"Drive" is the most overrated movie of all time...EVER

[IlliniFan]

Anyone that doesn't like it can go **** themselves.

[Story Up]

I loved the soundtrack, its simplicity (ambitious films aren't always my forte) and Gosling's performance was outstanding.

[-p.tiddy-]

The characters were awful. Literally, I think Gosling said less than 200 words the whole movie. And he's the STAR.

but the way he looked at people was so meaningful...

people just want to like this for its indy feel...I am sure of it

[-p.tiddy-]

http://whatculture.com/film/why-driv...d-film-of-2011

[QUOTE]This brings us to Nicolas Winding Refn

[-p.tiddy-]

[QUOTE] It plays out like a glorification of indie culture

[bagelred]

http://whatculture.com/film/why-driv...d-film-of-2011



this article nails it

What's strange is did you see Crazy Stupid Love? Gosling was really good in that. Very cool and also very funny. "Be BETTER than the GAP!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbNnVV5cnSw

DRIVE was just a bad role. He did nothing. It brought him nowhere. Just weird.

[IGOTGAME]

What's strange is did you see Crazy Stupid Love? Gosling was really good in that. Very cool and also very funny. "Be BETTER than the GAP!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbNnVV5cnSw

This was just a bad role. He did nothing. It brought him nowhere. Just weird.

he was really good in all 3 movies last year. He had a great year in 2011.

[donald_trump]

a perfect way for me to describe the movie would be with a sports reference. its like going into a great game, lakers-celtics, madrid-barca, manchester-chelsea, etc and then having the refs think they're the star of the show and make too many calls and spoil the game.

same thing here. director/producer touched the movie up to much and made it too full of itself.

and yes, the soundtrack was amazing. one of the best if not the best ive heard.

[Rnbizzle]

he was really good in all 3 movies last year. He had a great year in 2011.

All three?

Drive
Crazy Stupid Love
?

What's the third? I'd like to see that too..

[heyhey]

what's your favorite movie p-diddy?

I think your need for highly complex story or a more verbose main charaacter is misplaced. The Driver is a throwback film for me, it definitely pays homage to films like Le Samourai or the professional or shane.

It's about an archetypical loner who throughout the film discovers the need for human connection in his spartan life.

The character doesn't speak much because he doesn't need to. The story is simple but that doesn't take away from its power.

[donald_trump]

ides of march with george clooney rnbizzle.

[bagelred]

What's the third? I'd like to see that too..

The Ides of March, which I didn't see. Gosling was NOT good in Drive, but I guess it really wasn't his fault. It was the material.

[-p.tiddy-]

I love Gosling as an actor, but to say he was brilliant in Drive is just putting WAY WAY WAY too much stock into indie type filming...



It seems like I could make ANY scene "meaningful" by toning down the dialog, and dragging out lots of blank stares...

could have Gosling taking a piss for 5 minutes in slow mo...just staring into the toilet...and there is the indie crowd to say it was deep and meaningful

"HE DIDN'T NEED TO MOAN WHEN HE PISSED, I COULD TELL IT FELT GOOD TO HIM!!!...GENIUS!!!"

[Rnbizzle]

Appreciated.

[bagelred]

Most overrated movie ever, for me, was The Thin Red Line. Remember that movie?

It gave AMAZING reviews, up for best picture.......I saw it with friends years ago....we just looked at each other........it was painful to watch, that's how bad it was. One of my friends left midway he had something to go to.

That was one of the worst movies I ever saw, that was supposed to be fantastic.