A piece of art, one of the best movies ever made!

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2014)

I genuinely feel sorry for people who got so caught up about the fact that Ryan Gosling plays a near mute character, because they are missing something marvelous. This movie is beautifully crafted, it isn't like normal action movies, its realistic as can be, even from the getaway seen at the very start the camera never leaves the car, so you watch from his point of view and not Hollywood's. The sound editing is also amazing and just as realistic as the film, and the soundtrack is AMAZING! the songs aren't over done and bring a feeling in like no other film has. The cinematography is even better, the beautiful city pans, the facial shots, excellent shots and a lovely filter is used for the whole movie. Nicolas Winding Refn has done nothing half-hearted and has made sure every shot was better then last and has mastered this easily. Drive has also a number of hidden messages, which is great because too many many movies spoon feed the audience. The most common message is the scorpion on his bad ass jacket, The scorpion on the jacket refers to the famous story of the "scorpion and the frog", and this angers me when people say "Ohh i think the elevator scene was unnecessary violence", well actually no it wasn't, he kisses Irene (Carey Mulligan) because this is drivers way of saying goodbye because he realizes he has to kill this guy or he will them both so he stomps the man and Irene gets out of the elevator, then you are left with a beautiful shot of the scorpion on his jumper because its referring to the story of the scorpion and the frog because he did what the scorpion did, he brought them both down because its what he does, but in this case it was to save Irene. To wrap it up i would give Drive an A+ and there are only 2 other movies i would ever give that to and that is: The Place Beyond the Pines and Inception. If you haven't watched this movie please please please go and watch it, turn it up and by the end you will sit back and think "Wow", its been crafted as a piece of art, the Leonardo Davinci of films. Movie makers should aspire to this be as good as this independent movie because it is with out question the greatest movie ever made!