I guess this is one of those movies that you're not supposed to like because meh politics and meh hipster and meh outrage culture and... reasons that really make no sense and are ultimately meaningless.
At least that is what a good bulk of the negative reviews say.
So let's not talk about meh politics and focus on the movie instead.
My wife put it on, and I have never heard of it. I, legit, thought she was talking about Simon and Garfunkel when she started talking about it. "Do you want to watch Baby Driver?"
Honest mistake, she's part Guatemalan, her English isn't all that great... watch, listen to, whatever.
Anyway, I was in the kitchen cooking and I missed the first part... but I was digging the music.
In fact I was digging the music so much that I started going to and from the living room, just because the soundtrack was that compelling. A great mixture of old and new.
And then it was Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx, and you really want to see that. Both of them can turn a theatrical trick or two when they want to, and it always kind of seems that Spacey always wants to... and the soundtrack.
And then when I finished cooking and we started eating in front of the television, I really started noticing the ringing when the music wasn't playing. And that was irritating... until my wife filled me in on the back story and then it was an "ah-ha," moment of coolness. It was fairly compelling that they did that, and ran with it like they did.
And, I can't be absolutely positive, but it didn't like it had that much CGI, and that is a plus. It looked incredibly real, like the good old days, so even through you are watching a movie filtered through an Ipod... it had an authentic action movie feel to it.
Over all, it was incredibly enjoyable fun... and that is why you watch movies like this, right? Because they are fun?
So, 10 stars, mission accomplished, it was one heck of a fun film.