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David McK (3610 KP) rated Baby Driver (2017) in Movies

Aug 10, 2019

Baby Driver (2017)

2017 | Action, Comedy

8.2

(158 Ratings)

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Well, that was an … interesting … film

I've seen movies before where the songs were specifically written for that movie, and were used to propel the plot along (aka musicals).

I've seen movies before where the songs were 'dropped into' the story, but could almost just as easily have been left out with no real loss to the narrative.

This falls somewhere between those 2 extremes, with the titular Baby a reluctant get-away driver (paying off an old debt) who suffers from tinnitus, and spends the majority of the movie with his headphones in listening to music from his various ipods to drown out that constant ringing.

Somewhat cliched in parts - one last job, indeed! - with an eclectic mix of music, I found the romance between Baby and Lily James waitress Debora to be somewhat unbelievable, with the film - at the very start - almost going full-on musical (too much so for my sake), as Baby dances and weaves his way through crowds to collect coffee after the first expertly-choreographed car chase.

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James Koppert (2698 KP) rated Construct by Archivist in Music

Nov 26, 2019

Construct by Archivist

2017 | Experimental, Metal, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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The atmosphere this album creates is huge (0 more)

If you like short songs look elsewhere (0 more)

Post metal concept album sounds terrible but actually it's not

Ads you may have noticed despite being a Hip Hop artist and mainly listening to Hip Hop I do love all music, if it good, I'll bang it through my speakers. However I must admit, although i love hardcore, metal is not my favourite genre.

This was recommended to me and the description sounded horrific, it is a sci fi concept album mixing shoe gazer with blast beats and songs getting to the ten minute mark. Yeah, terrible right? Well actually its really damn good. Parts of the album remind me of Belligerent Declaration where dark atmospheric slow meandering showcase, builds up the atmosphere before going full sonic heavy on your ears without ever destroying the feeling its creates. Its rare to listen to a song clocking over 8 minutes and then rewind it to listen again but I did.

Now I need to get their new one and watch out for them live.