Drive
Drive is not your typical heist movie nor is a just about the being a driver for a robbery. Those elements are part of the allure, meant to grab your attention. Ryan Gosling portrays a tough guy role at first seems questionable. Yet Drive slips this by us by simply avoiding the question of origin. This so called driver has no past and I have no way to how he became the mysterious, dangerous, and ultimately sad soul in this movie. Regardless I quickly learn that he means business and doesn’t fold under pressure. The camera linger in close-up after close-up, and although the Driver rarely speaks. Gosling is able to use his face to tell me everything I need to know. And despite being set in the half-light of the Los Angeles slums. …show more content…
But unlike modern films that have tried to capitalize on film noir. Drive does so quietly – it uses noir tropes, it isn’t about them. It proves that those well-known types don’t have to be stale, that some of the things that made classic Hollywood crime films so great are as valid now as they were then. This movie uses visuals to tell the story. Drive succeeds in this all-important visual storytelling where others haven failed, that’s one of the things is has in common with older movies: its look and narrative rely on one …show more content…
It signals the start of Driver’s journey – and his final meeting with her on the elevator as the end for this is his last moment of character growth. So for me the elevator scene was the most important part for me in this movie. Before getting on the elevator, Driver has his most emotionally open scene in the movie, confessing to Irene how his actions got her husband killed, then suggesting, through tears, that he could come and live with Irene and her son. For the first time, he is being entirely honest with himself and with Irene, finally asking for the life he desire so very much. The only thing he loves in this world is Irene and her son. Then the elevator door opens, and everything
Drive is not your typical heist movie nor is a just about the being a driver for a robbery. Those elements are part of the allure, meant to grab your attention. Ryan Gosling portrays a tough guy role at first seems questionable. Yet Drive slips this by us by simply avoiding the question of origin. This so called driver has no past and I have no way to how he became the mysterious, dangerous, and ultimately sad soul in this movie. Regardless I quickly learn that he means business and doesn’t fold under pressure. The camera linger in close-up after close-up, and although the Driver rarely speaks. Gosling is able to use his face to tell me everything I need to know. And despite being set in the half-light of the Los Angeles slums. …show more content…
But unlike modern films that have tried to capitalize on film noir. Drive does so quietly – it uses noir tropes, it isn’t about them. It proves that those well-known types don’t have to be stale, that some of the things that made classic Hollywood crime films so great are as valid now as they were then. This movie uses visuals to tell the story. Drive succeeds in this all-important visual storytelling where others haven failed, that’s one of the things is has in common with older movies: its look and narrative rely on one …show more content…
It signals the start of Driver’s journey – and his final meeting with her on the elevator as the end for this is his last moment of character growth. So for me the elevator scene was the most important part for me in this movie. Before getting on the elevator, Driver has his most emotionally open scene in the movie, confessing to Irene how his actions got her husband killed, then suggesting, through tears, that he could come and live with Irene and her son. For the first time, he is being entirely honest with himself and with Irene, finally asking for the life he desire so very much. The only thing he loves in this world is Irene and her son. Then the elevator door opens, and everything