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Summary: Pretentious nonsense
Review: Let me begin by saying that I am normally a fan of movies that don't just spell everything out for you. I like to think, and I like getting up from watching a movie and ending up thinking about it for the next hour or so, due to the course of events that took place during the film. This movie, however, was so stupid and convoluted that I got up after watching the film wishing I had rented something else. It's another one of those films that for centuries, pseudo-intellectuals will be talking about like it was god's gift to film-making. Like I said, I like being forced to think when I watch a movie, but I also like having some sort of ending, some sort of closure, of which I got none of after watching this movie. At the end of the movie, nothing make sense, and according to the pseudo-intellectuals that liked this movie, "oh, but nothing was supposed to make sense." Please. Lousy, pretentious nonsense.
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Summary: A breath of air from the same boring films!
Review: At first I hadn't formed an expectation about the film. I had read many reviews loving the movie. The reviews were completely correct. I was unable to stop watching. Every aspect twisted around another aspect. Few directors can pull off a movie like MulHolland Dr. Lynch was at his best. Most directors boring you with horrible dialoge and endless action. Don't read a bad review. These people lack the movie knowledge to rate such a complex work of art. The movie is confusing but remind yourself that its entertainment and you will be entertained.
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Summary: LYNCH-TASTIC!!!
Review: OK, First off boys and girls, IM gunna assume all the hardcore Lynch fans have already seen this film, and all Lynch haters have most likely steared clear of it. (For the Lynch haters out there this is defiantly NOT the film that will turn your opnion on him around)
So for the remaining movie viewers out there IM guessing your either torn between the Lynch liker and Lynch hater or you may have just heard of this film from people at the water cooler at work, let me forewarn you, if your the type of movie goer who has to be completly fullfilled, needs closer, and doesn't really like to spend time analyzing the movie/movies they have just spent 2 1/2 hours watching, [Forrest Gump] this and any Lynch film for that matter will NOT be in your forte. If on the other hand you like to break the norm of your typical Hollywood Happy ending and be Challenged then Mulholland Drive is right up your alley. IM not gunna waste my time explaining the plot because it's already been done over 200 times on this very site. What I will say about the film though is that it's one of the most brilliant, Challenging, emotional, well thought out, well directed, and well written movies I've had the pleasure of viewing. The Brilliance behing the film is what you the viewer make of it. Every time I watch it (7 times now) I find something that wasn't there before, changing what I think the movie is really about slighly. Now instead of rambling on anymore let's recap. If your into the normal Hollywood movies, STAY AWAY, STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS FILM, you will just end up feeling empty and possibly mad once the movie has finished and you may even, (god forbid) express your hatred for the movie on Amazon.com possibly taking the plessure away from another viewer who may be on the cusp of deciding to give this film a chance, all because you didn't understand it. If on the other hand your like me and like a little more out of your movie viewing then click on the ADD TO SHOPPING CART right NOW!!!!!!!
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Summary: Why only one David Lynch? There must be hundreds!
Review: There are two main tendencies in analyzing the picture. One group of reviewers says there is nothing in Mulholland Drive besides the director's whimsiness, overindulgence and the apparent lack of ideas - the trait that all the artsy/noirish vagueness fails to camouflage. The more enthusiastic viewers willfully abstain from any analysis of the film at all, calling it "impossible to comprehend", "intentionally irrational", "a dark meditation on the evilness of Hollywood" and "a surrealist dreamscape". And of course there are some people who exit a multiplex cursing or shrugging, regretting the time and money spent, common Joes and Janes with the plans of a nice Saturday night movie thwarted. I'm happy for the "incomprehensible masterpiece" crowd - they'll get value for money. These are the people who like to think they can transcend their basically mainstream preferences and like to see from time to time "something with a twist", provided a couple of media gurus certify it's Art. They buy and proudly display Salvador Dali's albums, fascinated by the well-drawn realistic objects and figures in the funny combinations. That's all it takes for them to feel they are the advanced consumers of Art - something kitschy and conventional shredded, mixed, put together at random and lacquered with the gloss de jour. But these who think Mr.Lynch is just having a good time messing with his mind and camera totally disregarding the plebeian preferences are not right, I think. He is acutely aware of his obligations. He must be amused watching the acolytes catalogizing all the droppings of the director's prolific imagination - the Dwarf, the Cowboy, the dark blue cube - attributing the meaning(s) to every nonsensical item Mr.Lynch throws in. But he is not just taking, he's giving what he thinks his quasi-sophisticated clientele likes and needs. As much as they are fascinated with the blonde's and brunette's purpose(less/ful) fumblings the bonus of the soft-porno action is very welcome, the urge to see the ladies' mammae revealed is the lowest common denominator of every male from ultimately highbrow to the utterly proletarian. The leading characters MUST have an intercourse as the a film progresses - regardless of their sex - and the maestro is happy to oblige with the most gratuitous sex scenes in the recent cinema - with the dark seductress sporting the implanted frontal bounty worthy of any XXX starlet. And the good old uaghaha is also a must to keep the audience entertained and grateful. It's hard to consciously "enjoy" the film's "artsiness" for such a long duration - so the comic relief comes in time, we see the slapstick Tarantinoid eccentrics of the hilarious hitman, stinging the fat lady's behind with a bullet, making funny for the fans' benefit, giving the break from the grateful scanning of the "surrealist dreamscape". These who seek will find. The "meaning" is here spruced with a nice little bonuses that make 2 ½ hours of experiencing "art cinema" endurable. Take the subdued pain of watching pretentious nonsense and gain the feeling of being "in". I'm a bit surprised there is only one David Lynch in the USA - the country where all kinds of do-it-yourself are very popular. Is it so difficult to make a collage of the conventional scenes, putting the end before the beginning, making the characters search fervently not for million dollars or a small blue key but the tiny taxidermist's glass eye that can open the doors to another universe, easily? Then brunette is suddenly seen with the blond Afro hairstyle and has a different name and her former female lover wears a man's suit and talks in basso, the slimy spiked monster springs at the weirdo's face from the diner's paper cup - not from around the corner, Cowboy is replaced by the menacing Fireman in glass shoes or the grossly oversize Boy Scout with red beard and the small pet rhinoceros with poisoned horn. All this circus interacts to the pompous music composed by someone with a pompous Italian name. And everything must be soaked wet in the darkness, to be very noir - i.e moody and "meaningful", meditative. Then the show opens to the satisfied grunts of these who prefer "to experience, not to understand", to look in your next offering for a new glimpse of the trademark Mean Fireman, Bearded Boy Scout and the blonde with enormous Afro riding the blue rhino to the mystic interworld portal in the McDonald's toilet.
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Summary: A quick warning
Review: Great movie, but a quick warning for buyers of the DVD -- the region 1 copy I have doesn't have chapters. Seems like Lynch has stipulated that the whole movie is done in one chapter. Annoying really, because I'd love to be able to skip to scenes like Club Silencio. I guess Lynch only wanted people to watch the movie from start to finish. I still don't think that's a good reason to ignore the benefits that DVDs can provide in terms of chapter skipping.
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Summary: In a nutshell --
Review: -- this film is about how all dreams come true in Hollywood ... unfortunately.
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Summary: Accept it -- You can't explain it
Review: Mulholland Drive is an erotic, explosive and CONFUSING film. I've read various interpretations of what the movie could and couldn't stand for and all led to the same conclusion, the movie is GREAT but no one understands it... But thats what is so great about, it deserves interpretation, explanation and opinions. The most logical conclusion that I can muster from the film is that it is a dream, various stories and arcs overlapping each other, trying to be interpreted, only to succumb to another thought. We, the viewer, linger on one story, then transition onto another with little justification. It may seems illogical and disoriented, but whose dreams aren't? Don't be fooled! These actors and actresses can act! When I first saw the film, I thought "This acting is soooooo wooden, why did Lynch allow this to hit the screen?" But everyone holds their weight, and when Naomi Watts goes in for her audition, she will blow your mind! But if you can't accept an confusing "artsy-fartsy" flick, then I suggest seeing the film for the visuals... David Lynch filmed a fantastically erotic and absorbing movie that takes the audience on a mind-blowing adventure around L.A. The individual scenes range romantic, violent, hilarious and sexy, yet the most powerful scene comes when the two vixens attend a performance by a sensual Spanish singer (or is she really singing, are we really watching her, etc.)
The debates and questions on the film could go on forever, with everyone throwing in their own two cents, but the truth is the Mulholland Drive in an engrossing film and a true mind adventure. Though the DVD is bare on its extras, the movie is too good to pass up, I suggest that everyone (at least) rent the movie and watch it once, wait a day or two, and watch it again. If you still don't have a perception on the story, at least you experienced a wonderful ride.
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Summary: pretentious
Review: Without going over the plot as other reviewers have done already, I simply want to say that the emperor has no clothes. This is amateur, pretentious filmmaking at its highest peak. Much sound and fury signifying nothing. The acting is second rate at best and the overall script unbearable to sit through. See if you can tell what the point of it all is. Good luck.
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Summary: My hints for Mulholland Drive Newbies, NO SPOILERS!
Review: Att.: Excuse me, if there are some mistakes in the text, because english isn't my native language, but I hope to make my points clear. It is not easy to say something about 'Mulholland Drive', because the movie isn't normal, and the fans also aren't (I am the best proof for that ;)).
You will love the movie, or you hate it. But who will like this movie? If you like the other movies from David Lynch, you will love this one. It's hard to make the movie work for you, here is the way I made it working for me:
Don't spoil the movie to yourself befor watching it. DON'T read ANY analysis. The movie is only that worth, what YOU can get out of it. Any interpretation by thirds will destroy your own experience. And that's, what the movie truly is, it's an experience. Even if it's build up logical, when you see it the first time, you won't be able to explain it in a logical way. It will only work on an emotional level. Free your mind from what you expect from regular movies and just let go.
After you saw the movie, it's of course interesting to discuss it with other people, and that's alright. But please, build up you're own opinion first. I think, the DVD is nearly perfect. Sound and Colours are excelent. Of course, there is nearly no bonus material, but it fits to the movie. There is, for example, no audio comment by David Lynch, and I am really greatful about that. And audio comment would perhaps explain a lot, but it would destroy everything for you.
Another point is, that the movie is delivered in only one chapter, and I also think, that makes sense. When you see the movie for the first time, you won't understand much, but when you make breakes while watching the movie for longer then five minutes (for visiting the toilette and the fridge ;)), you won't have not chance to understand anything. So only watch the hole movie without breaks. I hope, my 'instructions' will help you a bit to enjoy the movie, because it's worth all the work!
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Summary: depressing
Review: I didn't understand it after the first watch but after reading more about it, the movie does make sense. Sure its an interesting exercise in film making. Sure its got some very moving points in it. The problem is the dreamside has people that are actually likable where as reality has none. ...
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