Best Movie Nominee???

Rating: 6/10 (10 December 2011)

Although this movie has been rated 8+ and there are numerous reviewers giving it praises as the heart pounding action and a real thriller that rivals Bullitt and the French Connection. I personally don't see it that way. Mediocre!!
My opinion may hurt some feelings but here is the truth. It was a good movie. It had some good chase scenes and there are some good camera angles. But it's not over the top good. Comparing to maybe the best two movies, of this genre, in the last 50 years is hard for me to swallow. I've seen hundreds of movies, Gone in 60 seconds maybe one of the best since Bullitt, even with CGA, but story wise, not what I would call fantastic. It is a good movie and Ryan Gosling did a good job. But the others, Ron Pearlman, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston and poor Christina Hendricks boy was there performances lack luster. I don't get it. Christina Hendricks is a beautiful woman, and they depict her as a hooker??? I have some real problems with understanding who was cast director for this movie. I just feel it missed the point all the way around. Maybe audiences have been desensitized by the computer generated action and when a non-CGA comes along they are so amazed they call it the "BEST".... go figure. Wake up people.