There’s something inside you, it’s hard to explain. They’re talking about you, boy. But you’re still the same.
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Any dreams you have, or plans or hopes for you future. I think you’re going to have to put that on hold. For the rest of your life, you’re going to be looking over your shoulder. I’m just telling you this because…I want you to know the truth. But the girl is safe.
Kill-Face
This is by easily one of the most intense expressions Ryan Gosling has ever given, and bar none one of the 10 most chilling expressions I have ever seen onscreen. Here’s why:
There’s this look on his face, this look of enjoyment, of pleasure in the killings he has committed in the motel room shootout. He looks around the corner ever so slowly, with this blood soaked appearance of near insanity mixed with pure, unadulterated pleasure spreading across his face in the form of a tight-mouthed grin, a simmering glimpse of it already present in his eyes…and it’s that very look that tells me his story.
He’s done this before, the fighting and the killing, but he left all that behind in the hopes that he could make something out of his life…until his past caught up with him in the moments leading up to this grimacing look of psychopathy. We then bear witness to him beating a hitman to the floor in an elevator, then subsequently curb-stomping the man’s jaw off with 17 stomps to the face. It’s in that instant more than the aforementioned moments in the motel room when we see him for who he really is…a calm and collected psychopath. And then we see his face after, and we see nothing more than a blank expression on his face, with not even the slightest hint of feelings or remorse for his actions.
And that’s what makes this expression chilling, is that as much as he is there and present and smiling and happy…he’s simply not there.
Exactly what I felt when I saw this onscreen. Such an intense moment.This look on his face,it’s what made the movie for me(not just the soundtrack). The intense violence in this moment and in the elevator felt so real, I swear I could smell the blood.
That look says it all.
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Ryan Gosling and the Adorable Conan O’Brien Interview
Ryan Gosling: "Carey and I, our relationship off camera was very similar to our relationship on camera. We really just kind of looked at each other. It just felt good. I just liked looking at her. And I didn't want to blow it by saying anything. Also, I really wanted to kiss her, so I asked the movie's director Nick if I could do it in the elevator scene before I smash a guy's head in.
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Oh My Love - Riz Ortolani (ft. Katyne Ranieri)
Drive
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Drive is Neo Noir Perfection. I haven’t been excited about a film like this since 90’s Tarantino.
The Character Driver was so intense and real I had to go purchase the book immediately after leaving the theater.
Credit is due not only to Nicolas Winding Refn the Director, but also the Cinematographer,and Cliff Martinez the man in charge of all that amazing music setting the tone for every moment of Drive perfectly.
I never thought I would like Ryan Gosling, he has always been too Teen Beat Heartthrob for me, but he nailed his role as The Driver perfectly and has my full respect. He was so intense and real.
What I really loved about Drive is, it didn’t need all the typical B.S that movies for the past 10-20 years have survived on, there was no sex scenes,no outlandish explosions.The only part that felt fake in this film was the tits.
Violence in Drive was minimal but wasn’t at all lacking. From the moments in the elevator, to the hotel, you feel for Driver because these moments where so incredibly intense.
The emotion coming from Driver right after he pummels the man in the elevator,I swear I could smell the copper in the blood as he stands bloodsplatterd staring at Carey Mulligan’s Irene character waiting for her reaction the moment was deep and disturbing . Driver is so complex, as a man of few words, he goes from being sweet,caring and gentle with Irene and her son, too a vicious killer with such ease I got the feeling this isn’t the first time he’s killed.
As an aspiring filmmaker this was so eye opening.
So I went and saw Drive yesterday on my own as I usually do when I see a film ( a perks of being single). Well first off let me say that I loved the movie, it was like watching a Michael Mann film of the 1980’s. The soundtrack masterfully done by former drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers Cliff Martinez.
The Intro was a masterpiece with the sounds of Kavisnky playing in the background as Ryan Gosling’s nameless driver navigates the streets of Los Angeles in the middle of the night (A past time of mines while in my early to mid 20’s) just set the whole tone for me, “This was going to be a dark thrill ride.”
Which I must say the action was intense and be it at times on the level of gore that some of my favorite B Movies from the 70’s and 80’s provided. It made this film fun, it’s letting you know that this is about individuals that take it to the next level if it meant to get the job done. I believe it did duty in showing the viewer that these are bad people and maybe one bad guy just trying not to be, and used the perfect casting for it.
Bern, masterfully played by Albert Brooks who in a slight turn of character gave us this v……
You know what? Fuck it, those top three photos are basically what Drive is. Drive was excellent. A great piece of noir, well acted, and with a tremendously great soundtrack. If you liked Drive I suggest you go check out the other two. Refn is a great director and I’ve been on his team since he directed Mads Mikkelsen in Valhalla Rising. If this dude can keep making Neo Noir like this, he may be the next Michael Mann.
And before I forget….
Christina Hendricks, just damn! and I thought he was killing in on Mad Men. She’s my new black kryptonite.
*CAUTION, POTENTIAL SLIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD*
Honestly, I haven’t been able to get this shotgun scene out of my head since I saw the film last night (7:05pm showing…this scene probably happened around 8:30pm) at my local Cineplex Odeon. I was completely blown away, right from the first second of the slow-motion induced scene to the very end of the violent carnage; my jaw could have snapped off I was so shocked by the onscreen violence. I was also mesmerized by the sheer beauty of it, the way Refn was able to showcase the deaths in a very direct, bloody/gory/graphic and realistic manner. This violence was no Tarantino violence, it wasn’t over-the-top and absurdly bloody and gory…it was actually quite tame for the most part; with the exception of the head stomping and a near decapitation from the shotgun, as they were the most graphic of the kills. Yet Refn remained subdued and sustained with this violence, giving us a taste of what marvellous violent mayhem he can concoct. My favourite scene in the film, bar none.
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