I would put the entire Cornetto trilogy ahead of Scott Pilgrim and Baby Driver, but the use of music/sound in Baby Driver was impressive enough that I'd recommend the movie just for that. And the car chases are good. Plot/characters are flimsy excuses to build great car chases and a great soundtrack around.
Mal: Then I call it a win. What's the problem? Inara: Should I start with the part where you're stranded in the middle of nowhere, or the part where you have no clothes?
'Trash'
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Jessica - Jul 03, 2017 3:45:01 am PDT #870 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Steph L. - Jul 03, 2017 3:58:31 am PDT #871 of 3463
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Full disclosure: until you all started posting about Baby Driver, I assumed -- just based on the name -- that it was some corny Look Who's Talking-esque comedy about an infant that drives a car. No, really. (I obviously hadn't seen the trailer or even a poster.)
tommyrot - Jul 03, 2017 8:14:33 am PDT #872 of 3463
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Me too.
Steph L. - Jul 03, 2017 8:15:21 am PDT #873 of 3463
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
t solidarity
tommyrot - Jul 03, 2017 8:19:06 am PDT #874 of 3463
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I mean, it's unfortunate but it sounds like that movie you described would exist.
Steph L. - Jul 03, 2017 8:19:26 am PDT #875 of 3463
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I'm surprised that it doesn't.
Connie Neil - Jul 03, 2017 8:30:33 am PDT #876 of 3463
brillig
There was a movie a couple of months ago called Boss Baby, so it's an easy mistake to make.
Scrappy - Jul 03, 2017 6:39:34 pm PDT #877 of 3463
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I loved Baby Driver--but it does have very flimsy characters. Still, it didn't bother me, as everything else was so visually and aurally fun.
Tom Scola - Jul 04, 2017 1:11:59 am PDT #878 of 3463
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I wonder if there were budget issues with Baby Driver, because in the first half the car chases were AMAZING, but in the climax the car chases tended to be in confined places like parking lots or parking garages.
beekaytee - Jul 06, 2017 3:27:37 pm PDT #879 of 3463
Compassionately intolerant
"If there are real things that stand by people's beds,how big a coincidence would it be for one to show up right after you watched a movie about things that stand by people's beds?"
::licks end of pencil::makes notation in lifehacks notebook under 'things to keep in mind when freaking out about random noises at night'::
Cheers for that, chris!
Edgar Wright spoke at Awesome Con. I was too busy working, but the attendees said very complimentary things about him. I'm embarrassed to say, I'd never heard of him, despite having seen Hot Fuzz and The World's End.