Finally, a summer movie with a very different theme. Baby Driver is not your run-of-the-mill gangster movie flick. Instead it is a unique story about a young adult who made a mistake and put himself into a bad situation. That was the good news, the bad news is he now has to pay it off. The problem with paying off debts to bad people is you’re never done, especially if you’re good at what you do. Baby Driver takes place in Atlanta, Georgia and tells the story of Baby, who mostly grew up as an orphan when his parents died while arguing during a car accident. Baby was strapped in the back seat and the only survivor.
As a result of the car accident that left Miles “Baby”, (Ansel Elgort) / Young “Baby” (Hudson Meek) an orphan, he suffered tinnitus causing him to use music to block out the humming in his ears. In addition, he uses music to re-record everyday conversations as remixes and gives them relative titles, which he constantly listens to while driving for his boss, Doc, (Kevin Spacey) a veteran criminal mastermind heist planner and mysterious kingpin of the rag-tag crew of bank robbers. A while back, Baby stole a car belonging to Doc, which had valuable equipment inside — Baby has been paying Doc off by working for him as a get away driver ever since. Baby’s skills as a driver is unmatched as he has been 100% successful. Each job affords Baby $10,00 which he has been saving under the floor boards in his apartment, where he lives with his handicap foster father, Joseph, (C.J. Jones) who is in a wheel chair, unable to speak. The 2 have a loving relationship as Baby cares for Joseph, cooking for him, feeding him and watching TV together. While discussing Baby’s future, via sign language, Baby reveals a new love interest he met, who is a waitress named Debora, (Lily James) who works at the diner he frequents. Joseph convinces Baby to take a job delivering pizza now that he won’t be driving for Doc since he has now paid off his debt.
Doc never uses the same crew twice. Having informed Baby that his debt is paid, Doc is without a driver. Since Baby is the best, Doc is not about to let Baby go. Doc has all the information about Baby and Baby’s loved ones he needs to keep him working for him. The plot thickens from here. The crews and the dynamics between Doc and Baby and Doc and the crews and Baby are pretty interesting and the driving is incredible. The bank robbing crews consist of Monica “Darling” Castello (Eiza González), Jason”Buddy” Van Horn, (Jon Hamm) former Wall Street trader and Darling’s boyfriend, Griff, (Jon Bernthal) bank robber who consistently mocks Baby and Leon “Bats” Jefferson, III (Jamie Foxx), a gun slinging cohort of the bank robbing crew, to name a few. The cast is colorful, well acted and convincing as some of the most paranoid bank robbers to come along in a while. Baby Driver received great reviews and great scores. I enjoyed it very much and highly recommend you check it out! BTY: I think Ansel Elgort has a huge future ahead of him as an extremely handsome young man and a very good actor.
Horrible Bosses 2 is more like a horrible movie too. While I’m not a fan of slap stick comedy, I did like the first Horrible Bosses. The sequel however, makes Dumb and Dumber look Smart and Smarter. The concept was good, the cast was good but the movie was silly and over the top stupid. What’s funny is how the cast from the previous Horrible Bosses is what saved this sequel as much as it could be saved. The jokes and routines were just plain stupid and really got on my nerves. I really don’t enjoy people looking, acting and sounding stupid, which I endured for almost 2 hours. If I had to crown someone funny and clever, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx and Kevin Spacey, who reprised their original roles as Dr. Julia Harris, D. D. S., Dean “MF” Jones and Dave Harken, respectively, would win that award. I can sometimes excuse stupidity for a laugh but I found few laughs and too much stupid. I wish I had waited for the DVD. I couldn’t wait for Horrible Bosses 2 to be over. I actually developed a headache watching it. Chris Pine, who played Rex Hanson was at least fantastic eye candy that made me stay to the end. Their decision to become bosses was ridiculous from the beginning because they were too dumb. In conclusion, save your money unless you like dumb and stupid slap stick movies.
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