a remake that pretends it isn't a remake

Rating: 6/10 (18 February 2013)

Drive was somewhat slow and pretentious but had nice moments, as well, and the gory scenes of violence are not the ones i mean.
It was a surprise, though, that the first 15 minutes were almost copy-pasted from the Driver (1978). So, my issue with Drive is that i wondered which movies i haven't seen or remembered that are potentially a part of it.
I guess such an approach is good when you want to avoid producing a remake. You simply take the best parts (or the ones you like the best) from favorite movies of your childhood, put them together and claim you're re-imagining all those stories. And if enough people read in some higher sense in it, you've got your masterpiece.