Refn Teaming with Gosling for Drive

[craigdbfan]

No friend you are correct! He said we should expect a better edition of the release in fall. I totally cannot wait however It's irritating to wait for the dvd/bluray we should have gotten in the first place.

What's wrong with this Blu Ray release? Is it a bad transfer or something?

 

[humbdrumb]

No commentary track. No sweet-ass cover art. No extensive special features.

 

[craigdbfan]

I'd love to hear a commentary track with Gosling & Refn together. That would be so awesome.

 

[redhawk23]

The interview with Refn that I posted a while back claimed that the better bluray release would be some time in the Fall.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Finally saw this yesterday, got the blu-ray yesterday and watched it, thought it was amazing, a little different than what I was expecting but amazing all the same.

9/10 for me

 

[jacobed]

Saw this today, it was a pretty great movie. Awesome retro action vibe to it and I love all the action in the movie. Ryan Gosling gives a great intense subtle performance and its always great to see Bryan Cranston in movies. I did not like Ron Perlman, his character annoyed the crap out of me and to be quite honest I do not understand where all the award talk and love is coming from for Albert Brooks. He's good sure but he was nothing special. I think my biggest complaint of the movie is why does the Driver where the mask thing towards the end, it was completely pointless and actually kind of took me out of the movie because I was laughing at how pointless it was. Anyways, thats really my only complaint which is an incredibly minor one. Its a solid movie and I'd say 8/10 for me.

 

[The Morningstar]

It's not pointless if you consider the idea that the Driver is a sociopath and maybe has a kind of dissociative personality disorder.

He puts on the mask because he becomes a different person. Or maybe he puts on the mask to become a different person.

The Driver is definitely not a straight cut good guy. There is something dark and twisted about him.

 

[jacobed]

Oh I know that he is effed up big time and I love that about him. It was still pointless, he looks effin scary while he wears it but if hes going to kill while wearing it anyways than there's no point in wearing it.

 

[The Morningstar]

Yea but notice that is the only time he actually sets out to kill someone. He actually plans it. The other times it's reactionary. But he actually went out with the intention to kill Nino.

 

[redhawk23]

Wearing the mask is a further development of the role the jacket plays. He put on the scoripion jacket when he's going to work. It's part of an image he puts out. It's a costume. It ends up taking a role similar to Bruce Willis's security raincoat in Unbreakable, where it becomes a kind of mantle. The mask is just a further development of that, in addition to the jacket. It's very much a superhero's costume, which I think fits the ultimate narrative of the movie quite well.

 

[Nemi]

I remember Gosling describing his character as someone that had seen too many movies and thinks he's the superhero of his own action movie. I guess him putting the mask on is meant to symbolize that.

 

[jacobed]

Yeah I understand that whole setting out to kill and that was what I was thinking as well but come on he was going to kill Bernie at the end. That was his intention with meeting him, was to kill him. So where is the mask then

 

[redhawk23]

Look at the context of the situation. There's a difference between putting on a costume to go run somebody off the road, and meeting to speak with someone in a restaurant.

 

[EML420]

Putting on the mask to me symoblized that he knew he might die taking out Nino because remember the stunt. He does on the movie set in the cop uniform and they give him the mask and make him sign a waver because he might die doing the stunt.

He was getting into character for scene just like on the movie set.

 

[Rocketman]

I never even considered this, but Driver is VERY much a vigilante/comic book hero. Or an antihero at least, in the tradition of Punisher, Wolverine, and Batman. He's a vigilante who wears a mask/disguise and he fights criminals and mob bosses.

You know what? Drive would make an AMAZING comic book series like Kick-Ass.

 

[RKO]

That's why Refn described this as a superhero film, with a dream-like atmosphere.

 

[redhawk23]

A real hero and a real human being.

 

[RKO]

A real hero and a real human being.

I don't eat, I don't sleep.

 

[Dispatch Ninja]

Watched this tonight. 10/10 imo. Fantastic movie.

 

[Matt Mortem]

I'm going to rent this and re-watch it. I think part of my initial problem with the film was I was expecting something else entirely. I want to re-see knowing full well what to expect

 

[humbdrumb]

That's why Refn described this as a superhero film, with a dream-like atmosphere.

A superhero who drives around LA listening to pop music, bashing people's skulls in. The best kind of superhero. t:

 

[Octoberist]

I read on dvdactive.com that Refn wants a delux Blurray within this or next year. Which is great because I hate the box art of the current version.

 

[RKO]

You know you want this sexy steel-book Blu Ray. It's only available in the UK though.

 

[Mandalore464]

Nice grainy look!

We're getting this steelcase in France, which isn't too bad :

Spoiler

 

[Octoberist]

so the Americans get the lame end of the deal???