Comments on: Watch: 3 Stylish & Violent Clips From Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Only God Forgives’

By: Michael M.

Michael M. — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:57 +0000

This is a highly subversive work of art-house craftsmanship. It's what we define as high-art/culture. Grow a brain, quit bitching and marvel at the sheer ingenuity for once. I'm more than satisfied with Refn's stylized methodology, this is cinema.
Thank god none of you are involved in the film-making industry.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:57 +0000

Gosling broods. Gosling walks slow motion. Gosling barely speaks and when he does it, it's really SLOWLY. Guns and violence. The end.

Same for every single Ryan gosling movie.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:57 +0000

Bullshit bullshit bullshit. Emptiness and pretty colors. Oh and a train wreck. Everybody likes a train wreck. Or a plane crash. Oh he through some grease in a guys face. That's so clever. Gosling is lost in his own pretense. And what KST is doing isn't actually very difficult. If the director wasn't so good at making you smell his farts you might notice there's no real story. Or not one that he knows anything about.

By: FilmAddict

FilmAddict — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:57 +0000

I can't be the only one to think these clips signal a cringe-worthy movie ahead, can I? These characters, they way they act are not representation of 'real', 'truthful' in any sense. They behave like cartoon characters now. The violence and the stylisation of it are laughable and videogame-like. Nice visuals but ultimately empty…

By: hank

hank — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:57 +0000

wow that first clip was stylish and incredible with the dialogue spot on and pitch perfect and Gosling was electrifying even though he just sat there like a mummified corpse. So excited

By: caro

caro — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:57 +0000

Kirstin Scott Thomas looks ugly physically in this movie and it would be nice if Gosling again talks in the movies now

By: Adam Scott Thompson

Adam Scott Thompson — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:57 +0000

Ha! Made me think of Al Green when he threw that hot grease in the assassin's face. Kristin Scott Thomas has always been a great yet underrated actor. Provided her role is all that's been advertised, maybe the Academy will show her some love — if only to atone for Albert Brooks.

By: KT

KT — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:57 +0000

The soundtrack for this is gonna be stellar.

By: Alan B

Alan B — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:57 +0000

This isn't a complaint, but I think this film will be far more divisive amongst critics than 'Drive'. Whilst The Driver was a sociopath, you could still empathize with his motivation: to protect Irene and her son. In this film, Gosling's character is a drug-smuggling(!) fugitive(!!) who killed a cop(!!!) and is tasked by his gangster mother(!!!!) to avenge the death of his brother … who was killed for murdering a prostitute(!!!!!). Who can identify with ANY OF THIS?

By: DG

DG — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:57 +0000

First two clips were amazing

By: tristan eldritch

tristan eldritch — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:57 +0000

Looks amazing. First clip reminds me of Enter the Void. Second clip has a real Lynchian sound design. Looks like some weird Freudian psychodrama/psychedelic pulp odyssey – can't wait.

By: Washington

Washington — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:57 +0000

Two movies and it's starting to get old?

By: oogle monster

oogle monster — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:57 +0000

My only worry here is that Gosling is retreating back into the no dialogue zone. It worked in Drive, but it's starting to get old. The kid can act- let him speak!