Drive

[thehawk]

Good movie.  Very much like a movie I remember seeing a lot of in the 80s.  Lots of interesting characters and good action as well.

[Tonker]

The whole eighties vibe is indeed very strong (neon-pink cursive titles and an exclusively eighties soundtrack) but never really explained - the film is set now, not then.  Nonetheless, it's very stylishly done - so much so that when the (occasional, really fucking brutal) violence crops up it's genuinely shocking.  I'm slowly but surely turning into a huge fan of Ryan Gosling - I defy you to watch his performance in this film and not be reminded of Steve McQueen, and not only because of the driving:  he is stony-faced and silent almost throughout and yet nonetheless manages to communicate everything he needs to.  My one gripe with the whole thing is that the story is almost too simple - it's really, really straightforward and although it does twist and turn here and there, it might have been nice to have something more to think about than how good-looking the whole thing is.

In summary, Gosling was great (as was Albert Brooks, actually), the film is merely very good.  Check it out, yo.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

I'm slowly but surely turning into a huge fan of Ryan Gosling

Pause.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Not what I was expecting.  I had heard Fast & Furious, but good.

Anyone else get a Shane vibe from it?