re: Drive

Posted by timbo

Red Stick, La.

Member since Dec 2011

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Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:49 pm to TulaneTigerFan

I really dug the movie. Of course it has a whole bunch of people in it that I really like (Gosling, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman, Christina Hendricks, Carey Mulligan)
The opening 10 minutes or so are just great, the whole scene with him driving a getaway car and just blending into the crowd at a Clippers game.

Posted by TimeAndTide

The Promised Land

Member since Jun 2009

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Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:51 pm to Baloo

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I'm smart enough to understand it...inconsistancies.

Posted by Bard

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Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:52 pm to TulaneTigerFan

Yeah, imagine my surprise...

Posted by TulaneTigerFan

Seattle

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Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:54 pm to Bard

IIRC a woman actually tried to sue for false advertising and emotional distress after walking out of the theater

Posted by TimeAndTide

The Promised Land

Member since Jun 2009

906 posts

Posted on 12/3/12 at 4:56 pm to TulaneTigerFan

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I enjoyed how the movie was shot and the soundtrack enough to overlook the plot issues. I still enjoyed it eta: I also really enjoyed Albert Brooks' performance in this movie. His interactions with Bryan Cranston were really good, as well as a few of his moments with the driver

I thought Albert Brooks was awesome. Ballas who like the soundtrack will want to track this down:

Posted by Baloo

Formerly MDGeaux

Member since Sep 2003

49645 posts

Posted on 12/3/12 at 5:12 pm to TimeAndTide

Albert Brooks is awesome in every scene he is in. Ron Pearlman and Bryan Cranston were also both great. The scene at the diner between Pearlman and Brooks was worth the price of the rental alone.

And it is a pretty movie. It looks great.

Posted by GeauxTGRZ

PTal

Member since Oct 2005

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Posted on 12/3/12 at 5:33 pm to Baloo

i say ppl need to watch some movies before they can appreciate Drive, a cinema pleasure..

Irréversible
Hanna
Blade Runner
American Psycho
Badlands

Posted by Bard

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Posted on 12/3/12 at 6:01 pm to TulaneTigerFan

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IIRC a woman actually tried to sue for false advertising and emotional distress after walking out of the theater

She's my hero. I hope she won a million dollars (that she didn't leave lying on a floor).

Posted by LoveThatMoney

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Member since Jan 2008

12268 posts

Posted on 12/3/12 at 6:14 pm to GeauxTGRZ

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Blade Runner

is one of the greatest films ever made.

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Hanna

is also beautiful. Let the Right One In (American version) reminds me of it in some odd fashion.

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American Psycho

is a cult classic that is really not as good as it is made out to be, but interesting and well acted.

Drive is between Hanna and Blade Runner, imo. I fricking loved Drive. I walked out of that movie totally satisfied, which is more than I can say about the other Winding-Refn films I've seen (Bronson and Valhalla Rising). Like all Winding-Refn films, Drive had an aura about it. It pulsated tension. The simplicity of it made it all the better, imo. The classic "stranger in a strange land" superhero vibe of Gosling's character was intriguing enough to not get much, if anything, on his back story. The stranger falls in love with a forbidden woman. Tragedy strikes. The stranger sacrifices the possibility of living with his love so she may live. Classic storytelling in a unique way.

If you liked Drive, see A History of Violence.