My Numbah #1 Movie of the Year!

1. Drive: ... ya its really good go check it out! :)

Oh wait wait wait... this is supposed to be an in depth and comprehensive review of why Drive is my number one movie of 2011.. isn't it? Crap. Well where to begin.... um... well... Oh! I got it. Ahem. Drive is an amazing film with amazing acting, amazing directing, an amazingly well written story, and some amazing old school car chases. Amazing indeed. Drive (as the tacky the hot pink title font labels the movie) is a story of a very talented but probably disturbed professional driver. During the day he drives for film stunts in  L.A., but he and his boss at the body shop where they work wanna move up to racecar driving. The 'kid' as they call him has a massive amount of talent for driving, but not for much of anything else. He seems like he could either be a high functioning autistic, or a quiet sociopath.  Ryan Gosling plays the hell out of it, being the main character but saying the fewest lines in the whole movie from what i saw he brings this quiet genius to life with gratifying ease.  When his boss goes to a local criminal organization for money, the driver gets tangled up in paying back his and his love's (By love i mean the only person he shows any remote interest in or compassion for) debts to keep her family safe. 


Stylistically this movie is genius, it seems to take place in modern day L.A. but it could take place pretty much anytime between the 1970's and the 2020's. The driver himself even wears an old white leather racing jacket with a golden scorpion on the back. And a lot of the criminal activity seems to be like a more 80's style cocaine trade. He's pretty much the last good getaway driver and the movie really brings that across. I also like how it seems to dip in an out of being an intense driving action film and a fancy art house character drama. And it says a lot when the lead character communicates best with a little kid who as almost as few lines as he does. 


I would go on but i'd rather you go see the movie for yourselves. It's one hour and forty minutes long, but grips you the whole damn way; it's dark and gritty and enjoyable while sometimes making you wanna curl up in a corner and avert your eyes. It's easily the best film of 2011.