Sunday, July 4, 2010

Driving Miss Daisy

Another good Morgan Freeman movie. This is a nice tale about an onry penny pinching jew and her black driver set in the 50's/60's. Her black driver couldn't read and was somewhat ignorant. She was crotchety and wanted nothing to do with him.

While reading the IMDB about this movie, I found a review with a quote I really liked. The review said "You can spend millions on special effects and get a shitty movie. Or, you can spend the same amount on story and rely on the ability of the actors and come out with an award winner." I will stack this movie up against any blockbuster etc. It has a great soundtrack that really sticks with you. The relationship between Hoke and Daisy really make the movie. Dan Akroyd does a great job as Daisy's son who hires Hoke. Most of the comedy from this movie comes from Hoke's wise cracks. There is nothing wrong with "An old nigger and an old Jew lady" driving down the road.

[]-Bad guy has facial hair
[]-Dead family member
[]-Bad guy “wants to deal with it myself”
[]-“NOOOOOOOOO!!!”
[]-Someone gets impaled
[]-Someone gets a limb/head hacked off
[]-Someone explodes
[]-Someone dives out of the way of an explosion
[]-“I want him alive”
[x]-Hard ass chick
[]-Runs out of ammo
[]-“We got company”
[]-Character that doesn't follow the rules
[]-Wilhelm
[]-Cocky douche bag
[]-Someone/something farts,poops,pukes,gets hit in the junk, or gets some sort of bodily fluid besides blood squirted,thrown,or splattered on them.
[]-Bad guy has a theme song
[x]-Token black guy
[]-Black guy dies first
[]-“Aw hell no”
[]-SSSSLLLOOOWWW MMMOOOTTTIIIOOONNN!!
[]-Old man mentor
[]-Animal/robot/sidekick for comedy relief
[]-Guy named Jack
[]-Bad guy uses a pun
[]-Crotchety old man
[]-4th wall breach
[xxxx]-Scenery shot to eat up time.
[]-Uncomfortable scene where cute guy/girl finds out unattractive friend wants to be more than friends or likes them as more than a friend.
[]-Bad guy laughs at own joke.
[x]-Dead body.
[x]-Main Character says something blatantly obvious.
[]-intro with narrative back story.
[]-ASSHOLES that need to be castrated due to violent acts and crimes committed on children.

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