Drive

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: Drive

My favourite film of 2011. Clearly the director is a big fan of 80s neo-noirs like Thief (1981) and To Live and Die in LA (1985).

I'll have to check those out then. Ryan reminded me a lot of Kowalski from Vanishing Point.

I also echo Sandman's sentiments regarding the car sound effects. I don't remember the theatrical mix being that prominent during the chase scenes.

Also, Christina Hendricks rocks them damn jeans like her life depends on it. Good, Lord.

[CC]

Re: Drive

I love the soundtrack in this movie for some reason. I don't know why, but it was really good.

[bigfnjoe96]

Best movie I've seen in a while. Loved everything about it. Gosling's performance right on par with his performance in All Good Things

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[Cj7298419]

Re: Drive

Love, love, love this movie....but there's still some parts about the plot I don't quite understand.

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Didn't understand the part when Driver tells Shannon "You had to tell him about Irene!!" Didn't Nino and Bernie know about Irene since Cook (who worked for Nino) already knew Standard had a wife and kid??

Another part I don't understand is Nino not knowing who the driver was when he called him at the strip club...but later knowing a few scenes later. I just felt they could've tied some things together a bit better.

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: Drive

Love, love, love this movie....but there's still some parts about the plot I don't quite understand.

Spoiler

Didn't understand the part when Driver tells Shannon "You had to tell him about Irene!!" Didn't Nino and Bernie know about Irene since Cook (who worked for Nino) already knew Standard had a wife and kid??

Another part I don't understand is Nino not knowing who the driver was when he called him at the strip club...but later knowing a few scenes later. I just felt they could've tied some things together a bit better.

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I don't think anybody outside of the Standard-Irene-Driver triangle knew specifically about Irene, though. The "mob" people might have known Standard had a wife and kid and that Driver obviously wanted to protect this family, but as far as names and information Shannon gave them what they didn't have.

Nino not knowing who Driver was on the phone makes sense because the guy barely talked. I don't think he even spoke to Nino directly in the one scene they shared together previously.

[JayBee74]

Re: Drive

The book sequel is coming out in April, titled "Driven".

Because it didn't smash at the box office ($35 million domestic), a movie sequel might not happen.

[BlueNGold]

Re: Drive

The book sequel is coming out in April, titled "Driven".

Because it didn't smash at the box office ($35 million domestic), a movie sequel might not happen.

The director said it's a possibility. That could just be to help the DVD sales though.

About that book, it would be interesting how the movie would handle a sequel since the second book is set in Phoenix. I feel like the city of LA was just as big a character in the movie as anyone else.

[WDOgF0reL1fe]

Re: Drive

Its movies and performances like these, that make me hate the world and the "Academy"

If Brad Pitt or George Clooney were the leading man in this movie, at least 10 nominations.

[RockinDaMike]

Re: Drive

The director said it's a possibility. That could just be to help the DVD sales though.

About that book, it would be interesting how the movie would handle a sequel since the second book is set in Phoenix. I feel like the city of LA was just as big a character in the movie as anyone else.

Count me in as someone who loved the movie. That's awesome the 2nd book is in Phoenix, I'll have to check out the book.

[NINJAK2]

Re: Drive

Have not seen this yet. Is the violence as gruesome and overdone as some reviewers claim? Some have made it sound like an R rating is letting this film off easy. Curious...Got to be in a certin mood to watch guys getting domes smashed with hammers or fingers chopped off with cigar cutters, etc.

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: Drive

I didn't think it was too gruesome - at least not what you see on screen. Honestly, the stuff you don't see affected me more than anything you actually see.

[DrJones]

Re: Drive

Have not seen this yet. Is the violence as gruesome and overdone as some reviewers claim? Some have made it sound like an R rating is letting this film off easy. Curious...Got to be in a certin mood to watch guys getting domes smashed with hammers or fingers chopped off with cigar cutters, etc.

There are moments of gruesome violence (one in particular), but they're brief. After watching I Saw the Devil last week, the violence in Drive seems pretty tame.

[Knight165]

Re: Drive

Just watched this.
LOVED IT.
Solid movie and whoever said this movie was in line with To Live and Die in L.A. was right on.
Very much so IMO.

M.K.
Knight165

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Drive

There are moments of gruesome violence (one in particular), but they're brief. After watching I Saw the Devil last week, the violence in Drive seems pretty tame.

I Saw the Devil is 1 of those movies man..... Loved it

[Buckeyes_Doc]

Re: Drive

I loved this movie. The plot, the soundtrack, the silence, LA, the cars, the sound and power behind the cars, just all remarkable. One of the best movies I've seen in a long time.

Anything Ryan Gosling has been in lately has been outstanding and this is his best performance.