So many people kept going on about how Edgar Wright's latest film is his most refined in terms of style and substance.
My dad and I weren't entirely won over by this praise as we'd seen the somewhat uninteresting trailers and thought it may not be the return to form everyone expected after the lacklustre offering of The World's End (only my opinion, apparently).
We were hoping, and maybe even expecting to be proven wrong.
We were.
Baby Driver shows that being original, witty, clever, colourful and funny can pay off in a big way in modern cinema.
Not only has Edgar refined his already excellent style, but he has added new additions to it that I just know he will implement in future projects. The level of detail in the back and foreground really is something to be admired, as Mr. Wright's ability to reward those who pay attention has been pushed to breaking point in this one.
The use of showing the audience important information is something Edgar has always excelled at, and he has definitely served us up something tastier than before with the use of framing and veering in and out of focus explains more to us than any dialogue could.
The direction is as fast as Baby's driving, if not more so, and the timing of gunshots, walking, clapping, talking, tapping, eating, drinking, alarms, cocking, quipping and movements to the stellar soundtrack is just clever icing on the adrenaline cake.
We've seen E.W. use this in his direction quite a few times before, but never has it been implemented in this exhilarating and calculatingly perfect way before.
Never once did I see the sound design miss a beat and it flowed incredibly well with the crazy pacing and insane visuals.
So yeah, this is one to check out if you like action and/or cars.
I had problems with trying to think up a rating for this film, to be honest.
I had barely any issues with it, but I wouldn't exactly call it flawless.
I think for now I'm gonna give it a 9/10 but this could change on my second watch.
So yeah, Baby Driver gets a stylish 9/10.
Yep, I think you said it all. I'll have to nick this review... :-)
ReplyDeleteI've not yet had a chance to see it, but I've heard very good things. Mark Kermode has waxed lyrical about it on his radio show on more than one occasion. I like Edgar Wright. I remember seeing Hot Fuzz at the cinema and not thinking much of it at first. But like many of his films, there's a hidden depth to them that whispers "watch me again" in your ear. Also saw Scott Pilgrim at the cinema and I'm sure if I watched that again I'd be really impressed by it, even though it was a relative flop at the box office.
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