Refn Teaming with Gosling for Drive

Saw it again. Yeah this movies awesome. Love all the influences, they really come for all over the place.

Thought this was a good interview with Gosling. Dont know if its been posted. Found these qoutes interesting. Seen the Superhero thing been brought up a few times.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dri..._gosling_on_drive_this_is_my_superhero_movie/

There's also something about cars where you can really put your identity in the driver's seat: no one's watching you, so you don't have to be self-conscious -- you can just watch. I can put a kind of spell on you. So the idea of movie mythology and the idea of the car being a vehicle to take you in to someone's subconscious felt like there was a possibility for a kind of a superhero film, about a guy who wants to be a superhero.
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We wanted this to be more of a fairytale, like a Grimm brothers fairytale, so we had to change it. In the process of writing it we were talking about movies and for some reason we ended up talking about John Hughes movies and, like, Purple Rain. There's something about this character: he has cinematic ideas of romance, and he lives in a fantasy. And that's what John Hughes movies are -- they're just all cotton candy and champagne. The movie needed that, but it also needed a little blood on the cotton candy, to give it balance. We used that as a guide.
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Its cool they are being honest about what their intentions were with this flick. They all seem very passionate and satisfied with it. Cool to see people proud of a flick, not just selling tickets to sequels.

Gotta sayas well that Albert Brookes was awesome in this. Had a Gene Hackman vibe to him. Pretty intimidating.
 
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Yeah, I think I might have to rewatch this.

When I went in to see it, I think I had my expectations a little too high and so I was probably "over" watching it.
 
def28 said:
Saw it again. Yeah this movies awesome. Love all the influences, they really come for all over the place.

Thought this was a good interview with Gosling. Dont know if its been posted. Found these qoutes interesting. Seen the Superhero thing been brought up a few times.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dri..._gosling_on_drive_this_is_my_superhero_movie/





Its cool they are being honest about what their intentions were with this flick. They all seem very passionate and satisfied with it. Cool to see people proud of a flick, not just selling tickets to sequels.

Gotta sayas well that Albert Brookes was awesome in this. Had a Gene Hackman vibe to him. Pretty intimidating.
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yeah i posted it, and yes Albert Brookes looks like Gene Hackman's brother...He was intimidating
 
lmao I was lookin up TIFF Q&A's and came across this unscripted interview. there's a spoiler in there I think so, yeah, just warning.



hahah
 
Originally quoted by Driver

If I drive for you, 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. I don't sit in while you're running it down; I don't carry a gun... I drive.
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Sick line
 
Master Chief said:
lmao I was lookin up TIFF Q&A's and came across this unscripted interview. there's a spoiler in there I think so, yeah, just warning.



hahah
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LOL, I love them together. I'm happy to know that working relationship won't appear to be ending any time soon.

And one more for good measure:
 
Poeman said:
yeah i posted it, and yes Albert Brookes looks like Gene Hackman's brother...He was intimidating
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:doh: and a page back. Man swear Im goen blind and ADHD is not helping. Great interview!!!

Thought Brooks was done acting, and never thought hed have that kind of presence in a roll. Gosling made some smart choices with Cast and Crew.
 
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Master Chief said:
lmao I was lookin up TIFF Q&A's and came across this unscripted interview. there's a spoiler in there I think so, yeah, just warning.



hahah
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flickchick85 said:
LOL, I love them together. I'm happy to know that working relationship won't appear to be ending any time soon.

And one more for good measure:
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That was funny as hell. Refn's definition of bromance, oh those two. Now I definitely want that movie about a man who moves furniture.

Now imagine:
"If I move for you, you give me a time and a place. I give you a five-minute window, anything there in that five minutes and I'll move it, no matter what. I don't sit in while you're setting up furniture; I don't own a U-Haul... I move."

:awesome:
 
I personally think Cianfrance uses gosling better, but these two seem to have a cool working relationship.

Malick(I man I find likes to work with proven critics choice actors) is probably foaming at the mouth for Ryan at this point.
 
Loved it! 9/10

Gosling was just too sick :up:

i need to get that jacket
 
Master Chief said:
lmao I was lookin up TIFF Q&A's and came across this unscripted interview. there's a spoiler in there I think so, yeah, just warning.



hahah
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Ryan looks like such an...average looking guy...I always thought he was weird/average looking, but ya know, any average looking guy can look like a supermodel if he's wearing the right clothes and stays in ridiculous shape.
 
This belongs in here too: a completely pretentious and underwhelming movie. Sure it has great acting (though Ryan Gosling wears his usual smug face through most of it) and it's artistically and well stylistically filmed, and the few action sequences are brutal/intense/attention grabbing...but the pacing is horrible and takes you right out of the film if you aren't feeling invested in the movie. They could have cut an hour of slow staring scenes with bad 80's music playing out of it and it would have been a more cohesive movie. And it's pretty much devoid of realistic human interactions unless mob guys are in the scene.

92% on RT my ass. I'd give it a 5.5

I'm curious to see how many others felt the same way. I wanted to love this movie...but it's too artsy fartsy for yours truly.
 
Marvin said:
Malick(I man I find likes to work with proven critics choice actors) is probably foaming at the mouth for Ryan at this point.
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I thought they were already working together?
 
SuperSoldier985 said:
Ryan looks like such an...average looking guy...I always thought he was weird/average looking, but ya know, any average looking guy can look like a supermodel if he's wearing the right clothes and stays in ridiculous shape.
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You'd be surprised what the power of celebrity can do. I wonder where all the swooning women were a few years ago...even back in the Titans movie.

That being said a lot more people have been made privy to his persona which for lack of a beeter terms is very cool and charisma ridden.

Spider-X said:
This belongs in here too: a completely pretentious and underwhelming movie. Sure it has great acting (though Ryan Gosling wears his usual smug face through most of it) and it's artistically and well stylistically filmed, and the few action sequences are brutal/intense/attention grabbing...but the pacing is horrible and takes you right out of the film if you aren't feeling invested in the movie. They could have cut an hour of slow staring scenes with bad 80's music playing out of it and it would have been a more cohesive movie. And it's pretty much devoid of realistic human interactions unless mob guys are in the scene.

92% on RT my ass. I'd give it a 5.5

I'm curious to see how many others felt the same way. I wanted to love this movie...but it's too artsy fartsy for yours truly.
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I think a lot of people feel this way, like I posted my theater was extremely mixed(I partially blame the advertising). Though I wouldn't go so far as to give it a 50% to prove my point.

You might enjoy/sympathize with this review

flickchick85 said:
I thought they were already working together?
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Really?
I'm actually very much looking forward to The Place Beyond the Pines.
 
A lot of people who saw this movie thought this was gonna be a fast and furious/transporter type movie. They were certainly confused.
 
Marvin said:
Really?
I'm actually very much looking forward to The Place Beyond the Pines.
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Well, when I saw Drive there was a Q&A with Refn afterward, and in the Q&A he said Ryan would be doing a Terrence Malick movie before they got to work on Logan's Run. I just did some Googling, and when asked about it in interviews, Gosling just says he "can't comment" on it, so maybe Refn spoke out of turn and it's not a done deal yet.

I'm looking forward to The Place Beyond the Pines as well. I loved Blue Valentine, but I must admit I'm curious to see how well Cianfrance does with something that's NOT a passion project he spent over a decade trying to make.

As for Gosling's looks, the kid's had a female fanbase since the Breaker High/Young Hercules days. He's always been a cutie. But I've only felt like he's grown into his looks over the last few years. He has extreme features that I felt were almost too big for him when he was younger (that chin! That nose!). Now they seem just right. :atp:
 
Changeling said:
:up: I support this. Only after seeing Drive, he convinced me after that.
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Never gonna happen. There are probably better choices, anyway.

Fun fact! Ryan Gosling was WB's first choice to play Green Lantern. Gosling turned it down. Good career move. :up:
 
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