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OCT 16, 2011


‘Drive’ FILM
‘Drive’

Winner of the best director prize at this year’s Cannes, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive is a Frankensteined thing—part revenge flick, part western, part noir, part heist movie, part car commercial, part music video, part SWEET CHRIST I DID NOT EXPECT THAT SPLATTERED BIT OF BRUTAL ULTRAVIOLENCE. I could spend more words trying to crack open this thing’s DNA to see why it works as brilliantly as it does—there are at least a few nucleotides from Taxi Driver and Bullitt and the entirety of the 1980s twisted up in there—but it’s probably better to just accept the giddy, sexy high it offers. (See Movie Times) by Erik Henriksen

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Cato the Younger Younger 1
I watched this dribbling piece of shit movie...save your money or go to an afternoon matinee of it.
Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on October 16, 2011 at 11:28 AM · Report
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I do not go to uber-violent movies. I also do not read reviews of movies. I thought Drive was a car chase/rom com. I went to this one unprepared.

I didn't see or hear the whole thing -- eyes closed, ears plugged as tight as I could get them.

And I loved this movie. Can't say it is a don't miss experience -- the violence is too much to make that comment. I'm glad I saw it. That is all. Gosling, Mulligan, Brooks. Great performances.
Posted by bareboards on October 16, 2011 at 12:02 PM · Report
sirkowski 3
It. Was. AWESOME.
Posted by sirkowski http://www.missdynamite.com on October 16, 2011 at 12:25 PM · Report
reverend dr dj riz 4
zen
Posted by reverend dr dj riz on October 16, 2011 at 1:50 PM · Report
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This movie wins Bogus Movie of the Year Award. There's really nothing good about it, unless it was trying to be bad, then it fully succeeded at being a bad movie.
Posted by Save your $10.50 on October 16, 2011 at 2:28 PM · Report
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Awesome movie. Dont listen to the negative reviews. Incredible lighting, camera working, pauses... Like a restored car from previous generations, this movie provides thrills, visual appeal, and solid performances.
Posted by drezilla on October 16, 2011 at 5:06 PM · Report
Stabs 7
I don't why everyone loved this movie so much, I left more than half way through. I'm pretty fond of violent movies, and I like a good heist/chase, this movie didn't have enough of either to keep me interested. Especially with the complete lack of actual dialogue. Why a guy would go out so far on a limb to help a married woman with whom he had a 15 minute "courtship" which pretty much consisted of them just staring at each other I will NEVER know. Albert Brooks is the ONLY slightly redeeming thing about this movie.
Posted by Stabs on October 16, 2011 at 11:21 PM · Report
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I thought it was okay, not great. Definitely not something I would elect to see more than once, and I often obsessively watch movies I like over and over.

@2,

How could you forget Bryan Cranston?
Posted by keshmeshi on October 17, 2011 at 10:54 AM · Report
evolume 9
Boring. I nearly fell asleep toward the end. No, I wasn't expecting 'Fast N Furious' but I was expecting, you know, some actual driving. Seriously, there are 3 driving scenes and one of them is a day-trip to picnic by a creek.
Posted by evolume http://twitter.com/evolume on November 21, 2011 at 2:14 PM · Report

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