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What if you took "Drive", and swapped the ultraviolent, brooding, neon-lit affect of Nicholas Windig Refn for the pop-addled, needle-dropping auteurism of Edgar Wright? Well you might get Baby Driver.  Starring Ansel Elgort as B-A-B-Y Baby, a young but troubled getaway man whose tinnitus-blocking set of rockin' tunes gives him nerves of steel; Lily James as his ladyfriend; Kevin Spacey as Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byb2eJ_lLes I mean, as trailers go, there's a lot to like here. That careening bright red Subaru whipping all over the frame, those gleaming Wayfarers, that soundtrack! This has all the feel of a classic chase/heist movie mixed with a jukebox framing device, but not without a dose of whimsy and weirdness - I love that Mike Myers joke in the trailer and I hope it plays as well in the film. I expect lots of delicious diegetic/musical moments as this is after all an Edgar Wright picture. It's gonna go vroom real fast, the soundtrack is going to kick rear end, Baby is probably going to end up driving for his life to get away from some very great vengeance and furious anger, and it seems to tilt way further toward an abundance of action beats over comedy beats moreso than anything Wright has done to date bar possibly Ant-Man. It premiered at SXSW this month and people seem pretty happy with what they've seen. A lot of the story beats (a getaway driver balancing his blossoming romance against the potentially lethal pressure of one last job) seem very, very Drive-esque, but what more does a movie of this style need, really? One last thought: I absolutely love the connection between the ubiquitous "baby" of vintage pop and R&B, and the stone-faced, near-anonymous driver archetype. strangemusic fucked around with this message at 20:01 on Mar 13, 2017 |
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precision posted:Looks great, but if one of the songs used isn't "Leader of the Pack" then man, wasted opportunity for sure.  That and "Be My Baby," of course.
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Spatulater bro! posted:I really dislike Ansel Elgort. The term "punchable" must have been coined just for him. 
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DrVenkman posted:Here, have the better International trailer: https://youtu.be/z2z857RSfhk This is indeed significantly better. "SHAHP!" strangemusic fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Mar 15, 2017 |
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DC Murderverse posted:Nah, that would have felt too much like Shawn or Hot Fuzz, I like the twist of Nick Frost being the responsible one and Simon Pegg being the fuckup, they both do very well in their roles. The World's End DEFINITELY took a second viewing to fully appreciate for me as well. I'm a bicoastal Canadian so Scott Pilgrim has always been close to my heart, but the level of subtle, very careful weaving of utterly hilarious things into TWE makes it my fave of the Cornetto movies.
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Mar 29, 2017 06:26
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raditts posted:What does being a "bicoastal Canadian" mean? Grew up in Vancouver, lived in Toronto.
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SomeJazzyRat posted:Hey! Well, I'm from Utica, and I've never heard anyone use the phrase "steamed hams." Also, Ottawa is a bleak, terrible place. Sorry not sorry, Ottawa residents.
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Colonel Whitey posted:E: also I just realized, why is the subtitle for this thread not The Fault In Our Cars God dammit
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Going tonight. God dammit I cannot wait to get off work and go see this thing.
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