Drive (2011) - Coolest film of the year!
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What a great film. It reminded me of Taxi Driver and other film noir films made in the 70's.
Ryan Gosling is super cool and the intro credit sequence is the most coolest thing I have ever seen - the nightcall song is awesome.
Go see it!!
Ryan Gosling is super cool and the intro credit sequence is the most coolest thing I have ever seen - the nightcall song is awesome.
Go see it!!
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Yeah, not one of the best films Ive seen but for some reason it sticks in your head after you watch it.
I think it like a modern day "man with no name" western movie. If Clint Eastwood was 50 years younger he would have got the role in this movie.
The directorcoolly charts the central characters' journey from withdrawn existential anomie to emotional self-sacrifice-a heros' journey rendered through the lens of LA noir.
At the beginning,his iconic silver windcheater is like a ghostly suit of armour,at the end,itandits'wearer,have become stained and tainted.
Anything that brings Ryan Gosling to a wider audience is to be applauded.
Toughfilm,which is by turns beautiful and brutal.
Go see.....
No love for this movie rom me.
Music and character wardrobe didn't fit with the point in time it was set in (it's not in the 80's he drives a 2011 mustang ffs)
I didn't get any attatchment to Gosling's character and was left thinking he was just a quiet closet psycho like Travis Bickle.
Completely overrated and wrongfully marketed imo.
It's a sort-of cross between Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Last Man Standing. A strange combination to say the least. Minimalist drama, car chases and extreme violence. Stays with you though and Ryan Gosling was excellent. Shame it didn't make more of Carey Mulligan as she pretty much disappeared in the second half.
Not sure I would have ended it in that way though. It seemed too open to interpretation when it was meant to make a specific point.
Different archetypes (Driver is an idealistic knight with a car as his horse, and Travis is a disillusioned dreamer who's feeling let down by his country), different motivations and different types (one is a fairy tale and the other is a white American's wet dream); different colour palette, different vibes, and different textures. Why the comparison? The only things they have in common are... um... ... they tried to save a damsel in distress and it didn't work out that well? Oh, both get to drive a car and... they don't talk much.
Taxi Driver is a lot more subtle than Driver, too. I still can't believe that scorpion symbol. Refn might as well to put MAJOR SPOILER on the back of that jacket. That was a huge cock-up on Refn's part.
I enjoyed Driver a lot, though, but it could have been so much better. At least it makes me look forward to whatever Refn will come up with next.
I don't believe it's meant to have a specific setting. Like Rumble Fish that has a mixture of 1950s, 1970s and 1980s. Come to think of it, Driver is a lot similar to Anamorph, which also doesn't specify its time setting, even though it has a 1970s vibe, colour palette and appearance.
I like that comparison.
It was... OK. I didn't think it was anything special, and it's not something I'd ever bother re-watching.
Put it this way i had a tooth out on Friday and it still aches.
But it no way aches as much as my eyes for watching this absolute drivel.
How long can people stare without saying something?
What a load of total absolute massively overrated tosh.
I felt like that too. It was highly recommended to us but when I saw it I just felt '... and?' If I were to rate it I'd give it 5/10 - maybe 6 but no higher. I do think Bryan Cranston adds a touch of class to most things he's in though.
Not overated tosh, just not your cup of tea. It's a beautifully crafted film that looks stunning, the cinematography and stylised look is top notch as is the soundtrack. It's makes a pleasant change from the usual generic rubbish that Hollywood churns out these days.
Then Drive might be for you, as there are hardly any in it, which must have confused people expecting a Fast and the Furious type of movie.