Still not following why so many people seem to dislike Only God Forgives. I've talked with friends about this film on a few occasions and we come up with the same conclusions on how it's visually artistic which seem's to be something that is a lost art in film these days. The characters come across as devoid of feeling but doesn't this add to what I've just set forth? I'm not saying that it's some miracle work of cinema more so that it has elements that are rarely seen in contemporary film.
i didn't dislike it, i just wanted to let people know what they'd be getting into. was it marketed as surrealist? i didn't know. it's cool that its not all-the-way surrealist, and there is a normal story to follow (normal for a violent crime story). and yeah it's artistic, and i think it uses its odd techniques of no-blinking or fidgeting or making expressions to serve an over-arching idea, if i understand it right.