Originally Posted by eric generic

Haha, I thought it was "OK" too. The narrative is flimsy to say the least, but it's an interesting watch (1x only for me).

Originally Posted by Sansa Stark

one of the greatest musicals all the time.

Plus:

siiiiighhhhhhhhhhh

Originally Posted by Slow Groove

This is my second favorite Wes Anderson flick. Something about him is so simple, yet he always knows to make amazing films.

Originally Posted by Alfred

Not flimsy so much as paper thin.

Originally Posted by eric generic

Since when is paper not flimsy?

Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

Nicole Kidman is also flawless in that movie. I'm not afraid to admit I absolutely love that movie, And own it also.

Originally Posted by Alfred

Thin and flimsy are not the same thing.

Originally Posted by Alfred

Thin and flimsy are not the same thing.

Originally Posted by Exoskeletal

Only God Forgives

This is a love it or hate it film. Nicolas Rending Refn is a visionary and a talent that is going to be making interesting films for years but he's going to stumble every once in a while. Yet, his stumbles are beautiful. It's like watching an olympic figure skater fall with grace. The film is gorgeous. GORGEOUS. It is also very brutal and benefits from a wonderful soundtrack from Cliff Martinez who worked with Refn on "Drive". Your eyes and ears will love this film but your brain is going to have some problems. First off it's very ambiguous and full of mysticism. The film was dedicated to Alejandro Jordoworsky and it shows as a lot of actions taken by the characters have no real meaning or reason behind them. There is no protagonist or antagonist and one of them may or may not be "God". These are a lot of questions without many answers which is why the narrative of the story falls flat. The film does deliver as I said on the eyes and ears and is full of twisted and disturbing scenes of violence and immoral actions. It's provocative without being obscene or trashy. It's a film that most audiences will hate but few will love. I'm somewhere in the middle and as always, looking forward to his next experiment with the camera.

3/5

Originally Posted by eric generic

Paper thin stuff is pretty much always flimsy dog.

Originally Posted by Engine

Why do you call it a love it or hate it film? Like me, you're in the middle. I suspect many viewers are the same. Also, maybe I'm being dense but I didn't see many questions - maybe one or two. I'm surprised that you found it ambiguous, the mystical part I can see. Also we agree on the GORGEOUSness of it. I suppose that's the best part.

Btw, I previously praised the violence of this film, but then I went back and re-watched Drive and found the violence in Drive to be much more brutal and entertaining.

Not that the two films should necessarily be compared, but I felt that the violence in Only God Forgives is probably its best feature (gorgeous brutality). So I was kinda sad for it when I found that Drive wins in the violence category on top of everything else.