Originally Posted by Si (Post 18492393)

What a piece of shit!

Originally Posted by DateDoc (Post 18492704)

There is a lady suing the movie because there wasn't enough action in the movie - lol!

"As WDIV-TV in Detroit reports, Sarah Deming's suit claims that FilmDistrict and Emagine Novi Theater violated Michigan's Consumer Protection Act by releasing such a disingenuous advertisement for their driving-deficient crap-film. Drive "bore very little similarity to a chase, or race action film ... having very little driving in the motion picture," states the lawsuit (which also alleges anti-Semitism). Deming wants her money back, and also "an end to misleading trailers" so that the American people get the goddamn blood-pumping thrills they pay for. She reportedly plans to go class action-style, so if you've ever been lied to at the cinema you can join her Crusade for Integrity at the Movie Places and share in the settlement (which will be somewhere between $0 and $1 zillion)."

http://m.gawker.com/5847970/woman-fi...iler-for-drive

Originally Posted by ********** (Post 18492401)

Are you sure? IMDB gives it an 8.3 and reviews are good..! I wasn't going to see this movie but now I think I'll check it out.

Originally Posted by ********** (Post 18492401)

Are you sure? IMDB gives it an 8.3 and reviews are good..! I wasn't going to see this movie but now I think I'll check it out.

Originally Posted by TheSquealer (Post 18492429)

This movie was horrible. Maybe worth watching for something to do, but in terms of film making... shitty beyond description.

Originally Posted by Jakez (Post 18492516)

Was looking forward to seeing this, since it seems like a love/hate, can't wait to see it even more lol.

Originally Posted by DateDoc (Post 18492704)

There is a lady suing the movie because there wasn't enough action in the movie - lol!

"As WDIV-TV in Detroit reports, Sarah Deming's suit claims that FilmDistrict and Emagine Novi Theater violated Michigan's Consumer Protection Act by releasing such a disingenuous advertisement for their driving-deficient crap-film. Drive "bore very little similarity to a chase, or race action film ... having very little driving in the motion picture," states the lawsuit (which also alleges anti-Semitism). Deming wants her money back, and also "an end to misleading trailers" so that the American people get the goddamn blood-pumping thrills they pay for. She reportedly plans to go class action-style, so if you've ever been lied to at the cinema you can join her Crusade for Integrity at the Movie Places and share in the settlement (which will be somewhere between $0 and $1 zillion)."

http://m.gawker.com/5847970/woman-fi...iler-for-drive

Originally Posted by CurrentlySober (Post 18492737)

So.. Its a movi about a piece of shit? A 'poo' if you will?

MORE DETAILS PLEASE.

I WANNA WATCH :thumbsup

Originally Posted by bronco67 (Post 18494152)

There's some fucking stupid people that go to the movies. Anyone that really likes, and knows movies would think this was a great flick. If you have no patience, and like to get exactly what you thought it should be, based on your own lame expectations from the trailer, then you got what you deserved.

I wish more movies took their time, and didn't try to assault you with frantic editing, and everything spelled out for you. It's a throwback to late 70's/early 80's noir movies.

Originally Posted by anexsia (Post 18494155)

Bout time someone said it. They straight up said this movie was going for the more independent film tastes and didn't advertise it as anything else. If you're looking for a total action flick, then don't see this movie, problem solved.

Originally Posted by TheSquealer (Post 18492753)

As you're sitting there getting ready for an incredible opening chase scene.. he basically drives around the corner and hides under a bridge.

I'm retarded from start to finish.

Originally Posted by bronco67 (Post 18494164)

To anyone that thought this movie sucked, go ahead and list 3 of your favorite films, and I'll let you know if you're an asshole.

Originally Posted by L-Pink (Post 18494171)

Dude, Where's My Car

Freddie Got Fingered

Fried Green Tomatoes

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Originally Posted by porno jew (Post 18494175)

not bad, but no The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

Originally Posted by bronco67 (Post 18494152)

There's some fucking stupid people that go to the movies. Anyone that really likes, and knows movies would think this was a great flick. If you have no patience, and like to get exactly what you thought it should be, based on your own lame expectations from the trailer, then you got what you deserved.

I wish more movies took their time, and didn't try to assault you with frantic editing, and everything spelled out for you. It's a throwback to late 70's/early 80's noir movies. Reminded me of an early Michael Mann movie, or some of Frankenheimer's work.

Originally Posted by bronco67 (Post 18494164)

That scene was to show how good a driver he was. He had great instincts, and didn't need to burn rubber unless absolutely necessary.

To anyone that thought this movie sucked, go ahead and list 3 of your favorite films, and I'll let you know if you're an asshole.

Originally Posted by bronco67 (Post 18494152)

There's some fucking stupid people that go to the movies. Anyone that really likes, and knows movies would think this was a great flick. If you have no patience, and like to get exactly what you thought it should be, based on your own lame expectations from the trailer, then you got what you deserved.

I wish more movies took their time, and didn't try to assault you with frantic editing, and everything spelled out for you. It's a throwback to late 70's/early 80's noir movies. Reminded me of an early Michael Mann movie, or some of Frankenheimer's work.

Originally Posted by Waiter (Post 18494521)

here is another crap of movie " The American "

Originally Posted by bronco67 (Post 18494152)

There's some fucking stupid people that go to the movies. Anyone that really likes, and knows movies would think this was a great flick. If you have no patience, and like to get exactly what you thought it should be, based on your own lame expectations from the trailer, then you got what you deserved.

I wish more movies took their time, and didn't try to assault you with frantic editing, and everything spelled out for you. It's a throwback to late 70's/early 80's noir movies. Reminded me of an early Michael Mann movie, or some of Frankenheimer's work.

Originally Posted by anexsia (Post 18494155)

Bout time someone said it. They straight up said this movie was going for the more independent film tastes and didn't advertise it as anything else. If you're looking for a total action flick, then don't see this movie, problem solved. There's a reason it's getting many high reviews.

Originally Posted by bronco67 (Post 18494159)

I don't understand people that get upset when the movie isn't like the trailer. If anything, you should be happy that you were surprised, and got something unexpected. There's no way to explain this to animals that have no clue about what is a good or bad movie. Some people have been watching movies since they were a child, and have seen 6,000 flicks, but have cultivated fuck all of any kind of sensibility as to what's a good flick.

Originally Posted by bronco67 (Post 18494164)

That scene was to show how good a driver he was. He had great instincts, and didn't need to burn rubber unless absolutely necessary.

To anyone that thought this movie sucked, go ahead and list 3 of your favorite films, and I'll let you know if you're an asshole.

Originally Posted by TheSquealer (Post 18494469)

Look genius... the movie isnt called "Great Instincts"... its "drive" not "Park under a bridge as the get away driver and hope for the best"

The trailers show it as being an action movie based on car chases, centered around the driver. Thats not what it is, simple as that. Of course people have expectations based on the marketing. Holy fuck man! Are you really that fucking thick? You are probably a guy who bought a Mercedes, found out it had a Volkswagen engine and tried telling everyone its a great engine and that anyone that expects a Mercedes engine in their Mercedes is dumb.

The movie itself.. its ok. It's worth watching when you have nothing else to do and don't mind wasting the money. It's not a great piece of film making. It's slow. It's poorly paced. It wanders. You keep waiting for the good part. The main character just isnt credible as a bad ass. His acting wasn't very good. The ending is retarded.

Originally Posted by candyflip (Post 18494497)

Some people just don't get it. I loved it and feel pretty much the same way you did.

Originally Posted by Waiter (Post 18494521)

here is another crap of movie " The American "

Originally Posted by nico-t (Post 18494561)

lol, i liked that movie. Great attention to detail. But if you think transformers is a masterpiece, then no, it's not for you.

Originally Posted by TheSquealer (Post 18494469)

Look genius... the movie isnt called "Great Instincts"... its "drive" not "Park under a bridge as the get away driver and hope for the best"

The trailers show it as being an action movie based on car chases, centered around the driver. Thats not what it is, simple as that. Of course people have expectations based on the marketing. Holy fuck man! Are you really that fucking thick? You are probably a guy who bought a Mercedes, found out it had a Volkswagen engine and tried telling everyone its a great engine and that anyone that expects a Mercedes engine in their Mercedes is dumb.

The movie itself.. its ok. It's worth watching when you have nothing else to do and don't mind wasting the money. It's not a great piece of film making. It's slow. It's poorly paced. It wanders. You keep waiting for the good part. The main character just isnt credible as a bad ass. His acting wasn't very good. The ending is retarded.

Originally Posted by Waiter (Post 18494521)

here is another crap of movie " The American "

Originally Posted by nico-t (Post 18494561)

lol, i liked that movie. Great attention to detail. But if you think transformers is a masterpiece, then no, it's not for you.

Originally Posted by Si (Post 18494613)

:1orglaugh

Wake the fuck up! The movie was called "Drive" and all the driving that took place in the film was a complete joke. Changing gears with both hands on the wheel, the sound effects were a joke. He doesn't move his hands off the wheel and the car is chaning gears.

Pretty sure a Chevy Impala doesn't come with a Padle shift gear box. It then happens again later in the film.

Then also in that first film, he has apparently got his foot to the floor and the engine is making a lot of noise and he can't even catch up to the traffic in front of him when he is suppose to be getting away from the cops.

Poor filming and poor sound.

Going for the Noir/Independant style? What does that mean? Making a film look as shit as possible and as boring as possible? Using an absolutely poor sound track? Having bad cinematics and making a complete joke of the subject matter you are suppose to be using as your main storyline?



:thumbsup



I usually agree with you on most things, but this definately isn't one of them.





The American has the same tempo, but I thought that was a fair amount better than "Smile" shouldn't be called drive.

I would say The American was a better watch than this.

Favourite 3 movies?

The Great Escape
The Italian Job
Sexy Beast

Others that are close to being in the top 3 (off the top of my head):

Lock Stock and 2 smoking barrels
Snatch
Get Carter
Pulp fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Jackie Brown
Schindlers List
Hurt Locker
Goodfellas
Casino
Scarface
The Green Mile

Foreign:

Ring trilogy (Japanese, not the remakes)
Audition (Japanaese)
Zatoichi series of movies (Japanese)
Baby Cart series of movies (Japanese)
Lady snowblood 1 and 2 (Japanese)
Ong Bak 1,2,3
Oldboy
Almost anything Takashi Miike
Irreversible (French)
Baise Moi (French)
Nikita (French)

Originally Posted by RycEric (Post 18494520)

looks to be good.
http://www.americanreunionmovie.com

Originally Posted by bronco67 (Post 18494777)

You get props for the foreign stuff, but that's a pretty obvious list of the usual suspects that everyone likes. I'm surprised Godfather isn't in there.

Sexy Beast is in my top 3.

Let's just say you didn't like Drive.

Originally Posted by bronco67 (Post 18494979)

Drive.

The guy was a stunt driver that had a second job as a getaway driver. His partner ran a garage, and used him as driver for his race car. There was a car chase in the middle of the movie where he had to drive a lot. He used a car to take out Ron Perlman -- that counts as driving. At the end of the movie, it fades to black as he's DRIVING.

There's a whole lot of fucking driving in the movie. But it's not about driving. It's a crime thriller centered around driving. The biggest "drive" in the movie was his drive to protect that girl and her kid, but many people wouldn't even see that. You're the same people that hated Fight Club because it wasn't really about fighting.

I said drive a lot but I'm trying to make a point. Those who say the movie was mis-sold to them are full of shit -- and anyway you're really not entitled to have movie be exactly what you want it to be.

I don't even know why I give so much of a shit -- I'm bailing on this one.

By the way Si, you're favorite movies are all my favorite movies too.

Originally Posted by Si (Post 18494020)

That's why I said over-rated. It is pretty poor!

I would probably give it a 5 maximum. It tries to be clever and fails. So slow and the driving scenes are pretty lame.

He's flying down the streets changing gears (you can hear manual gear changes taking place) But he has both hands on the wheel.

There is one bit where is suppose to be pulling away from the cops in his Imapala, and the engine is doing a lot of revs and he can't catch up to the traffic.

The acting is piss poor.

I could probably go on.

Originally Posted by JFK (Post 18495201)

5 is rather generous for that piece of crap, at the end, Mrs Fubar and I looked at each other and said, when is the action gonna start ?:winkwink: