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Baby Driver (dir. Edgar Wright) |OT| All You Need Is One Killer Track
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jasminlovesyoux
Banned
lol that was great. thanks for sharing
I had an AWESOME experience when I saw it at a Dolby Theater in LA. It's absolutely true it can make or break many of baby drivers scenes.
The Driver
Member
Well constructed movie and the setpieces, editing, music, and acting are pretty great but man the writing here is all over the place.
All this talk of Baby getting his comeuppance only for him to get his picturesque ending, the women in this movie being written horribly, the strange handling of the doc/buddy characters that make either of them seem like they are actually affectionate towards Baby only to later show differently...and then flip flop again.
When Baby is driving or the music is blaring the movie is fun but damn, some of the choices in here weigh the movie down now that I think back on it.
Oh, y'all can call me no fun or whatever but the first half of the movie, every time some song came on and it was a minute of Elgort mugging for the camera the movie came to a complete halt. Wright really needed to tone it down with that shit, we get it, Baby loves music, once you see he never takes off his damn headphones it's pretty apparent Wright.
Pretty fun in the theater but still the worst Wright movie I've seen.
Scott Pilgrim stay winning.
All this talk of Baby getting his comeuppance only for him to get his picturesque ending, the women in this movie being written horribly, the strange handling of the doc/buddy characters that make either of them seem like they are actually affectionate towards Baby only to later show differently...and then flip flop again.
When Baby is driving or the music is blaring the movie is fun but damn, some of the choices in here weigh the movie down now that I think back on it.
Oh, y'all can call me no fun or whatever but the first half of the movie, every time some song came on and it was a minute of Elgort mugging for the camera the movie came to a complete halt. Wright really needed to tone it down with that shit, we get it, Baby loves music, once you see he never takes off his damn headphones it's pretty apparent Wright.
Pretty fun in the theater but still the worst Wright movie I've seen.
Scott Pilgrim stay winning.
Drive stay winning even harder.
blame space
Banned
THANK YOU VINDICATION!
GOD I HAD BLUE BALLS IN THE THEATER.
this was the best movie if you don't think so you suck.
100% true
Sunster
Member
darkwing-buck
Member
Same here!!!
The sound in my theater was below average, was kinda frustrated since it was a, "music video", type of film. Not having it blast in your face made it noticeable and lacking. I need the blu ray now!
drive is a movie where a race car manager buys a car because it has good tires lmao
Pankratous
Member
Saw it last night.
B-
B-
timetokill
Banned
Absolutely loved it, just fun the whole way through, with a great forward momentum constantly in the film. The editing was sublime.
I'll definitely be seeing it again.
I'll definitely be seeing it again.
I agree.
Definitely a movie lover's film - a total movie fantasy world and characters, beautiful use of colour and the steadicam, forward momentum through really creative editing.
blame space
Banned
there's some brilliant editing hidden in this movie that you might miss if you're focused on how beautiful it is.
starchild excalibur
Member
lmao
I'm no huge fan of Drive, but I agree with him on many of those points. My girlfriend who I saw it with also wasn't a huge fan of how the female characters were written, which was something I didn't immediately notice. Between
Baby's mom's death inspiring some of his actions, Monica's death inspiring Buddy's actions, and even Deborah being eager to run down the cops before Baby stops him
Shadowhelper
Banned
Well I saw it in Edgar Wrights favorite Cinema in London and one of his favorites period. I love to go there because its always perfectly calibrated sounds that is fucking loud as hell. Massive screen. Brilliant seating. A bunch of great bars and cafes in it too.
But man I think the music was just too loud, it started to blare. I said it before I thought the soundtrack was pretty boring and tired.
I agree, Ansel mugging it for the camera was annoying. And why make it all cliched old school Americana, diner 50s shit? So tired. If you're Steven King, you can do that shit as long as you want. Everyone, else. Stop.
Baby should've been an actual young person. Not a proxy for an old white man. He doesn't feel like a real person existing in a real place. Just a slightly cliched hollywood facade.
But man I think the music was just too loud, it started to blare. I said it before I thought the soundtrack was pretty boring and tired.
I agree, Ansel mugging it for the camera was annoying. And why make it all cliched old school Americana, diner 50s shit? So tired. If you're Steven King, you can do that shit as long as you want. Everyone, else. Stop.
Baby should've been an actual young person. Not a proxy for an old white man. He doesn't feel like a real person existing in a real place. Just a slightly cliched hollywood facade.
Saw it last week, I enjoyed. Not on the level of Hot Fuzz, but here's what I liked:
1. The soundtrack is worth the price of admission. Just a 30 track list that's this well curated and deep in an area I know little about. I've been listening to it all week.
2. Attention to detail and a real director. Most comedies these days get some funny people(or not) in a room and film them talking to each other. Nothing visually interesting or stimulating, a majority of it is improv. Any kind of action is almost always in the it's so cringing bad it's funny. Here's a video on this subject that's also mostly about Wright.
3. The second half is captivating. The plot is more than a little rote and it struggles to find rhythm early because of it, there's a number of cheap moments to tie it together(when Baby backs up a car in the mall parking lot right into
is groaning bad), but I still think it picks up enough momentum by the end.
4. It's funny.
I think you've done missed the point. It's a borderline musical, did you see the first scene after the opening?
1. The soundtrack is worth the price of admission. Just a 30 track list that's this well curated and deep in an area I know little about. I've been listening to it all week.
2. Attention to detail and a real director. Most comedies these days get some funny people(or not) in a room and film them talking to each other. Nothing visually interesting or stimulating, a majority of it is improv. Any kind of action is almost always in the it's so cringing bad it's funny. Here's a video on this subject that's also mostly about Wright.
3. The second half is captivating. The plot is more than a little rote and it struggles to find rhythm early because of it, there's a number of cheap moments to tie it together(when Baby backs up a car in the mall parking lot right into
his two remaining crew members, thereby bringing the cops back on them and effectively killing one
4. It's funny.
I think you've done missed the point. It's a borderline musical, did you see the first scene after the opening?
Ocarina_117
Banned
Loved the movie. Would probably rank Wright's work as
1) Hot Fuzz (definitely his best)
2) Shaun of the Dead
3) Baby Driver
4) World's End
5) Scott Pilgrim
I have rewatched all but Baby Driver multiple times. Every rewatch of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the dead I'll notice a joke being set up early in the film, making the pay off more satisfying. Reading this thread I see there's multiple set ups for Baby Driver too, making me excited for the rewatch. World's End also has many hidden jokes.
Scott Pilgrim is by a margin Wright's weakest for me (still a fantastic movie, mind you). I think it's a movie which clicks with US audiences more than UK.
Really hope Wright moves on to mode Cornetto movies with Pegg soon.
1) Hot Fuzz (definitely his best)
2) Shaun of the Dead
3) Baby Driver
4) World's End
5) Scott Pilgrim
I have rewatched all but Baby Driver multiple times. Every rewatch of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the dead I'll notice a joke being set up early in the film, making the pay off more satisfying. Reading this thread I see there's multiple set ups for Baby Driver too, making me excited for the rewatch. World's End also has many hidden jokes.
Scott Pilgrim is by a margin Wright's weakest for me (still a fantastic movie, mind you). I think it's a movie which clicks with US audiences more than UK.
Really hope Wright moves on to mode Cornetto movies with Pegg soon.
None of it is supposed to feel real. It's pretty stylized fantasy version of reality.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Monica is alright but that's about it really. Deborah is just a blank. She serves the role as the girlfriend and thats it. Nothing about her was interesting at all.
Shadowhelper
Banned
Theyre meant to feel like real characters not that they or the movie has to be realistic in those depictions.
I get Baby is a quiet brooding hero, not necessarily tons there. Which is why little details can bring a character to life. Everything about Baby just felt fake and blank. His unironic love of only old things feels especially outdated and false.
Has Baby not listened to any music in the last 20 years? Also a bit disturbing he wants to fuck a girl who represents his mother.
MarkMclovin
Member
Movie should have ended
with them crossing the bridge with no police
I thought where they stood was pretty clear.
Doc needed Baby in the game to run his whole operation because he knew he was nothing without him, so he made threats when Baby wanted to leave, but he always did have affection for Baby, seen throughout the movie.
He was just a hard ass crime boss. Buddy is a much outwardly warmer guy, and he liked Baby too, but obviously that all changed when his girlfriend was killed.
They were all pretty suspicious of Baby when he was driving out at 2 AM and it was revealed he was recording their conversations, which I think is justified.
He was just a hard ass crime boss. Buddy is a much outwardly warmer guy, and he liked Baby too, but obviously that all changed when his girlfriend was killed.
They were all pretty suspicious of Baby when he was driving out at 2 AM and it was revealed he was recording their conversations, which I think is justified.
That would be perfectly agreeable if not for the opinion that honestly, some stuff didn't feel so fake. Bats felt like he was ripped out of "The Wire" while everyone else wouldn't feel out of place in a video game.
They had no problem showing a person get stuffed in a trunk with a bullet to keep him company for making mistakes during a job, had no problem showing us shots of innocent security people being killed (something that wouldn't have felt out of place in a straight crime movie), and contrast that to the action scenes where things just feel gamey, again. Then they go and give us that candy-sweet ending, for example.
Its like there's several "styles" in there and rather than make harmony, the movie just feels like its constantly clashing with itself. The identity is all over the place.
The women in the movie are not much if anything but auxillery. Monica/Darling is Buddy/Jason's lover. That's about it, she's a "crazy latina" like that's her character trait and that's shitty. Deborah is Baby/Miles' girlfriend who took care of a sick mom and works a shitty job while wanting to leave. Not much depth either.
I dunno, I know plenty of kids my age that obsess over old music and culture. Shopping for vinyls and the like. But I understand what you're saying.
Freud wept.
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
A story as old as time
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Saw it last night. Really enjoyable movie. Great cast, awesome action and music plus the dialogue was hilarious at times.
The funniest bit that I still chuckle over is when they're going through the plan:
Doc: I need you two to roleplay
Darling: We roleplay a lot
Doc: ... Uh-huh
Kevin Spaceys deadpan cant find a single fuck to give response to her enthusiasm had me rolling.
Jon Hamm was awesome and I loved what they did with his character. Jamie Foxx was good albeit a bit predictable, would have liked some surprises with him like Jon Hamm's character. I liked Ansel Elgort for the most part too, would like to see him in more movies.
The funniest bit that I still chuckle over is when they're going through the plan:
Doc: I need you two to roleplay
Darling: We roleplay a lot
Doc: ... Uh-huh
Kevin Spaceys deadpan cant find a single fuck to give response to her enthusiasm had me rolling.
Jon Hamm was awesome and I loved what they did with his character. Jamie Foxx was good albeit a bit predictable, would have liked some surprises with him like Jon Hamm's character. I liked Ansel Elgort for the most part too, would like to see him in more movies.
kopitarrulez_11
Member
anybody see this on dolby atmos? My theater I went to on sunday didn't have it and the sound was shit
Spoilercast with Edgar Wright.
https://soundcloud.com/empiremagazine/baby-driver-spoiler-special-with-edgar-wright
His favourite scene is actually the same as mine.
https://soundcloud.com/empiremagazine/baby-driver-spoiler-special-with-edgar-wright
His favourite scene is actually the same as mine.
Foot chase after the death of Bats
SAME
WrenchNinja
Member
Watching it again today with a different group of people. They were incredulous at the title of the movie and I told them to shut up let's watch it. They haven't seen any other Edgar Wright movies before.
Hopefully they like it.
Hopefully they like it.
Ecto311
Member
I thought the same thing. Bats giving the speeches before each scene was nuts too. Made that dude feel like people I know in real life that give me that uneasy feeling.
There were parts so tense I was shaking.
Didn't like the ending. It feels like it ends twice,
driving over the bridge would be fine, fits better. We don't learn anything from the prison scenes. Baby behaves and makes parole in five years. We already know he would do this. We're told all the shit about him in the trial as if we missed it the first time. And it's weird this waitress who has known the guy for two days before watching him murder a dude in a parking garage full of dead bodies would wait half a decade to see him again. It's a fantasy, but there is no need even to introduce that leap.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Any scene with Jamie Foxx was fucking tense. Butt clenching tense.
This is the first movie where I was actually scared of Foxx. He played a more convincing psychopath than when he was Electro.
UnemployedVillain
Member
Jamie Foxx was terrifying in this. I was telling my friend after we don't see enough criminals who are just unhinged and give off the impression of being extremely dangerous like that. Every time he was on screen you tensed up
Just got back from this. Went in with some tempered expectations about the final third based on this thread, but I actually really enjoyed it.
Have to say Jamie Foxx crushed it in this film. Hamm was solid too. I actually thought everyone was pretty solid for portraying their relatively limited characterization.
I think they could have skipped
but in the end I don't think it really hurt the movie.
Have to say Jamie Foxx crushed it in this film. Hamm was solid too. I actually thought everyone was pretty solid for portraying their relatively limited characterization.
I think they could have skipped
the trial sequence at the end - like other people have said in this thread, I don't think we needed a Chrono Trigger-style testimony thing
Violence Jack
Member
I totally forgot this was filmed and based in Atlanta. But the lack of traffic was totally unrealistic. It was fun pointing out all of my old hangout spots in the ATL.
The movie was better than I expected, totally not like an Edgar Wright film. Since I've yet to see Hot Fuzz, this is probably my second favorite film of his.
And I think I have a crush on the waitress. Reminded me way too much of Madchen Amick's character from the original Twin Peaks.
Not used to seeing Jamie Foxx in roles like this. He bothered me throughout, but in a good way.
The movie was better than I expected, totally not like an Edgar Wright film. Since I've yet to see Hot Fuzz, this is probably my second favorite film of his.
And I think I have a crush on the waitress. Reminded me way too much of Madchen Amick's character from the original Twin Peaks.
Not used to seeing Jamie Foxx in roles like this. He bothered me throughout, but in a good way.
kopitarrulez_11
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Nappuccino
Member
The part I loved about the recap is
how we first think "oh, well, I guess he's gonna get off then." Instead, he gets 25 goddamn years, and is lucky to get out in five.
The movie pulls the rug out, though it doesn't have the mean streak to really make that mean much. I enjoyed the small flip all the same.
The movie pulls the rug out, though it doesn't have the mean streak to really make that mean much. I enjoyed the small flip all the same.
Saw it today, really loved it.
However, I connected deeply with the soundtrack, I love Edgar Wright, driving/cars, and southern belles. There wasn't a chance I wasn't going to enjoy it.
That said, it's a pretty unique movie in tone. I'm thinking of seeing it again to catch stuff I missed/support it.
Oh and I thought all the big actors did really well, they were fun to watch on screen together.
However, I connected deeply with the soundtrack, I love Edgar Wright, driving/cars, and southern belles. There wasn't a chance I wasn't going to enjoy it.
That said, it's a pretty unique movie in tone. I'm thinking of seeing it again to catch stuff I missed/support it.
Oh and I thought all the big actors did really well, they were fun to watch on screen together.
I enjoyed the movie throughout but I can't say I was ever invested in the plot or characters. I thought Ancel Elgort lacked the charisma to pull off such a quiet, stoic character. He wasn't bad or anything, just a bit bland.
That said, the sheer energy and fun of the filmmaking kept me entertained.
That said, the sheer energy and fun of the filmmaking kept me entertained.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Yea he was real good, the interesting thing I find in this movie is that they seemingly setup the antagonists to maybe become a ally or friend to baby, they each had a personal scene where they talked to baby about stuff or humored him and etc.
Especially
buddy and darling, they were really pushing the two as the two that understood him most, but ofcourse jamie as bats/leon had to be the wildcard