So Saturday we went to see a matinee showing of "Drive." The original plan was to see "Contagion", but because we'd read such good things about "Drive" (and I was promised there would be a shirtless Ryan Gosling- sadly, no dice) we decided to check it out. I had briefly glanced over the NY Times review (the article I linked to is more about Ryan Gosling coming into his own), but the bf raved and since he's the movie buff I wish I could be, I obliged.
There's violence. And while I hate blood and guts and gore for the shock value of it- not the case in this movie. It was so artistic and some scenes with heavy violence had such a great combination of superb cinematography and scoring that it seemed almost operatic, despite the fact that the movie involves the mob.
My big beef with action movies (I would not call this an action movie, but if you see some of the trailers, you could think that) is that most of the time they don't make sense- Drive blew me away with how methodical everything was- everything made sense (does that make sense?), seemed well thought out.
Ryan Gosling was amazing in this movie- I honestly didn't know he had it in him. There isn't much dialogue in this movie- yet his character speaks volumes. He gave a character, who was unable to form any connections in life, so much depth.
The first sequence in the movie was so beautiful and well done- and though I hate to sound like a broken record- so well thought out.
There's also a great supporting cast- big props will go to Albert Brooks. I won't say why- but I will say that he will blow you away in his role.
Here's the NY Times review if you'd like to read it:
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