Directors who put Style over Substance.

[ThatOneGuy]

Originally Posted by Ultra_Violence

I can't comment on Neon Demon but everything he has done so far has been hugely stylish whilst also retaining substance but maybe that's just me. Only God Forgives is more than just pretty colours to me.

Well yes there's that too. Pretentious overload when one can't understand a particular directors film (s).

The issue with Refn for people is that his work requires a lot more outside knowledge and a watchful eye. He does not explain anything in his films and when he does, that is something you need to pick up with your eyes because he tells his stories visually. Refn is mainly lived by people who are interested in film, not by the general public.

I'm not in the group that calls Only God Forgives a trash pile, I'm actually glad I own it because it is a gorgeous ****ing film (I love neon lights). But I definitely won't argue with people who say it is a bit shallow in the story department. I could follow it because I know how Refn works but I needed to watch a critic discuss the film to fully get what happened it in. I didnt know why the karaoke scenes were suppose to be so important that we kept going back to them, that was something you needed outside knowledge to understand.

Ill fight someone who talks crap about Refn though. The man is a great director, his films aren't for everyone but the man is a master with his camera and colors (and he is partially color blind to boot).