There is no doubt in my mind that the units will be remembered as one of the best films from 2011. It will also be remembered as the film that really introduced the world to director Nicholas Winding Refn. To put it simple: Drive is amazing.
Refn wastes no time letting you know that the film has a unique style looks just like the movie starts hitting synth score than neon pink italic font from the title begins to roll just beautiful shots of Ryan Gosling cruise around looking moody in Los Angeles. Refn make sure that we know from the beginning that you are going to watch a movie, which is so obsessed with the film as possible. You can hit the jump to read the full review.
Disco-poster-Ryan Gosling-goslingRyan plays an unnamed character known simply as "the driver". During the day, work a stunt pilot in films and in a garage, but at night, moonlight as a getaway driver for hire. The opening sequence of the film introduces us to the way it works and has been helping two robbers escape a robbery. Refn choose to use this action sequence, not only to introduce us to this mysterious character and his incredible driving skills, but also to show how the style of action film will be for the rest of the film. Refn shows how much can be achieved through minimal dialogue, exaggerated sound design, editing, perfectly synchronized, and the perfect shot compositions and camera moves for tight as we can.
Unity of plot is completely soaked black knowingly tropes of pulp and film. Gosling plays a melancholy silence that type does not want trouble, but be difficult to find when it comes to helping his new neighbor (Carey Mulligan) and his family were some problems with the underworld. To go into detail about the plot would ruin the movie the way the plot keeps the movie incredible and make you feel more tense as you continue to see problems snowball Gosling, while continuing to try to do good.
Disk could have been an entertaining action movie in another standard instructor hands, but the direction Refn lifts the film to an incredible degree, and it is easy to see why he won the prestigious award at the Cannes Film Festival. Absolutely every single shot in Drive is specially selected to ooze style. There is not a single shot or camera movement that is wasted, and who does not look like much.
Refn not try to make a "naturalistic" movie at all. His characters are almost always half covered in shadow, which will remain in place in just the right framework to make the most powerful framework that can be, in Los Angeles is the kind of Los Angeles that exists only in movies (it feels like every day, shot down a palm tree somewhere in the frame), and randomly select to use a jump cut or some slow movements in a sequence to highlight a certain mood or action. Combined with incredible soundtrack electro-pop and Cliff Martinez with excellent note synthesizer to create the majority of films in recent times. A scene of a person walking down a hallway is so memorable and give you goose bumps as much as one of the action scenes of the film.
disk-image-christina-hendricksWhat is also interesting about this film is that it is a work of an author who continues to explore topics that interest you and not just a director trying to make a "Badass action movie right." even when it is too. Refn previous two films (Bronson, Valhalla Rising) explores the beauty lies in the violence and the violent, and continues this exploration with the unit Refn. Refn is no coincidence that the place chosen the most exciting and beautiful film in the same room and second, literally in front of one of the most brutal and violent scenes film. Gosling "Driver" is perfectly in character right next to a Valhalla Rising and Bronson Peas in the title character in terms of who is really only come alive when they are forced to be violent. It is an art that is found in its brutality and Refn made sure to point out that magnificent scenes of extreme violence.
One of the most brilliant and exciting about Refn is that it is one of those rare filmmakers who is capable of making entertaining movies that also happen to have more to them than just "cool film." His film works both ways, but they are much improved by having more time under the surface. It's just if you want to read it or not. Training acts as both a "badass cinema" and "art house film" and that's all because of Refn capabilities as a filmmaker.
I also want to make a film about a great injustice if you do not write to the cast. Refn, another pure stroke of genius, decided to launch a bit 'of good actors in the roles. When you do this, each actor brings something to each role, and each character shine when displayed. Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman and Oscar Isaac can only have a handful of scenes, but every scene is high due to what they bring to the table. Gosling and Mulligan provide a strong and representative Refn decides courage to tell their story through a shared silence and look instead to the long dialogue scenes. And 'credit that can be said of the actor and have a lot of emotion between the two of them, without ever really any "big scenes", as you would any other movie.
disk-image-Ryan-Gosling-Nicolas-refnThe the abolition of the group of actors is very, but the two actors who really shine, and almost steals the film by Bryan Cranston, and Albert Brooks. Cranston plays Shannon, who is the boss during the day Gosling and his partner in crime at night. It is a level of charm and desperation set in Cranston, which makes you immediately as a boy. It 'also a subtle quality and paternal Cranston Gosling takes his scenes, but also of its scenes and moments to stand out.
I have a strong feeling that the performance of Albert Brooks as a violent mob boss who runs his business from a small pizzeria will be the most talked about things when the disc opens later this year in September. Brooks, who is definitely playing against nature, seems to have the time of his life with the role and it shows on screen. His boss is hilarious, irascible, extremely violent, threatening and yet always friendly. Brooks casting as the villain of the film can be more inspired Refn creative choices, and it can also be its best.
Drive is a masterpiece. It's very exciting to a director who lived to the promise shown in his films earlier and who designed what could be his best film yet. The film is at its best, and it's a film that hits every note perfectly. We rarely a film that is good.
Note - A +
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