Drive

As a said in my last blog post, this movie followed the trend of leaving you with unanswered questions. One thing I liked, that the director of Drive did in the movie, was that he allowed Bernie and Nino to explain the mystery behind the bag of money. Yes, actions do speak louder than words, but there always something relieving about having a character flat out say what is going on. I must say I do love movies with high intensity that has a mysterious feeling, but sometimes it’s a pain to follow along. For example, when you turn away from the screen for ONE second and then all the sudden you’ve missed a clue to the mystery.

            For me, Drive has been my favorite movie so far. No, it wasn’t because of Ryan Gosling (although it did help). But, it was because of that feeling of relief. It is truly a great feeling when you’ve been wondering the whole moving what is going on and then all the sudden it clicks and all your questions are answered. Drive had a few scenes like that for me. The first scene was at the hotel after Standard has been shot. When the girl robber explains to Gosling what she has been told, it is made clear that Standard had been set up. The second scene was in the strip joint when Gosling talks to Nino on the phone. I felt myself gasp because the movie had made a 360 and connected previous characters into the mystery. The last scene was when Nino and Bernie are talking in the pizza place about what there are going to do to the “kid”. They discuss where the money came from and how everything is connected.