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Old 08-02-2013, 09:35 PM   #13433 (permalink)
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I think that as time goes by it's going to be love it or hate it but that's a general term to describe films. There's always going to be people in the middle.

The questions that aroused for me are in spoiler territory...

I forget how to put spoiler tags on sh*t so just highlight

Was the cop really God? Was the murdered brother ****ing the mom? Why did Gosling want to be near his mothers uterus? What was his childhood like?

These aren't huge questions, but just holey-y narrative. Also I'd call the violence even with Drive. The ice pick scene made me squirm more than anything in Drive. Drive was more shocking though. It was quicker.
I know what you mean about the 'love or hate' thing but I disagree. I think film buffs will quibble forever about it, and that the neutral territory will win out.

I also believe that non-film buffs will deem it a "mediocre Gosling film" but, admittedly, I'm not great at predicting the future. And I feel that the ice pick scenes are only remarkable because of the talent of the actor who got the picks.

RE your spoiler points..

Spoiler for answers?:
Of course the villain was not God but he was the god of his region. He is a badass cop who defeats whatever he considers evil. The mother probably did not have actual sex with either of her sons but she did treat them like sexual partners. They competed for her love. Gosling may have killed his father. We don't know why - that is a question. Perhaps he, his brother, and his father all vied for the attention and approval of his mother.
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