Drive (2011)

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Hucksta G

I just ordered mine from the UK and have noticed that on this site the UK running time is 96mins, while the US running time is 100 mins, should I be concerned?

Not at all

DRIVE

Video Feature

Classified 23 December, 2011 .

Run Time 96m 22s

Consumer Advice: Contains strong gory violence

This work was passed with no cuts made.

The BBFC has placed this work in the ACTION genre(s).
The main spoken language in this work is English.

Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
The cast for this work includes: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Oscar Isaac.

When submitted to the BBFC the work had a running time of 96m 22s.

This work was submitted to the BBFC by Icon Home Entertainment .

When a film is transferred to video the running time will be shorter by approximately 4% due to the differing number of frames per second. This does not mean that the video version has been cut or re-edited. BBFC

[Hucksta G]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

Not at all

Awesome thanks for that argh!! I wish I owned it now.

[CHEЯNOБLY!]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

When a film is transferred to video the running time will be shorter by approximately 4% due to the differing number of frames per second. This does not mean that the video version has been cut or re-edited. BBFC

So the UK's are speed-up? Kind of odd.

[philip74]

the speed up only goes for pal dvds, not for blurays.

[Doomnaut]

any chance this will go lower than 19.99? if so, how low?

[D00mM4r1n3]

Pre-ordered the UK Steelbook and US ugly release. Going to put the US disc in the UK case and sell the UK disc. I'm not a big fan of Blu-ray (prefer digital from iTunes/Amazon) but for this movie it's worth it.

Oh, and "Hello", this is my first post here.

[BStecke]

Originally Posted by D00mM4r1n3

Pre-ordered the UK Steelbook and US ugly release. Going to put the US disc in the UK case and sell the UK disc. I'm not a big fan of Blu-ray (prefer digital from iTunes/Amazon) but for this movie it's worth it.

Oh, and "Hello", this is my first post here.

Just curious, what do you watch your movies on?

[The Special Dog]

I just ordered mine on amazon.com

Still waiting to january 31st

[djgeneral]

Originally Posted by boredhusband

any chance this will go lower than 19.99? if so, how low?

It might be $17.99 somewhere. It will either be that or 19.99 come release day.

Typically small/indie/critical acclaim movies that release on just a single blu disc are $17.99 or 19.99 the first week. Like Midnight In PAris as the most recent example

[wilky61]

Originally Posted by Black Sabbath

Hey, calm down buddy. I go to the theater plenty. But in this case, none of my theaters were showing this movie and I very much wanted to see it, so I downloaded a rip online that was good quality, but not the greatest. I debated waiting, as I usually do, for a better rip, but I really wanted to see the movie and didn't want to wait. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the movie as I had hoped.

If my opinion on the first viewing of this film offends you, I'm terribly sorry. But, I am giving the movie another chance, this time in better quality, to see if it was the quality that was really holding me back from liking this movie (even though it probably wasn't ).

Also, for the record, plenty of things I download are on par with blu-ray quality. I get the full experience most of the time.

Kudos, Black Sabbath. You do what you do, and screw the rest.

As someone who owns one shy of 300 Blu-Rays and who's gone to the theaters four times in the last month, I downloaded and watched this film tonight myself. Actually, if this film were still playing at the $1.99 theater here, I wouldn't have downloaded it, but I guess I missed my chance to see this in theaters (t'was extremely busy with work this past fall).

Anyway, I was completely infatuated with the first half of this film because of its terseness; it was like watching a modern reimagining of JP Melville's Le Samourai. I really enjoyed Gosling's interactions with the kid Benicio and the contrast between his warmth toward the kid and his coolness at all other times. I was also pleased with Standard's character because he wasn't really what I was expecting. But then the focus of the film shifts, and I'm not too sure how I feel about the second half of the film once all the violence starts... It was just one guy dying after another until they were all dead, at which point the film ended. I also had some difficulty keeping straight all of the names and faces of the different mobsters that had been introduced in the film's exposition. Damn, I want to like this film, but I doubt that I'll fork over the $20 for this at the end of the month since times are tight and MGM is blasting me with six classic titles on the 24th.

Loved this film's style, not sold on the substance. This film is worth checking out, though, and I may revisit it in a few months to see if it's grown on me.

[Doomnaut]

Originally Posted by djgeneral

It might be $17.99 somewhere. It will either be that or 19.99 come release day.

Typically small/indie/critical acclaim movies that release on just a single blu disc are $17.99 or 19.99 the first week. Like Midnight In PAris as the most recent example

14.99 would be sweet since the artwork isn't so hot.

[Phoenix Theory]

Loved the trailer,Despite the ugly cover art.I cant wait to own this.I feel another great blind buy.

[wilky61]

Originally Posted by xphoenix23

Loved the trailer,Despite the ugly cover art.I cant wait to own this.I feel another great blind buy.

It's like Le Samourai crossed with Bullitt, if that makes sense to you.

[GxyExpress999]

Looks like Canadians get an awesome slipcover. The price is high though.

Originally Posted by Snake Plissken

[Show spoiler]CURSE U CANUCKLESTAN!!!!!

[Show spoiler]CUUUURRRRRRSSSSSSSEEEEEE YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!

[El_Jay]

Originally Posted by nolfoc

Nick Nolte deserve it much more for his role in Warrior

This.

Exactly my thoughts and only one post later.

Loved Brooks but Nolte better win it.

[El_Jay]

Originally Posted by lherman22

Ahh, there you run into murky waters. I don't believe Two Towers was better than Fellowship, but Return of the King was. However, chronologically Two Towers was Fellowship's direct sequel, not Return of the King, so I'm reluctant to count that. The Last Crusade might be considered on par with Raiders, but I discount it for the same reason. I’m not familiar enough with the Bourne series.

But agreed, Drive sequel almost surely=crap.

Edit: If you meant as a sequel to Two Towers, Return of the King was better I agree. I thought you meant both Two Towers and Return of the King were better than Fellowship.

The Godfather 2, The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 2, sequels are no longer guaranteed to be shit.

However, a sequel to Drive sounds utterly terrible. This is a standalone movie if I've ever seen one, even if the sequel is well-done it's just so totally unnecessary. Imagine if they go too hard on the exposition in the second one, show too much of Gosling's character, try and force the noir elements that worked well in the first one... it could even taint the first one when you rewatch it.


In other news, us Canucks get a different cover?! Awesome! The US one looks goddamn terrible, this movie in particular deserves much better.

[pretzels]

Originally Posted by GxyExpress999

Looks like Canadians get an awesome slipcover. The price is high though.

Looks like it's region free too. Might have to pick this up if it drops to 20-25. I want to see the actual case as well. How much is shipping to US from amazon.ca? Any way to get free shipping other than gift cards?

[GxyExpress999]

Originally Posted by pretzels

Looks like it's region free too. Might have to pick this up if it drops to 20-25. I want to see the actual case as well. How much is shipping to US from amazon.ca? Any way to get free shipping other than gift cards?

Canada is also region A so they'll play fine. But I think shipping costs about 10 USD and there is no free shipping option for US customers.

[Nickeleye7]

If the U.S. copy has no slipcover then I'm probably getting the canadian alliance release. $35 is too much but I really liked the movie and thought it was one of the best movies of 2011. Don't see why Sony would make such a dumb cover, they did an awesome package with taxi driver and that was like $12 on release (I understand its an older title but still). If sony did the same packaging with drive as they did with taxi driver that would be awesome.

[TheGoodBadUgly9]

Just made a custom cover of the poster that chetripley80 posted earlier. This is my first attempt at making a custom Blu-Ray cover, so let me know if anything needs fixing.