6. Drive
Dont get me wrong, Drive was a good film. Good, not great. As an actor, Ryan Gosling sells the film. Its not his best work, that title is reserved for Blue Valentine, but even he cannot cover one fatal flaw with the film. It was sinfully boring. The main issue with Drive is that theres nothing that makes it stand out. The idea of Gosling playing a getaway driver is promising, but were never really given a reason to care for him. So they decided to introduce a love interest. But, and its a pretty big but, the relationship between The Driver and Irene (played by Carey Mulligan, the beau of the Mumford in Mumford & Sons) is so plain. He falls in love with her oh-so-quickly and then spends most of their screen time simply staring at her. Its very weak. The over exaggerated violence is also a bit of a turn off. Amongst other things, Gosling stomps on some lackeys head whilst theyre riding an elevator. Nice. Theres really no need. Few people will remember Drive in ten years. I could barely remember it after ten minutes.