I saw it as him guiding her to the light while he had to stay in the dark with the other guy. You've also got the organ music giving it a church like feel.
he wished if only by turning into a stain that murderer cockroach he could stop what unleashed to, and that's why he continued however knowing more contract killers will come against her and her child. It was releasing the rage such suspicion turned truth made him feel, however being a person who could not only keep his cool but was mostly taciturn of personality even when driving complicated tracks and turns
I think people who think that, while they're entitled to and it's even normal to think that, haven't been in many fights. Sometimes the chimpanzee/baboon dna just takes over and you hit someone excessively, and only a tiny part of yourself is aware that what you're doing could be wrong.
@@childofthesun32 I know what you're tryna say, but he literally completely caves the dude's full face in (splattering his brains) and STILL stomps 3 more times.
I love this scene, the dimming of the lights with the kiss and the fact that he knows if he doesn't kiss her now after what she sees he's about to do she will never kiss him after
I've always felt the dimming was the separation from reality. It's her momentary swoon, feeling safe and protected being moved aside. The kiss was fantasy, their hope (it never happened). A hitman wouldn't politely wait for them to finish. The light returns, back to reality, fight ensues and the brutal end of hitman and them.
Oh yes, I felt that too! Also this scene in some way is so much alike every other scene but in it's perfection.. throughout the whole film there're very long pauses between words and not only, as if only a moment is valuable and it is the only reality to which they truly belong (world of criminal, uncertainty and dim glow of hope)
The acting and violence is amazing. She was great watching this seemingly nice guy she thought who she allowed to be around her son and in her house turns out to be something she wasn't expecting.
@@AlphaQHard I mean.. the legal way of proceeding in his situation would’ve been to disarm the man once he was unconscious and then call the police It’s not like it took just 1 stomp the smash his entire face in, there were plenty of moments where the threat was already neutralized and he continued to go
@@StoutProper nah, the scene is purposeful since everyone I know who has watched this scene says the same thing: he could've stopped awhile ago, but he didn't. That's the whole point. The threat had been stopped, but Driver completely erased the threat.
Best scene in the entire movie. The Driver realises that he can’t have Irene and in order to truly protect her, he has to reveal his true self to her. And although he is morally correct in the entire situation, he’s a complete psychopath at the same time.
Kinda feel bad for standard though. At first you'd think he was some kind of wife beater with anger issues but he ended up being a paranoid loving father.
Your right, not quite psychopath but he definitely lives in the underworld and when he tried to taste some of the good life his nature brought him back in just like the scorpion had to sting frog...but his nature saved Irene and her son. His motives were selfless especially after husband came home and he still helped.
@UWUUXDXDD The lights dimmed on their own. They usually do not do that. That is how the film represents transition between the actual situation and him saying good bye to a life with her in his mind. And then the lights come back and the real situation continues
@@TheoneGodfather That is not stretch at all. The alternative is, that he made up with her while the hitman, who wants to kill him, is right behind him.
@@ughlwtmechangerhisthabks8349 I don't really get it, can you explain to me? (I get that hes a sociopath but I don't really know what mental problems he did have.)
I haven't seen the movie, but since she just slapped him, I doubt she would kiss him. And, he moved her a lot further than there was room to move her and never would have made such an obvious " get the woman out if the way before before the fight" move in front of the hitman because it would have signaled his intentions. And the time for the hitman to attack is during the kiss, so I have to guess the kiss was how he wished it had happened.
@@sludgerat444 This comment doesn't make sense. I can say the dumbest thing about some hidden meaning in this scene and that will also be true because "everything" in the scene is deliberate?
Yeah he’s a great physical actor, that embarrassed and self conscious look on his face along with his slouched posture really shows that he’s ashamed of who he really is
The dynamics at play in this scene, love, romance, betrayal, remorse, all building up palpable tension that’s released through an incredibly up close and personal act of brutal violence. This is about as close to perfect as it gets.
I liked Gosling before Blade Runner and then after I saw that literal masterpiece, he became my favorite actor of all time. I felt so many emotions during that movie which is super rare for me. I never really feel any emotions from a movie except for happiness during a comedy or something. I grew up watching the blade runner series since my grandpa likes it but 2049 was beyond all expectations. Ryan Gosling was made to play that roll. They couldn't have casted a better man for the job in my opinion.
Hands down one of my all time favorite movies. Just such a work of art. From start to finish, it’s such a work of cinema perfection. The acting, the actors, the music. All amazing
I remember that, it's a promotion campaign and television ads. They promoted it as a straight nothing but robbers and car chases for the fast and furious audiences. But then this ended up hurting the response to it being an art house director film and not a typical summer flick. There's room to breathe between the actors in the scenes, so the lamends looking for some Gosling action vehicle movie didn't like that. Having actual depth to the scenes of dialogue and character driven. It got bad word of mouth. But it found its audience that holds its place in cinema for their generation.
The scorpion jacket is the best piece of symbolism in the movie. The jacket itself represents the Driver's human nature (since only humans can wear jackets), while the scorpion represents his unforgiving ferocity.
Gotta love 5:10. The scorpion symbol, meant to show the Driver’s dark side… we’ve been getting shots of it throughout the movie. But now it appears to be breathing in tandem with him. It’s alive now. He denied it for the better part of the movie, but now it’s finally awake… and walking and living and breathing right alongside him.
@@davidstephens3804 Don't think I have to. I'm sure that reading is interesting too. This whole analysis thing isn't like doing a school report.... its not a right/wrong type thing and even if it was I'm not getting graded. The movie is full of loaded imagery, the driver himself is a complex character and more than one interpretation can be valid.
In all the goodbye kisses in all the movies I've ever seen, this one....this one has a place of its own. Let's just say there's a finality to it. Nothing left to say or do, not unless you're the cleaning crew.
what i absolutely love about this scene is how in the end it almost feels like the scorpion in his jacket comes alive and breathes for a slow second, revealing itself
Such a wonderfully directed and composited slow tempo scene. - The choice to turn down the lighting to give them a moment in time. And pull in the audience, and then shock them back out into reality. - You know something is coming, but you as a first time watcher will have almost forgotten about the other dude/know that is still to come. - Also, that blood is going to be hard to get out of that silk, so its stained it, as much as the character is stained forever to her. - Sidenote, I love the fluffy material detail on the scorpion.
this movie was fucking awesome. He new it was a kiss goodbye before revealing the monster within. she is completely lost, in love and terrified at the same time.
This is like the only movie to have one of the most beautiful scenes in cinema history with one-of-the-most brutal and savage beatings in cinema history right after another.
The duality of this scene was so perfect! The sweet music playing as he finally gives her a kiss and it's a whole moment to the immediate switch to extreme violence
Brilliant scene, the lighting, the way he positions her to kiss her.. the violence in the fight and the utter rage … rage of losing everything in a moment because of love… unleashed on the guys face
The set-up in the movie is one of the best ever. You are thinking the entire movie it is a typical down-on-his-luck, rough-on-the-edges, misunderstood guy gets the girl, and you realize the movie is how psycho paths can fall in love too. The movie does not gloss over that he is demented man.
not sure if the comment was on this video, but ive read someone say that THAT was the crispiest sounding slap they ever heard in cinema or something like that 😂
Jonah Askeland Søviknes ha ha. Yes let’s put our name all over someone else’s work. Wouldn’t want anyone copying our hard work and using it as their own.
The moment he saw the gun and the guy looking he knew either the man with the gun or Driver and the girl were walking out of the elevator, but not both. He knew instantly that the kiss would be the last kiss, either of their lives or as the man who she loved and trusted. His character would have learned in prison the only way out of a fight to death in a small space is to be as brutal as you possibly can be. Half-assed effort during a fight to the death will get you and anyone close to you killed. When she stepped out of the elevator and looked at Driver he was no longer the man she thought she knew.
Most Women always believe they know ALL about any Man they just interact with whether after just 2 minutes or after 20 years together. They always want to be 100% SURE, not so much of him or because it's really necessary, but to grease their own Ego belief they are smarter than him or anyone. _Clark Kent They never want to apply the same life-saving and worrying-free courtesy advice given to same number of self-flattering men, *NEVER, EVER take a a Woman for granted.* _nor a Man. There will always be things within each individual, not even the many superdetective Clouseau wives will know, and maybe not even himself/herself. Things come out in ocassions many would never have expected from their own deeper selves
Mmm! Head soup! Man, this was one fantastic movie! The ambience is second to none, there is a constant tension throughout the movie, like things are about to go sideways at the drop of a hat. This movie captures the chaos of real life and how fast your life and many others can be impacted greatly with one single action.
I remember thinking this Standard guy is a punk. But then I grew to like him, and then he gets killed. First movie I had scene Oscar Isaac in, and I love him still!
The fact he is so damn calm tells you he ain't wired right. He was not wrong in what he did, but way too calm about it. Like going to the fridge to make a sandwich.
@@christianzillaIt's more likely that he's a sociopath rather then a psychopath, he was shown to have moral standards after all. I'd call psychopaths someone like Anton Chigurh and Patrick Bateman, but not The Driver.
I think it is you who jumpscared the spider while it was peeing. Also since you have murdered the only witness I have trouble believing your version of events
An absolutely amazing scene in a (choosing my words carefully) GREAT movie. Some have also called this a great movie, and others have dismissed it as derivative. It's not derivative when you're carefully crafting a film to fit within a genre. I think it's one of the best films ever made. And I've seen a few.
I could write an essay on how the lighting in this scene was so significant to the story. He literally pushed her into the light for a final kiss and then stepped into the shadows the beat a man to death and ruin anything he might have had with her for the greater good of protecting her.
These two can act. That is a rarity to convey words, emotions, and whatever within the character. That woman will always be one of those that will be remembered as a professional.
The irony is that she was just shocked at the moment. She obviously realized later that he saved their lives more than once from some very bad guys - and all this coming from her late husband. In the end she knocks on his door and we know she wants him, but by then it's already too late.
2:00 Right when the Driver says he can look after her that door opens revealing the assassin is basically the world he lives in saying, “Yeah buddy you could try to protect her and the kid but…we both know how this is going to end..don’t we?” The Driver was damned from the start when he entered his underworld of crime. That’s basically the doorman to Hell waking him up from his dream.
Really makes you think if Irene even knew the other guy was a danger and trying to kill them both. It happens so fast you could almost believe she thinks Driver just murked some dude
Society has lead people to believe that one cannot be a good man and a dangerous man at the same time. One cannot exist without the other. One must be able to deliver overwhelming violence to protect the ones he loves.
I find most films i watch disappointing. This one is one my very few recent favourites. The protagonist is believable. cinematography is brilliant. Story is engaging. Script is polished.
The lights are dimmed, and it's his mind darkens too, but his wish to protect her and keep his heart for her at the same time, leads to the next action. I understood that part before he crushed the thug's skull, the kiss part in slow motion was only what he imagined in his head.
Personally, I think the 'entire pushing her aside and kissing' lasted 2-3 seconds tops before immediately getting into the fight sequence and killing the assassin. There was no time for the assassin to react to him protecting her and kissing her before Driver started killing him. One of the top 20 scenes of all time imo
I hate how people try to have the perception he was a psychopath based off of this scene. If you're in an elevator with a mf you KNOW is going to make an attempt to kill you, why wouldn't you end it first? Driver already knew what was up as soon as he saw the gun; the opp tried to make his move first and was stopped. I wasn't mad at Driver at all, if you're going to do something like that than overdo it so the next mf knows.
"Why did you kill that man in the elevator and make it so we can never be together?" "Because it is my nature," says the man wearing the jacket with a scorpion on it.
He showed proficient weapons efficiency throughout the movie. Knew how to drive, shoot, stab, defend against a breach of multiple assailants coming from multiple angles, capable of keeping a low profile and remain mysterious. Convinced at some point he received military training.
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The dimming of the lights… was such a subtle, amazing touch. Great scene.
I saw it as him guiding her to the light while he had to stay in the dark with the other guy. You've also got the organ music giving it a church like feel.
Subtle? Not subtle.
Very good interpretation of the scene ;^)
people notice some lights being dimmed and they lose their minds
It's a nod to buffalo 66'. Check that movie out.
I like how everyone feels that same, "he could've stopped awhile ago," feeling that makes this scene so perfect.
Sometimes you just have to finish what you started.
he wished if only by turning into a stain that murderer cockroach he could stop what unleashed to, and that's why he continued however knowing more contract killers will come against her and her child. It was releasing the rage such suspicion turned truth made him feel, however being a person who could not only keep his cool but was mostly taciturn of personality even when driving complicated tracks and turns
It's in his nature
I think people who think that, while they're entitled to and it's even normal to think that, haven't been in many fights. Sometimes the chimpanzee/baboon dna just takes over and you hit someone excessively, and only a tiny part of yourself is aware that what you're doing could be wrong.
@@childofthesun32 I know what you're tryna say, but he literally completely caves the dude's full face in (splattering his brains) and STILL stomps 3 more times.
I love this scene, the dimming of the lights with the kiss and the fact that he knows if he doesn't kiss her now after what she sees he's about to do she will never kiss him after
I've always felt the dimming was the separation from reality. It's her momentary swoon, feeling safe and protected being moved aside. The kiss was fantasy, their hope (it never happened). A hitman wouldn't politely wait for them to finish. The light returns, back to reality, fight ensues and the brutal end of hitman and them.
Oh yes, I felt that too! Also this scene in some way is so much alike every other scene but in it's perfection.. throughout the whole film there're very long pauses between words and not only, as if only a moment is valuable and it is the only reality to which they truly belong (world of criminal, uncertainty and dim glow of hope)
This scene is all time. Literally stomped that man out of existence
Is all time what?
@@hudeyfaabdi610 just all time man
17 kicks
Sorry you had to see that...
Haven't seen the movie but getting some True Romance, Taxi Driver, Leon vibes
This isn't a fight scene, it's a sad goodbye to a normal life.
Ding, ding, ding.
Good answer Carl
This is exactly how a boy in jail becomes a man in prison…by about 3 stomps in
Bleh. Bleh and more bleh…
@@efgragin Ok
The acting and violence is amazing. She was great watching this seemingly nice guy she thought who she allowed to be around her son and in her house turns out to be something she wasn't expecting.
But was 100% necessary...
What did he do wrong?
@@AlphaQHard I mean.. the legal way of proceeding in his situation would’ve been to disarm the man once he was unconscious and then call the police
It’s not like it took just 1 stomp the smash his entire face in, there were plenty of moments where the threat was already neutralized and he continued to go
@@ppietras97 when it’s a matter of life and death you don’t tend to think rationally
@@StoutProper nah, the scene is purposeful since everyone I know who has watched this scene says the same thing: he could've stopped awhile ago, but he didn't.
That's the whole point. The threat had been stopped, but Driver completely erased the threat.
Best scene in the entire movie. The Driver realises that he can’t have Irene and in order to truly protect her, he has to reveal his true self to her. And although he is morally correct in the entire situation, he’s a complete psychopath at the same time.
Psychopath? You sound dumb AF
Kinda feel bad for standard though. At first you'd think he was some kind of wife beater with anger issues but he ended up being a paranoid loving father.
@@napoleonbonaparte3572 yeah :C what did he do though to get into prison he said it was bad prolly a robbery or smth my guess.
He's the scorpion from the parable
Your right, not quite psychopath but he definitely lives in the underworld and when he tried to taste some of the good life his nature brought him back in just like the scorpion had to sting frog...but his nature saved Irene and her son. His motives were selfless especially after husband came home and he still helped.
I love how he kisses her goodbye, it's their last moment together in a sense.
Damn...
it was all in his mind.....it never happened.....sadly. The reality is that he did beat up that hitman into oblivion......
@UWUUXDXDD The lights dimmed on their own. They usually do not do that. That is how the film represents transition between the actual situation and him saying good bye to a life with her in his mind. And then the lights come back and the real situation continues
@@jankom.7783I haven’t seen the movie but that sounds like a bit of a stretch. Are there other scenes in the movie that portray a fantasy scenario?
@@TheoneGodfather That is not stretch at all. The alternative is, that he made up with her while the hitman, who wants to kill him, is right behind him.
the assasin hitman was too nice , he waited for the kiss to finish
The kiss probably never happened.
@@ughlwtmechangerhisthabks8349 That's a great observation.
@@ughlwtmechangerhisthabks8349
Interesting take.
@@ughlwtmechangerhisthabks8349 I don't really get it, can you explain to me? (I get that hes a sociopath but I don't really know what mental problems he did have.)
I haven't seen the movie, but since she just slapped him, I doubt she would kiss him. And, he moved her a lot further than there was room to move her and never would have made such an
obvious " get the woman out if the way before before the fight" move in front of the hitman because it would have signaled his intentions. And the time for the hitman to attack is during the kiss, so I have to guess the kiss was how he wished it had happened.
He even fights like a scorpion in this scene. Grappling his opponent down then comes the stinger. Great scene
Overanalysing dude
Way to overanalyze dude
@@ViquelOoste You can never over analyze art for everything in it was deliberate.
He literally stomped the dudes head into smithereens
@@sludgerat444 This comment doesn't make sense. I can say the dumbest thing about some hidden meaning in this scene and that will also be true because "everything" in the scene is deliberate?
Goslings emotional change at 2:00 when the elevator door opens always gives me chills.
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Yeah he’s a great physical actor, that embarrassed and self conscious look on his face along with his slouched posture really shows that he’s ashamed of who he really is
Yea he went from 😐 to 😐
@@vuilnisgod4388 lolll
@@Brainwarts99 Carey Mulligan immediately after she slapped him, actinggggg
The dynamics at play in this scene, love, romance, betrayal, remorse, all building up palpable tension that’s released through an incredibly up close and personal act of brutal violence.
This is about as close to perfect as it gets.
I feel sad for Gosling's character here and in Blade Runner. Such a good actor.
I liked Gosling before Blade Runner and then after I saw that literal masterpiece, he became my favorite actor of all time. I felt so many emotions during that movie which is super rare for me. I never really feel any emotions from a movie except for happiness during a comedy or something. I grew up watching the blade runner series since my grandpa likes it but 2049 was beyond all expectations. Ryan Gosling was made to play that roll. They couldn't have casted a better man for the job in my opinion.
@@genericwhitemale1114 Yes. Ryan Gosling has a quality that makes one root for and sympathize with
@@genericwhitemale1114 He can never get a break in ANY of his movies... I love this movie but I want it to end after the Kiss ..🤷♂
Hands down one of my all time favorite movies. Just such a work of art. From start to finish, it’s such a work of cinema perfection. The acting, the actors, the music. All amazing
I think they really promoted as another movie and turned a lot of people off. After watching it for the second time I was so blown away by it.
I remember that, it's a promotion campaign and television ads. They promoted it as a straight nothing but robbers and car chases for the fast and furious audiences. But then this ended up hurting the response to it being an art house director film and not a typical summer flick. There's room to breathe between the actors in the scenes, so the lamends looking for some Gosling action vehicle movie didn't like that. Having actual depth to the scenes of dialogue and character driven. It got bad word of mouth. But it found its audience that holds its place in cinema for their generation.
I love this scene .... Silence , slow motion , tension , acting ... Everything is perfection
“Why did you sting me?”
“It is my nature”
The scorpion jacket is the best piece of symbolism in the movie. The jacket itself represents the Driver's human nature (since only humans can wear jackets), while the scorpion represents his unforgiving ferocity.
Cant fight nature, Jack
"The Scorpion and the Frog" parable?
What a beautiful romantic scene 'I bet she really fell in love with him after that over the top display.
Better than hanging from a Ferris wheel. 😊
She will never find another man that will stomp in the skulls of her enemies like Driver did... youth is wasted on young girls
I would definitely give him my time, even after that display.
@@SilverStarEyes him 'or his character in the movie?
@@barrycuda3769 Both
Ladies and gentlemen, the single, solitary scene that inspired the entire Hotline Miami series.
Thank you Mr. Gosling
@@ionisation4448You’re welcome
@@ionisation4448you’re welcome
@@ionisation4448you aren't welcome I hate those games.
You are welcome
He’s kissing a real woman instead of a fake AI one? He’s not literally me anymore…
*After Dark stops playing*
What are you talking about?
@@novacrimson7770 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@novacrimson7770 you wouldnt get it
@@alexanderghanem8231 can you explain?
2:08 “Wrong floor ….” This guy doesn’t know how true that statement is.
Best. Comment. Ever.
this is him showing who he truly is, and what his frustration is capable of when he feels a threat to somebody who he loves
Goes from a tender moment to shockingly brutal in a flash
Gotta love 5:10.
The scorpion symbol, meant to show the Driver’s dark side… we’ve been getting shots of it throughout the movie. But now it appears to be breathing in tandem with him. It’s alive now. He denied it for the better part of the movie, but now it’s finally awake… and walking and living and breathing right alongside him.
Yes and before when he kisses her, he briefly turns his back to camera and we can see the scorpion but this time it's still, it does not breathe.
And Ryan Gosling is also a Scorpio
Bit of an overanalyzation my guy
Nope, he is carrying the scorpion on his back. It's the scorpion and the frog fable, and he is the frog. Look it up!
@@davidstephens3804 Don't think I have to. I'm sure that reading is interesting too. This whole analysis thing isn't like doing a school report.... its not a right/wrong type thing and even if it was I'm not getting graded. The movie is full of loaded imagery, the driver himself is a complex character and more than one interpretation can be valid.
The reaction was a bit over the top for someone who went to the wrong floor.
He really wanted to be in the elevator alone with the woman
😂😂
Didn't he wanted to kill the driver?
@@BudgetCarnivore watch the movie, totally innocent NPC he was
@@BudgetCarnivore no if you watch the movie, that guy was just on his way to return some Video Tapes. Completely innocent person.
In all the goodbye kisses in all the movies I've ever seen, this one....this one has a place of its own. Let's just say there's a finality to it. Nothing left to say or do, not unless you're the cleaning crew.
This scene should've won the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
Starring Tobey Maguire
@@DualWieldedEggrolls in Satan's alley
He even kicked this guy’s face in so that his mother couldn’t give him an open coffin at the funeral.
Well done sir
*Black Lupara.*
He got wacked
Real grease ball shit.
You hada get a sitdown and you better get ok'd or you'd be the one that got whacked
what i absolutely love about this scene is how in the end it almost feels like the scorpion in his jacket comes alive and breathes for a slow second, revealing itself
Wild. It does look it.
it's a deep bass moment, scary-deep bass
Such a wonderfully directed and composited slow tempo scene.
- The choice to turn down the lighting to give them a moment in time. And pull in the audience, and then shock them back out into reality.
- You know something is coming, but you as a first time watcher will have almost forgotten about the other dude/know that is still to come.
- Also, that blood is going to be hard to get out of that silk, so its stained it, as much as the character is stained forever to her.
- Sidenote, I love the fluffy material detail on the scorpion.
this movie was fucking awesome. He new it was a kiss goodbye before revealing the monster within. she is completely lost, in love and terrified at the same time.
His way of letting her go, protecting her, and venting his frustration all at once.
This is like the only movie to have one of the most beautiful scenes in cinema history with one-of-the-most brutal and savage beatings in cinema history right after another.
The duality of this scene was so perfect! The sweet music playing as he finally gives her a kiss and it's a whole moment to the immediate switch to extreme violence
Brilliant scene, the lighting, the way he positions her to kiss her.. the violence in the fight and the utter rage … rage of losing everything in a moment because of love… unleashed on the guys face
I love action scenes in this movie. The lack of music and excessively stylized fights make it more natural and real
Its perfect... that kiss was beautiful. The lighting, direction, audio. Perfect
The set-up in the movie is one of the best ever. You are thinking the entire movie it is a typical down-on-his-luck, rough-on-the-edges, misunderstood guy gets the girl, and you realize the movie is how psycho paths can fall in love too. The movie does not gloss over that he is demented man.
I liked the use of light and dark in this scene.
Never realized how perfect the scorpion symbolism was until watching this scene
not sure if the comment was on this video, but ive read someone say that THAT was the crispiest sounding slap they ever heard in cinema or something like that 😂
4:40 Great "I am a literal beast, but please don't be scared" look
Drive is one of the GREAT films of the 21st Century. It's easily the best crime thriller since Heat.
you ain't lyin'
Anytime a RUclips channel adds a little subscribe icon and sound effects I instantly dislike the video. Ruins the scene from the movie.
Well said, I can’t stand the sound bytes.. Mouse clicks, dings, type writer sounds along with text.. Tf outta here with that crap.
That part was in the original film though
Yes its not even their movie
Jonah Askeland Søviknes ha ha. Yes let’s put our name all over someone else’s work. Wouldn’t want anyone copying our hard work and using it as their own.
You good sir just giving me a new RUclips rule too live by
One of the best soundtracks in a movie, I love the mysterious calm music this movie had. Very unique movie
The moment he saw the gun and the guy looking he knew either the man with the gun or Driver and the girl were walking out of the elevator, but not both. He knew instantly that the kiss would be the last kiss, either of their lives or as the man who she loved and trusted. His character would have learned in prison the only way out of a fight to death in a small space is to be as brutal as you possibly can be. Half-assed effort during a fight to the death will get you and anyone close to you killed. When she stepped out of the elevator and looked at Driver he was no longer the man she thought she knew.
That’s such a dark but beautiful analysis.
Most Women always believe they know ALL about any Man they just interact with whether after just 2 minutes or after 20 years together. They always want to be 100% SURE, not so much of him or because it's really necessary, but to grease their own Ego belief they are smarter than him or anyone.
_Clark Kent
They never want to apply the same life-saving and worrying-free courtesy advice given to same number of self-flattering men,
*NEVER, EVER take a a Woman for granted.* _nor a Man.
There will always be things within each individual, not even the many superdetective Clouseau wives will know, and maybe not even himself/herself. Things come out in ocassions many would never have expected from their own deeper selves
A true scorpio man right there! Intensity, deep, emotional, dark, intuitive, protective and a deadly sting.
Mmm! Head soup! Man, this was one fantastic movie! The ambience is second to none, there is a constant tension throughout the movie, like things are about to go sideways at the drop of a hat. This movie captures the chaos of real life and how fast your life and many others can be impacted greatly with one single action.
I remember thinking this Standard guy is a punk. But then I grew to like him, and then he gets killed. First movie I had scene Oscar Isaac in, and I love him still!
He doesn't die...
@@Controlaring Standard most definitely dies. The Driver does not die.
@@Controlaring dude, he literally tells her Standard died IN THIS VERY CLIP lol
I like this guy. Crush their head till it's mush and you won't be fighting them again 30 seconds later
Literally Hotline Miami
Amateur brain surgery, he gets an F.
But gets an A star for effort
you watched too many violent stuff
so true
You would enjoy the movie Irreversible, then.
one of my top films of the 21st century.
it's like Arrival. i can watch Drive anytime at all
That shot of the scorpion at the end is just a masterpiece.
4:20 I see the driver is a fellow enjoyer of hurting other people.
White blazers and pink button downs
Wears Richard's mask
The fact he is so damn calm tells you he ain't wired right. He was not wrong in what he did, but way too calm about it. Like going to the fridge to make a sandwich.
What you're talking about is psychopathy. Or at least a lack of empathy and related emotional responses.
@@christianzilla if he didn't have empathy he could not love, and love he did.
@@daharos That man was there to murder innocent people for money. Killing was not an act of psychopathy. He got what he deserved.
@@christianzillaIt's more likely that he's a sociopath rather then a psychopath, he was shown to have moral standards after all. I'd call psychopaths someone like Anton Chigurh and Patrick Bateman, but not The Driver.
I dunno man, I'd call that wired exactly right.
Truly the most romantic scene ever put into cinema
now now, True Romance has its moments as well... but yeah, this is in its own echelon...
I really like how after the elevator doors close the 1st time there is no dialogue because none is needed from then on. Such a great scene.
Me trying to stress out after i already killed the spider because it jumpscared me while im peeing
Ironically that is what Driver is doing here. That is why he stomps him so much, he is letting all his anger and frustration manifest
I think it is you who jumpscared the spider while it was peeing.
Also since you have murdered the only witness I have trouble believing your version of events
@@billytheripper4 I think you're right, Imma turn myself in, can't live with that guilt inside me ;(
Everyone who thought this scene was too violent doesn’t understand. The movie, or what the mind can feel and do to itself
If you watch an R rated movie about the criminal underworld and think it’s too violent you’re a complete dipshit
An absolutely amazing scene in a (choosing my words carefully) GREAT movie.
Some have also called this a great movie, and others have dismissed it as derivative.
It's not derivative when you're carefully crafting a film to fit within a genre.
I think it's one of the best films ever made. And I've seen a few.
If I was hypothetically a hitman and my targets are making out you better bet your ass I’m lining up a collateral
Faxx but I'm almost certain the kiss was a figment of his imagination before he took action
The fact that she would accept him even after knowing the real him but he went away from her for her sake just tore me 😭
An amazing film. The cinematography is absolutely excellent. As well as the acting and casting and directing.
I love that look on his face at around 4:50 -- "What? Was that too much?"
It’s a truth that followed me through my own wasted life; the most effective way to push the ones you love away, is to be honest.
Not always the best policy. And today is the first day of the rest of your life. I used to be selfish and nasty.
Honesty is the best policy but it’s not the best defense.
Dietrich, from Barney Miller
Horrifyingly tender and beautiful. This film is in my mind perfect.
I could write an essay on how the lighting in this scene was so significant to the story. He literally pushed her into the light for a final kiss and then stepped into the shadows the beat a man to death and ruin anything he might have had with her for the greater good of protecting her.
These two can act. That is a rarity to convey words, emotions, and whatever within the character. That woman will always be one of those that will be remembered as a professional.
This is the greatest movie of all time. Fight me.
The man from nowhere
OK but not in an elevator
I wonder if the kiss was all in his head…much like the foot in the other guy’s head.
That's a great question, especially since the lighting changed so much
My man on the floor definitely needs an Advil
lmfaooooooo
He literally watches the doors close on his chance for having her.
The irony is that she was just shocked at the moment. She obviously realized later that he saved their lives more than once from some very bad guys - and all this coming from her late husband. In the end she knocks on his door and we know she wants him, but by then it's already too late.
Ryan Gosling the MAN.
Best Ken....He Achieved LEGENDARY STATUS. For playing Ken
Plot twist: the guy with the gun in the elevator was an undercover cop, went there to help them in an eventual showdown with Cook.
Damn it best 5 minutes in movies history
2:00 Right when the Driver says he can look after her that door opens revealing the assassin is basically the world he lives in saying, “Yeah buddy you could try to protect her and the kid but…we both know how this is going to end..don’t we?” The Driver was damned from the start when he entered his underworld of crime. That’s basically the doorman to Hell waking him up from his dream.
Really makes you think if Irene even knew the other guy was a danger and trying to kill them both. It happens so fast you could almost believe she thinks Driver just murked some dude
Doesn't matter it's a good bye anyway he show her his other side.
Just watched this again last night, it was pretty good 👍🏻
the frog seeing the nature of the scorpion before they were to travel across the water together
Poetry my friend
Stomps that guys head to the center of the earth. Looks up and says "Heyyyyy, wanna get some pizza?"
Then he pulled up the Amazon app and ordered a new pair of shoes.
And a mop and bucket
@@billytheripper4 and bleach
@@bingbong3643 congrats your on a watch list now
@@billytheripper4 FBI open up.
lol my thoughts exactly wtf ruin good pair of shoes and a hotel's carpeting? Just stomp on the neck and be done with it. :Z
Wonderful sequence. Positively saturated with food for thought.
i really appreciate the assassin for waiting for the kiss to get over
Society has lead people to believe that one cannot be a good man and a dangerous man at the same time. One cannot exist without the other. One must be able to deliver overwhelming violence to protect the ones he loves.
He's both the frog and the scorpio. He helped Irene and her son to cross the water. His scorpio side almost killed them but they turned out ok.
I find most films i watch disappointing. This one is one my very few recent favourites. The protagonist is believable. cinematography is brilliant. Story is engaging. Script is polished.
Drive is great movie
The lights are dimmed, and it's his mind darkens too, but his wish to protect her and keep his heart for her at the same time, leads to the next action. I understood that part before he crushed the thug's skull, the kiss part in slow motion was only what he imagined in his head.
One of the best movie kisses ever
The Slap was so crisp dude😂😂✋🏻✋🏻
And at 4:42 his face was like he had been holding poop for like 5 hours😂😂😂😂
Damn bro I love your analysis 👏
@@wallah2998 Thanks🤣🤣🤣
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His depth and my love for him at this very moment ❤
One of my favorite movie scenes of all time.
He is literally me
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Personally, I think the 'entire pushing her aside and kissing' lasted 2-3 seconds tops before immediately getting into the fight sequence and killing the assassin. There was no time for the assassin to react to him protecting her and kissing her before Driver started killing him. One of the top 20 scenes of all time imo
I hate how people try to have the perception he was a psychopath based off of this scene. If you're in an elevator with a mf you KNOW is going to make an attempt to kill you, why wouldn't you end it first? Driver already knew what was up as soon as he saw the gun; the opp tried to make his move first and was stopped. I wasn't mad at Driver at all, if you're going to do something like that than overdo it so the next mf knows.
The volume is too low, I can't understand them. I wonder if Ipman 3 got their idea for the elevator ride from this movie?
"Why did you kill that man in the elevator and make it so we can never be together?"
"Because it is my nature," says the man wearing the jacket with a scorpion on it.
Scorpion and the frog (Story can be found in "The Crying Game")
@@edwardschmitt5710 I actually never saw the movie, but I also can't remember where i first read the frog & scorpion story.
He showed proficient weapons efficiency throughout the movie. Knew how to drive, shoot, stab, defend against a breach of multiple assailants coming from multiple angles, capable of keeping a low profile and remain mysterious. Convinced at some point he received military training.
Totally caught off-guard by this scene, even though you could sense his capacity for violence. It escalated REAL quick.
It be like that sometimes.😢
This scene was so well written it made the entire movie for me!!!
This movie is in my top 5 ever.
With "There Will Be Blood" and "The Assassination of Jesse James"...
So many great movies out there i cant keep up. This looks good