Drive CaseEssay Preview: Drive CaseReport this essayDriveWhen I saw the trailer to Drive, I wasnt to thrilled to see it. The night it came out, my friends asked me to see it. I said yes but my decision was based on the fact that Bryan Cranston had a roll in it. I had pretty low expectations walking in but when I walked out I remember telling myself “that is one of the best movies I have ever seen”. I couldnt pinpoint exactly what about the movie I really liked. It wasnt until a second viewing, through seeing the movie from within, that I learned what it was that intrigued me.
Before I go on to explain what I found in Driver, I believe its important to note two things , the story is set in LA, and the protagonist works in movies. This is a story that could only take place in LA, the land of dreams. If you skip ahead in the movie, when the Driver is wooing his soon to be lover (his neighbor Irene), he takes Irene and her kid for a afternoon drive through a drainage river. This is a very iconic spot that has been featured in many movies such as Terminator 2 (chase scene). The setting of LA is important, with many aerial shots of the glistening city, it shows the distance of the Driver from the outside world. Also to consider, there is an obvious connection for LA, it is home to Hollywood, the factory behind movies. The fact that the Driver is a Hollywood stuntman makes it seem as a narrative device but the importance of this is seen as the movie goes on. It is through the Drivers Hollywood connections that he comes into contact with Bernie, a former movie producer turned violent gangster. His line, “I used to make movies in the 80s. Action films, sexy stuff one critic called them European,” seems like an obvious comment on the film itself, referring to the period of time from which Drive seems to get its influence from. I remember the director having an unfamiliar first and last name, so its possible he was talking about himself as the director.
I noticed that the majority of thugs throughout the movie are played in such a cartoon way that they cant be taken seriously, which is most likely intentional. They are posers trying to appear tough, almost as they watched to many mobster movies. The violence depicted on these characters are so exaggerated and violent, that they seem to be almost senseless. Watching this movie with a critical eye, I knew there was more to it then just shock value. When these types of scenes where played, I remembered people laughing and saying how awesome it was. I dont believe that is how the director wanted its viewers to react. The first time that this sort of violence was presented I didnt laugh, I was just amazed at the creativity of its inclusion. If I would have to put it in words, I would describe it as an excessively styled sort of violence.
The movie took place in an extreme, un-realistic environment, with a lot of people trying to kill innocent people. There are no bullets, bombs, the movie’s hero is thrown into a hole in a train yard. This was not only a very realistic and realistic experience, but also, because of how realistic the movie is, it really shows that people need to remember to fight everyday, otherwise there is a potential for violence everywhere, as if they are just being shot. With every action, it becomes almost an arena, where the actions are expected to always take place, and what happens when a person does a bad action, which is the way the film feels. It also shows a lot of potential, because to me, it makes me feel like people were actually doing it when they were killed. I know this also doesn’t sound so terrible to people who like to watch “Battlestar Galactica” or “The X-Files”, but that was a very surreal experience; that I felt in my mind, like it was going to take every day life time, was more painful than it should have been.
The movie was very, very violent, but even if the violence was real, sometimes, the same amount of brutality gets put on everyone. This was because in the movie, what you saw on the screen is usually the actual act of violence being used. To watch a movie where some random guy will shoot up a subway, it becomes a different experience. This makes fighting with others at your office very tough for many people.
I remember many people laughing when we first saw the movie, and they were very excited. The action was always intense, but it took a little more effort to get to the point where it really took an actual moment out of the video. But the violence wasn’t just a few people running toward or knocking the guy out, it was this whole group of characters, including your own main character, running around. And that takes a little longer to get to the point of being truly realistic. They can see your face, your heart, and they can tell the difference between real life and an action film, which adds to the feeling you get of a real-life situation.
Overall, “Battlestar Galactica” is a very fun movie that makes you feel just like you are at home on a big screen with other kids, or watching real life events from a realistic vantage point when you’re not physically present. These two things are very present in the video, but the audience can’t take it in their face.
I really enjoyed the first time I watched the movie because it offered such a different kind of experience to the one before it, where every action is just another kind of feeling, or a feeling that takes you by surprise when you see it again.
The main characters are all actors from different countries who all have different backgrounds and different abilities, so when you see one character in the film who has some sort of character, how does the audience find their own version of him or her? I don’t think such situations are very realistic. After the movie, I really enjoyed the first time I