See, it's reviews like that that are why I was somewhat disappointed in Looper. Because apparently it was supposed to make me ejaculate from all my orifices or something.
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Polter-Cow - Oct 04, 2012 4:13:06 pm PDT #22592 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
DavidS - Oct 04, 2012 6:23:59 pm PDT #22593 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Because apparently it was supposed to make me ejaculate from all my orifices or something.
Okay, don't sneeze near me.
Strega - Oct 04, 2012 6:27:02 pm PDT #22594 of 30000
I wanted to believe that the writer was like 18 because then I could maybe understand. But nope.
On the other hand, the negative review over there may be even more bewilderingly ignorant, so I think I'll go back to not knowing tor.com exists.
It's not the greatest anything, but I liked Looper. Partly because it's fundamentally the same story as Drive.
le nubian - Oct 04, 2012 7:15:35 pm PDT #22595 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
huh.
le nubian - Oct 04, 2012 7:15:51 pm PDT #22596 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
how do you figure?
Polter-Cow - Oct 04, 2012 7:32:53 pm PDT #22597 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Huh.
§ ita § - Oct 04, 2012 7:58:06 pm PDT #22598 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I haven't seen Drive (the Blu Ray I received was woefully faulty), but does Drive put itself in a place where the inconsistency of the central conceit sabotages the...well, the everything else?
I like a movie like Memento, where you're sure there's a hole, and you'll find it, if maybe you see it again, and tug at all the threads carefully, not one where you're watching the credits thinking "But hey, if...?" Never mind the clumsy gyrations made to get the people in the right positions on stage at the right time, which is why I couldn't give it more than a guarded rec.
There were a lot of things to enjoy about it, but I can't imagine what your viewing history has been like if this is the best genre movie you've seen since 2001. And you seem to write reviews for money.
Strega - Oct 04, 2012 8:04:20 pm PDT #22599 of 30000
They're both stories about borderline sociopaths living in completely exploitative worlds who discover that empathy exists. And are ultimately willing to sacrifice themselves to defend it. I guess for me they're both about monsters discovering that they're monsters. And I like that kind of thing.
Polter-Cow - Oct 04, 2012 8:09:30 pm PDT #22600 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Huh. I never thought about either movie that way (I thought you were going for the "defending a child from bad people" aspect ), but that reading makes me like Looper more. I don't entirely see it in Drive.
Strega - Oct 04, 2012 8:32:44 pm PDT #22601 of 30000
Well, defending a child bit is certainly there too, but I think it's more specifically "defending a child who has what I never did." Which I know, intellectually, is not as explicit in Drive but... all I can say is that to me it was pretty clear. I keep thinking about doing a scene-by-scene breakdown in my spare time but bets on when that'll happen.
ita, sorry, I don't really understand your question. I know people who didn't like Drive because it wasn't the heist movie it was marketed as. I went in knowing Ed Brubaker had recommended it, so I expected a live action Criminal, which is about what I got.