Very cool movie

Rating: 9/10 (6 October 2011)

It's unfortunate, but it seems that despite this film's deservedly high ratings on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes, the raving action junkies have come out of the wood work to scream at this film and all who liked it. Any page that you may find concerning Drive most likely will be filled to the brim with messages along the lines of, "They talked too much! There weren't a lot of car chases and explosions! Why wasn't this movie dumb and actiony like I wanted it to be!?" The problem seems to be that nobody knew that this was NOT Fast and Furious 6 being released simultaneously with Fast 5, and thus nobody was prepared for a beautifly filmed throwback to 80s noir films. Luckily I actually read a review of this film before going, and so I had the advantage of being informed of just what I was in for. The other two people that I went with were not, and though they didn't hate it, they were surprised.
If only more people looked into the movie before hand. But then again, I would have liked this movie anyway. It was very intense and successfully channeled a bit of Quentin Tarantino's style. Everything that these people bashed the film for, like Gosling's character being predominantly silent and wearing a satin scorpion jacket and the soundtrack consisting of cheesy 80s pop, were exactly what made the movie great for me. It was slow to begin with, but knowing that it would pay off (and it DID) made it all the more tense during the first act.
I highly recommend this movie, just as long as it is clear to you that it is not all about car chases, and that is not what you are expecting. The title refers more to the character's emotional drive, if you get what I mean.