Movie time - Drive
Mar. 28th, 2012 09:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23Drive- I expected just a basic action thriller. I was not aware until much later that this ended up on a lot of Year-End-Best-Of lists.
It is that good. A mixture of 70s exploitation (and also 70s Scorcese/Lumet gritty drama), 80s neo-noir (the kind of movies that james Spader would act in) and a bit of Tarantino.
It may be a bit too soon to call Ryan Gosling the Pacino of this generation but it certainly can't be ruled out. I never thought I would find myself saying it, but he exudes a loner cool in this movie that is near iconic. He is surrounded by an excellent cast which includes Ron Perlman, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Carey Mulligan and Christina Hendricks.
It should also be mentioned that this is a violent film. Sometimes, uncomfortably so. It is that fact, which makes it impossible to recommend to everyone.
Otherwise, if you like Michael Mann films or Scorcese, there is a lot to like about this movie. It's near perfect- succeeding as an action film, but unveiling characters and a plot that is haunting, arresting, hypnotizing, and sometimes, even sweet and funny.
Some of you may already know this, but I likely would have passed this over as a mindless action vehicle (sorry) for an upcoming star. I was hoping I wasn't in for another "Gone in 60 Seconds. It is much more than that (the tension is real). it is as described by many an art house action film (think Lynch or Cronenberg), but it generally succeeds all the way though. It ended up being possibly one of my favorite action movies of recent years.
It is that good. A mixture of 70s exploitation (and also 70s Scorcese/Lumet gritty drama), 80s neo-noir (the kind of movies that james Spader would act in) and a bit of Tarantino.
It may be a bit too soon to call Ryan Gosling the Pacino of this generation but it certainly can't be ruled out. I never thought I would find myself saying it, but he exudes a loner cool in this movie that is near iconic. He is surrounded by an excellent cast which includes Ron Perlman, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Carey Mulligan and Christina Hendricks.
It should also be mentioned that this is a violent film. Sometimes, uncomfortably so. It is that fact, which makes it impossible to recommend to everyone.
Otherwise, if you like Michael Mann films or Scorcese, there is a lot to like about this movie. It's near perfect- succeeding as an action film, but unveiling characters and a plot that is haunting, arresting, hypnotizing, and sometimes, even sweet and funny.
Some of you may already know this, but I likely would have passed this over as a mindless action vehicle (sorry) for an upcoming star. I was hoping I wasn't in for another "Gone in 60 Seconds. It is much more than that (the tension is real). it is as described by many an art house action film (think Lynch or Cronenberg), but it generally succeeds all the way though. It ended up being possibly one of my favorite action movies of recent years.
