[Gee Bag]

You say you have worked with autistic people have a sister who is autistic yet you can't see in the character of the Driver anything which may suggest that he is somewhat autistic?

In fairness if you are trying to explain poor acting by claiming the lad is supposed to be autistic your kind of clutching at straws.

[nix]

I've always held Bryan Cranston in high regard, ever since that scene in Malcolm in the middle, where hes doing trials/tests to get into the CIA and he's being held upside down blindfolded, trying to solve a rubix cube getting fire crackers thrown by his head and exploding, and his reactions just had me in stitches laughing..

He's what made watching that show fun for me, always hoped he would break on through, and he has thank fook

[Duggy747]

Originally Posted by nix

I've always held Bryan Cranston in high regard, ever since that scene in Malcolm in the middle, where hes doing trials/tests to get into the CIA and he's being held upside down blindfolded, trying to solve a rubix cube getting fire crackers thrown by his head and exploding, and his reactions just had me in stitches laughing..

He's what made watching that show fun for me, always hoped he would break on through, and he has thank fook

When I 1st started watching Breaking Bad I didn't know how I could get the memory of Hal out of my mind. I thought he would be typecast and that's how everyone would remember him.

Didn't take long, mind, and he finally got to flex his serious acting skills with his own platform. He finds it a great honour that people can't believe Walter White and Hal are the same actor.

[nix]

I still have to watch breaking bad, cant wait.. I tend to let TV shows play out for atleast 3+ seasons these days before watching them, as if they are good and still get canceled early i hit the roof

[marienbad]

I was really looking forward to this film as it was a remake of one of my favourites from the 70's -The Driver with Ryan O'Neal and directed by the great Walter Hill. Have to say I was very disappointed - Gosling was even blander than O'Neal (which was some achievement) but O'Neal got away with it in a less is more kind of way , but Gosling was just less is less.

And the violence was way over the top and just reduced the characters to little more than physcos. Big disappointment, I will be going again next week so I may change my mind but I doubt it.

Still worth the price of admission though , but not the little gem the original turned out to be.,

[rossc007]

Originally Posted by marienbad

I was really looking forward to this film as it was a remake of one of my favourites from the 70's -The Driver with Ryan O'Neal and directed by the great Walter Hill. Have to say I was very disappointed - Gosling was even blander than O'Neal (which was some achievement) but O'Neal got away with it in a less is more kind of way , but Gosling was just less is less.

And the violence was way over the top and just reduced the characters to little more than physcos. Big disappointment, I will be going again next week so I may change my mind but I doubt it.

Still worth the price of admission though , but not the little gem the original turned out to be.,

You sure this is a remake? The plots seem completely different

[Sad Professor]

It's not a remake.

[marienbad]

Originally Posted by rossc007

You sure this is a remake? The plots seem completely different

I think it is, with the mob guys just replacing Bruce Dern and his rogue cops meeting in their big van thingy.

[Darko]

Originally Posted by marienbad

I think it is, with the mob guys just replacing Bruce Dern and his rogue cops meeting in their big van thingy.

Well then you're wrong. while there are some similarities Drive is based on a novel and not the Walter Hill film. To call it a remake of The Driver would be the same as to say that The Town is a remake of Heat.

[blodvyn]

Originally Posted by nix

I still have to watch breaking bad, cant wait.. I tend to let TV shows play out for atleast 3+ seasons these days before watching them, as if they are good and still get canceled early i hit the roof

Breaking bad has one episode left of season 4, season 5 is the final season and has been given the go ahead, go download it.

[marienbad]

Originally Posted by Darko

Well then you're wrong. while there are some similarities Drive is based on a novel and not the Walter Hill film. To call it a remake of The Driver would be the same as to say that The Town is a remake of Heat.

Lets just agree to disagree then, striking similarities though.

[indough]

Originally Posted by marienbad

Lets just agree to disagree then, striking similarities though.

it isnt really a matter of opinion though, its just technically not a remake of that film. now there is an argument to be made that the film version could have been somewhat inspired by the driver, but to be honest it has more in common with le samourai, which the driver itself was inspired by

[marienbad]

Originally Posted by indough

it isnt really a matter of opinion though, its just technically not a remake of that film. now there is an argument to be made that the film version could have been somewhat inspired by the driver, but to be honest it has more in common with le samourai, which the driver itself was inspired by

I have no interest in ''technically'' really, it is artistically as much a remake as I have seen, but as I say that is my opinion and that is the beauty of art - we all can have differing opinions .

[indough]

Originally Posted by marienbad

I have no interest in ''technically'' really, it is artistically as much a remake as I have seen, but as I say that is my opinion and that is the beauty of art - we all can have differing opinions .

its not a matter of opinion

listen, a remake is what happens when they consciously sit down and decide to remake something. if a film is somewhat similar to an earlier one by accident that is not a remake

[johnny_ultimate]

Homage ≠ Remake