Rating: Summary: Seven faces of Eve? Review: ...P>My problem with this movie is that the purpose of this medium is to relay a message. Whether the Writer/Director intends this message to be purely entertainment based (Bruckheimer), or expects the viewers to work a little harder (i.e. Memento). Lynch seems to have decided that his cult following is enough and there is no need to tell anyone what this message is. The fact that he tries to bail himself out by tossing in some eye-candy and a girl on girl sex scene is apalling. We the viewers are expected to be mesmorized into watching this movie because it has pretty people in it, all the while praying that the answer to the puzzle that Lynch lays out in the first half of the movie will be answered in an acceptable manner. This movie provides a ringing endorsement, as well as a reminder, to avoid future Lynch projects.
Rating: Summary: Mulholland Drive is life! Review: For all you morons out there who did not give this film 5 stars, its because you don't understand it. This film is a masterpeice, clearly. It may take 2-3 veiwing to understand, but thats the beauty of it, this is what David Lynch wants, us to think! Not every movie can do that! This film is pure art, and if you are intelligent enough to like thinking, you will enjoy this tale of .........
Rating: Summary: ...and I thought watching Fantasia 1000 times was boring Review: You know the scene, your kids insist on watching Fantasia over and over again. You try to justify this to your brain for its classical, experimenting artsy-fartsy appeal, but nothing can be as boring and unsatisfying as Mulholland Dr. Formula for a guaranteed boring movie: dragging out almost every scene, subplots in the film that are better left on the edit room floor and an ending that demands the two and half hours of your life back. This film had it all!
Rating: Summary: MOVIE OF THE YEAR! Review: I'm not a great movie fan anymore. Most of Hollywood's productions don't impress me much these days, but this movie is just fantastic! Without giving too much away, the movie is about two lesbians with a love/hate relationship. I really can't say much more without ruining the story. One helful tip: you must read David Lynch's list of clues before watching the film. It will increase your enjoyment tremendously. This is a movie that you have to unlock. The storyline doesn't present itself in a straight forward manner. There are still some aspects of the movie that I don't understand, but the list of clues helped me to get most of it. It may be a good idea to watch the film more than once to get it. Its unique, I doubt there is anything like it in the world, even among Lynch's other works. Approach it knowing its not going to be what you expect. It [plays]with your mind a little, but that's what makes it so [very] great!
Rating: Summary: Mulholland Drive Review: I really don't see what other people see in this movie, I think it is a waste of money and it is "STINKO" first class.
Rating: Summary: What's the point? Review: All through the movie I was busy trying to understand it. By the end I had put the movie back to a prior part like three times or more, and afterwards it took me more then an hour to (try to) puzzle the pieces together. Especially the parts with the "demon" were completely confusing. My question is, what is the point? Clever as it may be, I did not enjoy this movie and I would not recommend it to anyone.
Rating: Summary: is everyone insane? Review: the only reason to watch this movie is the lesbo action with Laura Harring, she is by far the most beautiful woman I've ever seen and carried the movie for me. Oh, everyone else is pretty good, and the shots are eerie and cool, but the movie itself is just HORRIBLE!! The whole thing is apparently a fantasy of this girl who may or may not have actually had someone killed and gone insane. By the end, you won't know what the hell happened (no one else will either) and you'll feel something greasy on your sphincter. Not only is it boring, but David Lynch's attention to little details throughout is irritating (to say the least). Imagine wasting your valuable "entertainment time" watching a blank television and there ya go..Mulholland Dr.
Rating: Summary: Not for People Who Turn Their Brains Off at the Movies Review: Although I have considered myself a movie buff since I was 12 or 13, it took until this last year to experience David Lynch, one of the most controversial directors in the history of film. I avoided him for years because the people who seemed to like him were the kind of film-snobs I couldn't stand to be around, and I had little interest in "artistic" movies (artistic is OK, but weird for the sake of weird is a waste of time). Until two months ago, when I watched "Mulholland Drive" for the first time. And, wow. W-O-W wow. The first time I watched it - and if you really want to get something out of "Mulholland Drive," you have to invest some time in it - I got the distinct impression that I was watching something great, but I felt like an outsider trying to look through a soaped-over window. So I watched it again, and read some opinions, and talked with some people, and came to some conclusions. What's the solution? I don't think there is ONE right answer, but I believe mine is correct - but what's the point in spoiling the movie when I'm trying to get you to watch it on your own? In fact, I'm not even going to do the usual plot summary, because I would either give too much away or tell it from my point of view, neither of which are fair. It's a mystery, set in Hollywood, and Mulholland Drive plays a major role in the development of the story - that's the best one can do, and it's about what you'd get from reading the back of the box. "Mulholland Drive" is meant to be experienced. Although I can't think of any other movies to which I can compare "MD" (except other Lynch films I've seen since), the closest thing I can think of is the video game series "Silent Hill" (Now Approaching: Nerdville). "Silent Hill" is incredibly confusing, full of twists, symbols, and bits and pieces of clues. Like "SH," "MD" is something that requires you to pay full attention to what's going on, and you have to disbelieve that which you originally thought to be true in order to have some inkling of what's happening. Does that make a good film? Yes, I think so, although I know many others do not. You get out of Lynch films what you put into them: if you think about it and try to connect the dots, it's like solving a particularly hard logic problem (and yes, there IS logic here, I promise). It's a great feeling, and you can appreciate the film all the more because of it. If putting your brain to work is your idea of a good time (even if you don't do it every time you watch a movie), "Mulholland Drive" is an outstanding jigsaw puzzle of a film. Final Grade: A
Rating: Summary: Mesmerizing Review: Everything in this movie is superb, one of the greatest movies ever made and I have barely even begun to plum its depths. Sad comment on what Hollywood can do to the American dream. Every scene is well filmed, but watch for one moment in particular, the moment we fully realize that the director and Camilla are in love. This scene, with the quiet jazz notes perfectly underscoring the hurt and betrayal felt by Diana, who at this very moment is thrown towards her sad destiny(making it the key dramatic moment in the script), is one of the most beautifull moments ever captured on film, period. Note the closeup of Diana's face next to the points of light that become shapes. This scene announces the true arrival of Naomi Watts and the films real plot. It is not only David Lynch's finest moment, but one the finest moments ever acted, scored, or filmed.
Rating: Summary: Good Movie / Lame DVD Review: With such an imaginative film like this, its a shame that there are no chapter selections and no special features. And for those of you interested in the rather tame over-heralded lesbian love scenes, well they actually airbrush out the nudity here, i guess a kind of well-intentioned censorship (?) so perhaps watch this on an airplane trip. I just hope Lynch doesnt airbrush the hair out in the upcoming Eraserhead DVD.
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