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Summary: What the.......................
Review: This movie was amazing. David Lynch is an absolute psychotic but through psychosis often comes brilliance. Its positively spellbinding. Please someone tell me what it all meant though.............
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Summary: Amazing visuals with a unique storyline
Review: David Lynch is his own genre. The only way to explain this movie is to watch it yourself, then discussion upon discussion will take place. That is why I recommend owning this DVD. You need to watch it more than once, twice, or even three times to catch every last puzzle piece to put the mystery together. It's beautifully directed, the props and sets are constructed in a way that every article in each scene has its own place and importance, as well as great performances by the two leads. Lynch's storytelling goes beyond the conventional Hollywood structure, and in Mulholland Drive he's in top form. If you like challenging films that cause you to think, MD is for you. Don't get this DVD for the special features - there are none. Get it, because it's a film you'll want to watch over and over. Highly recommend.
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Summary: Not logical
Review: The first half of this movie is really arousing. I kept thinking how Lynch will wrap everything up in a logical way. I found nothing except for a mess of events. It was really a waste of time. I think all those guys that say this movie is great or whatever must take a look at themselves. They must be some unlogical, non-mathematical folks, trying to give gredit to the movie just because so many people say so or ... 'forced' to say so - just a kind of groupthink.On the philosophical basis, this film is even worse. Letting characters to play other character through the film is pointless. Even pure idealists always make very clear distinction between different selves, let alone materialists. Otherwise, why do we all have to distinguish between good and bad all our life? Pointless, maybe this is a dream of some maniac. This film cannot be compared to Vanilla Sky on any side. I give 1 star credit for the atmosphere of the film on all audience.
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Summary: Lynch and DVD
Review: Just know what you're getting into when you purchase ANY David Lynch film on DVD... the man himself is kinda spiteful toward the format for one very interesting reason: he feels that his films (or any film for that matter) should be seen from beginning to end in one continuous viewing without breaks and without the chance to jump from scene to scene. When you view a Lynch film you're in his world, like it or not (and if not, then why did you bother in the first place? Go rent or buy some Jerry Bruckheimer garbage and get your cinematic kicks that way).
Lynch is not into commentaries, so you won't find any (however, The new "Blue Velvet" special edition disc is as loaded as any Lynch DVD gets, but he still won't sit for a commentary track, so don't hold your breath that there will be one for the "Eraserhead" DVD). Other than that, suffice to say, Lynch's film as deeply disturbing as most of his work (save for "The Straight Story" which is a wonderful film from a different side of the Lynch spectrum) and very tragic (in my opinion, one of the most tragic "love stories" I've ever seen). The DVD is of excellent quality both visually and aurally, and aside from anticipated extras that never materialize on any of his DVD's (again, except for the new Blue Velvet disc), this is totally worth owning, especially if you're a David Lynch fan.
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Summary: strange, but what did I expect!
Review: This movie was very, very odd. However, when my boyfriend brought it home from the video store and I saw David Lynch on the cover I knew it would be. I wouldn't recommend it to folks who enjoy stories with a straighforward story and rhythmic plot. This movie can be confusing, but it sticks with you once you have seen it. Even now I can see some of the scenes in vivid detail. I can't remember what radio show I heard this on, but because of the somewhat graphic love scenes between the two women, the men on the radio show called it a man's wet dream movie. I don't think they understood much of the movie but at least if you are a guy and your girl wants to watch it you have that to look forward to!
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Summary: Movie that will exercise your brain
Review: This is a very interesting movie. It is very different from any other movie. Which is good if you want to see something else. I have to watch it two times (well just as the Cowboy said) and keep writing down notes in order to understand the movie. The movie constantly tells you what is happening to the "movie" itself but NOT the events happening INSIDE the movie. Events like the car accident, the killing, and all the things happening all over the town HAVE NOTHING to do with the events themselves. For example, Adam is asked to go see the "Cowboy". The Cowboy tells Adam that "If you do good, you will see me one time. If you do bad, you will see me two times." If you think that the Cowboy is talking about the movie Adam is making, you are totally wrong. The Cowboy is telling YOU that if you do good, you will only have to see this movie one time to understand it. Things like this happen all over the first part of the movie. In the very beginning, the "movie" even tells you that there are TWO STORIES within this "movie" (notice that everything is in a pair throughout the movie - a pair of dancers, two limo drivers, two old couples, two detectives, etc). Bottom line is to see this movie couple times and write down some notes and you will enjoy it.
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Summary: A Glorification of Psychosis
Review: This meaningless and pointless film has been praised by many for it's fabulous film technique, it's film noir attributes, and it's complex plot, but I found this film, as I said in my title, to simply be a glorification of psychosis. Lynch reminds me of a child playing around with concepts he doesn't fully understand. He's all into how 'cool' it is, but he loses sight of the overall message he's sending.
The exploration of the human mind is a topic filmmakers have been treating since the earliest days of film, but the message of this movie is: life sucks, then you die an ugly death. Well, maybe that's the way life is for Lynch, but not for me!
If you are a film buff you will want to see this film for it's cinematic properties, and if you are one of those people who get off on watching other people go down the tubes, you should enjoy this one.
I just found it ridiculous. What's the point of watching a film where somebody goes nuts and dies? Don't we see enough of that crap on the TV every day? Maybe it's just me, but I don't think Lynch's great film technique is enough to sit through a bummer movie like Mulholland Drive.
Naomi Watts does put in a great performance as the confused woman who goes psychotic.
I gave this movie 3 stars anyway for it's inventive use of the camera, but I really want to give it 0 stars for it's overall message.
As one of my friends said after seeing this one: "I want my two hours back."
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Summary: Great performances in a terrible movie
Review: I truly love thought-provoking movies which tell stories in an unusual style. Some of my favorite movies entail plots presented out of sequence and part of my pleasure comes from piecing it all together. Having said that, after one viewing, I was extremely disappointed with this film. Although Naomi Watts delivered a mind boggling performance, Lynch's disconnected storytelling left too many unfilled holes. There were obviously times where the film moved back and forth from reality to fantasy (duh) but what's the point. The film started out strong and immediately pulled me into the seedy Los Angeles movieworld. What disturbed me most were the various subplots and additional characters that never went anywhere. Its as if Lynch shot some scenes from completely unrelated scripts and incorporated them into an otherwise interesting story. As an avid moviegoer and lover of the medium, it annoys me when these filmmakers create products which claim to have artistic value when in reality, they themselves have no clue what they are doing. This movie provides viewers with shock value purely for the sake of shock. I have never felt so unsatisfied when the final credits rolled in my life. I know this movie has gotten a lot of attention and I truly hope that other filmmakers do not follow with similarly annoying and disconnected projects which may or may not have some deep underlying message. If that is the case then I should grab my camera and shoot some random scenes together and try to get someone to distribute my film. ... I personally think that filmmakers like Lynch like to throw things our there into the public just to see how many different ... interpretations people can come up with, when in reality he knows he is just messing with us. I end my review by saying this: if you want to be thoroughly annoyed and unsatisfied then you should watch this movie. If you want to see some hot lesbian scenes then you should rent this movie ... And finally, who knows, maybe I will feel differently after watching it three more times. But you know what, I shouldn't have to. A truly excellent film need only be viewed once.
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Summary: I liked this movie a great deal!
Review: I love all David Lynch movies and this is no exception. It was lovely and full of twists and the 2 lead ladies had great chemistry. So why only 3 stars when the movie is 5 stars for sure?? This sorry dvd! There are no real extras AND there are no chapter selections. This is maddening, especially because this is the kind of movie you might need to watch some parts of several times to really understand. This is maddening I tell you! The VHS would have been better than this!
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Summary: A brilliant mind borders on insanity!
Review: If anyone needs proof that a brilliant mind borders on insanity, he need look no further than Mulholland Drive. Being a fan of deep, complex plot driven films that take you on a twisting and turning adventure, I looked forward to the latest installment from David Lynch. However, this movie took me on a twisted trip that never ended. The movie was like two separate films in one...joined by a common cast but fragmented in every other way. Strong performances by the lead actresses did little to hide the weak plot that was thinly hidden amongst a barrage of twists and turns that aimed to keep you wondering what was going on so that you wouldn't realized that in actuality, nothing was going on. David Lynch's brilliant mind for movies has edged further from the realm of reality and close to insanity in this film. To make matters worse, the DVD did not feature chapter breaks, therefore making backing up to reexamine a scene a pain.
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