Best Picture nominee? Don’t Look Up? Really? This movie had a wide release in December. It earned less than $1 million at the box office and was out of theaters in under 2 weeks. Its 56% “fresh” score on Rotten Tomatoes further suggests that this is different from a film the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences would deem one of its ten best films of 2021. Yet (sigh), here we are. The biggest tragedy might be that this isn’t a bad film but is being unfairly bashed for its association with the other nine movies up for Best Picture, arguably the worst collection of films for any year.
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Drive (2011)
Original review – September 18, 2011 | Updated review August 12, 2013
Updated review****
This movie is a classic. I had a couple of original problems based on my initial view. The preview made it seem like it would be a completely different movie. I hadn’t prepared myself for the violence or all of the overlapping storylines that were going on. I thought I would watch Ryan Gosling drive bad guys around and avoid the police. The movie trailer is essentially the film’s first five minutes (nothing more, nothing less). I expected something different, which is why my initial review was lower than it is now.
I loved Gosling and Mulligan. I loved the way the unspoken attraction they had for one another. I loved how Gosling did everything he could, not getting attached to somebody he couldn’t just walk away from in five minutes, but how circumstances kept driving them together to the point where he would do anything to keep them happy and safe.