Rate: Only God Forgives

wicked little town

11-03-13

Drive was a masterpiece and I've only seen the first 20 or so minutes of OGF. So far it reminds me of something Lynchian. Too bad it got such awful reviews since Kristen Scott Thomas deserves and Oscar nod.

How would you rate it? I couldn't get into it the first time and was just curious if it gets better.

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Mmmm Donuts

A Real Human Bean

11-03-13

Probably around 6.5/10.

Pros:

-Gorgeous cinematography.
-Excellent audio and soundtrack.
-Good performances throughout.
-Acceptable ending imo.
-Awesome fight scene.
-Interesting, albeit obvious, symbolism and metaphors.

Cons:

-Not enough focus on the main plot.
-Some of the violence made me cringe, unnecessarily extreme at points.
-A bit too many moments where nothing happens.

Hope that gives you an idea. I much prefer Drive to this one overall.

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mark f

Bright light. Bright light. Uh oh.

11-03-13

A generous

-. I give Drive

-, Valhalla Rising

and Bronson

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Last edited by mark f; 11-03-13 at 04:54 AM. Reason: Added Bronson.

atclubsilencio

wicked little town

11-03-13

seems to be a love it or hate it type of of film.

jal90

Bach to the future

11-03-13

The biggest issue I found with this film is simply that the aesthetics didn't do that much for me and ended up being a little tiresome. I can appreciate the effort behind and the professionality in the direction of Refn but I see the movie trying to capture the same atmosphere again and again, it is just repetitive, in the use of its tricks as well.

On the other hand, the exploration of the story and characters is inconsistant, and chaotic, so it all comes to the aesthetic embellishment.

It's not that I hate it. In fact my feelings are more about associating it to a rather empty experience. When it ended my only thoughts were that I had spent 90 minutes doing absolutely nothing.

My other ratings for Refn are

for Bronson, one that is quite similar to the themes of this movie, but has an extraordinary lead acting so there is at least a point of interest in that; and a surprising

for Valhalla Rising, its atmosphere really worked on me, I kind of believe that it is very similar to what I would feel if Aguirre, the wrath of God had worked on me.

Lucas

Msg

Finished here. It's been fun.

11-03-13

Originally Posted by Mmmm Donuts

This. You hit right on the head. I was about to do a mini-review until I realized you pretty much did it for me.

BlueLion

I'm deranged

11-03-13

I rated it

immediately after I saw it. Now that I've thought about it more, I rate it

It's decent, just not something I would quite enjoy if I gave it a rewatch, unless I feel like dragging people by the roof of their mouth.

bluedeed