I saw Drive earlier today, or rather yesterday now. If you love movies with a lot of over the top car chase scenes and spectacular crashes, this is not for you. If you like intelligent, well written stories that are still fun to watch on screen, you’ve got it. The story, the action, and the stunts are believable because they are realistically done and beautifully filmed. From the first scene I love how the rev of the engine seems to dominate but not so much that you can’t still hear the radio in the background. It doesn’t sound like the sound was dubbed specifically to make the scene more exciting, it sound realistic, as if you’re really in the car. And although there’s a love story there, I appreciate not having to watch a little x-rated action. It wasn’t warranted.
My only disappointment about this film is that I expected a lot more intense driving in a movie called “Drive”, and maybe that’s my own fault because that’s what I’ve come to expect from Hollywood.
-Konscious Vybz
