Sunday, 9 July 2017

Baby Driver (Wright, 2017)

  If I'm right in thinking that this is the film that Edgar Wright left Ant-Man for I'm so happy that he did as much as I was disappointed at the time. Baby Driver is so much better than Ant-Man ever could have been even with Wright in the directors chair. I really enjoyed this film, it was funny and had the cinematography and editing that Wright is known for, although not as much as I would have liked. However, the writing is very him throughout the film by taking a very American genre and putting this British spin on it which in the case of Baby Driver he does by making it not very serious and over  the top. When I first heard of this movie I thought it would be a Drive knock-off until I found out that Edgar Wright was behind it.
  The acting is great by all, I loved Ansel Elgort in this, it honestly makes up for things like Divergent. Kevin Spacey was also very good, being given quite a serious character with some awesome one-liner comebacks when people questioned Baby (Elgort's character). But the thing that really made it for me (apart from the Edgar Wright-ness of it all) was the music. This film has such an awesome soundtrack that fits so well. The editors of this film must have worked the freakin' socks off trying to get every cut in time with the music playing over it during the driving/getaway scenes. It was a masterpiece of editing to watch on the big screen.
  Ok, so overall do I have any complaints over this film apart from it wasn't Edgar Wright enough for me? No, no I do not. This film was beautiful to watch and oh so funny to hear. I'm so glad that I have another Edgar Wright film to add to my DVD collection in a few months time. If you haven't seen it, go and see it, if you already have seen it maybe go see it again just to see it on the big screen one more time (I know I will be). Honestly, this is such a great film from such an amazingly talented writer and director. Edgar Wright is in my top three filmmakers of all time, ever since I watched Scott Pilgrim for the first time he has been one of my favourites and this film did not disappoint.

Rating: 5 out of 5

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