Thank you to tracygee from Rob’s IMDB message board!

Since the beginning, we here at Spunk Ransom have supported the Remember Me Saturday movement to support both Rob and his new film, Remember Me. I had such faith in my local community that the Robaholics would be out in full force, crowding the cinemas, and therefore arrived an hour and a half beforehand, with my apathetic younger sister in tow, to avoid the mad rush of fans. However, as you can decipher from the photograph below, it seems at one local theater in good ‘ol Sacramento, California, Rob fans seemed to have forgotten Remember Me Saturday.

Don’t be too disappointed though, some fellow Rob fans did morph through Auditorium #7 doors just in time to squeal as the trailer for Eclipse played. Unfortunately, it was still a mediocre turnout (which I’m holding the 1:05pm showing time was responsible ).

A little of my Rob background and credentials: My journey into Robsession was less than stellar. Having finished reading the first three Twilight books, it wasn’t until I initiated an online search on anything regarding the books that I even knew they were making Twilight into a film. At this point of discovery, Rob and Co. had just finished filming the first Twilight and honestly, I was not a fan of this odd looking chap that was supposed to depict my ideal vision of the perfect man, who just happened to be a vampire. As a film enthusiast, I decided to give this actor’s work a whirl and see just what kind of talent he was capable of producing. It wasn’t long until I had seen all of Rob’s films, including participating in a project that promoted both Little Ashes and How to Be. Needless to say, in the end, Rob captured me within all his essence. Thus, having the opportunity to witness Rob in a completely different capacity had me anxious and stoked.

Moving on… For your reading pleasure, I’ve concocted a little review of Remember Me, which you can read after the cut! Beware: Spoilers included!

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This fan perspective contains spoilers so it has been placed under the cut. However, once you’ve seen the film, please come back and read this!

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Grief permeates through Robert Pattinson’s new movie, Remember Me. How people deal with grief, how people don’t deal with grief. How it effects people; changes them.


It was beautiful in a heartbreaking way, and hard for me to watch in some ways.


I nearly didn’t want to see it, because I knew that it was centered around a family trying to cope with a traumatic event and how splintered people can become following the death of a loved one.


But I’m so glad I did.


I read one review recently that it seemed to ‘revel in and glorify’ tragedy and remorse, but I don’t believe that’s true. Grief is a very real human condition – art serves to celebrate and represent all facets of human nature, grief included. Sadness and depression doesn’t make art better (see the previous post regarding the NY Times ‘Depression’s Upside’ article) but it is often when things are bleakest that people find a voice strong enough to reach out.


Tyler smokes too much, drinks too much, sleeps with a lot of women and moves through life like a cool breeze – ruffling feathers but never solidly in one place. It was gut wrenching to see him pick fights and lash out, blinded by loss and burdened by the weight of a family who was as lost as he.


I sat in the theatre with my heart pounding at times wondering if I could even sit through the movie but I did and I’m glad. It was beautiful, poignant, heart breaking, bittersweet. Robert Pattinson was amazing, as was Emilie De Ravin, Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper.


It reminded me so much of the Christina Rossetti poem, Remember Me.


Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann’d:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.

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Congrats to @remembermefilm. A stunning, poignant movie that will reduce you to tears. Be proud. #RememberMe ~ the little film that could. 34 minutes ago via TweetDeck

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@remembermefilm I LOVED IT!!! I laughed, I cried, and I fell in love with the characters. It’s such a beautiful film 39 minutes ago via twidroid

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@remembermefilm Just saw it and my god it freaking amazing! Completely not what I expected it to be at all. Seriously fantastic. (: about 2 hours ago via web

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@remembermefilm Rob has now surpassed being a movie star….look out long and critically acclaimed career. I see great things ahead for him about 4 hours ago via web in reply to remembermefilm

Thank you to @remembermefilm for collecting and re-tweeting these!

Both Be My escape and Pel had the opportunity to see remember Me at a prescreening. First up we have Jen’s (Be My Escape’s) review. Pel’s will be up in a bit (she’s been working 14 hours days and is a little tired right now.) Please be aware that like with any review there are spoilers involved. So without further ado, Jen’s review:


I was lucky enough to see Remember Me at a screening a few weeks ago. I have to say I didn’t go in with any expectations. I hadn’t even really explored what the movie was about except that Rob Pattinson was in it and that wasn’t necessarily my motivation for seeing the film. I was pleasantly surprised by the depth of the script. New York City was used as the backdrop but the usual iconic scenery wasn’t rammed down your throat. It was a nice change of pace. Allen Coulter clearly took care in presenting the city in a way that people who live there can respect and understand.


The opening scene of Remember Me was haunting and sets the tone for the rest of the film. Tyler (Rob Pattinson) and Ally (Emilie de Ravin) have both been touched by tragedy and each is dealing with it in their own way. Ally’s motto is to live everyday to fullest knowing things can change in an instant. Emilie de Ravin plays Ally with just enough balance of playfulness and shadowed past. Her interactions with Pattinson are genuine and the chemistry is fantastic.


In Remember Me, how each person deals with tragedy is essential to who they are. Tyler (Rob Pattinson) suffers a loss that causes him to lose his way. He becomes the self indulgent, poor little rich boy who hates his father. Pattinson plays the part to perfection. Tyler becomes a relatable character brought to life by the combination of strong script writing, intelligent directing, and the subtle pain Pattinson brings to the character.


The film is a beautiful story about finding one’s self in spite of what you have been through and knowing that things can change in an instant. The family dynamics, whether it be Ally’s dad (Chris Cooper)being driven to extremes because of his over protectiveness or Tyler’s dad (Pierce Brosnan) being cool and aloof, not knowing how to care for his children, the dynamics are all recognizable characteristics in the average family.


Now let’s get to the part everyone wants to know about, the end. Any story set in NYC in 2001 runs the risk of being too painful to watch. 9/11 is like an old wound still sensitive to the touch, any movie that includes the topic doesn’t always appeal to the masses. In this case however the subject matter is handled with extreme delicacy and respect to those who lived through the experience. It is not driving force of the story but an element that adds another layer.


Overall if you are looking for a film that showcases Rob Pattinson as a knock-off version of Edward Cullen this is not it. The film is so much more than just a vehicle for Rob. The family dynamics and lack of direction that Tyler has are all things that average people can relate to. This is a story about survival, about being the one that was left behind and how you choose to live your life after being touched by tragedy. There is a heart and soul to this film that isn’t in your typical drama and it is absolutely worth the watch.


One last note bring tissues!!

things i didn’t like:

things i liked: 
EVERYTHING!

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great great movie  i am so pleased!  

this far exceeded my expectations, even though i had read nothing but good reviews from critics who usually bag everything and love to slag on anything twilight

the love story is really very beautifully done…once tyler and ally really got together i started to have a sick feeling in my stomach because i knew what was ultimately coming

anyone who doesn’t know the ending, DO NOT TELL THEM…seeing it is far better than knowing about it, and it is portrayed in such a gut wrenching manner that even those who do know the ending will still reel from it

when i was young and all the other kids would watch cartoons on saturdays, i used to watch Bill Collins Presents the Golden Years of Hollywood on tv, and Mr Collins would introduce 2 old movies every weekend, usually black & white flicks from the 30’s, 40’s and 50s…when other kids were talking smurfs and atari, i was dreaming of Olivia De Havilland and Katherine Hepburn…when i grew up, i wanted to marry Clark Gable, and later, James Dean

hearing Robert Pattinson recently being compared to my once wannabe husband James Dean kind of irked me – i may be robsessed, but i’m not entirely deluded – i thought it utterly ridiculous to compare today’s RPattz to the legend that was taken from us…i was wrong…i was so very fucking wrong i was drowning in it….today i once again saw the raw essence which James Dean exuded on screen, that unattainable and hard to pinpoint quality that goes far beyond what your eyeballs or loins are screaming at you…you stare at him and see so many things, he says so much without any words, so much in his actions and mannerisms as a character…you get totally immersed in TYLER watching Rob on screen and it is very easy to forget all the internet and gossip fuckery

ladies, Rob was wonderful, way beyond what any fan really could have hoped for…everyone in this movie was actually pretty great, which really shouldn’t be surprising with this particular cast, but i am absolutely floored and happy to say, Robert Pattinson was the star of this show and he is here to stay

i cannot WAIT till he is done with Summit who, though they produced a great movie which i simply cannot fault in any way, released WAY too many pictures and too much in their trailers…entire sections of the movie felt like you were flicking through fansites with the pictures we have seen a hundred times coming to life…but even their idiocy didn’t manage to ruin this

the flow of the story is wonderfully morose…around every corner you expect the worst, it’s quite relentless and appealing to those who like movies with guts, or simply like to sit there and feel sad for 2 hours (that would be me!)…the soundtrack even is perfect, it adds to the scenes without you even noticing and keeps you right in the movie, subconsciously telling you how to feel throughout

but this movie is all about tyler…it really is quite a simple story and i honestly think that someone else as Tyler could have easily turned this into a movie-of-the-week, but rob totally owned this…and he is so so beautiful…lol…seriously, you haven’t seen beautiful rob until you’ve seen him as Tyler

hear this:  Tyler Hawkins shits all over Edward Cullen…i want a Tyler!

camoozle go see it alone, STAT
janee02 no, i didn’t cry…,but i got a lump in my throat (surprisingly within the first 5 minutes) so you should probably take tissues, lots of them!

these two scenes will haunt you:

Thank you to n7of9 for her review!

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Just saw advanced screening of remember me. Whatever hang ups u might have about rob pattinson SEE THIS MOVIE. Really well done. Memorable. about 13 hours ago via UberTwitter

@TheMissus See I had no clue what it was about before I saw it. I feel totally depressed right now, but I still think the film was excellent about 13 hours ago via web in reply to TheMissus

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Holy fuck remember me has the most amazing fucking ending. about 12 hours ago via txt

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Saw Remember Me last night! Here is what I thought!!! http://ow.ly/1gzBE #rememberme 5 minutes ago via HootSuite

Thank you to tracygee from Rob’s IMDB message board for rounding these up!

If you have seen anymore, let us know! Tweet us @spunk_ransom or email me at admin@spunk-ransom.com!

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Fuck it. I’m going to go watch Robert Pattinson fall in love. 6:07 PM Mar 8th via Echofon

Oh…oh fuck me. I didn’t just see what I think I saw did I? Worst ending in modern cinema history. HANDS DOWN. Oh fuck me. about 19 hours ago via Echofon

I saw REMEMBER ME. No one had spoiled the ending for me. It does not end well. Holy shit. Oh…holy shit. about 19 hours ago via Echofon

To all the nice Pattinson fans who followed me earlier today, you guys will LOVE HIM. He does a fine job. But the ending…oh god the ending about 19 hours ago via Echofon

I think the most offensive part of the ending is that it is presented as a twist. You can almost hear the DUN DUN DUN!!! about 19 hours ago via Echofon

@RMSaturday @RobPattDul Pattinson is fine, believable, strong but saddled with a somewhat unlikable character. about 18 hours ago via Echofon in reply to RMSaturday

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Seeing Remember Me tonight, so stop putting spoilers in your reviews, people! about 23 hours ago via web

@sveta85 @BritKStewfan My review will go up on Movies.com this week, I’ll definitely post a link here! about 4 hours ago via web in reply to sveta85

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Wow is all I can say about that film for now….oh and Pattinson can act! Full review for “Remember Me” coming Friday about 21 hours ago via twidroid

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seltash from Rob’s IMDB message board shared her review of the film. Her review DOES contain spoilers.

So, there was a RM screening in Dallas and i was lucky enough to attend. My BIG thanks to my Houston Tx buddy we all know as littlewing who emailed me the tickets on Friday just in time for me to ask my boss if i can leave work early. The screening was at 7:30 but i got there at 3:30 and there was already a long line of women at first then a mixed crowd much later.

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB!! He was amazing in it, that man can act and as one of his biggest fan, i am soooooo proud of him and feel so honored to have been able to witness his great talent.

Tyler to me is a very passionate young man who despite dealing with his own issues, tries to sooth other people in his own way. The most heartbreaking tender and sweet relationship was with his little sister, he was very believable as a caring big brother and it takes good talent to be able to work like that. Tyler is a rebel and we get the impression he sleeps around and all that so when he meets Ally, its very very interesting to watch him fall in love with her, she is spunky, cute, and the main thing i liked about their relationship is that it was just so natural, playful and they were both at ease….noone will see Edward at ALL in this.

Pierce, Pierce, Pierce – I love that man. He played a dad who cared but probably didnt know how to show it so he took everything out on his work. The relationship between him and Rob in this looks broken for most of the movie but they both are just grieving the loss of Michael and are both coping the way they know how

I cant say good enough things about this movie. I am telling EVERY single person i come across about it. I plan on adding more ladies to the RM opening midnight viewing AND I will be going to the RM Saturday with hopefully another group my friend is putting together.

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I just came back home from the press screening of Remember Me so I figured I would try to write down a review without adding any spoilers.

For you who still doesn’t know, This is Robert Pattinsons first major movie after Twilight/New Moon.

Here you have the Synopsis of the movie, From IMDb:

In the romantic drama Remember Me, Robert Pattinson plays Tyler, a rebellious young man in New York City who has a strained relationship with his father (Pierce Brosnan) ever since tragedy separated their family. Tyler didnt think anyone could possibly understand what he was going through until the day he met Ally (Emilie de Ravin) through an unusual twist of fate. Love was the last thing on his mind, but as her spirit unexpectedly heals and inspires him, he begins to fall for her. Through their love, he begins to find happiness and meaning in his life. But soon, hidden secrets are revealed, and the circumstances that brought them together slowly threaten to tear them apart. Remember Me is an unforgettable story about the power of love, the strength of family, and the importance of living passionately and treasuring every day of ones life.

I had read some reviews online prior to going to see this movie so I had it figured out that Rob was really good in it.

But WOW, Robert Pattinson really surprised me in Remember Me. He really did an amazing job, no where near the Twilight Edward he is known for. He plays the part of Tyler amazingly and you do see him as Tyler not Rob.

The movie opens with a strong intro and the the film staggers a bit in the start but after that you don’t notice anything weird (Except maybe a disappearing/re-appearing item).

You are drawn directly into the story and really feel it being played. It’s a lot of emotions, many broken hearts and a lot of agony. Both Rob and Emilie are awesome. Tate Ellington in the role of Aidan, Tylers best friend, is awesome! He is really funny.

Ruby Jerins is very sweet in the role of Tyler’s little sister Caroline. And the rest of the cast are old veterans and it shows.

Overall it’s a very cute movie  filled with feelings, outbursts, arguments and fighting,

There is also a twist to the movie…I had some difficulties seeing how this twist really had anything to do with the rest of the movie cause it came from out of nowhere, but I guess it sort of completes the movie in a good way, sort of connects all the little red threads throughout. But I can’t tell you more without spoiling you.

Bring your tissues is all I can say, Rob did such an amazing acting I had tears in my eyes the entire movie…

Really a film I recommend you to see whether you like Twilight / Robert Pattinson or not!

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The following review was tweeted to us by long time visitor candykizzes24,

Remember Me was amazing..This is going to be his breakout role. He surpassed all my expectations in this. The cinematography was amazing, all the acting was on point. Love the way they captured NY and all the essence of it.

You will not be disappointed with the sex scenes its every fanfic fantasy came alive. Emilie actually surprised me and played a great role..but my favorite besides Rob was the little girl. I did however, love the chemistry between Rob and Emilie.

This was one of the most real movies I have seen in along time. Everything was on point. I even think people who don’t even like Twilight are gonna love this. He is gonna win everyone over, and mark his spot as a true Hollywood A List actor (not that he’s not but this will seal the deal). It was emotional, loving, intense roller coaster I;ve ever been on. I am so proud of him and watching this movie from when they were making it to the big screen. I loved seeing all the Wall Street scenes . Also watch out for the ending its gonna blow your mind.

Conclusion, you will not be disappointed with this film, I can’t wait for you all to see it and for us all to talk about it <3 Hope you enjoyed the review. Any questions just tweet me

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Jared : Saw a screening 2 Remember Me & believe it or not, Rob Pattinson cn actually act. ths movie will take yr breath away. Literally. 44 minutes ago via TweetDeck

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