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The Art of Getting By (2011)
Not the Train-wreck others say it is
The Art of Getting By is not the Train-Wreck many critics are calling it. It is a charming, uplifting and emotional movie with a solid script and excellent acting. The story centres around George(Freddie Highmore), a student who believes we all die one day so everything else is pointless. He meets Sally(Emma Roberts) and the pair develop an friendship. However, George may not even graduate from High-School and Sally is becoming attracted to George's artist friend Dustin(Michael Angarano). The Film is well acted by the three leads and the story,while not entirely a fresh idea, holds up well. Despite this, the film does have some flaws. One is the fact that the film wants us to feel for George as he is coping with problems, but all he does is lie in bed without doing anything. Another is the unoriginal story. While it holds up well, the idea has been told time and time again so fans of the Romance/Drama genre may find the story a little to familiar. The third flaw is who it is aimed at. The Art of Getting By doesn't seem to know who it's target audience. It wants to appeal to teens by having a high- school drama and a lead character who some teens may relate to but it also wants to appeal to adults with some serious drama, and it kind of ends up in the middle of nowhere, between the pair. In conclusion, The Art of Getting By is a solid, well acted Drama and if you can see beyond the well-trodden ideas and other little flaws, you may just find a jem.
Drive (2011)
Drive: A thinker's thriller
Drive is a fabulous film. However, it seems it is drawing some negative reviews from the fact it is not 'fast and furious' type car movie. That is completely absurd. For starters, Drive has a substantial plot and excellent acting, the polar opposite for Fast and Furious movies. Comparing them is like comparing two different films from different genres. Drive is much more of slow paced, tension builder. From the blood- pumping beginning to the exhilarating finale, Drive will leave you breathless. Ryan Gosling plays Driver fantastically well, considering he is rather unaccustomed to this type of role. Carey Mulligan is impressive but Albert Brooks almost steals the show from Gosling. Most famous for voicing Nemo's dad in Finding Nemo, Brooks is transformed as brutal and savage gangster Bernie Rose. The Violence is a little excessive, but provides an emotional link between Gosling and Mulligan. Drive is an amazingly hypnotic movie that will take a while to sink it, but when it does, it will stay there for a very long time