Drive

Last week I went to see Drive with my sister.  After watching a number of trailers, I didn't have an exact view of what the story would be about since some of the trailers seem to be about a love story and others a crime drama.  The opening scene is great.  The director has made some interesting decisions in how to shoot the first few minutes, which only adds to the anticipation of the audience, but I have to say, the first few minutes were my favorite.  Just as I sat back in my seat to watch the action film unfold, I was suddenly asking, "Wait, what?" The feeling of the movie changed for me from an exciting crime drama mixed with love to a gruesome blood bath that had me diverting my eyes from the screen.   Ryan Gosling gave a great performance, fluctuating between stoic, contemplative, angry, and violent, but in my opinion, he is one of the great actors of our time (by clenching a jaw, he seems to get the point across).  I loved the music, but I can't seem to decide how I really feel about the movie.  Even now, I seem to be writing a sentence, then changing my mind and erasing it.  As I am listening to the electronic, 80s sound of the main song "A Real Hero" by College while I am writing this, I think I am being influenced that I may have enjoyed the movie more than I did when I left the theatre, because the music was just so damn good.  They also chose an interesting 80s-esk font for the opening credits in a neon pink, which threw me off at first.   Overall, awesome opening, okay movie, great soundtrack.