Only God Forgives is the worse film I've seen in years

[Blankthawtz]

Prepare yourself for the Gosling stans

there are people out there who actually like this garbage ass excuse for an actor??????

 

[ltheghost]

The popcorn on the floor from the previous moviegoers was more 'clever' than anything this movie had to offer or whatever 'message' it was trying to convey.

The shyt was just abysmal from beginning to end. Seriously, this was like a horrible b-grade, independent low budget, wannabe 'artsy' movie gone horribly wrong. I didn't even think the violence was anything special. I mean shyt, it's no Ichi The Killer.

If I was on a desert island with a copy of the DVD and a TV, I'd rather just count the grains of sand than expose myself to this shyt again.

I don't know about abysmal it was just different in my opinion. Now if you want abysmal...(Superman Returns, The Last Avatar, and Godfather III)

 

[ltheghost]

The violence isn't commentating on religion nor religious themes. The violence is purely for the director's liking - he said that he only makes films (inclu. OGF) for his own arousal and not films critiquing social/political issues. However, there are religious themes throughout the film, but they're lazy/superficial and show a lack of perspective. He basically said the basis-idea for OGF was that his wife was going through a difficult pregnancy and he wanted to punish god ("if there was one") for doing this to his family + the the anger/sexual release of the 'human fist'.

Really this film doesn't deserve any analysis - it should be kept to a minimal like the TS did.

Suggestions for other movies? If you're meaning something that's 'clever' - practically anything else.

I think the violence was speaking to religion in an Old Testament sense. But hey maybe I'm reading too much into it but that's the type of movie it was. It didn't hold people's hands like we are used to in modern movies. I didn't know about the pregnancy, kind of makes sense. The movie isn't M. Night Shamayalmandingdong bad, so I'm not complaining.

 

[Ikwa]

Terrible movie, kept fast-forwarding in the hope that it'll pick up the pace.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I think the violence was speaking to religion in an Old Testament sense. But hey maybe I'm reading too much into it but that's the type of movie it was. It didn't hold people's hands like we are used to in modern movies. I didn't know about the pregnancy, kind of makes sense. The movie isn't M. Night Shamayalmandingdong bad, so I'm not complaining.

Naw, you're reading too much into it. I mean if that's what you take out of the film, then that's cool. But that was never the director's intention. For an art-house/neo-surreal film it did hold our hands; one big gripe I had with it was, he constantly alludes to this unnatural relationship between Julian, his brother and their mother, yet he goes and spells out the joke for us in the most blunt manner (dinner table conversation). We already get she has a fukked up relationship with her sons, we don't need to be told.

shyt sounded like a crude joke you'd hear in a Hollywood comedy starring Jonah Hill.

 

[ltheghost]

Naw, you're reading too much into it. I mean if that's what you take out of the film, then that's cool. But that was never the director's intention. For an art-house/neo-surreal film it did hold our hands; one big gripe I had with it was, he constantly alludes to this unnatural relationship between Julian, his brother and their mother, yet he goes and spells out the joke for us in the most blunt manner (dinner table conversation). We already get she has a fukked up relationship with her sons, we don't need to be told.

shyt sounded like a crude joke you'd hear in a Hollywood comedy starring Jonah Hill.

That entire relationship with the mother was sick. Absolutely sick...even if he blew her up with a bomb at the end of the movie, I still wouldn't have been satisfied with her death. Damn..I hated that bytch! LOL But I digress..the movie was great with a bottle of wine..lol

 

[robb]

my chic is big Gosling stan, but 10 min into the flick...she told me to turn the fukkin thing off.....lol
something about the music annoyin the fukk outta her....and the slow pace.
But i said....Baby, the movie is by the same dude who did Drive.
" i dont give a fukk, this shyt is stupid, i rather continue watchin Back to the Future"

 

[TheGodling]

Great movie, but it's not for everyone (and was never meant to be). I still laugh at the biggest theater chain in the Netherlands picking this movie for an exclusive sneak preview night. Every showing in the entire country was sold out, and everywhere were reports of massive walk-outs. shyt had me dying.

 

[mbewane]

I have yet to meet a single person irl who liked it...and i actually LOVED it


The music, the slow pace, the visuals, that killer cop...really worked for me...for me Gosling is really a side character in this movie anyway. I saw a lot of people leave the theater too (you HAVE to see it at the theater tho) but I was totally "in" the movie, quite atmospheric. Made me feel like it was a "cloud-rap" version of Kill Bill lol

 

[Torrential]

i couldn't even finish it breh

 

[TruStyle]

Just watched this shyt. shyt was bad. When it ended all I could think was "what's this movie supposes to be about.

Movie should be called "Superhero Asian Cop"

Dude was on some unfukkwithable shyt the whole movie. I'm just sitting their like


Gosling was not needed in this movie. Could have been any random actor.

shyt I don't even feel like he was the main character.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Dumbest fukking movie I've ever downloaded... Org Wars was better than this shyt

 

[Tetris v2.0]

It was visually gorgeous and the villain/God was pretty fukkin badass, but yeah, I struggled to find much beneath the surface. Kinda forgettable

 

[Nature Boy Ric Flair]

fukk THIS MOVIE BREHS

shyt WAS MORE BORING THAN WATCHING HOE-GAN WRESTLE

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[the cool]

I have yet to meet a single person irl who liked it...and i actually LOVED it


The music, the slow pace, the visuals, that killer cop...really worked for me...for me Gosling is really a side character in this movie anyway. I saw a lot of people leave the theater too (you HAVE to see it at the theater tho) but I was totally "in" the movie, quite atmospheric. Made me feel like it was a "cloud-rap" version of Kill Bill lol

I hated it, my friend loved it. Both saw it in the theaters