Whilst the subject of the film is pretty melancholy, the surreal, illusion style, mind twisting plot is one of a kind and draws you deeper to its final conclusion. I love this style of character by Ryan Gosling and it's nice to see that this is one is rarely raved about find.

A spectacular movie, to say the least. One of those movies that leave you wondering about the true meaning of it after the screens roll. A good material for brainstorming and crafting different ideas of what really happened. In my opinion, it is not enough to only give this movie a single viewing to somewhat come close to catching all the bits, it needs more attention.In my opinion, the whole movie was just Henry's last illusions/dreams between his life and death, he imagined it all in a glimpse and crafted all of these different situations in his head, while laying there on the road, dying. It throws you off at moments and makes you create different ideas, which i really enjoyed. For me it was somewhat clear after a good 1 hour and 20 minutes into the movie, well, i think i was correct with my opinion about what it was about, but i guess it can always be viewed from a different perspective, that is why this is such an amazing movie. Love how it is not chewed up and presented as a blatant and predictable story, this movie really makes your brain work and even the most experienced psychological thriller fans will be brainstorming after watching this. I absolutely loved the transitions of scenes, was made to look just like in a dream, at least that's what i figured.In my opinion this movie has a rating of only 6,9, because most people just don't like sitting through a movie just to end up not getting what it really was about or they don't like to really think about what happened, either way, not everybody likes to think while watching a film, some people just want to relax and enjoy their time. So don't pass this movie, just because the rating on IMDb is not particularly stellar.

Stay is another movie that plays along with a similar theme to other movies such as Donnie Darko, Time Lapse, Triangle, as well as others, so if you don't like movies where you need to use brain power to work out what's going on or want everything explained step-by-step then you'll hate this film. Generally, I don't mind films like this as they can be a break away from the seemingly endless queues of remakes, POV horrors, and IQ-killing actioners.The unfortunate thing is I didn't really enjoy Stay as much as I was hoping I would after seeing the trailers for it, and it's definitely not as good as two of the previous films I mentioned, Time Lapse or Triangle. I guess the one main thing that disappointed me with Stay was that it was SO slow, which these films sometimes are, but for me it just never really got going. I mean events would play out, picking up as they went, but they it would just die back down again. it was all too much stop/start for my liking. I know films such as this can't play out continually increasing in pace etc, but like I say, the lulls just happened too frequently and it was tricky to keep my interest peaked.With that being said, it IS a good story and it plays out decently enough. Some people will probably moan that this story is a "rip-off" of other movies, but that's nonsense because how many movies out there are 100% all original? Not many. This isn't a "rip-off" - it's another addition to this type of psychological genre. Anyway, I digress. The story is an interesting one and it is actually filmed out and edited together very decently with the merging of different scenes done really well. It's very intricately told and is a clever script. I just wish it had a bit more pace to it is all.The film is very well acted out also, especially with Ryan Gosling as Henry Letham. I'm not a massive fan of his, but he does a really good job here, as do Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts.Overall, Stay isn't too bad of a film, especially if you enjoy these bind-benders, but there is better out there.

Ticking clock drama about saving someone from suicide, and it goes all twirly whirly with perceptions of reality.Is it a slight story, or profound? I dunno. Worth another watch, but I'm sure I won't.The professional critics give it high praise for the story telling through editing, and I did get a few aaah moments, but I was crying out for Naomi Watts to become the centre of the story. Ewan Magregor to me is just not convincing, and Ryan Gosling I can take or leave.There I go - focusing on the actors. Not a good sign.The Shakespeare was good, and I thought I was getting into it: "O God, I could be bounded in a nut shell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams." Still not happening. I did let it sit for a day, but couldn't appreciate the quality. Maybe I'm being thick, so I'll generosify the rating to 6.