Should be Drivel

Rating: 3/10 (16 February 2012)

I get it that Ryan Gosling is trying to shed his past acting jobs and move into meatier roles. Anything is better then the start as a member of the Mickey Mouse Club. He was outstanding in The Notebook but once again, not a film guys admit to watching, or heaven forbid, liking. So it makes sense he see him in a film like Drive where he gets to play a brooding intense character. Unfortunately what he was playing appeared to be more of a character that was not sure when to speak or what to say. The long non-dialogue scenes where a waste of time and did nothing to enhance this film other then make you wonder when it was going to end. The violence when it occurred was ala Sam Peckinpah but not anywhere as well done. This story could have moved along much faster. The title Drive mistakenly led me to believe it was about driving, or vehicles, race cars or anything like that. It was not about any of those things. It was about 1 hour and 50 minutes of drivel. To bad Ryan...try again.