Drive (2011)
Such a great movie. This was my second time around and I think I enjoyed it more, not being slightly overwhelmed by the violence like I was in my first viewing. So many sequences and elements this film are almost tailor made for me. I love how ultra-stylish many of the shots and scenes are, how well the music compliments the visuals, how cool Gosling is, how relaxed and long a load of shots are, how tightly paced it is, how pure the romance is, how moody the atmosphere is…my only complaints are that the dialog is a tad clunky and that it lacks some emotional impact towards the end.
I think I had a similar reaction to your first one when I saw this in the theater. Perhaps I should revisit this one soon.
Yeah, it’s definitely worth another go! 😃
DRIVE SPOILERS
It’s hilarious/amazing just how powerfully the motel scene was burnt into my mind. The shot were the woman has her head blown off I remembered as a roughly 8 second slow motion shot, where you could see the killer slowly come into frame, aim the gun, fire, then the this woman’s head just explodes and splatters all over the bathroom…but in reality the actual headshot-shot is barely a second long and over before you know it!