Baby Driver (2017)

Even though it was an enjoyable movie, I was mostly bothered with how hard it tries to fit in with the cinematic cliches. The whole movie is so bothered with aesthetics and so in your face that it gets annoying, Its classic "hollywood" type movie even though they try so hard to hide fact by using all the "cinematically aesthetic cliches". Aside from that enjoyable if you're looking for an average car robbery movie.

I had a laugh reading how some people wrote stuff as this was advertised as a Cannes winner or something.It's a thriller with good driving sequences. Sub-genre that has it's rules.That keeps it way ahead of the usual pack is acting. At least 4 actors created great miniatures that the'll be proud to mention even in 10 years.This is why I'm so sorry that Lily James allowed herself to be attached to that stain named "Mamma Mia". This is the caliber that she can actually do. Given the good director who knows his light sculpting (watch her face, compare to "Mamma Mia" - huge difference).Jon Hamm also good, as expected, Ansel Elgort, interesting surprise (for people not in the know it takes a lot of discipline and skill to do that kind of frozen face, but steaming and ready to explode), even Kevin Spacey was good (I don't expect anything from him, ever :-) and Jamie Foxx had his on bats-crazy sub-show (proving that that Oscar wasn't political).The "problem" this flick has is that it is ensemble piece and they never get Oscars since they can't have distinctive "stars' by definition and Academy keeps stubbornly refusing to add ensemble award.

With a name like Baby Driver I couldn't expect any intelligence from the movie. I didn't. I guess this was supposed to be a care free fun movie; just sit back and be entertained. This movie was trash. It was one long play list with some driving, shooting, killing, stealing, and falling in love. I wanted to like it but I found the plot so utterly ridiculous and the characters utterly repulsive.I'm not here to insult anyone who likes the movie because I don't like doing that. Different strokes for different folks and far be from me to insult a persons tastes. As for me, I found no entertainment value in the movie. There wasn't a single character I liked except maybe Bats (Jamie Foxx) but they made it very clear what his final destination would be. On top of that the script was silly as were the behaviorisms of just about everyone. I never had an inclination to watch this movie. Now you're asking, "Why did you even watch it?" Well, someone recommended it. Told me I'd be pleasantly surprised. Wasn't. This movie was awful. Oh to be rich and crank out a movie written while on a drug trip.

Haven't been as disappointed in a movie in a looooong time. Best part was opening driving segment distributed on YouTube years ago. Jon Hamm & Jamie Foxx delivered terrific performances. That's it