During the summer, I went to the movies 29 times, with only 3 of those 29 times being a movie I saw twice. You'd think that trend would continue right now that fall is here right? Well unfortunately, no, that is until this week. I have a slew of movies I need and probably will catch up on.
Today however marked the first movie of the fall I've seen. It came down to Contagion and Drive as for which one I'd see first. In my mind, Contagion is a modern take on the movie Outbreak (for those that haven't seen it, go see it and it almost looks like the same take on Contagion, only it involves a Monkey). Drive on the other hand stars Ryan Gosling, and in my opinion, he's really coming into his own as a legit mainstream actor, capable of carrying a movie. Having said that, I saw Drive.
I'm not going to lie. When you first see Drive, you might start to ask yourself if this movie will get any better, and actually might start to question your choice. Sure the music (a brightspot in the movie) was worth it, but the movie did appear at first like it was trying to set a record for fewest words spoken by the lead actor. Note, I did say appear, meaning that about a half hour or so into the movie, that changed, and once Ryan Gosling started to talk more in the film, he started to shine. So much so, in my opinion, if Grand Theft Auto was ever made into a movie franchise, I could picture him up for the lead.
The movie is rated R, and it's that way on the violence factor alone. Normally you'd expect it to be rated R for other reasons, but it's purely the violence that got it it's rating, and it was done in a way that really made it believable.
My recommendation is to go see the movie, and if your deciding between this film and Contagion, I'd say flip a coin. I don't really think you can go wrong with either choice (I do plan on seeing Contagion this week).
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