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92% on rotten tomatoes

not that I give a damn about that, all that matters is that I love it, but that's certainly a more compelling argument for its merits than your friends and a few dumb people are against it

and the "unrealistic" comment is hilarious. the movie was not in any way, shape or form meant to be the slightest bit realistic

I thought the soundtrack was fantastic, yes.

I see where you're coming from. I just don't agree. My date tonight thought it was going to be like the transporter and didn't want to see it. she ended up loving it. funny enough, as we were walking out, some teenager said the same thing wrt the transporter and thought it was terrible

and the montages were more about spectacle and direction than plot

I can see why one would dislike that

I saw it last night and thought it was OK but nothing I would recommend. After the opening chase there was a long period where I was making myself try to like it. Way to many awkward silences, almost as if the main characters were communicating through facial expressions as opposed to dialog. I can hardly believe it got a 92 on Rotten Tomatoes. I'd give it a 40 for some decent chase scenes and a uniquely hot Cary Mulligan.

Oh, the soundtrack sucked.

So I just saw this last night and this morning I'm trying to figure out wtf I just watched.

I dug the 80's feel for the movie. At one point I actually thought to myself "is this set in the 80s?" but remembered the new Impala at the beginning of the movie. I thought the soundtrack was real good, but I'm a sucker for 80's type synth

What I did not like was the awkward breaks in dialogue and the overly cheesy gore. I think the movie could have stood on it's own without showing Hendricks' head explode in slow mo, Gossling stomping on someone's head 36038936 times, etc.... Also didn't think there was enough actual driving.

I still can't make a final determination on whether I liked it or not.

Finally watched it on Bluray. It's my favorite movie of 2011.

lol pretty sure I just downloaded that track the other day when it popped up on a blog I read

I rarely enjoy being "that guy", but if you didn't like this movie, you simply don't appreciate that film can be art and you just look at it as entertainment/diversion. Its akin to complaining the The Wire is boring or confusing compared to Entourage or saying you didn't like the food on your trip to Italy as much as the Olive Garden. Great flick

I thought the whole thing was that he tries to help the girl and her kid and does the right thing but that also he is a complete psycho underneath. Every time there was a break in dialogue with him smirking I figured we were just supposed to think he was inside his own head. Not sure if that is supposed to be how you take him but that was where I was at.

FWIW, why are people saying "unrealistic" like it's a bad thing? Isn't that why movies exist? Spending a couple of hours removing you from reality? I want all of my movies to be like Garden State!

This was my take on his character and you see this in display at the diner when that guys speak to him about another job. Also, good call on the Nightcall track; I got that track immediately after watching that movie.

Also, the scarcity of dialogue worked extremely well b/c the acting was top notch and added to the intensity.