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Only God Forgives
Loved it. People will complain about the lack of dialogue from Gosling, but he portrayed a guy who's been shattered and scarred by his family perfectly. They'll complain about the amount of violence, but I feel the content wasn't as graphic as people are making out. The bits that didn't need to be shown weren't, and those that were shown were done so out of symbolism rather than pure entertainment. People will also say that it's style over substance, but I think it's a great ant-revenge story that has an engaging dark fantasy side to it. On top of that, the music and lighting is amazing, Kristin Scott Tomas puts in an excellent performance, and the pacing is wonderful. I may be a big fan of Refn and Gosling, but I don't think I'm being biased in saying how good this film is. Maybe it'll just take a while for people to see it for its true quality. Or maybe I'm just talking out of my ass. Either/or. 9/10
His prior two movies were amazing and they also had very little dialogue.