Drive, the movie, pyssed me off.

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I just watched it last night and it sucked! I thought it was going to be an action/suspense movie with some stupid love story line thrown in to give it substance. I saw it had awesome ratings everywhere so I thought it would be like The Transporter, only good. No.

I think there were 2 scenes where the main character was driving fast, there wasn't one explosion, not one boob, and more awkwardly silent moments than on a high schooler's first date. I' not kidding, there were times when there was no music and no one talking. Just a shot of their faces with their eyes barely moving. The soundtrack was horrible - the lyrics were there explaining what was going on in the movie in case you've never seen people interact with each other your entire life. Oh, he puts the lady's kid to bed and helped her carry in the groceries. Yes he's a nice guy, don't have a song that sings about him being a "real person, a real hero"! This is seriously a love story movie for high school girls and maybe some college chicks.

The sound effects were good. The shotgun blasts had good dynamics.

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All in all, absolute crap! Maybe rent it if you're way too old to be dating "that girl" and want to get laid. Get some Boone's Farm or Mad dog 20/20 for help.


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And Jesda just posted the movie. :mike

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I'm not saying anything about the movie, it does sort of look like it sucks.

But your reasons suck. No explosions is bad, and portraying people who have realistic social skills is bad? Go watch power rangers.

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mechanicalmoron wrote:I'm not saying anything about the movie, it does sort of look like it sucks.

But your reasons suck. No explosions is bad, and portraying people who have realistic social skills is bad? Go watch power rangers.
Drive was marketed as an action film. Instead, it turned out to be an off-beat, excessively stylized love story between a single mom and some guy with aspergers.

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Hey, I said it probably sucks.

If the shotgun blasts sound good, I'm not sure that it's not marketable as action.

But clearly, I haven't seen it. Most movies suck, anyway.

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mechanicalmoron wrote:I'm not saying anything about the movie, it does sort of look like it sucks.

But your reasons suck. No explosions is bad, and portraying people who have realistic social skills is bad? Go watch power rangers.
So you want to agree with me and insult me at the same time. :wtf2: Kids these days. No manners.

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Videography was pretty cool, everything else was complete garbage. I was sitting there the whole time waiting for the movie to start.

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I liked it. It allowed me to do other things like get on the computer and mow the lawn and not miss anything.

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float_6969 wrote:I liked it. It allowed me to do other things like get on the computer and mow the lawn and not miss anything.
:rotfl

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It was ok, I guess.

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There are way better movies to watch a 2nd and 3rd time imho.

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float_6969 wrote:I liked it. It allowed me to do other things like get on the computer and mow the lawn and not miss anything.
Bravo! :lolling:

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Wait, you watched it more than once? That's your fault.

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Jesda wrote:
Drive was marketed as an action film. Instead, it turned out to be an off-beat, excessively stylized love story between a single mom and some guy with aspergers.
Kinda like the Cranberries. They had 'zombie' and that got me to buy the album. Much to my disappointment , the cd was in no way as awesome and rockin' as the radio single and accompanying music video would suggest. It was a bunch of weak a** music.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts[/youtube]
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themadscientist wrote:Wait, you watched it more than once? That's your fault.
If you're replying to me, you misunderstood.

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lol, was kind of funny how The Cranberries became a staple of soft rock radio

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frapjap wrote:
Jesda wrote:
Drive was marketed as an action film. Instead, it turned out to be an off-beat, excessively stylized love story between a single mom and some guy with aspergers.
Kinda like the Cranberries. They had 'zombie' and that got me to buy the album. Much to my disappointment , the cd was in no way as awesome and rockin' as the radio single and accompanying music video would suggest. It was a bunch of weak a** music.
Dude, you brought back a rush of memories of me sitting passenger seat in a Topaz running around with my sister to get McDonalds and watch movies. I nostalgia'd so hard.

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krash wrote:sitting passenger seat in a Topaz
Ouch. That's a pretty rough childhood.

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I think that was the worst car that my family ever owned. Luckily we didn't have to rely on it.

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Dang, I remember really liking the movie. It was more of a Tragedy than a love story. I walked into it with nothing but having read the title.
I must re-watch it to defend my position!

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Save yourself the time and look at Jesda's post of the entire script:
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So whats worst, Drive or Drive Angry?

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NolimitZ32 wrote:So whats worst, Drive or Drive Angry?
Never saw drive angry. I will now cross that off my list of movies to watch, thanks!

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Drive angry was funny. I recommend it.

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He also recommends warm used panties from a vending machine, so take his advice with a grain of salt.

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I prefer them fresh off the schoolgirl, silly. Hambaiki are for chumps with no burusera game.

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LMAO!!! My bad.

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Drive angry was so bad I couldn't look away, its an absolute trainwreck but worth a watch if you have time to kill and want to spend it drooling on yourself.


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