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I Hail Randy Moss · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:46 am **Posts:** 6099

Looking forward to this. Great reception at Cannes.

I Hail Randy Moss · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:46 am **Posts:** 6099

Yeah so I just saw this and you'll all be replying once you finally see it.

Gosling is amazing. Everything about it puts you in a trance. I love this movie. One of the best I've seen in some time.

Orpheus · **Posted:** Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:29 am

It got an A from the Onion so I'll be seeing it. Looks great.

I Hail Randy Moss · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:46 am **Posts:** 6099

Yeah one popular critic, forget you, said it was disappointing to see Gosling take a role that Nic Cage would take.

umm...I'm questioning whether that critic actually watched the same movie I saw. Nic Cage wishes he could do something this cool and respectful.

The Argonaut · **Posted:** Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:14 am

Great flick. Has some moments of super-violence, but that's definitely not all it has going for it. Really fun and interesting, although I'm not sure I get all of the stuff that they were playing with. Also, let me take this opportunity to recommend this director's last movie: Valhalla Rising.

I Hail Randy Moss · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:46 am **Posts:** 6099

The Argonaut · **Posted:** Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:45 am

The music was one of the things I didn't quite understand. I've read some interviews that seem to indicate it is central to the movie, but I just found it annoying by the end. That first song is somewhat grating.

I Hail Randy Moss · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:46 am **Posts:** 6099

no way! love the music. The movie mirrored 1980's crime movies. I think it was nostolgia more than anything. And I'm okay with that. I particularly like the first one after I read Gosling in an interview say that "Drive" was his superhero movie, because he had turned down superhero movies in the past. And now I love that song in the movie. And it adds to atmosphere. Love it.

I Hail Randy Moss · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:46 am **Posts:** 6099

Spoiler: show: id even make a case for 80's slasher flicks. Gosling a psychopath, basically, and a lown angle shot of him gripping the hammer. Always a trademark look for old school slasher films. Him with the scary stunt driver mask on the beach

withoutrings · **Joined:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:24 am **Posts:** 6234

Holy shit did that movie get in my head.

bart d. · **Joined:** Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:32 am **Posts:** 17563

Google said the Senator theater was playing this, but it turns out they're playing The Help and just like to screw with people.

I'll just wait a week and see it on a weekday in a multiplex.

given2trade · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:06 pm

this movie is fucking badass. i'd only give it a 6.5/10 but ryan gosling plays the ultimate guy's badass dream. worth seeing just for the driving and action and i'm not even into driving and action movies.

I Hail Randy Moss · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:46 am **Posts:** 6099

why only 6.5?

given2trade · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:33 pm

I thought it was a little slow and the plot was a bit lame. Also, Gosling was too much like Arnold in Commando. It wasn't all that believable how badass he was.

I Hail Randy Moss · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:46 am **Posts:** 6099

given2trade wrote:

I thought it was a little slow and the plot was a bit lame. Also, Gosling was too much like Arnold in Commando. It wasn't all that believable how badass he was.

Slow is why I liked it. Loved the atmosphere it created. The editing didn't make it look as if it was having a seizure (Fast and the Furious)

And I couldn't disagree more about Gosling and his character. He was by all means a psychopath. More in communion with Deniro in Taxi Driver than anywhere near Arnold in Commando.

given2trade · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:06 pm

I should have noted, I'm not really a movie buff.

bmacsmith · **Joined:** Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:52 pm **Posts:** 8288

i've heard a lot of good things about this one.

Rebar · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:09 pm

given2trade · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:12 pm

did you see it?

Rebar · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:31 pm

given2trade wrote:

did you see it?

Yes. I thought the conversations had too many long awkward pauses and the relationships between the characters felt forced. Don't ask me to explain further, because I don't know that I could. Just the feeling I got from it.

Picture Show: Drive (Gosling, Mulligan)

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