I loved Drive, especially after repeated viewings, though I admit it's marketing campaign was a little bit misleading. I loved the cheesy 80's music and the "man with no name" type character Gosling portrayed.

I'm still looking forward to Only God Forgives... the trailer is very well made. Now, I have a few colleagues who are in Cannes right now, and they had passes to see the film -- apparently, it got a negative response with a lot of boos and walkouts.

The negative reviews out of Cannes reveal that for some, the pace was a little slow and the violence was TOO violent.

Oh well, I'm still looking forward to checking this out, as I'm a huge fan of Gosling and Refn.

-- Michael

Quoted from spesh2k Oh well, I'm still looking forward to checking this out, as I'm a huge fan of Gosling and Refn. -- Michael

Same here.  Big fan of Gosling.  Looking forward to this.  

Quoted from irish eyes I turned "Drive" off after 30 mins...What exactly was appealing about that movie, with lame acting and  80's soundtrack? If had to watch one more freaking "stare off" between him and the girl.

Disagree! Awesome soundtrack and visually stunning. I'd expect this from a Liverpool fan.

Quoted from spesh2k I loved Drive, especially after repeated viewings, though I admit it's marketing campaign was a little bit misleading. I loved the cheesy 80's music and the "man with no name" type character Gosling portrayed.

Agree! This movie gets better after repeated viewings.

Even with mixed reviews, looking forward to this one more than most movies. Thought the trailer looked great.

Some more opinions from people who saw it:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/video/2013/may/22/only-god-forgives-refn-video-review

I personally think putting the most violent and disturbing movie in the competition on at 8:30am is ludicrous, and probably didn't help some of the negative reactions to it. If someone doesn't like hyper-violent films at the best of times, they're definitely not going to like them straight after eating their breakfast.

I, too, loved Drive. Although I do agree with what the last guy in the video above says; it was slightly empty as a film. I rewatched it a few weeks ago, the day after viewing The Place Beyond The Pines, and despite thoroughly enjoying it as much as I did when I initially saw it, it does pale in comparison to the emotional depth of Pines.

A load of reviews are saying Only God Forgives is basically Drive but with less emotional depth; it's all style, no substance.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

I, for one, am still really looking forward to watching it.

Hmm, I don't like the sound of that.  I'll check it out anyway.

I see a lot of hate for Ryan Gosling -- not only on this board -- but everywhere, it seems.

Regardless, I'll buy my ticket and show my support.