Comments on: Ryan Gosling To Star In ‘Drive’ By Nicolas Winding Refn; A Former Hugh Jackman/Neil Marshall Project https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ryan-gosling-to-star-in-drive-by-20100210/ Wed, 11 Nov 2020 17:02:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: T. https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ryan-gosling-to-star-in-drive-by-20100210/#comment-16274 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:20:53 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=4695#comment-16274 With Refn being one of my all-time favorite filmmakers, I guess I should wish for this to work out for him; but the truth is, I don't. The best films he's done so far were his Danish flicks (with 'Pusher II' still being THE film for me), and I want to see him go back to Denmark and do a small-scale movie again.
Ok, 'Bronson' was good, but it also marked the final step in Refn's transformation from a 'wild child' to primarily a stylist, a transformation which he begun with 'Fear X' (a fav from the John Turturro movies, but definitely a step back for Refn at the time, artistically and financially), and I feel that 'Valhalla' – as gorgeous as it looks – will also lack on substance a bit. And 'Drive' sounds like a kind of topic that would be perfect for continuing in this direction, which saddens me somehow – I want to see some low-budget, raw, wild cinema from him again.

]]> By: David N https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ryan-gosling-to-star-in-drive-by-20100210/#comment-16253 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:12:18 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=4695#comment-16253 The novel reads like a movie waiting to happen. Its taut, spare and pacy.

Gosling isn't right though for the character on the page, but Refn could be great for the material.

]]> By: gabetoro https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ryan-gosling-to-star-in-drive-by-20100210/#comment-16251 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:43:17 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=4695#comment-16251 This was the only Hugh Jackman project that EVER sounded promising. You done fucked up, Wolverine.

]]> By: Flowerproof https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ryan-gosling-to-star-in-drive-by-20100210/#comment-16236 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:54:51 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=4695#comment-16236 "Hopefully" being the operative word for this project. Seeing that Gosling hasn't had the best luck in picking projects recently.

]]> By: olilyttelton https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ryan-gosling-to-star-in-drive-by-20100210/#comment-16235 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:33:50 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=4695#comment-16235 Jackman/Marshall to Refn/Gosling: Talk about an upgrade.

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