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Film Analysis: The Commute Of Baby Driver

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The Commute of Baby Driver
Most people try to go into a film with no expectations, it is the most efficient way to consume a theme of a movie. If you have happened to make the mistake of overestimating the quality of a film, thinking you will learn something from the experience you have set yourself up for failure. Now, if you go into a movie expecting nothing, you have nothing to lose but the time you spent watching the film. I made the error of expecting a little bit more from the infamous director Edgar Wright, who has a relatively spotless track record directing classics like Hot Fuzz, Shaun of The Dead, and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Don’t get me wrong Edgar Wright did a lot of great things in Baby Driver, but after you look past the interesting take on the action heist genre mixed with musical elements, it leaves a lot to be desired. …show more content…

He was adopted by a deaf man named Joe, probably because their similar disability. To drown out the ringing in his ears he listens to music, which the audience can hear, and that sometimes coordinates with the events of the film. We also learn from the opening of the film that the music also helps to distract Baby from his job as the get-away driver for a team of bank heisters. Baby needs that distraction because he has a good conscious and truly doesn’t like to see people get hurt. Why would Baby be in that line of work then? It is because when as a child he stole his now bosses Mercedes Benz and destroyed it, because of this Baby is indebted to his boss, Doc. We then get to the place of the film when the protagonist meets the love of his life Debra, a waitress at a dinner, who also wants to "get away". When Baby finishes paying off his debt he wants out, but Doc is not finished with him

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