalità uccide le star(lette). A indagare ci pensano Jackson Healy e Holland March, il primo ammonisce le persone a suon di pugni, il secondo le rintraccia per conto terzi. Investigatori maldestri, Holland e Jackson si 'incontrano' intorno al caso Amelia, una giovane attrice di film porno in fuga dai sicari che tre giorni prima hanno ucciso il suo fidanzato, regista sperimentale bruciato con la sua casa e le sue pellicole, e Misty Mountains, amica e diva del genere precipitata con la sua auto giù dalla collina. Assoldati dalla madre di Amelia, amministratrice di giustizia 'giustiziera', i nostri scoprono molto presto che niente è quello che sembra. Lanciati all'inseguimento dei cattivi, si accompagnano loro malgrado con Holly, la brillante figlia di Holland che non ha nessuna intenzione di aspettare papà a casa.  Shane Black, che ha il nome di un detective pulp fiction, è stato uno degli sceneggiatori più ricchi degli anni Ottanta. Con Arma Letale (1 e 2) batte cassa e rinnova il cinema d'azione affiancando partner mal assortiti e obbligandoli a fare fronte comune nelle avversità. Sovrano indiscusso del buddy movie, dirige il suo primo film nel 2005 (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), un omaggio nostalgico ai noir di serie B degli anni Quaranta e Cinquanta, ed è subito culto. Di quel suo debutto, The Nice Guys conserva l'ambiente (Los Angeles) e la coppia scombinata che combina a meraviglia Russell Crowe e Ryan Gosling, catapultati nel mezzo di un intrigo complesso e agitato da delitti, fughe, incidenti, cospirazioni di palazzo. Il primo abbondante abbandona il ruolo del guerriero invincibile, cedendo all'alcol ma tirando (sempre) pugni ben piazzati, ribaltando avversari e rovesci esistenziali, perché Crowe conosce solo destini eroici. Meno eroico ma altrettanto energico, Ryan Gosling tiene testa all'epicità del socio che gli rompe un braccio ma li copre le spalle. Se al detective di Crowe spetta il ruolo di peso contro cui frange ogni tentativo di attacco nemico, a Gosling compete la leggerezza della 'sagoma da attraversamento'. Precipitato una, due e tre volte, come i personaggi dei cartoni animati è immortale, attraversa muri e finestre, vola in piscina, rovina al suolo, scivola lungo la collina rialzandosi sempre e ripetendosi in quel 'per sempre'. Eroi di diversa fattura e differente attitudine, Healy e March sono obbligati a collaborare per sgominare l'avversario comune scoprendosi da (sotto)genere amici e solidali. Ma non così presto perché il contrasto tra i due produce energia comica, dialoghi esilaranti e una reciprocità contagiosa.  Film d'azione in tandem, The Nice Guys si muove sul fondo degli anni Settanta, quelli che avviarono la crescita orizzontale della città, accelerata dagli interessi dei costruttori e dalla corruzione di funzionari chiave della pianificazione, che finirono per divorare l'ecosistema agricolo e collinare di Los Angeles. Tra interessi pubblici e privati, indagano i detective scordati di Shane Black, ultimi baluardi di un paesaggio espropriato del verde e di un'idea di città vagheggiata (e perduta). Se Kiss Kiss Bang Bang celebrava Raymond Chandler, attraverso la complessità dell'intreccio e la titolatura dei capitoli che riprendeva titoli di suoi celebri romanzi e novelle, The Nice Guys respira le atmosfere lisergiche dell'autore americano e di una città che ha praticamente inventato lui. Cow-boy sentimentali e alcolici che campano su un loro personalissimo codice morale, i nice guys agiscono un polar muscolare che abbassa la suspense e alza il volume della musica. Musica che contribuisce alla legatura coreografica di pedinamenti, scazzottate, corse e coup the théâtre, armonizzando la follia slapstick di Gosling col senso epico dello spettacolo di Crowe, la caleidoscopia sartoriale con la parata cromatica del décor. Enjoy.

Holland March yells for someone to call 911. It was 1977-78 and while 911 was an emergency system that was used as early as 1968 in Alabama, it was not formally introduced to Los Angeles until October 1, 1984. <br>------------------------<br><br>A poster for "London Calling" can be seen in the film, albeit this is set in 1977 and the album wasn't released until two years later. <br>------------------------<br><br>The movie takes place in the Fall of 1977, but there are multiple songs heard being played in various party/club scenes which were released in 1978 ("September" by Earth, Wind & Fire), 1979 ("Escape: The Pina Colada Song" by Rupert Holmes, "Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire) and even 1982 ("Get Down on It" by Kool & The Gang). <br>------------------------<br><br>About 30 minutes into the film the main characters are seen walking out of city hall. There are two LAPD officers on guard duty. They have magazine pouches for semi-automatic pistols on their sam brown belts. LAPD carried revolvers in the 1970s. They should have speed-loader pouches. <br>------------------------<br><br>Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum was not introduced in the US until 1984. <br>------------------------<br><br>The phone number advertised in front of the comedy club shows the area code 323 which was not released in the Los Angeles area until 1998. <br>------------------------<br><br>A red 1976 Cadillac Eldorado convertible is prominently displayed at the "1978" Auto Show. Not only would the 1976 model be three years old by 1978, but Cadillac famously discontinued its Eldorado convertible option in 1976. <br>------------------------<br><br>While Healy and March are driving with Chet to Amelia's boyfriend's house they pass under the Chinatown twin dragon gateway. It wasn't erected until July 2001. <br>------------------------<br><br>The reporter, during the interview with the Detroit Auto Manufacturer's representative mentions the "big three." In 1977, the US auto manufacturers were referred to as the "big four," and would be until Chrysler acquired AMC in 1987. <br>------------------------<br><br>While Healy and March are driving to the airport, a blue Southwest airplane passes over the freeway. However, the color scheme seen wasn't used until 2001; around the period the film is set in, the airplane would've been colored mustard yellow. In addition, Southwest Airlines did not service Los Angeles until 1982, 5 years after the film is set. <br>------------------------<br><br>The Cadillac limousine in the film is 1980-1987, not 1977-1979. <br>------------------------<br><br>The four-beam searchlights at the 1978 auto show didn't appear until early 1980s. <br>------------------------<br><br>As previously mentioned, the poster for the The Clash album London Calling is seen on a bedroom wall, 18 months prior to its actual recording sessions and 2 years prior to its official release. Furthermore, the poster itself is a concert photograph from September 20, 1979. <br>------------------------<br><br>The movie is said to take place in 1977, and the song "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes is playing at a party, but this song was not released until 1979. <br>------------------------<br><br>Several of the vehicles at the auto show scene are incorrect for the 1978 model year. For instance, the Cadillac Eldorado convertible went out of production for 1976 (which GM promoted heavily). And, although the Avanti was still available as a limited production specialty car, it would not be positioned with major manufacturers like GM, Ford, and Chrysler. <br>------------------------<br><br>Holly's bedroom has posters of the band Blondie on the wall. Although Blondie existed in 1977, they were virtually unknown in the US outside of the New York punk/new wave scene. They did not become widely known and popular until their breakthrough single, "Heart of Glass" released in January 1979. The logo used appears to be post-1979. <br>------------------------<br><br>The black Chevrolet Van that hit a guy has rectangle headlamps, denoting it as a 1978 model. <br>------------------------<br><br>The porno movie is in widescreen format, porno movies shot on film were almost always in 1.33 format except for a handful of widescreen cinemascope porno movies. <br>------------------------<br><br>The red Camaro is a 1979 Z-28 (evident by its side/back strips and front and rear fascia); the film takes place in 1977. <br>------------------------<br><br>Despite this film taking place in 1977, a poster for Lo squalo 2 can be seen; even though the movie didn't really come out until next year, plus advertisements wouldn't have been feasible for a movie, that's not yet been released during that same time. <br>------------------------<br><br>A background character mentions the video game Pac-Man. It wasn't released until 1980, three years after the setting of the film. <br>------------------------<br><br>The fighting between the drivers at the fuel station might be plausible if it took place during the oil crisis in 1973-1974 or 1979. The fuel shortage had eased up considerably by 1975. <br>------------------------<br><br>In one of the outdoor party scenes, the song "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey is being played in the background. This song was not released until June 1978, whereas the movie takes place in the fall of 1977. <br>------------------------<br><br>(1) Killer bees are discussed at one point. Though these hybrid bees were present in South America from the '60s, no one in the US had heard of them until the 1980s, and the first sighting was in the '90s. This film is set in 1978.(2) In the car show, a 1978 or '79 Cadillac Eldorado convertible is displayed (and later blown up), with a voice over description of a "7 liter V8". However, American car engine sizes were measured and advertised in cubic inches well into the 1980s. It wasn't until Japanese cars began to dominate the American car market (with their engine sizes commonly measured in liters) that American cars followed suit. Also, 7 liters is about 428 cubic inches, so the reference is probably to the 425 V8, introduced in 1977. In the early '80s, Cadillac, in response to the gas crisis of the late '70s (also shown in the film), began to downsize its car engines. <br>------------------------<br><br>The street lights in many scenes are the newer halogen type lights which are much brighter than the street lights of the 1970s. They weren't introduced until the 1990s. <br>------------------------<br><br>Yellow barricade tape was not widely used until the mid to late 1980s. The film is set in 1977. <br>------------------------<br><br>Healy refers to Munich as "a city in Germany". While correct, during this Cold War time period he more likely would have clarified it as "a city in West Germany". <br>------------------------<br><br>Near the end, Holland falls in a pool fully dressed and gets soaked. Shortly after he pulls a paper cigarette packet out and lights one. The packet and the cigarettes (as well as his suit) are bone dry. <br>------------------------<br><br>At the bar, when Holland is trying to get Amelia's credit card receipts, he says "I made it myself" while holding his cigarette, and then, in the next angle, the cigarette is magically in his mouth. <br>------------------------<br><br>One of the headlights was broken on the Mercedes when it hit the water barrels, and later the bottom headlights are both on and the top two off. When March and Healy are driving to March's house, the top two headlights are on again and the front of the car is undamaged, but when they arrive the front is damaged again with the broken headlight, bent license plate, and the bottom two headlights on. <br>------------------------<br><br>When they pull up to look at the porn film poster, the Mercedes doesn't have the Mercedes-Benz star on the top of the hood, but it's there when they pull up to the party later that night. <br>------------------------<br><br>Jackson Healy's blue Oldsmobile Toronado sometimes has a rear-view mirror on the windshield and sometimes does not have the mirror during the same sequence of driving. For example, when he is driving Holland March to find Amelia at the Burbank Apartments, the Toronado pulls up to the curb with the rear-view mirror on the windshield. As they pull away to drive to the airport, the closeup of the front of the car shows no rear-view mirror. Next as they approach the Westin Hotel, the wide-shot shows a mirror again. But when the camera cuts to another closeup of the two men talking, the mirror is gone again. Ironically, March's Mercedes convertible always shows that it has a rear-view mirror, even when the camera closeup only shows one of the men speaking. <br>------------------------<br><br>One shot of the protest group on the ground shows a women wearing a white mask and with her eyes closed; the next shot shows her eyes opened. <br>------------------------<br><br>The Cavalier Centerfold depicted of Misty Mountains is of a fold-out 3 page spread as in Playboy. In 1977, Cavalier's Centerfolds were a simple two page layout. <br>------------------------<br><br>The name "Elaine Boosler" appears on the marquee of The Comedy Store. Her name is really spelled "Elayne Boosler." The Comedy Store would never have made this spelling error. <br>------------------------<br><br>If the film is taking place in the autumn (as denoted by 1978 auto show), there should be many advertisements for Guerre stellari, which was the most sensational hit during 1977. Yet, none of them was shown in the film. <br>------------------------<br><br>There was a car show for the new 1978 models. The corvette they were showing was gold it should have been the black and silver Silver Anniversary car. <br>------------------------<br><br>March holds up a paper to the sex-shop clerk on which is printed Amelia's photo and "Born 1979." The film is set in 1977. <br>------------------------<br><br>In the first shootout with John Boy, Jack's automatic runs out of ammo and locks open. He asks Holland for his gun a revolver which Holland tosses through the window and then brings a cookie jar full of ammo to Jack. Jack is next seen reloading a revolver instead of the automatic and firing out the window. <br>------------------------<br><br>During Holland March's search for Amelia Kuttner, the bourbon bartender recognizes her and claims that she was at the bar recently, drinking "Bourbon Martinis," to which March responds, "Well, that's disgusting." A Martini is a cocktail composed of either gin, or vodka, mixed with dry vermouth and served straight-up, or on the rocks with olives or a twist of lemon.<br><br>A Manhattan, however, is a cocktail composed of either bourbon, or rye, mixed with sweet vermouth and bitters and served straight-up, or on the rocks with a cherry. A Rob Roy is prepared and served the same way, but substitutes the bourbon, or rye for scotch.<br><br>March is correct in expressing his disgust towards Amelia's drink order. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Holland smashes through the glass roof, the glass breaks without him actually 'touching down'. He maintains the posture he had while falling and just passes through while the bits are flying, revealing the scene to be CGI. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Mrs. Glenn came to the March's house (exactly at 1 hour 30 minutes 20 seconds) we can see a blue necklace that is partially hidden under her dress. Then several seconds later we can see this necklace over her dress, then again under her dress and over it. However she didn't touch the necklace. <br>------------------------<br><br>One shot of Holland and Jackson in the city looking at a poster for Misty Mountain's Pornocchio, an obscured-from-view Toyota Prius passes by on the road. <br>------------------------<br><br>Most of the cars are opposed to the seventies, albeit some of them are noticeable with squared headlights which was common for cars like these back then, until at least the next decade. <br>------------------------<br><br>During the fight with Jackson, John Boy gets rid of his jacket as a hand grenade inside the pocket is about to explode. In a following shot, when Jackson pounces on him, he wears his jacket again. Once more in a subsequent shot, being pinned down to the ground, he is shown without the jacket. <br>------------------------<br><br>The big fight towards the end of the film, Holland March escapes with the film canister and falls through a straight glass window; the amount of glass on the car changes in two shots. <br>------------------------<br><br>The plot calls for the porno to be spliced into the middle of another movie; then only a couple of minutes later, the same film has been spliced back out of the movie and rolled up in its original canister. <br>------------------------<br><br>When describing the diner scene, Healy says that he ended up with a bullet in the bicep. The shotgun blast would have put buckshot in his bicep. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Holland March finds Sid's body, he rolls away and pushes on the ground with both hands to stand up. As he does, you can see the "cast" on his left arm flex around his wrist, rather than remaining rigid like a real cast would. <br>------------------------<br><br>