mo_galal24
Simply i couldn't carry myself to continue watching the movie, that's how much bored i was
dr-islamfawzy
I bave never seen anything this slow, this boring in my entire life. I felt I was watching the film Drive with the same lights and the same shots. Ryan is basically silent the whole goddamn movie with his a mask face. What is worse than this.
krice23
I like to flatter myself by thinking I have a reasonably sophisticated film palette but If I hadn't First read the review by Frostychud I wouldn't have had more than a base clue as to what in hell was going on in this movie, except perhaps to deduce that white people should just stay out of Thailand altogether.
I mean, I literally have so many questions fogging my brain right now I can't compel them into anything resembling a cohesive structure. Worse yet, I don't know whether to feel chumped or just plain dense! Not a place I'm used to finding myself, I must say.
Under normal circumstances I would give it another viewing. I've certainly watched movies before that have taken me more than one viewing to take in everything offered. And although this film does have its fine points, overall it feels like it's trying entirely too hard to be artsy, with timing going well beyond the pregnant pause and lighting too perfectly placed the setup time alone must have made a serious dent in the budget. Don't even get me started on how they expected to sell a vigilante police inspector (? Capt.?; Chief?) dispensing his own form of justice at the end of a kitana blade he carries around on his back!
I'll give you a few examples of what I did like. Across the board the performances were well done, if, at times, somewhat overly nuanced. Of course, Gosling and Thomas are always spectacular. The ladies costumes, hair, & makeup were supurb! The use of the inaudible in place of dialogue in scenes showing high stress conditions was clever and well done. This is one of the few films that filmed dark but not black; in other words, I could still See Everything! Nothing drives me to distraction more than a scene filmed so dark you can't make out anything, having no clue what you're supposed to be seeing.
In the end I must confess to just not having enough interest to warrant another sitting. There's a lot of films out there I've yet to see.
KillerJuju40
When someone reminds you Wong Kar wai, Kubrick, Melville, Noé, Lynch, Cronenberg and a thousand other mannerist masters in a single film, just shut up, revisite your classics by reading books on the History of cinema, the directing, the symbolism of the greatest tragedies and revalue the masterpiece of Refn.