It is a slow-paced movie, but I did not find it "boring"(a term I hate with a passion, as it is massively overused and hardly ever elaborated upon).
#DRIVEDX REVIEW MOVIE#
Like I said with some of my favourites this year, Drive is not a movie for all. And then I saw Drive, which was simply brilliant. Of a very hit-and-miss year so far, I have seen some gems like Tree of Life, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy(the first two in a way are not for everybody though), Rio and Source Code. I just didn't enjoy this sort of thing though it's well made. Can the almost zombie-like Gosling manage to take on the gang and survive? I personally respect the film but thought it was way too over-mannered and way too artsy for my taste-as well as WAY too bloody. But it all blows up in their face-it's all a setup and it looks like EVERYONE will eventually die. It seems that the mob is going to make the husband perform one last robbery-then they'll let him and his family live-and Gosling agrees to drive the getaway car. Instead of trying to steal her, he actually helps the guy when he gets out of jail. When Gosling meets a nice lady (Cary Mulligan) and befriends her and her son, he learns she has a husband who is in jail. Ron Perlman isn't much nicer! Bryan Cranston is also on hand but never gets around to killing anyone. Albert Brooks (yes, THAT Albert Brooks) plays a maniac killer-a guy who loves to use knives and razors on his victims. As for the mobsters in the film, they are quite the opposite.
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I just thought this was too underplayed for my taste. I know the film makers were trying to make him super-cool by having him show ZERO emotion and talk rarely. Ryan Gosling plays a guy who is a spectacularly talented driver-so much that he does stunts for films and also drives getaway for crooks. I really liked the music and thought it quite fitting. It is brutal.very, very brutal-and this might be why it didn't get any major Oscar nominations. You see a person get their head blown apart at close range with a shotgun, you see a man stomped to death (complete with lots of squishy sound effects) and a guy stabbed in the eye and then in the throat! Do NOT let kids see this film and think twice about seeing it yourself. While the number of deaths isn't as extreme as some films, the deaths that do occur are among the bloodiest and closeup you will ever see in a movie.
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And, since I'd heard so much good stuff about it, I decided to rent it. I decided to watch "Drive" because it received a lot of critical attention but was ignored at the Oscars. I should point out at the onset that this really isn't the sort of film I like-so keep this in mind.