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It's a Drive review.

I can sense that this style is gonna be challenging for certain people but I cant really understand exactly why. I mean its not THE TRANSPORTER 2 but its not exactly LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD either. Its only 100 minutes long, it begins, middles and ends with a bang, it has several really interesting characters played by recognizable and good looking Hollywood actors, some strong relationships, scary bad guys, better action than is generally allowed these days (cars, guns, punching, stabbing), a couple laughs, a bunch of shocks.

But its quiet. Thats it. They dont talk alot, and Refn likes to let the camera sit still and watch an actors face. I guess these days people cant even wipe their ass without watching part of a youtube video, sending 3 text messages and updating their Teen Friendpalz status to wiping ass watching part of y-tube v. & texting x3 ;p so to ask them to enjoy a little mood and atmosphere for more than 10 seconds is equivalent to some horrendous torture Torquemeda wouldve come up with during the Inquisition but was too timid to try it out.

I honestly believe if they took this exactl movie and just played songs from the 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS soundtrack non-stop from beginning to end that these same people wouldve liked it. But for some reason that quiet just pisses them off. They dont want to be alone with their thoughts, I guess. I paid to be entertained, not to be entertained well.

http://outlawvern.com/2011/09/28/drive/
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I dont know about general audiences but it is weird, watching older movies then newer ones, how much less "downtime" there is in modern cinema.
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leverageblargh posted...

Grrrrr millennials

He's not wrong.
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leverageblargh posted...

Grrrrr millennials

I imagine this being sad like the dad from Farily Odd Parents says Dinkelberg!
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i think the main problem is that it wasn't consistent.

it's been a while since i watched it so can't remember details but i remember that in place of a movie that grabs you from beginning to end, you get a movie with very interesting highs coupled with not-so-interesting lows(on a related note this is the same problem i have with dunkirk and both are incidentally relatively short movies).

some might look at this as the movie "taking its time" but again, if any viewer is bored during these moments then it pretty much failed at taking its time.

there are more than enough fast/loud movies out there that do slow pacing/establishing shots/building tension well but drive isn't one of them.

imo
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Drive was complete trash though.
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Really enjoyed Drive.

Also liked Refns Valhalla Rising.
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