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Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive (Gosling, Mulligan, Hendricks)

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I want to go see Drive again but it's down to only playing once a day in the local theaters. I fear that after this week it might not be playing around here at all. Damn it.
 
Saw this movie over the weekend. I liked it a lot but I thought it started with a bang and was on a downhill slope the rest of the time. The beginning scenes alone make it movie of the year, though.
 
People are so critical these days. Shit, if 2001 came out today, hipsters would declare it the best thing ever, mainstreamers would say it was too slow, and internet nerds would be complaining about how it was all style no substance. Holy shit, that makes Drive this generation's 2001.
 
panama chief said:
i wanted a movie like the commercials showed. they lieeeeeed!!!! thanks for the explanation and cool avatar. finn is the best.
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honestly, that will teach you never to trust advertisements. Seriously. Movie studios will do just about anything to fool you out of your 10 bucks. You fell for it.
 
Your Excellency said:
People are so critical these days. Shit, if 2001 came out today, hipsters would declare it the best thing ever, mainstreamers would say it was too slow, and internet nerds would be complaining about how it was all style no substance. Holy shit, that makes Drive this generation's 2001.
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They would all have a point. I had no problem with the pacing in Drive BUT movies move a lot faster these days than they did when 2001 came out. By modern standards, 2001 is a slow mover. By the standards at the time it came out, it moved at a reasonable place as far as I'm aware. Believe it or not standards change over time due to expectations built on current movies.
 
Aselith said:
By modern standards, 2001 is a slow mover. By the standards at the time it came out, it moved at a reasonable place as far as I'm aware.
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No.

And an absolute LOL at anyone who compares Drive to Taxi Driver. Sorry, but Drive is closer to Michael Mann than to Scorsese, and it's even closer to Tarantino than to Michael Mann. We are FAR from a character study here.
 
Foreign Jackass said:
No.

And an absolute LOL at anyone who compares Drive to Taxi Driver. Sorry, but Drive is closer to Michael Mann than to Scorsese, and it's even closer to Tarantino than to Michael Mann. We are FAR from a character study here.
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You're disagreeing that it moved slow by modern standards or that standards were different at the time it came out?
 
Expendable. said:
It had a slower pace then even the movies at the time.
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But standards were different as far as pacing, no? For example, if you look at Once Upon A Time in the West or Planet of the Apes from that year vs. Rise of the POTA or 3:10 to Yuma I think the pacing would quite a bit slower. My point was that it would be closer to standard such that pacing might not have been such an issue at the time where it would be a considerably different environment for it to be released in today. A snail's pace vs just slow comparatively.
 
Foreign Jackass said:
No.

And an absolute LOL at anyone who compares Drive to Taxi Driver. Sorry, but Drive is closer to Michael Mann than to Scorsese, and it's even closer to Tarantino than to Michael Mann. We are FAR from a character study here.
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I don't think it's as absolute as all that. Aspects of the character are being compared, not the entire film.
 
Haven't seen this movie yet, but thought I'd post this here anyway, because I know a few of you would probably like to own a pair:

Dents Driving Gloves -- Uncrate

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You might never be as badass as this guy, but that's no reason you shouldn't take control of your machine — whether it's a Corvette or a Camry — with the help of a pair of these Dents Driving Gloves ($55). Made by a UK company that's been making leather hand coverings since 1777, these gloves do more than transform you into a movie star/race car driver — they help you keep a grip on the wheel when your palms get all sweaty from moonlighting as a getaway driver. Now, where can we find one of those satin scorpion jackets...
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I watched it today. Fucking loved every minute. The plot is simple and thin, but it works out pretty well.

THE SOUNDTRACK. OH MY GOD. AMAZING.
 
Loved Ron Perlman and Bryan Cranston's loose, gregarious performances. I thought they made for a great contrast with the far more subdued Ryan Gosling.
 
I think the scorpion jacket is cheesey as fuck and I'd laugh if I saw someone wear it in real life, but I'll be damned if the driving gloves aren't sexy as fuck.
 
Solo said:
I think the scorpion jacket is cheesey as fuck and I'd laugh if I saw someone wear it in real life, but I'll be damned if the driving gloves aren't sexy as fuck.
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The scorpion jacket is cheesy as fuck!
 
Expendable. said:
Precisely why they stay sitting on my desk. I did put up the theatrical poster and various character-themed car air fresheners around though.
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i would say that was more about possibly wearing the jacket. if you choose to wear the gloves while driving it probably won't be as dumb as an idiot wearing a fedora while wearing a t-shirt and jeans. wear the hat with a fucking suit and you won't look retarded, even today.
 
CFMOORE! said:
i would say that was more about possibly wearing the jacket. if you choose to wear the gloves while driving it probably won't be as dumb as an idiot wearing a fedora while wearing a t-shirt and jeans. wear the hat with a fucking suit and you won't look retarded, even today.
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Yep.
 
CFMOORE! said:
i would say that was more about possibly wearing the jacket. if you choose to wear the gloves while driving it probably won't be as dumb as an idiot wearing a fedora while wearing a t-shirt and jeans. wear the hat with a fucking suit and you won't look retarded, even today.
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nah youd probably still look like a tool

youre not don draper
 
I liked Gosling's performance a lot but I lol'd at the person earlier in the thread who said this movie featured the best acting he's seen by a pair of gloves.
 
Quick said:
I watched it today. Fucking loved every minute. The plot is simple and thin, but it works out pretty well.

THE SOUNDTRACK. OH MY GOD. AMAZING.
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i haven't seen it, but did they use a track by College? some of my coworkers are playing the track all day...they all hated the movie though.
 
i was worried about this movie going in because of all the complaints of it being slow, but it turned out that i absolutely loved the pacing of it all.

loved this movie.

ill just leave this here:

http://youtu.be/qRa3zyHUCtI

great scene... although this clip cuts off a little early.
 
How could anyone be expecting some action packed movie. I just read a few of the quotes on rottentomatoes and knew exactly what to expect. Anyway it was awesome.
 
this movie is my fav of the year , its just damn good. Character driven story , great pacing, and the cinematography ..wow, and just a style and a total package that is just a damn good movie going experience good soundtrack too. oh and Albert Brooks!
 
Just saw it at the theater. Loved the beginning. Shows how good he is at what he does. Then it drops into a unconventional deliberately paced relationship film, then into a ugly gore fest. I liked that it pulled no punches, I liked that you never knew where the film was going in regards to the mood, and I liked that you had no idea what the limits of the driver character were in regards to his violence. I didn't like that I had no sympathy for him by the end.

Really, it is History of Violence style of filmmaking. The problem is, the plot is way too simple and everyone, beside the lead, acts so conventionally, following their base characterization right on through the story.

Still, happy I saw it and enjoyed it enough.
 
I absolutely LOVE how so many retards are going to this movie and just getting tricked into seeing the best film of the year.

Seriously, this film is attracting people who think that Fast Furious 5 is amazing, and that Torque is a masterpiece - both boys and girls. In my screening I could literally hear the 'wtfness' of the woman behind me (who was clearly not expecting any of this) and it made it all the more awesome when she came out having loved it.

I'm all for unrepresentative trailers. I think we should be trying to get dumb people to watch films that are 'above their station'. Remember how they managed to get retards to watch Aaron Sorkin's The Social Network by making it about a topic which retards love (Facebook) and featuring actors that teenage girls love (Timberlake and Garfield).

All we need now is for someone to recut the trailer for 2001 to make it look like a romantic comedy, and we're set to blow minds, people.
 
Your Excellency said:
I absolutely LOVE how so many retards are going to this movie and just getting tricked into seeing the best film of the year.

Seriously, this film is attracting people who think that Fast Furious 5 is amazing, and that Torque is a masterpiece - both boys and girls. In my screening I could literally hear the 'wtfness' of the woman behind me (who was clearly not expecting any of this) and it made it all the more awesome when she came out having loved it.

I'm all for unrepresentative trailers. I think we should be trying to get dumb people to watch films that are 'above their station'. Remember how they managed to get retards to watch Aaron Sorkin's The Social Network by making it about a topic which retards love (Facebook) and featuring actors that teenage girls love (Timberlake and Garfield).

All we need now is for someone to recut the trailer for 2001 to make it look like a romantic comedy, and we're set to blow minds, people.
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There's the faintest sliver of truth in what you said, but you come off as a massive douche, troll or not. Drive isn't the best movie of the year, and it's never good to misrepresent your product. If your goal as a filmmaker is to trick "retards" into watching your film, you're a fucking failure.
 
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