I HAVE AN IDEA AND IT MIGHT SUCK. QED, POLL. (random)

[themonkeytwin]

Recently, because bitterlimetwist gets me to WATCH ALL THE THINGS, I watched Drive. In fact, I watched it twice. The first time around, I enjoyed it but remained on my aloof fandom fence. However, the skill with which it was crafted stuck with me enough that I soon revisited it, and that time around it completely blew me away. And confused me.

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[fleurlb]

In what increasingly feels like another life, we used to go see films in the cinema. Like a lot. Like really a lot A LOT. As in a double feature wouldn't be unusual for us. (In fact, we once saw a triple feature

[themonkeytwin]

I found it overly precious, smug, over-produced

Oh, see, that's fascinating - because my first time through it, there were several points where that was my reaction too, so I can totally see that. And the incessant orange-and-teal of it all annoyed me pretty much the whole way through. The love story seemed completely arbitrary and contrived. One thing that kept me entertained through it was the thought that if I had ever wondered what an SPN AU would have looked like if, at the end of S2, Dean had failed to get Sammy back, I didn't have to any more, because it was playing out right in front of me. (But then, I default to that kind of thinking a lot.)

So I wobbled back and forth quite a lot, and at the end decided on balance I thought it was okay, and didn't expect to feel differently. The second time through, I don't remember having such an immediate, strong turn-around of opinion on a movie ever. But at the same time, I still haven't settled on what I think about it - so I may end up there again. I really don't know. For now I'm