I've had quite a strange relationship with Refn's Drive. Sometimes I'm quite attracted to its concept and execution while others I feel, the same with The Artist, that it's nothing but a gimmick that is never reaches its full glory. Drive's mixture of genre and art cinema, unlike in the brilliant dreileben films, doesn't reach new heights in either area. With Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol there is no blending of different schools of cinema. This is pure genre exercise, at its best, I might add. Every ridiculous scenario, surprising twist, added complications, contribute to its cartoon-like nature, of course being Brad Bird's first live-action film this makes sense. It is clear that Bird does not want to let go of the freedom he had in animation with live-action, making his superheroes defeat impossible tasks and overcome some of the most absurb obstacles, creating one of the best genre action films in years. The film also makes you fully aware of the magic of being in a theater, something Hugo tried to achieve but didn't accomplish. The camera stays inside cars while they crash (or do perfect dives straight unto concrete)! This is more like the supposed fear that the Lumières' train film created than any scene in Hugo!
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