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by Hans Clastorp 10/11/2011, 6:32pm PDT |
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Mischief Shai-hulud wrote:
Seeing as how "Drive" blatantly spells out to the audience that the Driver is the Scorpion in The Scorpion and the Frog, I don't see how anyone could come away thinking the Driver's actions are supposed to be "Moral" or "Sensitive."
I guess that smarter guy was so furiously air quoting in the theater that he missed that part.
Even though I just sort of half-watched an apparently non-canonical download, I definitely don't see a connection between that fable and anything that happens in the movie except dude's jacket (which I figured was a clear homage to Just Cause 2). Did Ryan Gosling kill someone who naively trusted him? I missed that part.
It's a straight-up revenge/power fantasy, as far as I can tell, done in a stylish way. I have no problem with that. My issue with the movie is with the execution. Ryan Gosling is supposed to be the "quiet obsessive loner" archetype (i.e. the sort of adolescent personality type that often figures in revenge/power fantasies), but they fucked it up by having him be an utterly affectless blank when he's not lashing out violently. He has no personality apart from that archetype. The Jewish mobsters were the only characters that didn't seem totally bland.
Unlike that other Hans Clastorp downthread, I like the Coen brothers, and thought No Country was fine, just fine. But when I think back on No Country, I can distinctly remember 3 unique characters just off the top of my head. I also remember it having good dialogue, interesting locations, and imaginative murders. Drive had none of these things, and just was a boring mess TBQH. |
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Driver is a very good movie. NT by Mischief Maker 10/09/2011, 11:07pm PDT 
Please justify this movie to me, because I thought it was a boring pile of poop. by Hans Clastorp 10/10/2011, 10:30am PDT
Being There (in Cars)? NT by Mysterio 10/10/2011, 10:36am PDT
Chance the Car-dener NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 10/10/2011, 3:43pm PDT
chillwave Le Samourai NT by Vested Id 10/11/2011, 12:19am PDT
Are you the guy by laudablepuss 10/10/2011, 10:52am PDT
Haha I wish! NT by Hans Clastorp 10/10/2011, 11:15am PDT
Did you like "No Country for Old Men?" NT by Mischief Maker 10/10/2011, 8:00pm PDT
no by Hans Clastorp 10/10/2011, 8:12pm PDT
Then I can't defend "Drive" for you. by Mischief Maker 10/10/2011, 10:05pm PDT
Re: Then I can't defend "Drive" for you. by Vested Id 10/11/2011, 12:38am PDT
Boy, people smarter than me have been remarkably slow on the uptake lately. by Mischief Shai-hulud 10/11/2011, 8:55am PDT
Re: Boy, people smarter than me have been remarkably slow on the uptake lately. by Hans Clastorp 10/11/2011, 6:32pm PDT
The title does not refer to operating an automobile *SPOILERZ* by Mischief Shai-hulud 10/11/2011, 10:35pm PDT
I thought it was terrible. by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/13/2013, 1:43pm PDT
My girlfriend banged some other dude while watching this movie. NT by I will forever hate it 10/13/2013, 2:06pm PDT
Gosling is famous only because chicks think he's cute and they really only want by us to listen to them talk 10/24/2013, 10:52am PDT
I am actually coming around on this due to your review. Damn you, MM. by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/16/2013, 9:34am PDT
Have you seen Ryan Gosling's other movies???? by That's just how he "acts" 10/24/2013, 10:40am PDT
Here's a better review by Mysterio 10/11/2011, 10:54am PDT
Is this reviewer a functioning retard? by Worm 10/11/2011, 2:43pm PDT
Badalamenti didn't do any music for the film by Siskel and Ebert 10/11/2011, 3:13am PDT
This one site just republished your review. by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/16/2016, 9:30pm PDT
Well at least it properly links back to here. NT by MM 04/21/2016, 11:04am PDT
Re: Driver is a very good movie. by E. L. Koba 04/16/2016, 9:58pm PDT
Give the Turbo Kid OST a listen! NT by Mischief Maker 04/22/2016, 1:44am PDT
Just watched this for the first time, bit late to the party by artist formerly known as Eurotrash 07/08/2016, 2:06pm PDT
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