artistic value for the sole purpose of artistry is of no use

Rating: 2/10 (14 September 2017)

The movie is one of the most hyped movies of 2017. It promises interesting characters, driving action, and most importantly something new compared to the average AAA Hollywood productions. While it is definitively true that the movie is different...that in itself is not enough to make it good, or even to be interesting. And truth be told, it is neither. Edgar Wright tries soooo hard to be unique for the purpose of being unique that he forgets that other things like Story are important too. It feels like Edgar Wright believes he is above the need for such petty things as a coherent story, logical behaviors or, god forbid, unpredictable twists.
Music: Yes, the soundtrack of the movie is good, really good. It's like a two hour long mix-tape. But that's something you can find on spotify. Having moving pictures only as a background for good music sees rather unnecessary.
Driving/action: Well, the driving is slightly more realistic than Fast&Furious franchise. But it is also quite boring. I would recommend the first 2 Transporter movies instead. In fact, the driving feels too artificial. Like, after the director started shooting the movie he found out that it NEEDs to include driving scenes because the name of the movie says so. And then he just put them into the movie without any concept to them. On the one hand Baby is supposed to be a really good driver...on the other hand most things look like plain luck.
Acting: OK, THAT is one plus point of the movie. The acting is really good, from all actors.
===Spoiler=== Story: Basically the movie changes direction when the group of thugs enters the dinner of Baby's girlfriend. He wants to stop them, but fails. The reason for his failure to stop them is a plot whole. Which is especially annoying since it is the ONE important decision. He wants to separate his personal from his thug life, so when they ask him why they shouldn't go into the dinner he doesn't want to tell them that is girlfriend works there. Which is obviously smart, but they don't accept his 'excuse' of the food tastes terrible there. The simple solution to this problem would be to simple tell them that he has been there before, and he doesn't want to be seen there during a job. That's it. No additional explanation needed. He could just keep on driving and that's it. Crises averted. Story failed. ===Spoiler end ===
The movie just offers nothing of worth except its uniqueness and artistic value for the use of music. Quite often are the scenes perfectly aligned with the beat of the music. Great, get the guy who did the editing a price for his craftsmanship. Buts that's it. Story, Action, Driving is a 0/10