Drive (2011)

My 50 Favorite Movies (50 movies items)

"Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn With: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks Plot: A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbour. "If I drive for you, you get your money. You tell me where we start, where we're going, where we're going afterwards. I give you five minutes when we get there. Anything happens in that five minutes and I'm yours. No matter what. Anything a minute on either side of that"

“I’m kind of divided over ‘Drive’ I mean it’s by no means a bad movie, but it’s not one that I love with any great passion either, in fact so”

Best Movie Ending Songs (27 movies items)

"Song: "A Real Hero" by College. "

“I’m kind of divided over ‘Drive’ I mean it’s by no means a bad movie, but it’s not one that I love with any great passion either, in fact so”

Style Over Substance

“I’m kind of divided over ‘Drive’ I mean it’s by no means a bad movie, but it’s not one that I love with any great passion either, in fact some of my criticisms for the film could perhaps be considered fairly savage. Similar to other films I’ve found so disappointing this can mostly be put down to the vast amount of critical acclaim that the film has garnered thus putting the level of my expectations to monumental proportions. But then some audiences have criticised the film for being too ‘slow’ and ‘boring’ which I have to say certainly wasn't the issue I had, the main problem for me was with the believability and overall style of the piece. As far as the style is concerned in some ways it works, I kind of like the simplicity of the story, at times the starkness of th” read more

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" ___ DIRECTED BY ~Nicolas Winding Refn ─Driver : There's a hundred-thousand streets in this city. You don't need to know the route. You give me a time and a place, I give you a five minute window. Anything happens in that five minutes and I'm yours. No matter what. Anything happens a minute either side of that and you're on your own. Do you understand ? "

30 days and 30 movies (30 movies items)

"Day 09 - A movie with the best soundtrack The music in this movie pretty much pushes this movie over the edge to become a great movie."

Movie Diary - Year 2013 (75 movies items)

"31.1.2013. For the first time/Online I had very high expectations from this movie, but on the first watch I have to say that Drive disappointed me.. I don't mean that it is bad, I just was not impressed at all.. Since the beginning of movie action is slow, has very little conversation, only in the end something seriously started to happen.. Feeling after this movie, for me, is the same as after Running Scared.. Good acting, storyline potential, but there was no chemistry between us.. One must "

“Those of us who live in the shadows, who sit back and let other people take the front seat and be extraordinary, can't really be faulted for enjoying ”

Films watched in 2013 (18 movies items)

"30.4. PC"