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Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: ???
Review: I didn't get it. Anyway what this movie trying to say ??
I can't believe I sit and watch this movie about over two hours.
What was the plot about ?

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Dude, Where's My Ending?
Review: Mulholland Drive could have been so much more. From the opening scene, it seems like a tight, suspenseful thriller with an interesting storyline and above-average cast. A woman loses her memory as the result of a car accident, which occurred as her limo driver was in the process of pointing a gun at her. She is the only survivor of the crash, and joins up with a Hollywood starlet-wannabe as they try to determine exactly who she is. As the film rolls merrily along, the viewer becomes ever more intrigued as to the true identity of "Rita" - is she on the wrong side of the law? Why did her limo driver want to kill her, and is someone coming back to finish the job?

About two-thirds of the way into this movie, director David Lynch suddenly remembers what is expected of him - namely, movies that don't make sense and tangled plots that never become disentangled. After an impressive 100 minutes or so, the last one-third of Mulholland Drive is quintessential Lynch, in that it flatly contradicts everything that has already happened, and nothing is resolved. Although the movie is 2.5 hours long, the ending comes rather abruptly, and leaves too many questions unanswered.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Excellent film - but the domestic release has no extras!
Review: It's hard to believe this film started out as a pilot for a series on ABC (I have no idea why Lynch keeps making material for them, considering their history).

It has to be seen to be appreciated - multiple times.

Lynch doesn't wrap everything in a nice neat package, for that matter, he never makes any promises that the experience will make sense. It's just art being what it is.

However, the import verisons of this DVD (the Korean one is Region 0 so it can be played anywhere) have tons of extras not on the domestic disc! (Which is the ONLY reason this disc doesn't get the full 5 stars.) Namely interviews with the cast... I'll likely be importing it, at additional expense.

Now if they'd just hurry the heck up with the Lost Highway and Wild at Heart DVDs...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Takes your brain away
Review: I'm not very familiar with David Lynch, but after watching this movie I want to go out and watch everything he's ever done. I have heard about Twin Peaks and the following it had, and interestingly enough this was supposed to be a tv mini-series as well but the pilot wasn't picked up and it became a movie. The movie itself defies description, absurd surreal nightmares fuel much of the film. The movie is in the detail. Every shot is immaculately set up, Lynch intending on the placement of everything in each scene. Although the cinematic metaphors and symbols he use take the movie to a new level, the acting itself is great. Naomi Watts plays a naive actress that has dreams of Hollywood stardom, and meets a girl with amnesia who mysteriously wanders into Naomi's aunt's house in Hollywood. The two search for her misplaced identity in a version of Hollywood slighter darker than usual. Meanwhile Lynch throws in sub-plots involving a conspiracy to cast a film as well as a character that can only be described as "Leatherman" I guess at some point it will all make sense but then again maybe not. Your brain has to work for it, or just go on the internet and read about it. Either way the movie is a tense thriller that changes you.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: I think.....................................................
Review: Everyone is dead and in hell. The guy behind Winkies is the gatekeeper. It all starts in the 40s. Who in this day and age names their kids "Betty" or "Rita"? Don't try to read into the movie.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: You'll Never Want To See A Conventional Narrative Again.
Review: Do not fall into the trap, as I did after my first viewing, of letting this movie wash over you like an incomprehensible wave. Do not accept the idea that the film makes no conventional sense but simply appeals to the unconscious and the dream-like. This film is something of a puzzle, but can be easily cracked open and solved, and the emotional truths that lie at its heart are simple, timeless, and heartbreaking. Make the effort to link the images and characters in the two halves of the film, refer to Lynch's "clues" in the DVD inlay card, or even listen to the excellent commentary which can be found on-line, and makes a great companion piece to this mindblowingly good film.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Excellent film but where's the writing?
Review: Who are those people and why should I care?
Please go fetch "Last Year at Marienbad" and see who a puzzle movie should be done.
Dune was bad and Twin Peaks has is endless, go get a life!.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Thanks to Amazon readers for helping me "figurure it out"
Review: Really, I tried to understand the hidden meaning or even the obvious meaning of this movie. I twisted it and turned it in my mind to try to figure it out. I kept on thinking that I'd figure it out when the movie ended. I actually pondered the movie for a week without a single clue. Finally, the wonderful readers of my Amazon review helped me with their e-mails. Evidently, as you're watching the movie, you should think of the first part as a dream and the second part as reality. This is not enough to spoil the movie for you. In fact, the movie is left wide open for interpretation on purpose. Just when you think you've "got it", it's got you.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: What a loss for network TV..
Review: I purchased this DVD on reputation alone. I was not disappointed. This is an absolutely stunning piece of work by David Lynch. If you are a fan of features such as 'Requiem for a Dream' and 'American Psycho' and 'Memento', you will love this movie. I do have one suggestion - do not watch this at midnight by yourself with the lights off.. it gets creepy.. everyone should own this.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Utter crap!!!
Review: I can only imagine that people who liked this are dreamers or tripping or are about to fry their last brain cell. This film was the worst I've ever seen. Hole in the plot you could drive a mack truck through. Naomi Watts was the only good thing about this film. Some thime films are a waste of time, but I trully regret seeing this one. A shocker.


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