pezus said:
Sal.Paradise said:
pezus said:
Sal.Paradise said:
pezus said:
You summed up why the movie is so great! The music in the background when little was said really made the movie. I always like a bit of the ol' ultra violence too
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The music was nice, but I regret spending hours watching a movie for the music and the opening scene. Just style over substance, and the style couldn't carry it.
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Style is very important to me for movies. And when we have a plot that isn't just "America this, guns that, robots etc.", I'd say style is just as important (if not more) as the story. It was refreshing to see a movie with so little dialogue. I certainly don't regret the hours I spent watching the movie, some of the best movie hours I've spent in the cinema recently.
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Yeh, atmosphere and aesthetic is also very important for me, I added in 'and the style couldn't carry it' because I do think a movie can focus on that aspect and still get the rest right, unfortunately I didn't feel that Drive did.
And I see the defense of 'makes a change from all the empty action blockbusters' etc argument all the time when it comes to this movie, especially referencing transformers, but I feel that Drive was just as vapid as those productions. There was nothing interesting about the plot or characterization, they were just as cookie-cutter as any regular action movie (and in the case of the various little-town 'bad guys' downright embarassing) except the narrative needlessly advanced at a snail's pace and so people thinks its OMGSODEEP. The actors did a decent job with their lines, but that's all I could take away from it.
There just wasn't anything inspired in the movie, it felt completely pandering and forced. In comparison, I take my favourite 'little-town' crime movie, Mean Streets, and I see a passion and originality and pacing that were all, for me, absent from Drive. It just seemed artifical.
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"Artificial" is the name of the game. Not all movies should fill into the same mode, and no, transformers is in no way as good as Drive. For one, the actors are abysmal, the director does not know anything else but explosions, guns, hot babes, and "fuck yeah, 'Merica". I don't think Drive is "OMGSODEEP" just that the movie was very stimulating to me in many ways. Music, badass style, good actors, and a basic BUT enjoyable plot. I know you'll never agree with me but that's just the way of the world.
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