The story of the whole movie is very simple and very common. Like many similar crime movies before, he tells that a man can fight against the whole gang alone for the sake of a woman and for love. The question is not what the story is, but how to tell it. The director Nicolas Winding Refn (Nicolas Winding Refn) told this story beautifully.
The director took this common crime story into a literary and artistic atmosphere. The editing and rhythm of the whole film are very well controlled, and there is a hint of anxiety in the calm, just like the actor played by Ryan Gosling. (His name doesn't even appear in the movie) That kind of temperament, cold but full of humanity. He never said much about bad guys, never flattered, insisted on his own things. The gentleness he showed around his beloved woman, so manly. And when someone hurts this woman, he will never be merciless, even if he loses all of his own life, he has to fight desperately. Because in his heart, no one can hurt this woman. Because he loves her.
There is a saying that when a man is desperate to protect his beloved woman, he is the real man. Yes, the male protagonist in the film did. In the movie, when he met Irene and her son in a car repair shop, and drove them home. The song "a real hero" began to sound, and the lyrics repeatedly sang "A real human being and a real hero". When you first see this place, you may wonder why the lyrics are sung like this. I think this is a hint from the director that something terrible is about to happen after the good time between the two. Then the whole film tells that he is really "A real human being and a real hero."
I think this scene in the movie perfectly explains that he is the real "A real human being and a real hero": the actor played by Ryan Gosling told Carey Mulligan outside the elevator ) What happened to the heroine Irene. But because she lost her husband and was conflicted, she couldn't help but slapped him emotionally, but he was still begging to let her leave with the money, or he left with the two of them. At this moment, he is no longer the magic driver, no longer the cruel rascal biting a toothpick, but a man begging for love, how can such a man not make you tempted.
At this time the elevator door opened, and there was a guy who claimed to be on the wrong floor, and he was here to kill their gangster. After entering the elevator, the actor has already noticed. Then came the most exciting scene in the whole movie. The actor pushed Irene behind him and started kissing her. There was a romantic yellow light throughout the scene, and the director used slow motion to express this romance. At that moment, time seemed to have stopped, and the whole world belonged to them. The kiss ended, the camera returned to normal speed, and he killed the gangster cleanly.
As a college student who is neither a man nor a boy, such a man is the real man, the kind of man we want to be. I wonder if the girls now think so. In my opinion, he really is "A real human being and a real hero." Finally, I recommend everyone to watch this movie and don’t forget to listen to its original soundtrack. The American media selected the top 20 best movie soundtracks in 2011. "Drive" ranked first and second with two songs respectively. It's worth listening to.
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