Jessica Kiang from Indiewire was more circumspect, criticising the film as a less-satisfying follow-up to Drive, saying Only God Forgives: "delivers what we might have thought we wanted but with diminishing returns: Refn's trademark visual style is indulged to a dizzying degree... but is unmoored to any kind of satisfying or coherent narrative".
With its space-wide setting, "Jupiter" promises to provide an expansive canvas for the Wachowskis to apply their trademark visual flair, glimpsed in the trailer via zooming spacecrafts, winged gargoyle-like creatures and laser-wielding bounty hunters.
Those films had plenty of Gilliam's trademark visual invention; what they absolutely lacked was the smallest notion of how to tell a story.
Scott's subsequent films which were generally well received and often contained examples of his trademark visual flair include Matchstick Men (2003), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), American Gangster (2007), and Body of Lies (2008).
It explores Mann's relationship with classical genres, his thematic concentration on issues of morality and masculinity, his film adaptations from literature, and the development and significance of his trademark visual style within modern American cinema.
And via their trademark visual time-traveling, they ask us to wonder, "How might society move forward by looking back?" Is it audience-friendly?
To this end he developed his trademark visual language, based on his early love of cartoons, with heavy black outlines, simple contours, and primary colors.
But while the director does his best to invest his trademark visual flair into this (*cough*unofficial*cough*) prequel to MGM's 1939 screen adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, that flair is largely subsumed by sumptuous, empty calorie excess.
It's colourful, witty and completely in keeping with the director's well-noted trademark visuals (symmetrical shot set-ups, a vibrant colour palette, etc). .
Tonight it's the world premiere of Vanishing Point's new play, Tomorrow, which is full of "the company's trademark visuals and dreaminess".
