SOOOOO Over-hyped....above average, but that's all

Rating: Null/10 (24 September 2011)

Seriously, this is the 101st best movie EVER (as of Sept 24 on IMDb). The storyline here is so clichéd, so uninteresting. Driver get's on the bad side of mobsters, so goes around and kills them all one by one. WOW, brilliant plot line. Let's throw in a girl and a kid to make us care a bit more. Drive -- I thought there would be some good driving. Mildly decent opening sequence, and then one chase sequence later on, but not enough. I can name you a dozen movies from the 70s with much better chase scenes -- I think with CGI this art has been lost. The dreamy feel to the movie and pacing were actually good and are the only aspect that make this film above average. But the story line is so dull, so unoriginal. Not even a twist to make it interesting. This was an above average movie, that's all. I am STUNNED of the reviews.
So at 101 best ever this movie is better than: Die Hard, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, The Deer Hunter, Annie Hall, The Graduate, The Terminator and Rosemary's Baby. Unreal ! My theory is that many IMDb users are young (late teens to 20s) and simply have not seen enough movies to compare and realize that Drive is clichéd. I'm in my 40s and have seen over 4,000 movies in my life, including 400-500 from the 1970s. I suggest a film fan start with this decade and then come back and tell me if Drive is really best ever material.
Bottom line -- a fine, watchable movie. 6, maybe 7 stars at most. But the over hyping will make it disappointing for you if you go into it having read all these amazing reviews.