For the
sake of not having to write the same intro a million
different ways throughout the rest of time, just know that
this column avoids the overly long and sometimes dull
process of full film reviews and instead opts to break
things down based on what I thought going in, what happened
while I was there and what I learned at the end of it all.
Hope that's OK.
Read on!
The
Breakdown - Drive
The Impression:
Ryan Gosling re-teams with director Nicholas Winding Refn,
and then jumps behind the wheel, falls in love with a
married woman, and kills a bunch of people.
The Reality:
Oddly enough, what I had in my head going in is essentially
the gist of the movie. Gosling is a stunt driver/wheel man
who gets involved with a married woman (Carey Mulligan) and
then goes on a rampage when his carefully constructed world
starts to crumble. It's a simple premise, and while it
sounds like your usual sort of action flick that gets
delivered in the drawls of September, it isn't. Drive
is one of the year's best films, and you must see it
immediately. The cinematography, the editing, the music, the
acting - all of it is just so well done that you, like I
did, will find there isn't a single moment throughout the
entire movie where you'll feel comfortable peeling your eyes
from the screen.
The Lesson:
In Ryan Gosling I trust.
- John Laird
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