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re: Drive
Posted on 9/23/11 at 1:28 pm to Hot Carl
Posted on 9/23/11 at 1:28 pm to Hot Carl
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I just want to add that I fell in love with Carey Mulligan during this and think her performance may have actually been the best of the film.
I thought she did a great job, but I'll always think she should have delivered some type of more emotive (for lack of a better term) reaction after the elevator scene. I would've thought someone like her character, even with what her husband was in to, would've been a little more shocked to see something like that. A minor quibble on my part.
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Posted on 9/23/11 at 1:35 pm to DanglingFury
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I thought she did a great job, but I'll always think she should have delivered some type of more emotive (for lack of a better term) reaction after the elevator scene.
See...I actually liked her reaction there. They had just had their only real intimate moment in the movie and she obviously felt something for the guy...and then right in front of her eyes he beats the ever-living shite out of the other guy who as far as she knew was just some guy in the elevator...and then stomps his heads until it broke in.
Her look of total shock and seeing the elevator door close showed you a ton I think.
Posted on 9/23/11 at 1:49 pm to GeauxTigerTM
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Her look of total shock and seeing the elevator door close
That's the thing, I didn't see total shock. I saw something more along the lines of "hmm...that's a bummer."
Posted on 9/23/11 at 2:46 pm to DanglingFury
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That's the thing, I didn't see total shock. I saw something more along the lines of "hmm...that's a bummer."
I guess it was more subtle...but I'm going by memory. I glanced over at my wife right about the same time and she sort of had the same look on her face...just stunned.
Posted on 9/23/11 at 3:34 pm to GeauxTigerTM
I definitely interpreted her look as stunned in that scene and thought that it was an appropriate reaction
Posted on 9/23/11 at 3:43 pm to TulaneTigerFan
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I definitely interpreted her look as stunned in that scene
Maybe I was just thinking how I would have reacted had a guy stomped a dude to death, and ultimately crushed his skull in front of me. My reaction would've probably included throwing up.
I guess I need to rewatch it. The image of the guy's head exploding is kind of still seared into my brain, must be why I can't remember it clearly.
This post was edited on 9/23/11 at 3:44 pm
Posted on 9/24/11 at 10:13 am to lsuguy13
I liked the film. Thought the ending was real and refreshing. Really enjoyed how they weaved the scorpion tale into the movie. Gosling's character could have done without the jacket though.
The silence was enjoyable for me. It brough out a different set of emotions than I am accustomed to.
The silence was enjoyable for me. It brough out a different set of emotions than I am accustomed to.
Posted on 9/25/11 at 1:30 pm to LSUSOBEAST1
I absolutely loved it.
It was retro-cool. Why wasn't Madonna in this movie circa "Lucky Star?"
Soundtrack was great...enhanced every scene to almost classic status.
I miss these kinds of movies from back in the day. Atmospheric, lyrical - small story without explosions every 5 seconds to deaden your senses.
I even didn't mind Carey Mulligan. (But I didn't believe that proper limey at all.) Movie might have been L.A. early 80's classic with Zooey Deschanel.
I hope this means driving gloves and Members Only Jackets come back. 
It was retro-cool. Why wasn't Madonna in this movie circa "Lucky Star?"
Soundtrack was great...enhanced every scene to almost classic status.
I miss these kinds of movies from back in the day. Atmospheric, lyrical - small story without explosions every 5 seconds to deaden your senses.
I even didn't mind Carey Mulligan. (But I didn't believe that proper limey at all.) Movie might have been L.A. early 80's classic with Zooey Deschanel.
I hope this means driving gloves and Members Only Jackets come back.
Posted on 9/25/11 at 1:41 pm to TulaneLSU
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Drive will probably be the year's most overrated film. The more I think about it, the less I like it. My Drive review. All the glowing reviews I read describe its greatness in one of two veins: the movie is novel, not limited to a specific genre (being novel is not necessarily good) and the performance of Gosling. I will give the movie the latter, but how does anyone reconcile the rest of the movie with the positive reviews? I just don't understand the critical reception being so positive. I blame it on a lack of roots, culturally and morally, keeping D Brooks recent editorial in mind. There's plenty of style in the movie, but where's the meat? The story is
absolutely stupid.
If it it doesn't have Jesus or Biber in it, TulaneLSU disapproves.
Posted on 9/27/11 at 2:02 pm to Zamoro10
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I absolutely loved it.
It was retro-cool.
Soundtrack was great...enhanced every scene to almost classic status.
I miss these kinds of movies from back in the day. Atmospheric, lyrical - small story without explosions every 5 seconds to deaden your senses.
All of this. The film was exactly what I expected, and that's a great thing.
Posted on 9/29/11 at 12:38 am to Zamoro10
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I absolutely loved it.
It was retro-cool.
Soundtrack was great...enhanced every scene to almost classic status.
I miss these kinds of movies from back in the day. Atmospheric, lyrical - small story without explosions every 5 seconds to deaden your senses.
+1
This post was edited on 9/29/11 at 12:43 am
Posted on 10/3/11 at 2:09 am to Leauxgan
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um... you mean Albert Brooks?
um... no. Albert Brooks was the same irritating milquetoast that he always is. He's older now, so he just seems a bit more polished and introspective. He isn't.
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culturally? it's firmly entrenched in American noir tradition, with clear nods to european surrealism (the film was dedicated to alejandro jodoworsky).
Goddamn, you're pretentious. Yeah, that's why people become artists. So they can conform to established tradition. Wow. I think I like it even less now.
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the Driver is the knight, Irene is the pure, innocent "damsel," brooks and perlman being the evil king and dragon, respectively (taken from the mouth of Refn himself). If you couldn't discern the ethical standpoints of each character, then god help you.
Looks like all you did was read an interview with the director and parrot he and others you have read in regard to this movie - and then act as though others are idiots because they don't have the same movie-themed websites bookmarked on their fricking web browsers.
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you want a detailed backstory? go read novels (and then posts reviews that no one reads). I suppose The Man With No Name trilogy is a failure because we don't know Clint Eastwood's history.
I don't remember anyone saying that a "backstory" is what they felt was lacking, nor that such is required for a story to be original or interesting. In short, what the frick are you talking about?
My brief review is as follows: This film had a very unremarkable, unoriginal storyline but contained a WHOLE lot of bullshite affectation. Some of it was interesting, but I wouldn't dust off the mantle for this one. The ending was typical hackery, and to me, the equivalent of killing people off at the end so your story seems more artsy.
Posted on 10/3/11 at 9:20 am to blueboy
Posted on 10/3/11 at 10:28 am to Leauxgan
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Same here. I've listened to "A Real Hero" a good 40 times since seeing it. Amazing song selection
Freaking unreal song! First thing I did when leaving the theater was download it.
I know I’m a little late to the conversation, but I definitely liked it. I did have one question about it though…
*****SPOILERS – If it’s not obvious enough*****
With the ending, how did Gosling survive? Were we just supposed to believe he wasn’t stabbed that deep or what? The mob guy clearly knew where to stab people to kill them so I was a little surprised at this. Kinda disappointed but I liked everything else.
Posted on 10/3/11 at 11:03 am to FootballNostradamus
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how did Gosling survive?
maybe he didn't
Posted on 10/3/11 at 1:19 pm to hiltacular
I liked the movie, but was somewhat disappointed. But I think I just built it up too much before I saw it. All the performances were great, especially Albert Brooks.
Posted on 10/9/11 at 11:43 pm to Sonny Koufax
I really enjoyed it. Would've liked another job thrown in for good measure but I really enjoyed the movie. The soundtrack was killer and helped pull you in. Knew it was going to be good with the opening. Oh and the pawn shop scene was BADASS. Knew something was about to go down when that car showed up, real suspenseful stuff. Oh and the face cave 
Posted on 10/26/11 at 6:27 am to Goose
just saw this yesterday and I really enjoyed it
The soundtrack was freaking MONEY, and I really loved the lack of backstory for the driver.
I really had no idea how gory it was going to be and I was pleasantly surprised
ETA: I can't stop listening to Nightcall
ETAA: I found this to be pleasantly ironic when I was reading the wiki page
quote:this pretty much sums up exactly how I feel about it.
I absolutely loved it.
It was retro-cool.
Soundtrack was great...enhanced every scene to almost classic status.
I miss these kinds of movies from back in the day. Atmospheric, lyrical - small story without explosions every 5 seconds to deaden your senses.
The soundtrack was freaking MONEY, and I really loved the lack of backstory for the driver.
I really had no idea how gory it was going to be and I was pleasantly surprised
ETA: I can't stop listening to Nightcall
ETAA: I found this to be pleasantly ironic when I was reading the wiki page
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A Michigan woman named Deming has sued both FilmDistrict and Emagine Theaters located in Novi, Michigan in October 2011 due to suffering "damages", feeling that the previews were misleading. Filing under the Michigan Consumer Protection Act, she stated its distributer marketed Drive as similar to the Fast and the Furious film series, and, in a bait and switch act, gave her a motion picture with little racing. Further more, Deming accused Drive of containing antisemitic themes. Deming has asked for the cost of her ticket to be refunded, and later plans to file a class action lawsuit to prevent future false film advertising.
This post was edited on 10/26/11 at 6:47 am
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