For those of you who like a bit of trivia, according to director Nicolas winding refn, the police captain character in this movie is One-Eye from Vahalla Rising reincarnated
I actually rate this film as one of the best films of the past decade. I think it is seriously undervalued. I loved every single frame of this film - the marring of the visuals and the sounds was perfect yet slightly off kilter and otherworldly. Almost 10/10.
I love it spite i don't know what it is. I believe it's a thriller mixed with surreal imagery. A little kubrickian or lynchian in the frames. Scary music and little screenplay. Almost everything said with eyes of fear. And the ending when Chang is about to chop Ryan Gosling's hands suddenly skips that cut and we find ourselves again in the lounge with the "bad guy" singing a beautiful melody. WTF was my first reaction but then I loved it. Perfect ending, perfect movie. Definitely one of my favorites!!!
This film was garbage unless I took some heavy duty edible. Makes no sense, no dialogue, no ending and to top it off this final version of horse manure was vastly different than Refn's original script (which was epic, its online somewhere I suggest you have. read)
I love this film. Been to Thailand many times and it captures some of the underlying tensions between Thais and Farangs. It also has a real David Lynch feel to it. I've watched it 5 times now. Although it does make me miss the land of smiles.
Question of genuine curiosity, I've heard of a distinction between the original Muay Boran, which was used in war, and Muay Thai which has become the arena sport we're now familiar with. Do cops and military in Thailand still use the original Muay Boran?
I know how it sounds, but I'm glad no one understands this film. Gosling is on a tear with this, Drive, and Place Beyond the Pines. All I knew him from before was the Notebook and that one with Steve Carrell and Emma Stone. What a turnaround on my impression of him.
Yeah it's like he's playing the same character in all these movies. Quick get the man an Oscar.. Not. This can be drive part 2 because he plays this character just like the drive character and both movies have the same exact style and pace
No blood. No shaky cam. No close ups when a punch is landed. Just two people fighting. Yet this scene creates discomfort and is painful to watch. Now THIS is how violence is done. Brilliant.
To the people who are quick to jump on the OGF hate bandwagon I think it's important to note that a filmmakers' intentions matter. When Drive came out I got in an argument with someone who didn't like the film because it didn't have enough action in it - which is like saying you didn't like The Exorcist because it didn't make you laugh. Sometimes a person's "critique" of a film says nothing about the film itself and everything about the person who's doing the critiquing. Only God Forgives brings out these type of half-assed critics by the droves (which is one of the reasons why I love the movie). It weeds out people who simply look at it at face value. To say that the film is "poorly written" or has "horrible character development" or that it's "slow" is not a valid critique of the movie. Again, it's like saying you don't like a movie like The Exorcist because you didn't find it funny. A filmmakers' intentions are very important.
Jesse Gumbarge Yep, that's your opinion. Great that you liked it, and sucks that I didn't. I have no problems with slow movies, hell, 2001 is one of my all time favorite films. There were just nothing about Only God Forgives that kept me interested or intrigued, it was just dull.
EuroTrasho Productions Everyone is indeed entitled to their opinion (obviously). However, my original comment was more aimed towards people who conflate their personal opinion as being the same as a proper critique of the film. Again, to use my horror movie analogy - if a person watches The Babadook, for example, and says that they didn't like it because they thought it was unfunny, that's a perfectly valid opinion and they're entitled to it. But that opinion says nothing about the movie itself and everything about the person who is sharing it. So, when you watch a movie that's slow-moving, meditative and deliberately paced and deem it to be "dull" - it says absolutely nothing about the movie itself. Side-note: I also don't want to imply that this movie is above criticism, quite the opposite.
+tygerstyle2k14 i beg to differ dude! score at imdb metacritics = 37 which is really worse score and user review is : 5.7 is worse score too! bottomline im not dumb , the people who saw this movie and say is great is a dumb one!
I sure went down a rabbit hole with this movie. It kind of fucked me up- but in a good way. Probably one of the best fight scenes I’ve ever seen in my life. This cop, what. A. Boss.
Refn's films are very similar to that of Goddard or Trauffaut, referencing different genre's in their films. Drive utilized this very well combining Fantasy with Neo-Noire but this movie fell a little short with the Western thematics mixed with surrealism at times. Overall though, the cinematics of Refn's films are unparalleled and make for great eye candy.
Victor Katilis You must have a lot of internal misery to be advising people you've never met to kill themselves. Of course, if I was from as big a shithole as Leeds I would want to die also.
Love the early part where God is sizing him up, thinking to himself "Is this poser even worth pretending to break a sweat over?" And you can tell he almost comes to the conclusion that it's not worth the momentary bother, and wants to tell him to take a hike. But then comes the realization that swatting the fly is the only way to make it go away, so then comes the oh so grudging reluctant nod.
I like how you worded it, but I think there's more sympathy in him than that. Julian getting a therapeutic beatdown felt like God giving him what he really asked for. Feels like there's a weird reverence to the whole thing and Julian trying to be upfront with him
Kristin Scott Thomas walks quite masculine here, about 4:49; not a criticism, I actually think it lends itself well to the scene. And the shots of the statue are just all shades of beautiful.
+yunikage OGF is pretentious garbage. Smart films are great, as are deep and meaningful films. This film is pretentious trash that thinks it's being smart.
Breadbin Massacre The film went over your head. I'd bet anything you literally couldn't tell me what the central themes of the film are, or what it's intended to be commentary on. You didn't get it, and the reason you're so angry about it is that you're insecure.
yunikage Unsure if you're trolling, or really that stupid. Let me start by saying: I LOVED Drive. I'm assuming you know that was directed by the same guy? This fight scene is about a man unable to defeat God, because, you can't fight God. The police officer is meant to represent God, and Ryan Gosling's mother could be perceived as the devil. Ryan Gosling is obedient to her much in the same way we bow down to our sins. It is implied Ryan Gosling's mother sexually abused him and as a result, he is unable to be comfortable with a woman. There is a scene at the end where Ryan Gosling finally surrenders to God, that's why his sinful hands are cut off. How's that for not understanding what the film's central themes are, you pretentious d-bag.
Thanks for proving me right! No wonder you think it's an insubstantial film, you got like 5% of it, and misunderstood the part you "got". It's sad when the reaction to not understanding something is to claim there's nothing to understand and that everyone who does get it is "pretentious". That would be that insecurity I'm talking about! I'm not going to write you an essay on this, particularly with the attitude you've displayed. If you happen to be interested in understanding the film (which I doubt), I'll give you a hint: God has nothing to do with it, and Joseph Campbell has a LOT to do with it. Good luck with improving your critical analysis.
Gosling's character is so arrogant it never occurs to him that a plainclothes cop in Thailand might be highly trained in multiple disciplines beginning in early childhood. If I were going to fight someone and they just stood there waiting for me to engage I might deduce that I am outmatched. He never lands a single blow and never dodges one either.
TheDarkKnight1985 I think the statue is meant to convey how monolithic and statuesque the cop is, that (like God and this statue) he'll stand the test of time, immovable in his convictions, and that Gosling might as well be fighting the statue for how much damage he'll do to the cop. If you notice, when the fight starts, Gosling has to come to the cop, who's standing perfectly still.
@@ziegogoboy great take, also I would add I think there’s something about worshiping idols and seeing yourself in them that this film wants you to understand is immature and dangerous. Julian misinterprets the meaning behind the opening shot with the statue and fighter when he looks back. He isn’t supposed to be the king already, he forgets that those men have to be standing after the fight ends
Ryans character was the only good person in a mob family, he was looking for judgement and redemption entire time. He wanted to b punished for his crimes, and his is what thsi movie is about.
this movie could have been one of the most bad bass ever if they didn't make it all confusing and artsy. weird movie but that beating with awesome music makes it worth it.
+Allen Iverson It IS one of the most bad a** movies ever made. Among the biggest obstacles to not truly 'getting' something -- when a thing or person is very much worth that -- is insufficient curiosity, openness, receptivity, and above all daring toward precisely what one does not yet understand. Those attributes may well be in you. As they are in many people, especially in young children. But most adults have allowed themselves to forget that gift. So it lays dormant, goes to waste. Why? Mostly because no one gives them credible reason to believe in their own innate capacities. In this case, to see beyond the literal, the easy, the conventional, the 'acceptable', the sanitized, the safe, the pre-gurgitated, the predictable. Give yourself a chance? That is, another chance? Real artistry simultaneously challenges and invites that. At every turn. You just have to be willing to slip in, and let the beauty wash over you. Even if you don't get it (yet). Especially if you don't get it. Or may never. Doesn't matter. Dive in (again) anyway. And with a different approach? As in, it's OKAY not to get it. Totally okay. And to say so. That's honest. Takes guts. Just let the movie take you for the strange ride it is. With no goal or pretense about 'getting' it. Let that go. A false expectation. And a boring one. If you do that, you just might get this ingeniously brave and intrepid movie. On your own timeline and in your own way, out of your own life experiences. Not by parroting someone else's thoughts or views. And, if and when you do 'get' it, this film will thoroughly blow you away. Or maybe if you don't, it'll still blow you away. That is, in the feeling of unstoppable desire to keep cracking away at it. Then it becomes yours. Forever. In one way or another. And where you -- as active-honest-humble viewer -- become a second artist to it. After the first ones, the filmmakers themselves. OGF gives viewers a chance to see beyond what is familiar to them. Their assumptions. Their least recognized prejudices. Their apparent certainties. Their insecurities. Their hypocrisies. Their world views. Their comfort zones. Which we all have. This movie lulls viewers (and, in a very real way, honestly seduces them) to face uncertainty, doubt, confusion, and fear. 'cos that's where the challenge is, where the real goods are. Inside. And underneath. The movie doesn't necessarily set out to dare viewers to stretch their perceptions, to stretch themselves. Or, rather, it doesn't stop anyone from doing so. A person either dares himself to grow, or stops himself from doing so. Entirely up to them. Cheers.
+devontodetroit Precisely. And a heckuva lot more than 'clues' throughout the ENTIRE film. NWR is a true artist. An ingenious one. Who actually sees. Without the two-dimensional, rigid cultural prejudices (read: arrogance) of others. So let the status quo/"politically correct" heads fall where they may. (Not saying here that "Allen Iverson" is among the p.c. crowd. On "OGF," his thoughts are an example of someone who shows a healthy curiosity. And has the guts to be honest, and to stay open, about things unfamiliar to him.) Takes balls to go against pre-gurgitated hash and reactionary conventions. And instead to see, think, feel, question and/or respond thoughtfully -- independent of lock-step, herd mentalities. The former being rare attributes these days. But what NWR has in spades -- along with authenticity, humility, and courage. As OGF amply, bravely, beautifully reflects. As with most, genuine works of art... it takes the herd AT LEAST 50 years to 'get it', if ever. And, even then, when the herd finally does change its tune (when it's safe/acceptable to do so), it only blindly parrots the 'revised' status quo opinion, just as it did before, whatever the prior tune. Sycophants who think they're the sh*t: gutless, predictable, pathetic. May God forgive them. ;)
I liked this fight scene, although whether you can call it a "fight" when it is rather just Goslings character getting beaten to a pulp is debatable, but I dislike the preoccupation with many commenters on this video regarding taste and intelligence. In particular that those who do not have a high opinion of this film feel that way merely because they are stupid. I find this a highly arrogant position to take. The films dark moody cinematography is wonderfully shot, and the music is fittingly atmospheric. The characters are - of course - not very well developed because they are in turn symbolic - the mother representing vengeance, and so on. And yet there is not enough substance to the characters for me to care about them or the plot to elicit my interest. Am I somehow ignorant for having this opinion? No, I just happen to share an opposing point of view on a subjective matter. I didn't hate this film, but it isn't something that I particularly want to watch again. It was mediocre for me. An interesting type of mediocre - I.E. its thematically and stylistically different from the majority of Hollywood-style mediocre movies existing abound, but that isn't enough for me to rate it like I did the directors previous attempts with his film Drive, which was to memory my favourite film of 2011.
+deadagain33 With respect, I do not see the characters as being symbolic. And they are far more than archetypes. If I may say, ignorance (on multiple levels) has nearly everything to do with why many viewers short this film. But the generous thing about ignorance, as opposed to stupidity, is that a person can grow beyond it. If he or she has the desire and will to do so. Perhaps there is embarrassment in not being honest about the very human and universal discomfort that ignorance arouses in any of us, and which the ego cannot entirely deflect, evade, dismiss, or rationalize away. There's no shame in not knowing something one isn't familiar with -- particularly when there's a lurking but unacknowledged suspicion that others may actually know what one himself does not. In my view, a wise person accepts the fundamental reality that NO ONE knows everything about anything -- and no more so than when, unfortunately, she thinks that she does. At the least, that is is unfairly self-limiting. Or, at worst, is arrogant when that knowledge (either authentic or merely apparent) is communicated with unjustified or uncalled for insult, hostility, or enmity. As is sometimes the case on both sides of opinion on this movie, no? A truly self-respecting and appropriately respecting person is among the smartest of human beings. And among the bravest. Because he finds rigidity to be monotonous and unpleasant (if not also untrustworthy or unreliable), and therefore stays sensibly open to what he may not know, yet which he may sincerely or privately wish to come to know. That is to say, consideration of compelling perceptions or possibilities other than one's own takes tremendous humility, honesty, sense, and grace. That's courage. Such an individual tends to keep learning, growing, and challenging himself. And, often, exceedingly well. And truly. As does Nicolas Winding Refn himself. ;)
You had a good opinion idk what this other dude is saying but I would like to say that although this film might not have deep characters, the thoughts I have about my own life and existence while painting on my own thoughts and opinions/ scenarios onto the characters while watching this film are what make it such a transcendent experience for me and I understand that isn’t enjoyable to everybody the same way. It’s a very personal film in that I feel like a ghost almost watching everyone from the black door 🚪
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For those of you who like a bit of trivia, according to director Nicolas winding refn, the police captain character in this movie is One-Eye from Vahalla Rising reincarnated
Bill Proud Well, no. That's just fucking stupid.
He is also the Driver from Drive. I am completely serious. Refn himself had admitted it.
Apparently its part of a trilogy of silent lunatics who like to cut off arms.
@@jasontodd4675 where did he say that?
The true hard man has a great silence about him - Oliver Reed
+Paolo Lery Nicholas Wending Refn clearly agrees.
You can always tell a Milford man
I actually rate this film as one of the best films of the past decade. I think it is seriously undervalued. I loved every single frame of this film - the marring of the visuals and the sounds was perfect yet slightly off kilter and otherworldly. Almost 10/10.
I love it spite i don't know what it is. I believe it's a thriller mixed with surreal imagery. A little kubrickian or lynchian in the frames. Scary music and little screenplay. Almost everything said with eyes of fear. And the ending when Chang is about to chop Ryan Gosling's hands suddenly skips that cut and we find ourselves again in the lounge with the "bad guy" singing a beautiful melody. WTF was my first reaction but then I loved it. Perfect ending, perfect movie. Definitely one of my favorites!!!
Yes we'll said,
An understatement yet agreex
This film was garbage unless I took some heavy duty edible. Makes no sense, no dialogue, no ending and to top it off this final version of horse manure was vastly different than Refn's original script (which was epic, its online somewhere I suggest you have. read)
I think that Bronson, drive, and only god forgives are three masterpieces. Refn is the king of beautiful and perfect cinematography.
Visually and aesthetically this is one of the best pictures I have ever seen.
I love this film. Been to Thailand many times and it captures some of the underlying tensions between Thais and Farangs. It also has a real David Lynch feel to it. I've watched it 5 times now. Although it does make me miss the land of smiles.
they should have put ladyboys warrior in the movie too! its related and connected with thai nightlife! hmmm i wonder!
Question of genuine curiosity, I've heard of a distinction between the original Muay Boran, which was used in war, and Muay Thai which has become the arena sport we're now familiar with. Do cops and military in Thailand still use the original Muay Boran?
Can you get by with only english? and was Thaiand dangerous as a whole? I'd like to go there to learn a little Mutai
@SuperDave17 depends, they trained both.
I've lived abroad too. I always laugh at idiots who think whites have some sort of monopoly on racism.
I know how it sounds, but I'm glad no one understands this film. Gosling is on a tear with this, Drive, and Place Beyond the Pines. All I knew him from before was the Notebook and that one with Steve Carrell and Emma Stone. What a turnaround on my impression of him.
ThroatySteak explain to me please
Yeah it's like he's playing the same character in all these movies. Quick get the man an Oscar.. Not. This can be drive part 2 because he plays this character just like the drive character and both movies have the same exact style and pace
It's about a man being purged of his abuse, guilt and sins by God. That's just my opinion.
This was easily his worst film
Watch more movies
Half the films running time was him deciding whether he wanted a fight, or not.
and notice that MORE than half of this clip was preparing for the fight before the first punch was thrown lol
Dragon Ball Z pacing in a nutshell.
The other half was the police captain torturing people and singing karaoke 😭😹
He wasn’t even trying to hurt them too bad. He showed quite a bit of mercy.
basically one of the best adaptations of a manga that doesnt exist, this is pure seinen vibe, an extremely underappreciated film.
No blood. No shaky cam. No close ups when a punch is landed. Just two people fighting.
Yet this scene creates discomfort and is painful to watch. Now THIS is how violence is done. Brilliant.
Yashaswi Katailiha well there is some blood but you’re right about everything else
The moment when his mom shits her dress
Yashaswi Katailiha
You actually sound sexually excited as you describe it.
@@cavendishlung-sukki1082 well, I do find Ryan Gosling kinda handsome so... 😋
You need to watch better movies my friend
Great movie. Love this director.
One of the best films of the last decade.
Can't land a punch on God.
Arms are too short to box with God...
That's right, the director of the movie whispered in his ear throughout the filming that he was playing character of god.
That was less of an epic fight and more of an epic ass beating.I guess I need to check this movie out. Never even heard of it.
dude... its a wormhole but a nice one
this is fucking brilliant film
The music here is amazing!!! So cool!!
To the people who are quick to jump on the OGF hate bandwagon I think it's important to note that a filmmakers' intentions matter. When Drive came out I got in an argument with someone who didn't like the film because it didn't have enough action in it - which is like saying you didn't like The Exorcist because it didn't make you laugh. Sometimes a person's "critique" of a film says nothing about the film itself and everything about the person who's doing the critiquing.
Only God Forgives brings out these type of half-assed critics by the droves (which is one of the reasons why I love the movie). It weeds out people who simply look at it at face value. To say that the film is "poorly written" or has "horrible character development" or that it's "slow" is not a valid critique of the movie. Again, it's like saying you don't like a movie like The Exorcist because you didn't find it funny. A filmmakers' intentions are very important.
But the exorcist is a funny movie.
Jesse Gumbarge It's not a badly made film, in any way. It's just dreadfully boring.
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Jesse Gumbarge Yep, that's your opinion. Great that you liked it, and sucks that I didn't.
I have no problems with slow movies, hell, 2001 is one of my all time favorite films. There were just nothing about Only God Forgives that kept me interested or intrigued, it was just dull.
EuroTrasho Productions Everyone is indeed entitled to their opinion (obviously). However, my original comment was more aimed towards people who conflate their personal opinion as being the same as a proper critique of the film.
Again, to use my horror movie analogy - if a person watches The Babadook, for example, and says that they didn't like it because they thought it was unfunny, that's a perfectly valid opinion and they're entitled to it. But that opinion says nothing about the movie itself and everything about the person who is sharing it.
So, when you watch a movie that's slow-moving, meditative and deliberately paced and deem it to be "dull" - it says absolutely nothing about the movie itself.
Side-note: I also don't want to imply that this movie is above criticism, quite the opposite.
Flawless Victory
right. god damn
I don't see wats wrong with this movie it's great in my opinion and the cinematography is BEAUTIFUL
you must be twilight fans! this movie is really stinks!
I agree with you this movie is great
roy skala if you truely understand this film, then you will enjoy it. only dumb people dislike this movie
+tygerstyle2k14 i beg to differ dude! score at imdb metacritics = 37 which is really worse score and user review is : 5.7 is worse score too!
bottomline im not dumb , the people who saw this movie and say is great is a dumb one!
+roy skala that only means the general public has bad taste
3:00 That's a really sweet move.
The Loobis
you make it sound intensely sexual.
flawless victory...
no fatality tho
EXELLENT!
I sure went down a rabbit hole with this movie. It kind of fucked me up- but in a good way. Probably one of the best fight scenes I’ve ever seen in my life. This cop, what. A. Boss.
Nic Refn should direct the fight scenes for a Mortal Kombat movie
Refn's films are very similar to that of Goddard or Trauffaut, referencing different genre's in their films. Drive utilized this very well combining Fantasy with Neo-Noire but this movie fell a little short with the Western thematics mixed with surrealism at times.
Overall though, the cinematics of Refn's films are unparalleled and make for great eye candy.
Goddard and Trauffaut? Are they good? Recommend some titles FOR ME PLZ
DanimalLawlz They are among the great directors.
Victor Katilis You must have a lot of internal misery to be advising people you've never met to kill themselves. Of course, if I was from as big a shithole as Leeds I would want to die also.
Corey Carruthers how is it a western?
Love the early part where God is sizing him up, thinking to himself "Is this poser even worth pretending to break a sweat over?" And you can tell he almost comes to the conclusion that it's not worth the momentary bother, and wants to tell him to take a hike. But then comes the realization that swatting the fly is the only way to make it go away, so then comes the oh so grudging reluctant nod.
I like how you worded it, but I think there's more sympathy in him than that. Julian getting a therapeutic beatdown felt like God giving him what he really asked for. Feels like there's a weird reverence to the whole thing and Julian trying to be upfront with him
The background is like when you're about to jump into the Bowser in the dark world level from super mario 64
Oof. When he goes to those leg kicks? He's a cat playing playing with his food.
Kristin Scott Thomas walks quite masculine here, about 4:49; not a criticism, I actually think it lends itself well to the scene. And the shots of the statue are just all shades of beautiful.
オンリー・ゴッド今鑑賞しました。いいですねぇ！光と影、静と動、少ないセリフと緊張感。バンコクは好きで何度も行っていたので映像も音楽も楽しめました。夜のバンコクはあやしくて好きです。
Very reminiscent of the Oliver vs Ra's al Ghul fight
Expect a billion times better and not comic book crap
+Marshall Zane wow, I simply said that this very amazing film reminded me of something, you didn't need to go and try to start an argument
Shad0w Knight384 he came at you sideways fam tell him hes a bitch
I had never been more excited for a movie after drive lol…instead renf gave us ryan gosling staring at his hands the whole time.
This film is slow. And I love it for that reason. Cinematography perfection.
3:03 I lost my mind lol
FLAWLESS VICTORY ! !
About 25% of my friends like OGF.
The smartest 25%.
Probably a coincidence.
***** You're responding to something I didn't say.
+yunikage OGF is pretentious garbage. Smart films are great, as are deep and meaningful films. This film is pretentious trash that thinks it's being smart.
Breadbin Massacre The film went over your head. I'd bet anything you literally couldn't tell me what the central themes of the film are, or what it's intended to be commentary on. You didn't get it, and the reason you're so angry about it is that you're insecure.
yunikage Unsure if you're trolling, or really that stupid. Let me start by saying: I LOVED Drive. I'm assuming you know that was directed by the same guy? This fight scene is about a man unable to defeat God, because, you can't fight God. The police officer is meant to represent God, and Ryan Gosling's mother could be perceived as the devil. Ryan Gosling is obedient to her much in the same way we bow down to our sins. It is implied Ryan Gosling's mother sexually abused him and as a result, he is unable to be comfortable with a woman. There is a scene at the end where Ryan Gosling finally surrenders to God, that's why his sinful hands are cut off. How's that for not understanding what the film's central themes are, you pretentious d-bag.
Thanks for proving me right! No wonder you think it's an insubstantial film, you got like 5% of it, and misunderstood the part you "got".
It's sad when the reaction to not understanding something is to claim there's nothing to understand and that everyone who does get it is "pretentious". That would be that insecurity I'm talking about!
I'm not going to write you an essay on this, particularly with the attitude you've displayed. If you happen to be interested in understanding the film (which I doubt), I'll give you a hint: God has nothing to do with it, and Joseph Campbell has a LOT to do with it.
Good luck with improving your critical analysis.
There’s a paper here in the UK called the Telegraph. After this scene, it should have been renamed “The Ryan Gosling”!
Weakness. Death. Loss. Are all entities at the mercy of God. And only god forgives.
I love this film.
One of those punches to the face will send You to the er no matter how tough you are
Craig, get up. Get up, Craig. Come on, Craig. Come on, Craig.
serious question, would it be worth practicing the counter to the knee at 3:00 into the video??
Gosling's character is so arrogant it never occurs to him that a plainclothes cop in Thailand might be highly trained in multiple disciplines beginning in early childhood. If I were going to fight someone and they just stood there waiting for me to engage I might deduce that I am outmatched. He never lands a single blow and never dodges one either.
Top 10 Video Game Battles
Amazing!
Ryan gosling beaten up by a tiny thai oldman lol
Sounds like Stranger Things theme.
bob, weave, bob, weave, bob, weave, yeah, you can't touch me.
Never estimate God ! This movie is a brilliant maste piece only the ones who doesnt understand the meaning of the film will say that the movie sucks.
God always wins. That’s the summary of this fight
This fight is literally Vegeta when he loses to a DBZ villain and he lets his arrogance and overconfidence get the better of him.
Now why oh why cant differences be settled like this epic!!!
This was inspired by “Once upon a time the West” dual scene.
Only ip man can roll up his sleeves and win
This song es almos exactly as the stranger things theme song.
There are fight scenes and then there is THIS. " Only God Forgives, Men Don't.
So this is where stranger things got the music 😂
wanna fight !!! says the uninitiated. so the man initiated him, to life, for free. Spared his life, so he may have a chance.
No aaaaayyyyy sound when kicking?
That asian boss cop is a gangster
2:45
Muay Thai kicking ass...
muay thai get kicked ass
Is this cop Gosling fights with the same guy the statue is modelled after?
No.
guy is god manifested
TheDarkKnight1985 I think the statue is meant to convey how monolithic and statuesque the cop is, that (like God and this statue) he'll stand the test of time, immovable in his convictions, and that Gosling might as well be fighting the statue for how much damage he'll do to the cop. If you notice, when the fight starts, Gosling has to come to the cop, who's standing perfectly still.
Jc Hodge I think of his more as Nemesis.
@@ziegogoboy great take, also I would add I think there’s something about worshiping idols and seeing yourself in them that this film wants you to understand is immature and dangerous. Julian misinterprets the meaning behind the opening shot with the statue and fighter when he looks back. He isn’t supposed to be the king already, he forgets that those men have to be standing after the fight ends
i fuckin' love this movie.
Wanna fight ?
WTF how could you cut the pre fight scene like this?
Fight starts at 2:46
Hmm..Interesting fight!!!
In this movie Ryan Gosling was the bad guy, and Bolo Yeung lookalike was the good guy
Actually, Bolo was the devil. And Ryan was a smuck.
CenyddRos Not the devil, he was god.
Ryans character was the only good person in a mob family, he was looking for judgement and redemption entire time.
He wanted to b punished for his crimes, and his is what thsi movie is about.
Is it just me, or does anyone else get a sort of 'Big Trouble in Little China' vibe from the music?
Amazing!!!
I fucking love this movie!
Asian version for Driver
Ryan Reynolds got his ass kicked.
Wrong Ryan.
@@chrishill9197 I know.
@@SpecialK292 So that was part of the joke, okay...
@@chrishill9197 It was indeed!
@@chrishill9197 you from Oregon?
A movie about a man who wants to fight god.
Why didnt he put much of a fight like this in blue valentine.
this movie had so many pauses it lost meaning to pause. it should have been 90 minutes long
Arms are too short to box with God...
How to ask for Gods forgiveness. -------------------^
does anybody know the soundtrack they use before the fight?
Cliff Martinez composed this soundtrack - he is master of modern composition. Also, he plays drums.
Who is the golden statue of?
I would of asked can you train me
Stranger Things anyone?
What is meaning of this movie? What does it say in overall?
It’s the opposite of a satisfying revenge film, the revenge Julian seeks is against himself and the ones he loves. That’s what I took from it
name of the song please
Wanna Fight by Cliff Martinez
dont watch Refn movies if ur just interested in martial arts like 12 year olds.look undisputed and use the main character names on social media
one movie: cool hand Luke period
That is one hard bastard
What's this movie even about? Ryan Gosling being a guy that just fights people?
BAD-ASS
Buk buk buk.. buk choy boy
Humbling experience 🤌🏻
Song ?
***** appreciated
this movie could have been one of the most bad bass ever if they didn't make it all confusing and artsy. weird movie but that beating with awesome music makes it worth it.
+Allen Iverson It IS one of the most bad a** movies ever made.
Among the biggest obstacles to not truly 'getting' something -- when a thing or person is very much worth that -- is insufficient curiosity, openness, receptivity, and above all daring toward precisely what one does not yet understand.
Those attributes may well be in you. As they are in many people, especially in young children. But most adults have allowed themselves to forget that gift. So it lays dormant, goes to waste. Why? Mostly because no one gives them credible reason to believe in their own innate capacities. In this case, to see beyond the literal, the easy, the conventional, the 'acceptable', the sanitized, the safe, the pre-gurgitated, the predictable.
Give yourself a chance? That is, another chance? Real artistry simultaneously challenges and invites that. At every turn. You just have to be willing to slip in, and let the beauty wash over you. Even if you don't get it (yet). Especially if you don't get it. Or may never. Doesn't matter. Dive in (again) anyway.
And with a different approach? As in, it's OKAY not to get it. Totally okay. And to say so. That's honest. Takes guts. Just let the movie take you for the strange ride it is. With no goal or pretense about 'getting' it. Let that go. A false expectation. And a boring one.
If you do that, you just might get this ingeniously brave and intrepid movie. On your own timeline and in your own way, out of your own life experiences. Not by parroting someone else's thoughts or views. And, if and when you do 'get' it, this film will thoroughly blow you away. Or maybe if you don't, it'll still blow you away. That is, in the feeling of unstoppable desire to keep cracking away at it.
Then it becomes yours. Forever. In one way or another. And where you -- as active-honest-humble viewer -- become a second artist to it. After the first ones, the filmmakers themselves.
OGF gives viewers a chance to see beyond what is familiar to them. Their assumptions. Their least recognized prejudices. Their apparent certainties. Their insecurities. Their hypocrisies. Their world views. Their comfort zones. Which we all have. This movie lulls viewers (and, in a very real way, honestly seduces them) to face uncertainty, doubt, confusion, and fear. 'cos that's where the challenge is, where the real goods are. Inside. And underneath.
The movie doesn't necessarily set out to dare viewers to stretch their perceptions, to stretch themselves. Or, rather, it doesn't stop anyone from doing so. A person either dares himself to grow, or stops himself from doing so. Entirely up to them.
Cheers.
+devontodetroit Precisely. And a heckuva lot more than 'clues' throughout the ENTIRE film.
NWR is a true artist. An ingenious one. Who actually sees. Without the two-dimensional, rigid cultural prejudices (read: arrogance) of others. So let the status quo/"politically correct" heads fall where they may.
(Not saying here that "Allen Iverson" is among the p.c. crowd. On "OGF," his thoughts are an example of someone who shows a healthy curiosity. And has the guts to be honest, and to stay open, about things unfamiliar to him.)
Takes balls to go against pre-gurgitated hash and reactionary conventions. And instead to see, think, feel, question and/or respond thoughtfully -- independent of lock-step, herd mentalities. The former being rare attributes these days. But what NWR has in spades -- along with authenticity, humility, and courage. As OGF amply, bravely, beautifully reflects.
As with most, genuine works of art... it takes the herd AT LEAST 50 years to 'get it', if ever. And, even then, when the herd finally does change its tune (when it's safe/acceptable to do so), it only blindly parrots the 'revised' status quo opinion, just as it did before, whatever the prior tune.
Sycophants who think they're the sh*t: gutless, predictable, pathetic. May God forgive them. ;)
Gosling needs to learn MMA.
No amount of MMA will help when you challenge God.
Dragonball4eva a take down followed by some ground and pound would have ended that fight with the quickness
@@ve2430 Nope. That character is literally God. Nothing would have worked in Ryan's favor.
@@BusinessOfFear looked like a corrupt cop with high level mauy Thai skills to me, nothing more
I liked this fight scene, although whether you can call it a "fight" when it is rather just Goslings character getting beaten to a pulp is debatable, but I dislike the preoccupation with many commenters on this video regarding taste and intelligence. In particular that those who do not have a high opinion of this film feel that way merely because they are stupid. I find this a highly arrogant position to take. The films dark moody cinematography is wonderfully shot, and the music is fittingly atmospheric. The characters are - of course - not very well developed because they are in turn symbolic - the mother representing vengeance, and so on. And yet there is not enough substance to the characters for me to care about them or the plot to elicit my interest. Am I somehow ignorant for having this opinion? No, I just happen to share an opposing point of view on a subjective matter. I didn't hate this film, but it isn't something that I particularly want to watch again. It was mediocre for me. An interesting type of mediocre - I.E. its thematically and stylistically different from the majority of Hollywood-style mediocre movies existing abound, but that isn't enough for me to rate it like I did the directors previous attempts with his film Drive, which was to memory my favourite film of 2011.
+deadagain33 With respect, I do not see the characters as being symbolic. And they are far more than archetypes.
If I may say, ignorance (on multiple levels) has nearly everything to do with why many viewers short this film. But the generous thing about ignorance, as opposed to stupidity, is that a person can grow beyond it. If he or she has the desire and will to do so.
Perhaps there is embarrassment in not being honest about the very human and universal discomfort that ignorance arouses in any of us, and which the ego cannot entirely deflect, evade, dismiss, or rationalize away. There's no shame in not knowing something one isn't familiar with -- particularly when there's a lurking but unacknowledged suspicion that others may actually know what one himself does not.
In my view, a wise person accepts the fundamental reality that NO ONE knows everything about anything -- and no more so than when, unfortunately, she thinks that she does. At the least, that is is unfairly self-limiting. Or, at worst, is arrogant when that knowledge (either authentic or merely apparent) is communicated with unjustified or uncalled for insult, hostility, or enmity. As is sometimes the case on both sides of opinion on this movie, no?
A truly self-respecting and appropriately respecting person is among the smartest of human beings. And among the bravest. Because he finds rigidity to be monotonous and unpleasant (if not also untrustworthy or unreliable), and therefore stays sensibly open to what he may not know, yet which he may sincerely or privately wish to come to know.
That is to say, consideration of compelling perceptions or possibilities other than one's own takes tremendous humility, honesty, sense, and grace. That's courage. Such an individual tends to keep learning, growing, and challenging himself. And, often, exceedingly well. And truly.
As does Nicolas Winding Refn himself. ;)
You had a good opinion idk what this other dude is saying but I would like to say that although this film might not have deep characters, the thoughts I have about my own life and existence while painting on my own thoughts and opinions/ scenarios onto the characters while watching this film are what make it such a transcendent experience for me and I understand that isn’t enjoyable to everybody the same way. It’s a very personal film in that I feel like a ghost almost watching everyone from the black door 🚪
he got dat ass whooped
Tiger uppercut
IN FRONT OF HIS MAMA
That dude makes Bolo Yeung look like a wuss
Lawl